John McCain carried Missouri R+0.1.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Missouri, 2008. The state ran 7.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.3 nationally).

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

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Missouri result

2,925,241 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,441,947

49.3%

McCain (R)

1,445,814

49.4%

All others

37,480

1.3%

Margin

R+0.1

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2008 presidential election

Missouri, 2008

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

John McCain ✓Republican	49.4%	1,445,814
Barack ObamaDemocratic	49.3%	1,441,947
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	37,480

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−1.3%	5,735	5,891	11,871
Andrew County	R	−22.0%	3,345	5,279	8,790
Atchison County	R	−31.5%	1,000	1,936	2,976
Audrain County	R	−16.1%	4,434	6,167	10,781
Barry County	R	−35.0%	4,630	9,758	14,644
Barton County	R	−49.7%	1,455	4,414	5,948
Bates County	R	−18.9%	3,271	4,833	8,283
Benton County	R	−22.3%	3,629	5,759	9,567
Bollinger County	R	−39.5%	1,690	3,972	5,784
Boone County	D	+12.0%	47,062	36,849	85,251
Buchanan County	D	+0.1%	19,164	19,110	39,040
Butler County	R	−37.4%	5,316	11,805	17,338
Caldwell County	R	−18.4%	1,814	2,654	4,564
Callaway County	R	−19.7%	7,580	11,389	19,321
Camden County	R	−28.5%	7,773	14,074	22,133
Cape Girardeau County	R	−33.6%	12,208	24,768	37,355
Carroll County	R	−31.3%	1,535	2,955	4,538
Carter County	R	−29.5%	984	1,840	2,898
Cass County	R	−19.6%	19,844	29,695	50,179
Cedar County	R	−33.6%	2,060	4,194	6,354
Chariton County	R	−12.8%	1,799	2,339	4,214
Christian County	R	−35.8%	11,883	25,382	37,697
Clark County	R	−6.1%	1,572	1,782	3,456
Clay County	R	−0.7%	53,761	54,516	109,606
Clinton County	R	−11.1%	4,545	5,709	10,454
Cole County	R	−26.9%	13,959	24,385	38,745
Cooper County	R	−23.7%	2,996	4,902	8,026
Crawford County	R	−20.8%	3,911	6,007	10,085
Dade County	R	−40.9%	1,184	2,864	4,112
Dallas County	R	−29.1%	2,656	4,895	7,683
Daviess County	R	−22.8%	1,400	2,263	3,786
DeKalb County	R	−25.6%	1,692	2,889	4,683
Dent County	R	−37.8%	2,056	4,655	6,868
Douglas County	R	−33.7%	2,140	4,405	6,712
Dunklin County	R	−21.3%	4,540	7,044	11,764
Franklin County	R	−12.4%	21,256	27,355	49,293
Gasconade County	R	−24.0%	2,899	4,763	7,771
Gentry County	R	−22.1%	1,235	1,964	3,292
Greene County	R	−15.8%	56,181	77,683	135,695
Grundy County	R	−30.1%	1,580	3,006	4,740
Harrison County	R	−31.3%	1,287	2,512	3,915
Henry County	R	−11.0%	4,869	6,095	11,159
Hickory County	R	−13.3%	2,171	2,850	5,115
Holt County	R	−37.7%	802	1,794	2,633
Howard County	R	−13.8%	2,036	2,708	4,855
Howell County	R	−30.8%	5,736	10,982	17,029
Iron County	D	+2.8%	2,213	2,090	4,414
Jackson County	D	+25.4%	210,824	124,687	339,266
Jasper County	R	−33.2%	15,730	31,667	48,025
