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Clinton led the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries.

Nationwide vote summed from the states with county-level returns; Clinton led by 0.5 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
2008 Democratic presidential primaries — nationwide vote across 48 states with county returns.
CandidateVotesShare
Clinton17,562,46447.9%
Obama17,394,01647.4%
Other884,4442.4%
Edwards828,1082.3%
By state (48)
Who led each state. Each row links to the state's county-level primary page.
StateLed byMarginVotes
CaliforniaClinton+8.35,066,993
TexasClinton+3.52,874,986
OhioClinton+8.72,354,721
PennsylvaniaClinton+9.12,341,384
IllinoisObama+31.92,038,614
New YorkClinton+17.11,862,449
FloridaClinton+16.81,749,920
North CarolinaObama+14.51,580,726
IndianaClinton+1.11,278,314
MassachusettsClinton+15.41,258,923
New JerseyClinton+9.81,141,199
WisconsinObama+17.31,113,753
GeorgiaObama+35.31,060,851
VirginiaObama+28.2986,203
MarylandObama+24.9878,174
MissouriObama+1.4825,050
KentuckyClinton+35.6701,768
OregonObama+18.0641,499
TennesseeClinton+13.3624,764
MichiganClinton+9.2601,219
AlabamaObama+14.4536,626
South CarolinaObama+28.9532,151
ArizonaClinton+8.0455,635
MississippiObama+24.5434,152
OklahomaClinton+23.6417,207
LouisianaObama+21.8384,346
West VirginiaClinton+41.3356,790
ConnecticutObama+4.0354,539
ArkansasClinton+43.8314,234
New HampshireClinton+2.6287,556
MinnesotaObama+34.2214,066
MontanaObama+15.5182,421
Rhode IslandClinton+18.0182,222
VermontObama+20.7154,960
New MexicoClinton+1.2149,120
UtahObama+17.7131,403
District of ColumbiaObama+51.5123,994
ColoradoObama+34.3120,411
South DakotaClinton+10.797,797
DelawareObama+10.896,374
NebraskaObama+35.438,670
HawaiiObama+47.337,426
WashingtonObama+36.929,452
IdahoObama+62.321,221
IowaObama+3.713,485
NevadaClinton+5.710,742
WyomingObama+23.68,753
MaineObama+19.83,469