John McCain carried Georgia R+5.2.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Georgia, 2008. The state ran 12.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.3 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2008 ballot here.

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

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Georgia result

3,924,472 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,844,123

47.0%

McCain (R)

2,048,759

52.2%

All others

31,590

0.8%

Margin

R+5.2

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2008 presidential election

Georgia, 2008

McCainR+5.2

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

John McCain ✓Republican	52.2%	2,048,759
Barack ObamaDemocratic	47.0%	1,844,123
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	31,590

D+60

R+60

159 counties, each filled by 2008 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 2008

159 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	R	−46.3%	1,846	5,085	6,996
Atkinson County	R	−34.5%	938	1,941	2,904
Bacon County	R	−57.7%	817	3,089	3,938
Baker County	D	+1.1%	846	828	1,687
Baldwin County	D	+4.6%	8,587	7,823	16,537
Banks County	R	−65.6%	1,027	5,120	6,241
Barrow County	R	−44.6%	6,657	17,625	24,582
Bartow County	R	−45.2%	9,662	25,976	36,093
Ben Hill County	R	−13.7%	2,590	3,417	6,036
Berrien County	R	−53.2%	1,471	4,901	6,449
Bibb County	D	+18.0%	38,987	27,037	66,368
Bleckley County	R	−44.9%	1,380	3,657	5,071
Brantley County	R	−63.1%	1,119	5,080	6,277
Brooks County	R	−13.5%	2,669	3,507	6,201
Bryan County	R	−42.6%	3,636	9,112	12,845
Bulloch County	R	−19.2%	9,586	14,174	23,920
Burke County	D	+9.2%	5,233	4,344	9,626
Butts County	R	−31.7%	3,065	5,947	9,091
Calhoun County	D	+21.7%	1,342	862	2,211
Camden County	R	−23.5%	6,482	10,502	17,084
Candler County	R	−30.6%	1,209	2,286	3,518
Carroll County	R	−32.9%	14,334	28,661	43,498
Catoosa County	R	−49.8%	6,025	18,218	24,496
Charlton County	R	−34.4%	1,197	2,466	3,685
Chatham County	D	+14.4%	62,755	46,829	110,238
Chattahoochee County	D	+1.2%	830	811	1,642
Chattooga County	R	−35.8%	2,596	5,572	8,307
Cherokee County	R	−51.1%	22,350	70,279	93,772
Clarke County	D	+31.3%	29,591	15,333	45,510
Clay County	D	+22.3%	879	558	1,440
Clayton County	D	+66.4%	82,527	16,506	99,438
Clinch County	R	−25.6%	989	1,678	2,696
Cobb County	R	−9.4%	141,216	170,957	315,444
Coffee County	R	−29.5%	4,811	8,872	13,747
Colquitt County	R	−37.6%	4,139	9,185	13,435
Columbia County	R	−42.7%	15,703	39,322	55,351
Cook County	R	−28.9%	2,075	3,782	5,903
Coweta County	R	−41.2%	15,521	37,571	53,549
Crawford County	R	−29.1%	1,832	3,358	5,240
Crisp County	R	−17.7%	3,085	4,424	7,550
Dade County	R	−48.2%	1,612	4,703	6,408
Dawson County	R	−66.3%	1,632	8,242	9,974
Decatur County	R	−14.1%	4,424	5,890	10,374
DeKalb County	D	+58.6%	254,594	65,581	322,301
Dodge County	R	−35.9%	2,595	5,543	8,212
Dooly County	D	+3.5%	2,138	1,991	4,160
Dougherty County	D	+35.0%	26,135	12,547	38,846
Douglas County	D	+1.8%	27,825	26,812	55,083
Early County	R	−2.0%	2,603	2,711	5,335
Echols County	R	−65.7%	201	981	1,187
Effingham County	R	−50.7%	4,936	15,230	20,316
Elbert County	R	−18.1%	3,366	4,868	8,317
Emanuel County	R	−24.8%	3,068	5,110	8,242
Evans County	R	−28.2%	1,374	2,462	3,855
Fannin County	R	−49.1%	2,611	7,807	10,584
Fayette County	R	−30.7%	20,313	38,501	59,321
Floyd County	R	−36.4%	10,691	23,132	34,213
Forsyth County	R	−58.1%	15,406	59,166	75,376
Franklin County	R	−51.5%	1,914	6,069	8,073
Fulton County	D	+35.0%	272,000	130,136	404,941
Gilmer County	R	−52.0%	2,614	8,408	11,149
Glascock County	R	−69.5%	210	1,202	1,428
Glynn County	R	−23.4%	12,676	20,479	33,341
Gordon County	R	−50.2%	4,268	13,113	17,607
Grady County	R	−23.9%	3,539	5,775	9,365
Greene County	R	−15.1%	3,339	4,532	7,919
Gwinnett County	R	−10.2%	129,025	158,746	290,271
Habersham County	R	−59.9%	2,900	11,766	14,808
