John McCain carried Texas R+11.8.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Texas, 2008. The state ran 19.0 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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Texas result

8,077,795 votes counted

Obama (D)

3,528,633

43.7%

McCain (R)

4,479,328

55.5%

All others

69,834

0.9%

Margin

R+11.8

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2008 presidential election

Texas, 2008

McCainR+11.8

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

John McCain ✓Republican	55.5%	4,479,328
Barack ObamaDemocratic	43.7%	3,528,633
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	69,834

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−43.6%	4,630	11,884	16,655
Andrews County	R	−65.4%	790	3,816	4,629
Angelina County	R	−35.0%	9,379	19,569	29,153
Aransas County	R	−37.7%	3,006	6,693	9,778
Archer County	R	−65.4%	740	3,595	4,365
Armstrong County	R	−73.5%	128	856	990
Atascosa County	R	−10.5%	4,415	5,462	9,938
Austin County	R	−50.9%	2,821	8,786	11,721
Bailey County	R	−40.4%	682	1,618	2,316
Bandera County	R	−50.4%	2,250	6,935	9,297
Bastrop County	R	−8.2%	11,687	13,817	25,918
Baylor County	R	−54.5%	366	1,262	1,643
Bee County	R	−10.1%	3,645	4,471	8,157
Bell County	R	−9.8%	40,413	49,242	90,334
Bexar County	D	+5.6%	275,527	246,275	525,715
Blanco County	R	−39.5%	1,467	3,418	4,939
Borden County	R	−76.5%	40	316	361
Bosque County	R	−51.9%	1,797	5,762	7,646
Bowie County	R	−37.9%	10,815	24,162	35,186
Brazoria County	R	−29.6%	36,480	67,515	104,940
Brazos County	R	−28.9%	20,502	37,465	58,673
Brewster County	D	+2.9%	1,970	1,855	3,900
Briscoe County	R	−49.6%	205	617	830
Brooks County	D	+51.6%	1,747	556	2,309
Brown County	R	−61.5%	2,822	12,052	15,015
Burleson County	R	−37.4%	2,053	4,547	6,665
Burnet County	R	−44.1%	4,608	12,059	16,893
Caldwell County	R	−6.0%	5,403	6,107	11,648
Calhoun County	R	−20.0%	2,729	4,106	6,879
Callahan County	R	−61.7%	1,063	4,589	5,716
Cameron County	D	+28.8%	48,480	26,671	75,657
Camp County	R	−23.3%	1,734	2,798	4,567
Carson County	R	−71.9%	406	2,548	2,980
Cass County	R	−40.4%	3,490	8,279	11,846
Castro County	R	−36.8%	719	1,562	2,291
Chambers County	R	−51.2%	3,188	9,988	13,292
Cherokee County	R	−43.2%	4,610	11,695	16,417
Childress County	R	−56.0%	497	1,782	2,296
Clay County	R	−58.6%	1,085	4,213	5,339
Cochran County	R	−44.8%	284	758	1,057
Coke County	R	−60.7%	299	1,252	1,569
Coleman County	R	−64.0%	643	3,011	3,702
Collin County	R	−25.6%	109,047	184,897	296,583
Collingsworth County	R	−59.3%	234	943	1,195
Colorado County	R	−39.4%	2,508	5,795	8,353
Comal County	R	−47.4%	12,384	35,233	48,158
Comanche County	R	−47.5%	1,334	3,813	5,217
Concho County	R	−51.1%	257	807	1,077
Cooke County	R	−58.7%	3,051	11,871	15,032
Coryell County	R	−26.9%	6,619	11,550	18,332
Cottle County	R	−45.7%	187	509	705
