Barack Obama carried Indiana D+1.0.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Indiana, 2008. The state ran 6.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.3 nationally).

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

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Indiana result

2,751,044 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,374,039

49.9%

McCain (R)

1,345,648

48.9%

All others

31,357

1.1%

Margin

D+1.0

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2008 presidential election

Indiana, 2008

ObamaD+1.0

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	49.9%	1,374,039
John McCainRepublican	48.9%	1,345,648
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	31,357

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−25.7%	4,928	8,404	13,513
Allen County	R	−4.3%	71,263	77,793	150,324
Bartholomew County	R	−11.3%	13,567	17,067	31,043
Benton County	R	−16.3%	1,563	2,183	3,814
Blackford County	R	−0.2%	2,677	2,690	5,441
Boone County	R	−25.8%	9,752	16,622	26,647
Brown County	R	−2.6%	3,854	4,060	8,055
Carroll County	R	−12.8%	3,736	4,858	8,736
Cass County	R	−8.5%	7,011	8,346	15,653
Clark County	R	−7.1%	21,953	25,326	47,725
Clay County	R	−11.5%	4,954	6,267	11,395
Clinton County	R	−13.0%	5,307	6,919	12,392
Crawford County	R	−2.3%	2,286	2,393	4,744
Daviess County	R	−35.2%	3,370	7,098	10,586
Dearborn County	R	−34.9%	7,123	14,886	22,217
Decatur County	R	−24.4%	3,892	6,449	10,488
DeKalb County	R	−15.2%	7,175	9,780	17,149
Delaware County	D	+15.0%	28,384	20,916	49,863
Dubois County	R	−4.2%	8,748	9,526	18,565
Elkhart County	R	−11.2%	31,398	39,396	71,458
Fayette County	R	−5.6%	4,389	4,917	9,462
Floyd County	R	−10.1%	16,263	19,957	36,527
Fountain County	R	−14.4%	3,094	4,158	7,410
Franklin County	R	−34.1%	3,404	7,018	10,610
Fulton County	R	−16.0%	3,702	5,147	9,006
Gibson County	R	−13.2%	6,455	8,449	15,095
Grant County	R	−13.1%	11,293	14,734	26,299
Greene County	R	−14.5%	5,709	7,691	13,629
Hamilton County	R	−22.2%	49,704	78,401	129,064
Hancock County	R	−29.6%	11,874	22,008	34,253
Harrison County	R	−18.0%	7,288	10,551	18,091
Hendricks County	R	−23.4%	24,548	39,728	64,955
Henry County	R	−3.9%	10,059	10,896	21,319
Howard County	R	−6.2%	17,871	20,248	38,624
Huntington County	R	−27.2%	5,843	10,291	16,328
Jackson County	R	−13.7%	7,354	9,726	17,374
Jasper County	R	−20.4%	5,044	7,669	12,875
Jay County	R	−7.9%	3,748	4,401	8,315
Jefferson County	R	−5.9%	6,255	7,053	13,490
Jennings County	R	−8.0%	5,312	6,261	11,839
Johnson County	R	−25.5%	21,553	36,487	58,644
Knox County	R	−6.5%	7,569	8,639	16,424
Kosciusko County	R	−37.3%	9,236	20,488	30,134
LaGrange County	R	−21.5%	3,663	5,702	9,491
Lake County	D	+34.3%	139,301	67,742	208,757
LaPorte County	D	+22.0%	28,258	17,918	46,919
Lawrence County	R	−20.6%	7,208	11,018	18,534
Madison County	D	+6.5%	30,152	26,403	57,340
Marion County	D	+28.4%	241,987	134,313	379,362
Marshall County	R	−13.6%	7,889	10,406	18,550
Martin County	R	−28.9%	1,706	3,122	4,903
Miami County	R	−19.5%	5,564	8,312	14,113
Monroe County	D	+32.2%	41,450	21,118	63,215
Montgomery County	R	−19.9%	6,013	9,060	15,285
Morgan County	R	−27.1%	10,330	18,129	28,811
Newton County	R	−11.2%	2,625	3,301	6,045
Noble County	R	−15.4%	7,064	9,673	16,974
Ohio County	R	−19.0%	1,158	1,713	2,918
Orange County	R	−14.2%	3,390	4,536	8,086
Owen County	R	−10.3%	3,570	4,415	8,170
Parke County	R	−14.1%	2,924	3,909	6,964
Perry County	D	+22.8%	5,141	3,202	8,490
Pike County	R	−8.6%	2,700	3,221	6,028
Porter County	D	+7.2%	39,178	33,857	73,916
Posey County	R	−7.6%	5,828	6,804	12,771
Pulaski County	R	−15.5%	2,466	3,388	5,964
Putnam County	R	−12.0%	6,334	8,086	14,646
Randolph County	R	−8.8%	4,839	5,788	10,808
Ripley County	R	−29.6%	4,187	7,794	12,188
Rush County	R	−13.7%	3,229	4,271	7,629
Scott County	R	−2.0%	4,271	4,445	8,877
Shelby County	R	−19.0%	6,987	10,333	17,574
Spencer County	D	+0.4%	5,039	5,001	10,181
St. Joseph County	D	+17.1%	68,710	48,510	118,389
Starke County	D	+3.2%	4,778	4,473	9,466
Steuben County	R	−9.8%	6,284	7,674	14,146
Sullivan County	R	−0.7%	4,284	4,343	8,782
Switzerland County	R	−8.3%	1,638	1,940	3,640
Tippecanoe County	D	+11.6%	37,781	29,822	68,436
Tipton County	R	−15.4%	3,250	4,452	7,827
Union County	R	−25.0%	1,224	2,061	3,348
Vanderburgh County	D	+2.5%	39,423	37,512	77,656
Vermillion County	D	+13.9%	4,003	3,010	7,135
Vigo County	D	+15.8%	25,040	18,121	43,706
Wabash County	R	−20.1%	5,456	8,238	13,871
Warren County	R	−10.3%	1,755	2,166	3,998
Warrick County	R	−12.9%	12,329	16,013	28,665
Washington County	R	−17.3%	4,562	6,519	11,305
Wayne County	R	−3.8%	13,459	14,558	28,562
Wells County	R	−31.4%	4,403	8,504	13,073
White County	R	−8.3%	4,839	5,731	10,767
Whitley County	R	−21.5%	5,862	9,124	15,188