Barack Obama carried Washington D+17.2.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Washington, 2008. The state ran 9.9 points more Democratic than the nation (D+7.3 nationally).

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

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Washington result

3,036,878 votes counted

Obama (D)

1,750,848

57.7%

McCain (R)

1,229,216

40.5%

All others

56,814

1.9%

Margin

D+17.2

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2008 presidential election

Washington, 2008

ObamaD+17.2

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

Barack Obama ✓Democratic	57.7%	1,750,848
John McCainRepublican	40.5%	1,229,216
OtherAll other candidates	1.9%	56,814

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−34.4%	1,552	3,222	4,858
Asotin County	R	−13.4%	4,139	5,451	9,780
Benton County	R	−26.1%	26,288	45,345	72,911
Chelan County	R	−12.0%	13,781	17,605	31,958
Clallam County	D	+3.3%	19,470	18,199	38,519
Clark County	D	+6.1%	95,356	84,212	182,764
Columbia County	R	−36.5%	686	1,499	2,228
Cowlitz County	D	+11.1%	24,597	19,554	45,229
Douglas County	R	−21.4%	5,848	9,098	15,209
Ferry County	R	−12.8%	1,467	1,916	3,501
Franklin County	R	−23.7%	7,361	12,037	19,696
Garfield County	R	−42.5%	385	968	1,373
Grant County	R	−27.5%	9,601	17,153	27,438
Grays Harbor County	D	+14.6%	16,354	12,104	29,184
Island County	D	+6.2%	22,058	19,426	42,159
Jefferson County	D	+34.6%	13,252	6,330	19,991
King County	D	+42.1%	648,230	259,716	922,032
Kitsap County	D	+12.3%	68,624	53,297	124,337
Kittitas County	R	−8.1%	8,030	9,471	17,868
Klickitat County	D	+0.2%	4,965	4,944	10,164
Lewis County	R	−19.2%	13,624	20,278	34,705
Lincoln County	R	−29.6%	2,032	3,803	5,977
Mason County	D	+8.7%	15,050	12,600	28,306
Okanogan County	R	−7.0%	7,613	8,798	16,870
Pacific County	D	+14.1%	6,094	4,555	10,937
Pend Oreille County	R	−17.6%	2,562	3,717	6,552
Pierce County	D	+12.2%	181,824	141,673	329,520
San Juan County	D	+41.9%	7,374	2,958	10,531
Skagit County	D	+9.6%	30,053	24,687	55,886
Skamania County	D	+5.3%	2,817	2,524	5,490
Snohomish County	D	+18.9%	187,294	126,722	320,333
Spokane County	R	−1.2%	105,786	108,314	219,511
Stevens County	R	−20.7%	8,499	13,132	22,341
Thurston County	D	+21.7%	75,882	48,366	126,709
Wahkiakum County	D	+0.7%	1,121	1,105	2,294
Walla Walla County	R	−16.6%	10,081	14,182	24,727
Whatcom County	D	+18.0%	58,236	40,205	100,339
Whitman County	D	+5.5%	9,070	8,104	17,589
Yakima County	R	−10.6%	33,792	41,946	77,062