Obama365
McCain173
2008 electoral votes. Popular vote: Obama 52.9%, McCain 45.7%, others 1.4%.
Electoral votes by state
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Counties
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By state
| State | EV | Won by | Obama % | McCain % | Others % | Margin, all votes | Margin, two-party | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 9 | R 9 | 38.7 | 60.3 | 0.9 | R+21.6 | R+21.8 | 2,099,819 |
| Alaska | 3 | R 3 | 37.9 | 59.4 | 2.7 | R+21.5 | R+22.1 | 326,197 |
| Arizona | 10 | R 10 | 45.1 | 53.6 | 1.2 | R+8.5 | R+8.6 | 2,293,475 |
| Arkansas | 6 | R 6 | 38.9 | 58.7 | 2.4 | R+19.9 | R+20.3 | 1,086,617 |
| California | 55 | D 55 | 61.0 | 37.0 | 2.0 | D+24.1 | D+24.6 | 13,561,900 |
| Colorado | 9 | D 9 | 53.7 | 44.7 | 1.6 | D+9.0 | D+9.1 | 2,401,361 |
| Connecticut | 7 | D 7 | 60.6 | 38.2 | 1.2 | D+22.4 | D+22.6 | 1,646,792 |
| Delaware | 3 | D 3 | 61.9 | 36.9 | 1.1 | D+25.0 | D+25.3 | 412,412 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | D 3 | 92.5 | 6.5 | 1.0 | D+85.9 | D+86.8 | 265,853 |
| Florida | 27 | D 27 | 51.0 | 48.2 | 0.8 | D+2.8 | D+2.8 | 8,390,744 |
| Georgia | 15 | R 15 | 47.0 | 52.2 | 0.8 | R+5.2 | R+5.3 | 3,924,486 |
| Hawaii | 4 | D 4 | 71.8 | 26.6 | 1.6 | D+45.3 | D+46.0 | 453,568 |
| Idaho | 4 | R 4 | 36.1 | 61.5 | 2.4 | R+25.4 | R+26.0 | 655,122 |
| Illinois | 21 | D 21 | 61.9 | 36.8 | 1.3 | D+25.1 | D+25.5 | 5,522,371 |
| Indiana | 11 | D 11 | 49.9 | 48.9 | 1.1 | D+1.0 | D+1.0 | 2,751,054 |
| Iowa | 7 | D 7 | 53.9 | 44.4 | 1.7 | D+9.5 | D+9.7 | 1,537,123 |
| Kansas | 6 | R 6 | 41.7 | 56.6 | 1.7 | R+15.0 | R+15.2 | 1,235,872 |
| Kentucky | 8 | R 8 | 41.2 | 57.4 | 1.4 | R+16.2 | R+16.5 | 1,826,620 |
| Louisiana | 9 | R 9 | 39.9 | 58.6 | 1.5 | R+18.6 | R+18.9 | 1,960,761 |
| Maine | 4 | D 4 | 57.7 | 40.4 | 1.9 | D+17.3 | D+17.7 | 731,163 |
| Maryland | 10 | D 10 | 61.9 | 36.5 | 1.6 | D+25.4 | D+25.9 | 2,631,596 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | D 12 | 61.8 | 36.0 | 2.2 | D+25.8 | D+26.4 | 3,080,985 |
| Michigan | 17 | D 17 | 57.4 | 41.0 | 1.6 | D+16.5 | D+16.7 | 5,001,596 |
| Minnesota | 10 | D 10 | 54.1 | 43.8 | 2.1 | D+10.2 | D+10.5 | 2,910,369 |
| Mississippi | 6 | R 6 | 43.0 | 56.2 | 0.8 | R+13.2 | R+13.3 | 1,289,865 |
| Missouri | 11 | R 11 | 49.3 | 49.4 | 1.3 | R+0.1 | R+0.1 | 2,925,205 |
| Montana | 3 | R 3 | 47.3 | 49.5 | 3.2 | R+2.3 | R+2.3 | 490,109 |
| Nebraska | 5 | R 4, D 1 | 41.6 | 56.5 | 1.9 | R+14.9 | R+15.2 | 801,281 |
| Nevada | 5 | D 5 | 55.1 | 42.7 | 2.2 | D+12.5 | D+12.8 | 967,848 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | D 4 | 54.1 | 44.5 | 1.4 | D+9.6 | D+9.7 | 710,970 |
| New Jersey | 15 | D 15 | 57.3 | 41.7 | 1.0 | D+15.6 | D+15.7 | 3,868,237 |
| New Mexico | 5 | D 5 | 56.9 | 41.8 | 1.3 | D+15.1 | D+15.3 | 830,158 |
| New York | 31 | D 31 | 62.9 | 36.0 | 1.0 | D+26.9 | D+27.2 | 7,637,318 |
| North Carolina | 15 | D 15 | 49.7 | 49.4 | 0.9 | D+0.3 | D+0.3 | 4,310,851 |
| North Dakota | 3 | R 3 | 44.6 | 53.3 | 2.1 | R+8.6 | R+8.8 | 316,621 |
| Ohio | 20 | D 20 | 51.5 | 46.9 | 1.6 | D+4.6 | D+4.7 | 5,708,350 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | R 7 | 34.4 | 65.6 | 0.0 | R+31.3 | R+31.3 | 1,462,661 |
| Oregon | 7 | D 7 | 56.7 | 40.4 | 2.9 | D+16.3 | D+16.8 | 1,827,864 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 | D 21 | 54.5 | 44.2 | 1.3 | D+10.3 | D+10.5 | 6,013,272 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | D 4 | 62.9 | 35.1 | 2.1 | D+27.8 | D+28.4 | 471,766 |
