Sen. Barack Obama dominated the polls at Stony Brook University Tuesday night, garnering more than 77 percent of the popular vote. Obama, the democratic nominee for president swept 1,778 of the 2,324 ballots cast at the polling station. Obama’s landslide win mirrors the results of the primaries held at the university in February, when he collected 56 percent of the total number of votes. Obama’s chief rival in the presidential election, Sen. John McCain of the Republican Party, collected 218 votes that night – 9 percent of the total votes cast. Third party candidates, on a whole, scored 128 more votes than McCain, bringing their winnings to a total of 346 votes. Tuesday night’s results reflect the voting decisions of not only Stony Brook University students registered to vote at the school, but also residents registered to vote at the university’s polling place as well.
Stony Brook Election Results
November 5, 2008
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