Jefferson County	D	+2.5%	53,467	50,804	105,704
Johnson County	R	−12.2%	9,480	12,183	22,080
Knox County	R	−22.4%	759	1,212	2,024
Laclede County	R	−34.7%	5,218	10,875	16,323
Lafayette County	R	−15.3%	6,902	9,442	16,600
Lawrence County	R	−37.1%	5,097	11,263	16,637
Lewis County	R	−16.8%	1,837	2,594	4,502
Lincoln County	R	−11.4%	10,234	12,924	23,550
Linn County	R	−8.5%	2,638	3,140	5,931
Livingston County	R	−23.8%	2,435	3,993	6,552
Macon County	R	−24.1%	2,784	4,586	7,474
Madison County	R	−17.0%	2,042	2,897	5,028
Maries County	R	−27.6%	1,599	2,853	4,548
Marion County	R	−23.9%	4,703	7,705	12,553
McDonald County	R	−37.4%	2,454	5,499	8,135
Mercer County	R	−37.2%	519	1,169	1,748
Miller County	R	−36.8%	3,553	7,797	11,535
Mississippi County	R	−14.7%	2,247	3,034	5,356
Moniteau County	R	−35.8%	2,084	4,467	6,665
Monroe County	R	−19.2%	1,703	2,533	4,314
Montgomery County	R	−18.5%	2,347	3,428	5,856
Morgan County	R	−20.6%	3,565	5,451	9,149
New Madrid County	R	−15.1%	3,370	4,593	8,092
Newton County	R	−40.1%	7,450	17,637	25,406
Nodaway County	R	−10.5%	4,493	5,568	10,219
Oregon County	R	−18.3%	1,811	2,652	4,591
Osage County	R	−44.6%	1,907	5,062	7,079
Ozark County	R	−26.8%	1,661	2,918	4,686
Pemiscot County	R	−13.1%	3,029	3,954	7,047
Perry County	R	−29.2%	3,005	5,527	8,647
Pettis County	R	−22.4%	6,932	11,018	18,208
Phelps County	R	−22.2%	7,394	11,706	19,438
Pike County	R	−9.9%	3,487	4,268	7,881
Platte County	R	−6.4%	21,495	24,460	46,516
Polk County	R	−32.1%	4,553	8,956	13,697
Pulaski County	R	−28.7%	5,249	9,552	15,000
Putnam County	R	−38.3%	695	1,591	2,339
Ralls County	R	−18.6%	2,041	2,987	5,084
Randolph County	R	−23.3%	3,984	6,457	10,624
Ray County	R	−3.2%	5,241	5,593	11,053
Reynolds County	R	−11.1%	1,418	1,782	3,287
Ripley County	R	−30.1%	1,795	3,407	5,363
Saline County	R	−2.5%	4,712	4,962	9,848
Schuyler County	R	−18.4%	775	1,139	1,983
Scotland County	R	−21.7%	793	1,249	2,098
Scott County	R	−29.4%	6,258	11,563	18,026
Shannon County	R	−11.4%	1,637	2,075	3,838
Shelby County	R	−31.7%	1,114	2,166	3,316
St. Charles County	R	−9.7%	84,183	102,550	188,529
St. Clair County	R	−22.0%	1,886	2,981	4,988
St. Francois County	R	−4.6%	11,540	12,660	24,550
St. Louis city	D	+68.2%	132,925	24,662	158,858
St. Louis County	D	+19.9%	333,123	221,705	559,854
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+14.1%	4,979	3,732	8,825
Stoddard County	R	−39.8%	3,899	9,172	13,262
Stone County	R	−37.3%	5,029	11,147	16,387
Sullivan County	R	−15.1%	1,173	1,607	2,869
Taney County	R	−37.2%	6,683	14,736	21,664
Texas County	R	−35.1%	3,410	7,215	10,851
Vernon County	R	−22.0%	3,381	5,334	8,878
Warren County	R	−12.6%	6,705	8,675	15,576
Washington County	D	+0.1%	4,711	4,706	9,614
Wayne County	R	−25.0%	2,243	3,784	6,154
Webster County	R	−29.0%	5,685	10,431	16,356
Worth County	R	−23.9%	427	707	1,174
Wright County	R	−37.9%	2,557	5,784	8,514