Barack Obama carried Ohio D+4.6.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Ohio, 2008. The state ran 2.7 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.3 nationally).

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

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Ohio result

5,721,831 votes counted

Obama (D)

2,940,044

51.4%

McCain (R)

2,677,820

46.8%

All others

103,967

1.8%

Margin

D+4.6

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2008 presidential election

Ohio, 2008

ObamaD+4.6

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	51.4%	2,940,044
John McCainRepublican	46.8%	2,677,820
OtherAll other candidates	1.8%	103,967

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.1%

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County results — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−24.0%	4,170	6,914	11,414
Allen County	R	−20.6%	19,522	29,940	50,495
Ashland County	R	−23.3%	9,300	15,158	25,185
Ashtabula County	D	+13.5%	25,027	18,949	45,076
Athens County	D	+35.1%	20,722	9,742	31,259
Auglaize County	R	−41.1%	6,738	16,414	23,559
Belmont County	D	+2.7%	16,302	15,422	32,536
Brown County	R	−23.3%	7,503	12,192	20,166
Butler County	R	−22.6%	66,030	105,341	174,059
Carroll County	R	−4.8%	6,423	7,097	13,985
Champaign County	R	−19.8%	7,385	11,141	18,936
Clark County	R	−2.5%	31,958	33,634	66,987
Clermont County	R	−32.3%	31,611	62,559	95,734
Clinton County	R	−30.3%	6,558	12,409	19,342
Columbiana County	R	−7.6%	21,882	25,585	48,699
Coshocton County	R	−5.8%	7,689	8,675	16,938
Crawford County	R	−19.0%	8,289	12,316	21,225
Cuyahoga County	D	+38.7%	458,422	199,880	667,299
Darke County	R	−36.1%	7,964	17,290	25,838
Defiance County	R	−10.4%	8,399	10,407	19,232
Delaware County	R	−19.6%	36,653	54,778	92,581
Erie County	D	+13.8%	23,148	17,432	41,375
Fairfield County	R	−17.1%	29,250	41,580	72,147
Fayette County	R	−23.1%	4,401	7,102	11,718
Franklin County	D	+20.7%	334,709	218,486	561,763
Fulton County	R	−8.1%	9,900	11,689	22,013
Gallia County	R	−26.0%	4,777	8,247	13,371
Geauga County	R	−15.3%	21,250	29,096	51,245
Greene County	R	−18.4%	33,540	48,936	83,729
Guernsey County	R	−9.0%	7,625	9,197	17,375
Hamilton County	D	+7.0%	225,213	195,530	425,086
Hancock County	R	−23.1%	13,870	22,420	37,055
Hardin County	R	−20.8%	5,013	7,749	13,149
Harrison County	R	−2.4%	3,683	3,872	7,817
Henry County	R	−12.9%	6,320	8,239	14,852
Highland County	R	−26.3%	6,856	11,907	19,231
Hocking County	R	−0.8%	6,259	6,364	13,016
Holmes County	R	−41.1%	3,141	7,720	11,134
Huron County	R	−3.2%	12,076	12,884	25,582
Jackson County	R	−20.1%	5,397	8,219	14,047
Jefferson County	D	+0.2%	17,635	17,559	36,071
Knox County	R	−19.9%	11,014	16,640	28,285
Lake County	D	+0.8%	60,155	59,142	121,642
Lawrence County	R	−15.2%	11,262	15,415	27,390
Licking County	R	−15.7%	33,932	46,918	82,570
Logan County	R	−26.5%	7,936	13,848	22,283
Lorain County	D	+17.8%	85,276	59,068	146,859
Lucas County	D	+31.4%	142,852	73,706	220,457
Madison County	R	−23.3%	6,532	10,606	17,510
Mahoning County	D	+26.5%	79,173	45,319	127,659
Marion County	R	−8.9%	12,870	15,454	29,092
Medina County	R	−8.0%	40,924	48,189	90,652
Meigs County	R	−18.5%	4,094	6,015	10,407
Mercer County	R	−43.4%	5,853	15,100	21,299
Miami County	R	−28.4%	18,372	33,417	52,915
Monroe County	D	+9.2%	3,705	3,066	6,982
Montgomery County	D	+6.2%	145,997	128,679	279,031
Morgan County	R	−7.2%	2,966	3,440	6,620
Morrow County	R	−23.3%	6,177	10,067	16,679
Muskingum County	R	−7.2%	17,730	20,549	39,225
Noble County	R	−15.8%	2,474	3,450	6,188
Ottawa County	D	+6.2%	12,064	10,624	23,090
Paulding County	R	−11.8%	4,165	5,317	9,785
Perry County	R	−3.0%	7,261	7,721	15,437
Pickaway County	R	−21.7%	9,077	14,228	23,787
Pike County	R	−1.0%	6,033	6,162	12,506
Portage County	D	+9.0%	41,856	34,822	78,402
Preble County	R	−31.2%	6,999	13,562	21,049
Putnam County	R	−41.7%	5,281	13,072	18,680
Richland County	R	−13.6%	25,727	34,034	61,239
Ross County	R	−7.2%	14,455	16,759	31,925
Sandusky County	D	+4.6%	15,602	14,192	30,377
Scioto County	R	−6.3%	14,926	16,994	32,723
Seneca County	R	−2.7%	13,087	13,823	27,553
Shelby County	R	−36.3%	7,316	15,924	23,718
Stark County	D	+5.5%	96,990	86,743	188,010
Summit County	D	+17.1%	160,858	113,284	278,629
Trumbull County	D	+22.4%	64,145	40,164	107,271
Tuscarawas County	D	+2.4%	21,498	20,454	43,057
Union County	R	−27.9%	8,761	15,744	24,984
Van Wert County	R	−27.1%	5,178	9,168	14,701
Vinton County	R	−9.9%	2,463	3,021	5,646
Warren County	R	−36.0%	33,398	71,691	106,426
Washington County	R	−15.5%	12,368	17,019	29,932
Wayne County	R	−14.6%	21,712	29,342	52,276
Williams County	R	−9.3%	8,174	9,879	18,396
Wood County	D	+7.1%	34,285	29,648	65,164
Wyandot County	R	−16.4%	4,461	6,270	11,002