Crane County	R	−55.0%	319	1,119	1,454
Crockett County	R	−33.3%	512	1,026	1,545
Crosby County	R	−28.1%	684	1,221	1,914
Culberson County	D	+31.0%	492	257	759
Dallam County	R	−60.9%	302	1,269	1,589
Dallas County	D	+15.3%	422,989	310,000	738,463
Dawson County	R	−42.8%	1,152	2,906	4,096
Deaf Smith County	R	−46.8%	1,247	3,466	4,744
Delta County	R	−45.3%	589	1,580	2,187
Denton County	R	−24.2%	91,160	149,935	243,263
DeWitt County	R	−47.9%	1,716	4,888	6,626
Dickens County	R	−51.0%	234	730	972
Dimmit County	D	+50.7%	2,692	874	3,587
Donley County	R	−64.1%	291	1,374	1,690
Duval County	D	+50.4%	3,298	1,076	4,409
Eastland County	R	−59.8%	1,271	5,165	6,509
Ector County	R	−48.0%	9,123	26,199	35,606
Edwards County	R	−31.6%	346	673	1,035
El Paso County	D	+32.5%	122,021	61,783	185,233
Ellis County	R	−42.2%	15,333	38,078	53,853
Erath County	R	−54.5%	3,128	10,768	14,019
Falls County	R	−19.7%	2,225	3,328	5,599
Fannin County	R	−39.6%	3,464	8,092	11,694
Fayette County	R	−42.6%	3,014	7,582	10,714
Fisher County	R	−22.2%	687	1,083	1,784
Floyd County	R	−41.8%	730	1,784	2,521
Foard County	R	−24.0%	198	327	538
Fort Bend County	R	−2.4%	98,368	103,206	202,822
Franklin County	R	−52.5%	1,036	3,392	4,491
Freestone County	R	−43.5%	2,034	5,205	7,288
Frio County	D	+18.7%	2,405	1,644	4,062
Gaines County	R	−67.2%	650	3,385	4,067
Galveston County	R	−19.5%	41,805	62,258	105,004
Garza County	R	−56.1%	375	1,356	1,750
Gillespie County	R	−56.6%	2,576	9,563	12,338
Glasscock County	R	−80.8%	52	502	557
Goliad County	R	−26.5%	1,329	2,298	3,655
Gonzales County	R	−30.4%	2,167	4,076	6,287
Gray County	R	−71.0%	1,153	6,924	8,133
Grayson County	R	−37.9%	13,900	31,136	45,477
Gregg County	R	−37.6%	13,166	29,203	42,610
Grimes County	R	−34.3%	2,704	5,562	8,322
Guadalupe County	R	−31.0%	16,156	30,869	47,461
Hale County	R	−44.9%	2,708	7,171	9,943
Hall County	R	−47.9%	324	930	1,264
Hamilton County	R	−53.3%	863	2,876	3,778
Hansford County	R	−76.5%	240	1,847	2,102
Hardeman County	R	−51.8%	373	1,199	1,595
Hardin County	R	−61.2%	3,939	16,603	20,702
Harris County	D	+1.6%	590,982	571,883	1,171,472
Harrison County	R	−31.4%	8,887	17,103	26,158
Hartley County	R	−73.6%	250	1,711	1,985
Haskell County	R	−32.6%	699	1,388	2,116
Hays County	R	−2.0%	28,431	29,638	59,052
Hemphill County	R	−71.9%	216	1,345	1,570
Henderson County	R	−44.6%	7,913	20,857	28,993
Hidalgo County	D	+38.7%	90,261	39,668	130,784
Hill County	R	−41.3%	3,811	9,264	13,188
Hockley County	R	−52.3%	1,797	5,795	7,645
Hood County	R	−54.0%	5,087	17,299	22,596
Hopkins County	R	−44.7%	3,530	9,299	12,919
Houston County	R	−37.3%	2,656	5,872	8,624
Howard County	R	−46.3%	2,545	7,029	9,689
Hudspeth County	R	−3.1%	430	458	898
Hunt County	R	−40.6%	8,594	20,573	29,524
Hutchinson County	R	−68.9%	1,322	7,361	8,761
Irion County	R	−58.8%	164	644	817
