John McCain carried Tennessee R+15.0.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Tennessee, 2008. The state ran 22.3 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)

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Tennessee result

2,603,800 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,089,883

41.9%

McCain (R)

1,480,779

56.9%

All others

33,138

1.3%

Margin

R+15.0

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2008 presidential election

Tennessee, 2008

McCainR+15.0

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

John McCain ✓Republican	56.9%	1,480,779
Barack ObamaDemocratic	41.9%	1,089,883
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	33,138

D+60

R+60

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

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Tennessee's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Tennessee's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+13.5%
1896	+6.0%
1900	+8.1%
1904	+10.8%
1908	+6.9%
1912	+28.9%
1916	+13.6%
1920	−2.8%
1924	+9.3%
1928	−11.1%
1932	+34.0%
1936	+37.9%
1940	+34.9%
1944	+21.2%
1948	+12.3%
1952	−0.3%
1956	−0.6%
1960	−7.1%
1964	+11.0%
1968	−9.7%
1972	−38.0%
1976	+13.0%
1980	−0.3%
1984	−16.3%
1988	−16.3%
1992	+4.7%
1996	+2.4%
2000	−3.9%
2004	−14.3%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−20.4%
2016	−26.0%
2020	−23.2%
2024	−29.6%

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County results — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−26.2%	11,396	19,675	31,570
Bedford County	R	−33.5%	5,027	10,217	15,507
Benton County	R	−16.2%	2,645	3,696	6,479
Bledsoe County	R	−34.5%	1,517	3,166	4,784
Blount County	R	−39.3%	15,253	35,571	51,645
Bradley County	R	−49.7%	9,357	28,333	38,191
Campbell County	R	−37.0%	3,867	8,535	12,628
Cannon County	R	−24.0%	2,011	3,322	5,457
Carroll County	R	−29.8%	3,980	7,455	11,646
Carter County	R	−47.2%	5,587	15,852	21,769
Cheatham County	R	−31.7%	5,498	10,702	16,428
Chester County	R	−43.2%	1,797	4,587	6,459
Claiborne County	R	−39.3%	3,078	7,175	10,420
Clay County	R	−14.3%	1,248	1,676	2,994
Cocke County	R	−44.9%	3,340	8,945	12,481
Coffee County	R	−29.4%	7,132	13,250	20,790
Crockett County	R	−33.6%	1,967	3,994	6,037
Cumberland County	R	−37.1%	7,889	17,436	25,712
Davidson County	D	+21.0%	158,423	102,915	264,486
Decatur County	R	−32.2%	1,566	3,101	4,763
DeKalb County	R	−17.7%	2,832	4,085	7,065
Dickson County	R	−21.4%	7,506	11,677	19,519
Dyer County	R	−37.7%	4,411	9,859	14,450
Fayette County	R	−27.4%	6,892	12,173	19,254
Fentress County	R	−43.9%	1,831	4,789	6,739
Franklin County	R	−22.5%	6,613	10,539	17,432
Gibson County	R	−28.7%	7,406	13,516	21,253
Giles County	R	−19.6%	4,614	6,902	11,689
Grainger County	R	−43.1%	2,066	5,297	7,503
Greene County	R	−40.7%	7,110	17,151	24,670
Grundy County	R	−12.8%	1,971	2,563	4,632
Hamblen County	R	−38.4%	6,807	15,508	22,669
Hamilton County	R	−11.8%	64,246	81,702	147,520
Hancock County	R	−43.9%	604	1,588	2,241
Hardeman County	D	+6.2%	5,919	5,225	11,237
Hardin County	R	−42.7%	2,794	7,077	10,035
Hawkins County	R	−41.9%	5,930	14,756	21,040
Haywood County	D	+21.3%	4,893	3,165	8,121
Henderson County	R	−42.9%	3,021	7,669	10,834
Henry County	R	−22.4%	5,153	8,182	13,545
Hickman County	R	−14.4%	3,563	4,784	8,498
Houston County	D	+2.1%	1,678	1,608	3,354
Humphreys County	R	−2.9%	3,600	3,818	7,580
Jackson County	D	+0.9%	2,224	2,185	4,501
Jefferson County	R	−42.7%	5,178	13,092	18,532
Johnson County	R	−42.2%	1,837	4,621	6,591
Knox County	R	−23.0%	70,215	113,015	186,086
Lake County	R	−6.7%	1,024	1,175	2,238
Lauderdale County	R	−6.5%	4,322	4,933	9,338
Lawrence County	R	−33.7%	5,161	10,566	16,020
Lewis County	R	−23.7%	1,804	2,951	4,834
Lincoln County	R	−42.2%	3,695	9,231	13,130
Loudon County	R	−44.0%	6,058	15,815	22,184
Macon County	R	−19.6%	4,506	6,746	11,437
Madison County	R	−7.0%	20,209	23,290	43,846
Marion County	R	−19.6%	4,506	6,746	11,437
Marshall County	R	−21.6%	4,320	6,755	11,289
Maury County	R	−21.4%	13,058	20,288	33,767
McMinn County	R	−39.6%	5,541	12,989	18,789
McNairy County	R	−38.4%	3,131	7,135	10,422
Meigs County	R	−33.6%	1,372	2,797	4,237
Monroe County	R	−38.3%	5,053	11,484	16,777
Montgomery County	R	−7.9%	25,716	30,175	56,518
Moore County	R	−38.2%	881	2,010	2,952
Morgan County	R	−40.3%	1,969	4,717	6,822
Obion County	R	−34.1%	4,308	8,873	13,392
Overton County	R	−13.3%	3,419	4,497	8,092
Perry County	R	−8.9%	1,329	1,596	3,000
Pickett County	R	−34.9%	854	1,786	2,671
Polk County	R	−33.0%	2,124	4,267	6,501
Putnam County	R	−27.0%	9,739	17,101	27,316
Rhea County	R	−46.2%	2,907	8,042	11,106
Roane County	R	−36.2%	7,224	15,658	23,276
Robertson County	R	−31.1%	9,318	17,903	27,614
Rutherford County	R	−19.1%	40,460	59,892	101,737
Scott County	R	−47.3%	1,720	4,931	6,783
Sequatchie County	R	−34.8%	1,717	3,610	5,437
Sevier County	R	−48.1%	8,604	24,922	33,941
Shelby County	D	+27.4%	256,297	145,458	404,180
Smith County	R	−20.3%	2,992	4,563	7,741
Stewart County	R	−8.8%	2,470	2,956	5,507
Sullivan County	R	−41.3%	18,354	44,808	63,997
Sumner County	R	−34.9%	21,487	44,949	67,228
Tipton County	R	−36.5%	7,931	17,165	25,316
Trousdale County	R	−6.6%	1,475	1,688	3,239
Unicoi County	R	−40.2%	2,107	5,011	7,223
Union County	R	−41.2%	1,829	4,467	6,399
Van Buren County	R	−20.4%	849	1,294	2,180
Warren County	R	−21.2%	5,515	8,562	14,400
Washington County	R	−33.5%	15,941	32,341	48,982
Wayne County	R	−49.2%	1,355	4,076	5,527
Weakley County	R	−31.1%	4,596	8,855	13,690
White County	R	−28.3%	3,372	6,103	9,647
Williamson County	R	−39.5%	27,886	64,858	93,646
Wilson County	R	−36.6%	15,886	34,595	51,159