Hall County	R	−50.9%	14,457	44,962	59,928
Hancock County	D	+63.1%	3,535	795	4,344
Haralson County	R	−57.8%	2,248	8,658	11,097
Harris County	R	−43.4%	4,184	10,648	14,908
Hart County	R	−31.7%	3,365	6,537	10,002
Heard County	R	−49.5%	1,042	3,133	4,225
Henry County	R	−7.5%	40,567	47,157	88,311
Houston County	R	−20.2%	22,094	33,392	55,931
Irwin County	R	−36.8%	1,197	2,605	3,828
Jackson County	R	−55.9%	4,950	17,776	22,960
Jasper County	R	−33.6%	1,935	3,916	5,904
Jeff Davis County	R	−47.6%	1,356	3,867	5,278
Jefferson County	D	+15.0%	4,149	3,061	7,234
Jenkins County	R	−13.2%	1,482	1,936	3,440
Johnson County	R	−33.7%	1,198	2,426	3,644
Jones County	R	−25.8%	4,572	7,782	12,438
Lamar County	R	−27.6%	2,752	4,873	7,688
Lanier County	R	−25.2%	1,062	1,787	2,873
Laurens County	R	−21.5%	7,769	12,052	19,937
Lee County	R	−52.2%	3,100	9,925	13,087
Liberty County	D	+28.4%	10,474	5,828	16,376
Lincoln County	R	−24.5%	1,650	2,731	4,416
Long County	R	−24.1%	1,288	2,119	3,450
Lowndes County	R	−9.4%	17,597	21,269	39,078
Lumpkin County	R	−51.8%	2,586	8,326	11,075
Macon County	D	+30.9%	3,251	1,712	4,981
Madison County	R	−46.4%	2,965	8,226	11,334
Marion County	R	−12.3%	1,381	1,772	3,184
McDuffie County	R	−14.9%	3,989	5,400	9,440
McIntosh County	R	−6.1%	2,905	3,282	6,229
Meriwether County	R	−5.4%	4,465	4,982	9,504
Miller County	R	−39.5%	818	1,899	2,738
Mitchell County	R	−4.1%	3,872	4,201	8,120
Monroe County	R	−31.5%	4,106	7,933	12,131
Montgomery County	R	−41.1%	1,045	2,521	3,590
Morgan County	R	−31.6%	3,091	5,987	9,151
Murray County	R	−45.3%	3,026	8,180	11,382
Muscogee County	D	+19.7%	44,158	29,568	74,065
Newton County	D	+1.2%	20,827	20,337	41,435
Oconee County	R	−42.6%	4,825	12,120	17,132
Oglethorpe County	R	−29.7%	2,232	4,144	6,447
Paulding County	R	−38.5%	17,229	39,192	56,985
Peach County	D	+6.8%	5,927	5,173	11,165
Pickens County	R	−57.9%	2,595	10,004	12,786
Pierce County	R	−62.5%	1,253	5,500	6,791
Pike County	R	−60.6%	1,575	6,547	8,203
Polk County	R	−41.1%	4,052	9,850	14,113
Pulaski County	R	−29.7%	1,377	2,553	3,953
Putnam County	R	−31.4%	3,102	5,966	9,132
Quitman County	D	+7.9%	597	509	1,114
Rabun County	R	−45.9%	2,001	5,487	7,599
Randolph County	D	+14.4%	1,833	1,370	3,215
Richmond County	D	+31.8%	52,100	26,842	79,333
Rockdale County	D	+9.6%	20,526	16,921	37,706
Schley County	R	−44.5%	479	1,252	1,738
Screven County	R	−6.2%	3,024	3,423	6,481
Seminole County	R	−16.4%	1,660	2,315	3,996
Spalding County	R	−18.8%	10,141	14,885	25,255
Stephens County	R	−47.4%	2,705	7,689	10,517
Stewart County	D	+24.8%	1,305	783	2,105
Sumter County	D	+6.0%	6,454	5,717	12,235
Talbot County	D	+28.9%	2,369	1,301	3,700
Taliaferro County	D	+30.7%	643	339	990
Tattnall County	R	−41.7%	1,932	4,730	6,714
Taylor County	R	−13.5%	1,536	2,021	3,583
Telfair County	R	−14.3%	1,862	2,486	4,374
Terrell County	D	+13.8%	2,501	1,890	4,416
Thomas County	R	−15.8%	7,720	10,642	18,459
Tift County	R	−32.8%	4,749	9,431	14,257
Toombs County	R	−38.1%	2,964	6,658	9,688
Towns County	R	−50.5%	1,391	4,292	5,739
Treutlen County	R	−24.2%	1,112	1,826	2,954
Troup County	R	−19.0%	10,455	15,391	26,028
Turner County	R	−18.8%	1,427	2,096	3,553
Twiggs County	D	+7.0%	2,402	2,087	4,519
Union County	R	−52.0%	2,486	8,013	10,634
Upson County	R	−28.3%	4,061	7,291	11,421
Walker County	R	−46.8%	6,095	17,110	23,542
Walton County	R	−52.1%	8,469	27,253	36,026
Ware County	R	−34.4%	4,034	8,311	12,416
Warren County	D	+17.6%	1,554	1,087	2,660
Washington County	D	+4.4%	4,607	4,216	8,863
Wayne County	R	−44.9%	2,858	7,601	10,560
Webster County	R	−6.6%	515	588	1,111
Wheeler County	R	−27.8%	794	1,408	2,210
White County	R	−58.5%	2,174	8,467	10,761
Whitfield County	R	−40.0%	8,167	19,230	27,677
Wilcox County	R	−37.3%	978	2,159	3,163
Wilkes County	R	−7.7%	2,315	2,705	5,052
Wilkinson County	R	−1.1%	2,298	2,349	4,673
Worth County	R	−38.7%	2,542	5,780	8,370