Jack County	R	−68.1%	470	2,528	3,023
Jackson County	R	−47.9%	1,301	3,723	5,057
Jasper County	R	−42.0%	3,658	9,022	12,776
Jeff Davis County	R	−22.7%	468	749	1,236
Jefferson County	D	+2.2%	44,888	42,905	88,296
Jim Hogg County	D	+47.6%	1,336	472	1,815
Jim Wells County	D	+16.1%	6,706	4,841	11,612
Johnson County	R	−47.5%	12,912	36,685	50,050
Jones County	R	−46.1%	1,528	4,203	5,808
Karnes County	R	−21.6%	1,760	2,736	4,527
Kaufman County	R	−35.8%	11,161	23,735	35,145
Kendall County	R	−56.0%	3,599	12,971	16,746
Kenedy County	D	+6.9%	108	94	202
Kent County	R	−54.2%	99	342	448
Kerr County	R	−49.6%	5,570	16,752	22,556
Kimble County	R	−62.1%	342	1,487	1,843
King County	R	−87.7%	8	151	163
Kinney County	R	−17.7%	633	907	1,551
Kleberg County	D	+7.2%	5,256	4,540	9,876
Knox County	R	−45.2%	367	986	1,368
La Salle County	D	+19.0%	1,052	714	1,776
Lamar County	R	−42.0%	5,243	12,952	18,362
Lamb County	R	−48.4%	1,156	3,344	4,525
Lampasas County	R	−49.1%	1,903	5,651	7,634
Lavaca County	R	−53.8%	1,869	6,293	8,223
Lee County	R	−36.3%	2,000	4,312	6,377
Leon County	R	−58.9%	1,418	5,566	7,041
Liberty County	R	−43.7%	5,991	15,448	21,626
Limestone County	R	−33.5%	2,516	5,079	7,652
Lipscomb County	R	−74.7%	155	1,093	1,256
Live Oak County	R	−49.0%	1,048	3,095	4,176
Llano County	R	−52.2%	2,250	7,281	9,629
Loving County	R	−69.6%	12	67	79
Lubbock County	R	−36.7%	30,486	66,304	97,534
Lynn County	R	−40.0%	627	1,473	2,116
Madison County	R	−42.8%	1,146	2,891	4,074
Marion County	R	−21.7%	1,644	2,567	4,252
Martin County	R	−62.7%	314	1,389	1,715
Mason County	R	−47.1%	546	1,544	2,121
Matagorda County	R	−27.4%	4,440	7,835	12,373
Maverick County	D	+57.0%	8,554	2,316	10,939
McCulloch County	R	−51.0%	728	2,263	3,010
McLennan County	R	−23.9%	29,998	49,044	79,674
McMullen County	R	−49.9%	132	400	537
Medina County	R	−33.9%	5,147	10,480	15,737
Menard County	R	−41.0%	295	712	1,018
Midland County	R	−57.3%	9,691	36,155	46,216
Milam County	R	−26.0%	3,044	5,217	8,357
Mills County	R	−62.2%	398	1,753	2,177
Mitchell County	R	−50.6%	586	1,815	2,431
Montague County	R	−58.5%	1,597	6,245	7,950
Montgomery County	R	−52.7%	36,703	119,884	157,847
Moore County	R	−58.1%	1,123	4,282	5,437
Morris County	R	−21.0%	2,055	3,158	5,248
Motley County	R	−76.6%	67	522	594
Nacogdoches County	R	−27.5%	8,393	14,828	23,391
Navarro County	R	−33.1%	5,400	10,810	16,321
Newton County	R	−32.2%	1,751	3,446	5,260
Nolan County	R	−38.8%	1,521	3,485	5,063
Nueces County	R	−4.4%	47,912	52,391	101,230
Ochiltree County	R	−83.9%	243	2,851	3,109
Oldham County	R	−77.3%	102	813	920
Orange County	R	−47.1%	7,646	21,509	29,406
Palo Pinto County	R	−48.2%	2,499	7,264	9,890
Panola County	R	−48.9%	2,586	7,582	10,216
Parker County	R	−55.2%	10,502	36,974	47,951
Parmer County	R	−60.6%	719	2,969	3,713
Pecos County	R	−25.0%	1,476	2,480	4,010
Polk County	R	−37.2%	6,230	13,731	20,149
