Well, relatively speaking. In practical terms, McCain would have had to do a great deal better in a lot of places to win. But compared to other recent presidential elections, in terms of the electoral college vote, this race was very close. I found these numbers surprising.
Number of electoral college votes won by victorious Presidental candidates.
2008, Obama--349 electoral college votes (ish)
2004, W. Bush-286
2000, W. Bush-271
1996, Clinton-379
1992, Clinton-370
1988, HW Bush-426
1984, Reagan-525
1980, Reagan-489
Source: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/index.html,
via http://www.usconstitution.net/elecvotes.html
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