John McCain carried Kansas R+15.0.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Kansas, 2008. The state ran 22.2 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)

akashic

Kansas result

1,235,808 votes counted

Obama (D)

514,765

41.7%

McCain (R)

699,655

56.6%

All others

21,388

1.7%

Margin

R+15.0

akashic

2008 presidential election

Kansas, 2008

McCainR+15.0

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

John McCain ✓Republican	56.6%	699,655
Barack ObamaDemocratic	41.7%	514,765
OtherAll other candidates	1.7%	21,388

D+60

R+60

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

akashic

Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−50.2%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

akashic

County results — 2008

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

akashic

County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−23.3%	2,189	3,552	5,859
Anderson County	R	−32.7%	1,175	2,362	3,626
Atchison County	R	−7.6%	3,241	3,791	7,191
Barber County	R	−50.2%	598	1,833	2,462
Barton County	R	−43.3%	3,027	7,802	11,023
Bourbon County	R	−27.2%	2,394	4,240	6,781
Brown County	R	−38.1%	1,317	2,985	4,376
Butler County	R	−32.3%	9,159	18,155	27,873
Chase County	R	−42.8%	383	976	1,384
Chautauqua County	R	−54.9%	401	1,418	1,852
Cherokee County	R	−23.7%	3,594	5,886	9,665
Cheyenne County	R	−55.1%	323	1,148	1,498
Clark County	R	−56.3%	245	897	1,159
Clay County	R	−49.1%	1,009	2,998	4,054
Cloud County	R	−42.4%	1,233	3,121	4,451
Coffey County	R	−45.7%	1,121	3,054	4,232
Comanche County	R	−58.6%	194	765	974
Cowley County	R	−25.2%	5,012	8,492	13,787
Crawford County	D	+1.4%	7,957	7,735	16,075
Decatur County	R	−54.7%	343	1,189	1,548
Dickinson County	R	−42.2%	2,422	6,081	8,667
Doniphan County	R	−35.3%	1,115	2,372	3,564
Douglas County	D	+30.8%	34,398	17,929	53,398
Edwards County	R	−48.8%	333	995	1,357
Elk County	R	−47.4%	363	1,042	1,434
Ellis County	R	−33.7%	4,010	8,207	12,447
Ellsworth County	R	−39.8%	851	2,021	2,938
Finney County	R	−35.3%	3,275	6,926	10,354
Ford County	R	−30.9%	2,991	5,730	8,864
Franklin County	R	−22.5%	4,433	7,079	11,739
Geary County	R	−12.4%	3,491	4,492	8,094
Gove County	R	−61.7%	261	1,136	1,418
Graham County	R	−51.7%	325	1,060	1,423
Grant County	R	−51.1%	635	1,995	2,661
Gray County	R	−57.0%	436	1,643	2,119
Greeley County	R	−59.1%	151	591	745
Greenwood County	R	−43.7%	622	1,619	2,279
Hamilton County	R	−55.7%	233	844	1,096
Harper County	R	−45.2%	736	1,999	2,796
Harvey County	R	−17.2%	6,318	9,006	15,613
Haskell County	R	−63.6%	278	1,277	1,570
Hodgeman County	R	−59.7%	211	865	1,096
Jackson County	R	−24.0%	2,308	3,811	6,253
Jefferson County	R	−18.7%	3,542	5,220	8,950
Jewell County	R	−58.0%	313	1,231	1,584
Johnson County	R	−9.0%	127,091	152,627	283,432
Kearny County	R	−57.4%	309	1,159	1,482
Kingman County	R	−44.8%	963	2,603	3,664
Kiowa County	R	−62.7%	200	912	1,135
Labette County	R	−12.9%	3,839	5,001	9,031
Lane County	R	−60.5%	193	814	1,027
Leavenworth County	R	−11.6%	13,255	16,791	30,587
Lincoln County	R	−54.0%	347	1,204	1,586
Linn County	R	−36.0%	1,425	3,086	4,617
Logan County	R	−66.8%	225	1,187	1,440
Lyon County	R	−6.0%	5,924	6,698	12,911
Marion County	R	−38.9%	1,801	4,159	6,059
Marshall County	R	−27.3%	1,784	3,157	5,036
McPherson County	R	−35.3%	4,218	8,937	13,385
Meade County	R	−61.3%	357	1,540	1,931
Miami County	R	−23.7%	5,742	9,382	15,377
Mitchell County	R	−54.3%	701	2,440	3,203
Montgomery County	R	−35.7%	4,338	9,309	13,907
Morris County	R	−34.1%	907	1,875	2,841
Morton County	R	−65.9%	229	1,153	1,402
Nemaha County	R	−44.5%	1,432	3,817	5,359
Neosho County	R	−26.6%	2,563	4,473	7,192
Ness County	R	−60.2%	289	1,207	1,525
Norton County	R	−57.2%	497	1,878	2,415
Osage County	R	−30.3%	2,534	4,820	7,544
Osborne County	R	−56.3%	403	1,490	1,930
Ottawa County	R	−52.5%	704	2,323	3,086
Pawnee County	R	−37.1%	882	1,946	2,867
Phillips County	R	−59.2%	525	2,105	2,667
Pottawatomie County	R	−44.0%	2,599	6,929	9,837
Pratt County	R	−36.5%	1,294	2,822	4,190
Rawlins County	R	−62.9%	273	1,247	1,549
Reno County	R	−23.4%	9,916	16,112	26,512
Republic County	R	−50.1%	640	1,978	2,671
Rice County	R	−40.2%	1,163	2,780	4,021
Riley County	R	−7.0%	10,495	12,111	22,997
Rooks County	R	−61.8%	468	2,068	2,588
Rush County	R	−40.5%	504	1,225	1,781
Russell County	R	−53.8%	736	2,509	3,293
Saline County	R	−26.2%	8,186	14,165	22,788
Scott County	R	−68.9%	321	1,823	2,179
Sedgwick County	R	−12.7%	82,337	106,849	192,716
Seward County	R	−43.1%	1,493	3,791	5,336
Shawnee County	R	−0.3%	41,235	41,476	84,177
Sheridan County	R	−62.1%	254	1,108	1,376
Sherman County	R	−47.0%	688	1,959	2,704
Smith County	R	−57.8%	446	1,719	2,204
Stafford County	R	−45.9%	542	1,495	2,074
Stanton County	R	−53.2%	188	628	827
Stevens County	R	−72.0%	283	1,815	2,127
Sumner County	R	−32.7%	3,353	6,737	10,337
Thomas County	R	−55.8%	787	2,837	3,673
Trego County	R	−48.2%	420	1,225	1,671
Wabaunsee County	R	−38.6%	1,036	2,395	3,521
Wallace County	R	−73.9%	96	690	804
Washington County	R	−53.3%	659	2,248	2,980
Wichita County	R	−66.4%	163	840	1,019
Wilson County	R	−40.8%	1,170	2,850	4,121
Woodson County	R	−34.0%	512	1,055	1,599
Wyandotte County	D	+40.9%	39,865	16,506	57,169