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2008 Presidential Election

See which candidate won each state and how those wins added up to the Electoral College result.

Electoral College · 1789–2024County popular vote · 2000–2024County atlas · available

Election rules

Modern Electoral College

Electoral result

365 EV · Barack Obama

Map dated

2008-11-04

Electoral College result

How the states voted

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Election-date state boundaries colored by exact stored electoral recipients. Split allocations use multiple colors.

This 2008 result uses the 2020 poll-closing chronology as a cinematic reference sequence, not historical 2008 polling or call timing.

Timing source: The Green Papers 2020 poll-closing chronology

Reference poll-close stream

Electoral Token Board

Token width reflects stored electoral votes

  1. GA
  2. VA
  3. IN
  4. KY
  5. SC
  6. VT
  7. OH
  8. NC
  9. WV
  10. FL
  11. IL
  12. PA
  13. NJ
  14. MA
  15. MO
  16. TN
  17. MD
  18. AL
  19. CT
  20. OK
  21. KS
  22. MS
  23. ME
  24. NH
  25. RI
  26. DC
  27. DE
  28. AR
  29. TX
  30. NY
  31. MI
  32. AZ
  33. MN
  34. WI
  35. CO
  36. LA
  37. NE
  38. NE
  39. NM
  40. SD
  41. WY
  42. IA
  43. NV
  44. UT
  45. MT
  46. CA
  47. WA
  48. OR
  49. ID
  50. ND
  51. HI
  52. AK

County results · 2000–2024

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1789—2024

Sixty elections, one continuous record

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  1. 1789First election
  2. 1792Founding Rules
  3. 1796Founding Rules
  4. 1800Founding Rules
  5. 1804Separate offices
  6. 1808Electoral record
  7. 1812Electoral record
  8. 1816Electoral record
  9. 1820Electoral record
  10. 1824Electoral record
  11. 1828Electoral record
  12. 1832Electoral record
  13. 1836Electoral record
  14. 1840Electoral record
  15. 1844Electoral record
  16. 1848Electoral record
  17. 1852Electoral record
  18. 1856Electoral record
  19. 1860Electoral record
  20. 1864Electoral record
  21. 1868Electoral record
  22. 1872Electoral record
  23. 1876Electoral record
  24. 1880Electoral record
  25. 1884Electoral record
  26. 1888Electoral record
  27. 1892Electoral record
  28. 1896Electoral record
  29. 1900Electoral record
  30. 1904Electoral record
  31. 1908Electoral record
  32. 1912Electoral record
  33. 1916Electoral record
  34. 1920Electoral record
  35. 1924Electoral record
  36. 1928Electoral record
  37. 1932Electoral record
  38. 1936Electoral record
  39. 1940Electoral record
  40. 1944Electoral record
  41. 1948Electoral record
  42. 1952Electoral record
  43. 1956Electoral record
  44. 1960Electoral record
  45. 1964Electoral record
  46. 1968Electoral record
  47. 1972Electoral record
  48. 1976Electoral record
  49. 1980Electoral record
  50. 1984Electoral record
  51. 1988Electoral record
  52. 1992Electoral record
  53. 1996Electoral record
  54. 2000County detail begins
  55. 2004Electoral record
  56. 2008Electoral record
  57. 2012Electoral record
  58. 2016Electoral record
  59. 2020Electoral record
  60. 2024Latest stored cycle

Official result

Election summary

President
Barack Obama [D]
Main opponent
John McCain [R]

State-by-state result

Electoral votes by state

A state appears more than once when its electoral votes were split between candidates.

StateCandidateElectoral votes
ALABAMA ALJohn McCain, of Arizona9
ALASKA AKJohn McCain, of Arizona3
ARIZONA AZJohn McCain, of Arizona10
ARKANSAS ARJohn McCain, of Arizona6
CALIFORNIA CABarack Obama, of Illinois55
COLORADO COBarack Obama, of Illinois9
CONNECTICUT CTBarack Obama, of Illinois7
DELAWARE DEBarack Obama, of Illinois3
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DCBarack Obama, of Illinois3
FLORIDA FLBarack Obama, of Illinois27
GEORGIA GAJohn McCain, of Arizona15
HAWAII HIBarack Obama, of Illinois4
IDAHO IDJohn McCain, of Arizona4
ILLINOIS ILBarack Obama, of Illinois21
INDIANA INBarack Obama, of Illinois11
IOWA IABarack Obama, of Illinois7
KANSAS KSJohn McCain, of Arizona6
KENTUCKY KYJohn McCain, of Arizona8
LOUISIANA LAJohn McCain, of Arizona9
MAINE MEBarack Obama, of Illinois4
MARYLAND MDBarack Obama, of Illinois10
MASSACHUSETTS MABarack Obama, of Illinois12
MICHIGAN MIBarack Obama, of Illinois17
MINNESOTA MNBarack Obama, of Illinois10
MISSISSIPPI MSJohn McCain, of Arizona6
MISSOURI MOJohn McCain, of Arizona11
MONTANA MTJohn McCain, of Arizona3
NEBRASKA NEJohn McCain, of Arizona4
NEBRASKA NEBarack Obama, of Illinois1
NEVADA NVBarack Obama, of Illinois5
NEW HAMPSHIRE NHBarack Obama, of Illinois4
NEW JERSEY NJBarack Obama, of Illinois15
NEW MEXICO NMBarack Obama, of Illinois5
NEW YORK NYBarack Obama, of Illinois31
NORTH CAROLINA NCBarack Obama, of Illinois15
NORTH DAKOTA NDJohn McCain, of Arizona3
OHIO OHBarack Obama, of Illinois20
OKLAHOMA OKJohn McCain, of Arizona7
OREGON ORBarack Obama, of Illinois7
PENNSYLVANIA PABarack Obama, of Illinois21
RHODE ISLAND RIBarack Obama, of Illinois4
SOUTH CAROLINA SCJohn McCain, of Arizona8
SOUTH DAKOTA SDJohn McCain, of Arizona3
TENNESSEE TNJohn McCain, of Arizona11
TEXAS TXJohn McCain, of Arizona34
UTAH UTJohn McCain, of Arizona5
VERMONT VTBarack Obama, of Illinois3
VIRGINIA VABarack Obama, of Illinois13
WASHINGTON WABarack Obama, of Illinois11
WEST VIRGINIA WVJohn McCain, of Arizona5
WISCONSIN WIBarack Obama, of Illinois10
WYOMING WYJohn McCain, of Arizona3

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Candidate identities
Barack Obama
Observed: Barack Obama, of Illinois
John McCain
Observed: John McCain, of Arizona
Geometry build
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Reference date
2008-11-04
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Coverage and interpretation notes

  • Historical geometry is independently versioned

    The map uses a checksum-pinned, election-date geometry build while Electoral College allocations remain traced to the NARA fact tables.

  • County Shift Lab is available

    MEDSL county popular-vote facts are available in a separate truth-preserving layer. Only approved election-vintage geometry is mapped; special units and pending boundaries remain explicit.

Traceable facts

Sources and provenance

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