Barack Obama carried Oregon D+16.3.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Oregon, 2008. The state ran 9.1 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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Oregon result

1,827,864 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,037,291

56.7%

McCain (R)

738,475

40.4%

All others

52,098

2.9%

Margin

D+16.3

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2008 presidential election

Oregon, 2008

ObamaD+16.3

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	56.7%	1,037,291
John McCainRepublican	40.4%	738,475
OtherAll other candidates	2.9%	52,098

D+60

R+60

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

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Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

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County results — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	R	−32.4%	2,805	5,650	8,777
Benton County	D	+31.5%	29,901	15,264	46,478
Clackamas County	D	+10.4%	103,476	83,595	191,878
Clatsop County	D	+18.9%	10,701	7,192	18,548
Columbia County	D	+12.0%	13,390	10,413	24,768
Coos County	R	−3.1%	14,401	15,354	30,951
Crook County	R	−26.5%	3,632	6,371	10,352
Curry County	R	−11.5%	5,230	6,646	12,332
Deschutes County	R	−0.3%	38,819	39,064	79,782
Douglas County	R	−20.1%	20,298	30,919	52,937
Gilliam County	R	−19.6%	430	648	1,110
Grant County	R	−45.5%	1,006	2,785	3,909
Harney County	R	−44.7%	950	2,595	3,683
Hood River County	D	+30.9%	6,302	3,265	9,830
Jackson County	D	+0.0%	49,090	49,043	101,047
Jefferson County	R	−8.7%	3,682	4,402	8,318
Josephine County	R	−13.2%	17,412	22,973	42,049
Klamath County	R	−33.1%	9,370	19,113	29,399
Lake County	R	−45.6%	957	2,638	3,688
Lane County	D	+27.4%	114,037	63,835	182,910
Lincoln County	D	+22.9%	14,258	8,791	23,889
Linn County	R	−11.4%	22,163	28,071	51,982
Malheur County	R	−40.3%	2,949	7,157	10,433
Marion County	D	+2.2%	61,816	59,059	124,563
Morrow County	R	−27.1%	1,410	2,509	4,058
Multnomah County	D	+56.1%	279,696	75,171	364,710
Polk County	R	−0.5%	17,536	17,714	36,207
Sherman County	R	−23.8%	385	634	1,047
Tillamook County	D	+9.9%	7,072	5,757	13,297
Umatilla County	R	−22.6%	9,484	15,254	25,523
Union County	R	−23.6%	4,613	7,581	12,594
Wallowa County	R	−30.1%	1,492	2,836	4,465
Wasco County	D	+7.1%	5,906	5,103	11,380
Washington County	D	+22.1%	141,544	89,185	236,632
Wheeler County	R	−26.7%	281	498	812
Yamhill County	R	−1.4%	20,797	21,390	43,526