Barack Obama carried Minnesota D+10.2.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Minnesota, 2008. The state ran 3.0 points more Democratic 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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Minnesota result

2,910,370 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,573,354

54.1%

McCain (R)

1,275,409

43.8%

All others

61,607

2.1%

Margin

D+10.2

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2008 presidential election

Minnesota, 2008

ObamaD+10.2

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	54.1%	1,573,354
John McCainRepublican	43.8%	1,275,409
OtherAll other candidates	2.1%	61,607

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+0.1%	4,595	4,589	9,410
Anoka County	R	−2.4%	86,976	91,357	182,224
Becker County	R	−6.9%	7,687	8,851	16,965
Beltrami County	D	+10.2%	12,019	9,762	22,236
Benton County	R	−9.7%	8,454	10,338	19,339
Big Stone County	D	+6.4%	1,552	1,362	2,990
Blue Earth County	D	+13.0%	19,325	14,782	35,070
Brown County	R	−12.1%	5,809	7,456	13,620
Carlton County	D	+26.8%	11,501	6,549	18,449
Carver County	R	−15.1%	20,654	28,156	49,683
Cass County	R	−8.5%	7,276	8,660	16,307
Chippewa County	D	+5.9%	3,280	2,907	6,356
Chisago County	R	−10.3%	12,783	15,789	29,305
Clay County	D	+16.0%	16,666	11,978	29,259
Clearwater County	R	−9.7%	1,877	2,291	4,261
Cook County	D	+23.3%	2,019	1,240	3,348
Cottonwood County	R	−6.6%	2,759	3,157	6,036
Crow Wing County	R	−7.7%	15,859	18,567	35,165
Dakota County	D	+5.5%	116,778	104,364	225,472
Dodge County	R	−9.8%	4,463	5,468	10,214
Douglas County	R	−9.5%	9,256	11,241	20,918
Faribault County	R	−5.6%	3,736	4,196	8,152
Fillmore County	D	+8.3%	5,921	4,993	11,234
Freeborn County	D	+17.1%	9,915	6,955	17,280
Goodhue County	R	−1.4%	12,420	12,775	25,795
Grant County	D	+5.7%	1,850	1,646	3,605
Hennepin County	D	+28.6%	420,958	231,054	663,780
Houston County	D	+10.7%	5,906	4,743	10,883
Hubbard County	R	−14.5%	4,872	6,558	11,638
Isanti County	R	−15.3%	8,248	11,324	20,053
Itasca County	D	+12.9%	13,460	10,309	24,395
Jackson County	R	−4.3%	2,618	2,858	5,623
Kanabec County	R	−8.7%	3,743	4,479	8,499
Kandiyohi County	R	−5.5%	10,125	11,319	21,895
Kittson County	D	+18.5%	1,492	1,016	2,568
Koochiching County	D	+10.1%	3,649	2,962	6,802
Lac qui Parle County	D	+5.9%	2,160	1,912	4,192
Lake County	D	+22.1%	4,174	2,636	6,969
Lake of the Woods County	R	−13.3%	971	1,278	2,313
Le Sueur County	R	−4.3%	6,994	7,636	15,009
Lincoln County	D	+0.8%	1,517	1,491	3,126
Lyon County	R	−1.6%	6,110	6,315	12,708
Mahnomen County	D	+25.3%	1,436	843	2,343
Marshall County	D	+0.5%	2,311	2,285	4,739
Martin County	R	−15.3%	4,413	6,053	10,754
McLeod County	R	−18.3%	7,505	10,993	19,029
Meeker County	R	−10.8%	5,380	6,737	12,545
Mille Lacs County	R	−7.2%	6,072	7,049	13,544
Morrison County	R	−19.0%	6,547	9,735	16,743
Mower County	D	+23.6%	11,605	7,075	19,187
Murray County	D	+0.5%	2,345	2,320	4,813
Nicollet County	D	+10.5%	9,887	7,968	18,245
Nobles County	R	−1.4%	4,244	4,368	8,813
Norman County	D	+26.9%	2,129	1,204	3,434
Olmsted County	D	+3.3%	38,711	36,202	76,470
Otter Tail County	R	−12.9%	13,856	18,077	32,687
Pennington County	D	+2.1%	3,394	3,248	6,822
Pine County	D	+1.5%	7,084	6,862	14,383
Pipestone County	R	−13.1%	2,023	2,652	4,801
Polk County	D	+4.6%	7,850	7,148	15,334
Pope County	D	+3.8%	3,317	3,069	6,536
Ramsey County	D	+33.9%	182,974	88,942	277,386
Red Lake County	D	+6.3%	1,120	983	2,191
Redwood County	R	−13.6%	3,250	4,308	7,806
Renville County	R	−0.6%	3,904	3,956	8,135
Rice County	D	+11.5%	17,381	13,723	31,799
Rock County	R	−14.0%	2,079	2,775	4,975
Roseau County	R	−17.4%	3,097	4,438	7,700
Scott County	R	−11.2%	29,208	36,724	67,132
Sherburne County	R	−18.2%	17,957	26,140	44,990
Sibley County	R	−19.3%	2,998	4,492	7,729
St. Louis County	D	+32.5%	77,351	38,742	118,814
Stearns County	R	−7.0%	35,690	41,194	78,756
Steele County	R	−5.4%	9,016	10,068	19,656
Stevens County	D	+1.3%	2,781	2,710	5,634
Swift County	D	+13.8%	2,907	2,184	5,244
Todd County	R	−11.1%	5,277	6,637	12,257
Traverse County	D	+5.4%	1,043	933	2,035
Wabasha County	R	−2.4%	5,646	5,935	11,893
Wadena County	R	−17.4%	2,882	4,128	7,169
Waseca County	R	−8.2%	4,401	5,211	9,888
Washington County	D	+4.3%	70,277	64,334	137,059
Watonwan County	D	+0.7%	2,562	2,526	5,258
Wilkin County	R	−6.9%	1,550	1,786	3,414
Winona County	D	+19.1%	16,308	10,975	27,935
Wright County	R	−17.4%	26,343	37,779	65,578
Yellow Medicine County	D	+4.3%	2,816	2,579	5,569