Elections / 2008 · President

Barack Obama defeated John McCain.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · John McCain (R)

National popular vote

131,320,572 votes counted

Obama (D)

69,498,937

52.9%

McCain (R)

59,949,010

45.7%

All others

1,872,628

1.4%

Margin

D+7.3

The county map

3,143 county-level results on record for 2008

Democrats carried 884 counties, Republicans 2,259. 384 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Coal County, OK (R+39.8 swing) · Honolulu County, HI (D+38.3 swing) · Maverick County, TX (D+37.9 swing) · Knott County, KY (R+35.4 swing) · Dubois County, IN (D+34.0 swing) · Poinsett County, AR (R+33.9 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−21.5%	123,593	193,843	326,196
Alabama	R	−21.6%	813,479	1,266,546	2,099,819
Arkansas	R	−19.9%	422,310	638,017	1,086,617
Arizona	R	−8.5%	1,034,707	1,230,111	2,293,475
California	D	+24.0%	8,274,473	5,011,781	13,583,083
Colorado	D	+9.0%	1,288,576	1,073,589	2,401,361
Connecticut	D	+22.4%	997,750	629,412	1,646,752
District of Columbia	D	+85.9%	245,800	17,367	265,853
Delaware	D	+25.0%	255,459	152,374	412,412
Florida	D	+2.8%	4,282,074	4,045,624	8,390,744
Georgia	R	−5.2%	1,844,123	2,048,759	3,924,472
Hawaii	D	+45.2%	325,201	120,429	452,742
Iowa	D	+9.5%	828,940	682,379	1,536,820
Idaho	R	−25.4%	236,440	403,012	656,390
Illinois	D	+25.1%	3,419,348	2,031,179	5,522,371
Indiana	D	+1.0%	1,374,039	1,345,648	2,751,044
Kansas	R	−15.0%	514,765	699,655	1,235,808
Kentucky	R	−16.2%	751,985	1,048,462	1,826,508
Louisiana	R	−18.6%	782,989	1,148,275	1,960,761
Massachusetts	D	+25.8%	1,904,097	1,108,854	3,080,985
Maryland	D	+25.4%	1,629,467	959,862	2,631,593
Maine	D	+17.3%	421,823	295,273	731,063
Michigan	D	+16.5%	2,872,579	2,048,639	5,001,766
Minnesota	D	+10.2%	1,573,354	1,275,409	2,910,370
Missouri	R	−0.1%	1,441,947	1,445,814	2,925,241
Mississippi	R	−13.2%	554,662	724,597	1,289,865
Montana	R	−2.4%	232,159	243,882	491,768
North Carolina	D	+0.3%	2,142,651	2,128,474	4,310,789
North Dakota	R	−8.6%	141,278	168,561	316,581
Nebraska	R	−14.9%	333,319	452,979	801,281
New Hampshire	D	+9.7%	384,826	316,534	707,611
New Jersey	D	+15.6%	2,215,422	1,613,207	3,868,237
New Mexico	D	+15.1%	472,422	346,832	830,158
Nevada	D	+12.6%	533,736	412,827	961,581
New York	D	+26.9%	4,804,701	2,752,728	7,640,640
Ohio	D	+4.6%	2,940,044	2,677,820	5,721,831
Oklahoma	R	−31.3%	502,496	960,165	1,462,661
Oregon	D	+16.3%	1,037,291	738,475	1,827,864
Pennsylvania	D	+10.3%	3,276,363	2,655,885	5,995,137
Rhode Island	D	+28.0%	296,833	165,129	470,039
South Carolina	R	−9.0%	862,449	1,034,896	1,920,969
South Dakota	R	−8.4%	170,924	203,054	381,975
Tennessee	R	−15.0%	1,089,883	1,480,779	2,603,800
Texas	R	−11.8%	3,528,633	4,479,328	8,077,795
Utah	R	−28.2%	327,670	596,030	952,370
Virginia	D	+6.3%	1,958,261	1,723,508	3,720,463
Vermont	D	+37.0%	219,262	98,974	325,046
Washington	D	+17.2%	1,750,848	1,229,216	3,036,878
Wisconsin	D	+13.9%	1,676,761	1,262,393	2,982,967
West Virginia	R	−13.1%	303,857	397,466	713,362
Wyoming	R	−32.2%	82,868	164,958	254,658