Potter County	R	−39.4%	8,939	20,761	30,013
Presidio County	D	+43.4%	1,252	489	1,757
Rains County	R	−49.5%	1,048	3,146	4,236
Randall County	R	−62.7%	9,468	41,948	51,832
Reagan County	R	−60.2%	197	795	994
Real County	R	−53.0%	375	1,238	1,628
Red River County	R	−38.0%	1,539	3,461	5,052
Reeves County	D	+5.2%	1,606	1,445	3,077
Refugio County	R	−14.5%	1,382	1,855	3,261
Roberts County	R	−84.2%	41	477	518
Robertson County	R	−19.4%	2,675	3,980	6,710
Rockwall County	R	−46.2%	8,492	23,300	32,066
Runnels County	R	−62.0%	720	3,118	3,867
Rusk County	R	−46.3%	4,983	13,646	18,722
Sabine County	R	−54.8%	1,077	3,749	4,874
San Augustine County	R	−27.3%	1,328	2,342	3,715
San Jacinto County	R	−38.3%	2,721	6,151	8,958
San Patricio County	R	−16.6%	8,854	12,404	21,396
San Saba County	R	−59.2%	487	1,941	2,457
Schleicher County	R	−49.5%	324	970	1,304
Scurry County	R	−59.7%	1,088	4,414	5,569
Shackelford County	R	−71.5%	208	1,284	1,505
Shelby County	R	−44.3%	2,548	6,630	9,220
Sherman County	R	−74.2%	127	884	1,020
Smith County	R	−39.5%	23,726	55,187	79,561
Somervell County	R	−53.2%	799	2,677	3,533
Starr County	D	+69.3%	8,274	1,492	9,792
Stephens County	R	−63.6%	626	2,869	3,526
Sterling County	R	−68.3%	97	520	619
Stonewall County	R	−43.3%	206	524	735
Sutton County	R	−51.2%	381	1,189	1,578
Swisher County	R	−34.3%	813	1,683	2,535
Tarrant County	R	−11.7%	274,880	348,420	628,553
Taylor County	R	−45.6%	12,690	34,317	47,439
Terrell County	R	−26.4%	186	323	519
Terry County	R	−35.0%	1,379	2,879	4,280
Throckmorton County	R	−60.3%	166	671	838
Titus County	R	−31.2%	3,145	6,028	9,245
Tom Green County	R	−41.7%	11,158	27,362	38,861
Travis County	D	+29.4%	254,017	136,981	397,714
Trinity County	R	−35.7%	1,925	4,095	6,077
Tyler County	R	−44.0%	2,166	5,644	7,910
Upshur County	R	−49.0%	3,790	11,222	15,164
Upton County	R	−51.0%	288	898	1,197
Uvalde County	R	−5.3%	4,126	4,590	8,766
Val Verde County	D	+9.6%	6,982	5,752	12,820
Van Zandt County	R	−55.1%	4,505	15,734	20,395
Victoria County	R	−33.6%	9,832	19,878	29,931
Walker County	R	−22.4%	7,334	11,623	19,146
Waller County	R	−7.2%	7,153	8,265	15,508
Ward County	R	−49.1%	899	2,667	3,602
Washington County	R	−42.7%	4,034	10,176	14,377
Webb County	D	+43.4%	33,452	13,119	46,821
Wharton County	R	−31.2%	4,937	9,431	14,418
Wheeler County	R	−71.4%	314	1,918	2,245
Wichita County	R	−38.8%	13,868	31,731	45,982
Wilbarger County	R	−46.3%	1,196	3,283	4,509
Willacy County	D	+39.8%	3,409	1,456	4,903
Williamson County	R	−13.0%	67,691	88,323	158,403
Wilson County	R	−33.9%	5,362	10,904	16,366
Winkler County	R	−51.8%	477	1,529	2,032
Wise County	R	−55.7%	4,471	15,973	20,639
Wood County	R	−54.3%	4,010	13,658	17,784
Yoakum County	R	−62.6%	450	1,989	2,458
Young County	R	−63.5%	1,303	5,942	7,305
Zapata County	D	+35.6%	1,939	919	2,866
Zavala County	D	+68.8%	3,263	596	3,876