In the 2008 Presidential Elections, Barack Obama

In the 2008 presidential elections, Barack Obama

A) won the support of a mere 26 percent of those with the right to vote.
B) came the closest of any president in history to winning the votes of a majority of those who were eligible to cast a ballot.
C) won the support of only 32.6 percent of eligible voters.
D) could claim a personal mandate to propose a sweeping program of domestic initiatives because he won in a landslide, capturing the votes of 54 percent of all eligible voters.
E) did not win the popular vote.