2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii
George W. Bush Republican Barack Obama Democratic The 2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election.Hawaii, Barack Obama's birth state, gave him 71.9% of the vote with a 45.3% margin of victory in 2008.Listed below are their last predictions before election day: Just 3 pre-election polls were ever taken in the state, averaging Obama at 64% to McCain at 30%.A large concentration of Asian Americans makes the state very favorable to the Democrats.Although moderate Republicans occasionally win at the state level—for instance, then-Governor Linda Lingle and Lieutenant Governor Duke Aiona were both Republicans—Hawaii has long been reckoned as a Democratic stronghold.