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# 2006: McCain 510-Obama 28
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/2006-mccain-510-obama-28/
- Published: 2008-11-04T17:11:44.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-17T11:12:33.000Z
- Author: Karl Smyth
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:49, #ImagesUploaded

The [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/03/mccain-510-electoral-vote%5Fn%5F140776.html?ref=opendemocracy.net) is carrying an intriguing story regarding a survey conducted exactly two years ago by polling company [SurveyNow](http://www.surveyusa.com/index.php/2008/11/03/mccain-510-electoral-votes-obama-28-how-the-map-looked-exactly-2-years-ago/?ref=opendemocracy.net), gauging the balance of voter support across the country in the event of a hypothetical Barack Obama-John McCain presidential showdown in 2008.

Interviewing 600 voters in each state, SurveyUSA was able to extrapolate that an Obama candidacy would take Illinois, Hawaii and the District of Columbia-and that's it. This would have left him with a grand total of 28 total electoral votes, and culminated in a landslide victory for John McCain.

If Howard Wilson was right in his assertion that a week is a long time in politics, then this should prove ample evidence that two years is a very very long time indeed.

![2006 SurveyUSA Electoral College Map](https://www.opendemocracy.net/content/files/2026/04/ecv-2006_vQ58jGb-1776424224095.png)

2006 SurveyUSA Electoral College Map