| South Carolina | 8 | R 8 | 44.9 | 53.9 | 1.2 | R+9.0 | R+9.1 | 1,920,969 |
| South Dakota | 3 | R 3 | 44.7 | 53.2 | 2.1 | R+8.4 | R+8.6 | 381,975 |
| Tennessee | 11 | R 11 | 41.8 | 56.9 | 1.3 | R+15.1 | R+15.3 | 2,599,749 |
| Texas | 34 | R 34 | 43.7 | 55.5 | 0.9 | R+11.8 | R+11.9 | 8,077,795 |
| Utah | 5 | R 5 | 34.4 | 62.6 | 3.0 | R+28.2 | R+29.1 | 952,370 |
| Vermont | 3 | D 3 | 67.5 | 30.4 | 2.1 | D+37.0 | D+37.8 | 325,046 |
| Virginia | 13 | D 13 | 52.6 | 46.3 | 1.0 | D+6.3 | D+6.4 | 3,723,260 |
| Washington | 11 | D 11 | 57.7 | 40.5 | 1.9 | D+17.2 | D+17.5 | 3,036,878 |
| West Virginia | 5 | R 5 | 42.6 | 55.7 | 1.7 | R+13.1 | R+13.3 | 713,451 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | D 10 | 56.2 | 42.3 | 1.5 | D+13.9 | D+14.1 | 2,983,417 |
| Wyoming | 3 | R 3 | 32.5 | 64.8 | 2.7 | R+32.2 | R+33.1 | 254,658 |
| United States | 538 | D 365, R 173 | 52.9 | 45.7 | 1.4 | D+7.3 | D+7.4 | 131,309,800 |
MEDSL and VEST results files and National Archives electoral votes: fixed historic releases.
Sources
- National Archives, Office of the Federal Register: Electoral College results 1976-2024 (Public domain (US government work))
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (GitHub copy, commit f44e3fc; the dataset is CC0 1.0 on Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/VOQCHQ) (CC0 1.0)
- Connecticut Secretary of the State, 2012 presidential election results by town (CT Election History), summed to the eight legacy counties by PollCheck (Official public records)
- Voting and Election Science Team, 2020 Precinct-Level Election Results, Harvard Dataverse (precincts summed to counties by PollCheck) (CC BY 4.0)
- PollCheck 2024 county totals (us_site/house_pres.py): MEDSL 2024 precinct returns (CC0 1.0) plus the state sources named in county_pres_2024.json (CC0 1.0 (MEDSL rows))
- US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files: counties 2020 (1:500,000) and 2024 (1:5,000,000) (Public domain)
- US Census Bureau state legislative districts (lower chamber), Alaska: TIGER/Line 2010 (2000 and 2010 districts) and cartographic boundary files 2013, 2018 and 2023 (Public domain)
- Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions, 2024 General Election, President and Vice President (certified, corrected 5 Dec 2024) (Maine government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, 2004 General Election, President and Vice President, results by county (New York government record)
- New York State Board of Elections, President and Vice-President Election Returns Nov. 6, 2012 (dated 20 Mar 2013, Kings update 9 Jun 2013), copy hosted by the American Presidency Project (New York government record)
- MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. Senate statewide 1976-2024, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0)
- State election office counts as read by the PollCheck midterms results feed (us_midterms_2026/data/results.json); uncertified (Official public records)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 counties-albers-10m (Census 2017 county boundaries) (ISC)
- us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m.json (US Census Bureau cartographic boundary files 2017; ISC licence)
- Photos: official portraits, public domain (US government); see Photo credits.
Final results.