2008 Presidential General Election Results
Official results from state election offices as reported by the Federal Election Commission on Jan. 22, 2009.
See also: A Tale of Two Elections, Total Votes for President in 2000, 2004 and 2008, Regional Overview

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McCain/Palin
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Obama/Biden
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Others
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Total Votes Cast
Alabama (9)
1,266,546
60.32%
813,479
38.74%
[3+w/in]
19,794
0.94%
2,099,819
Alaska (3)
193,841
59.42%
123,594
37.89%
[3+w/in]
8,762
2.68%
326,197
Arizona (10)
1,230,111
53.64%
1,034,707
45.12%
[3+w/in]
28,657
1.25%
2,293,475
Arkansas (6)
638,017
58.72%
422,310
38.86%
[5]
26,290
2.42%
1,086,617
California (55)
5,011,781
36.95%
8,274,473
61.01%
[4+w/in]
275,646
2.03%
13,561,900
Colorado (9) * 1,073,589
44.71%
1,288,576
53.66%
[14]
39,196
1.63%
2,401,361
Connecticut (7) 629,428
38.22%
997,772
60.59%
[1+w/in]
19,592
1.19%
1,646,792
Delaware (3) 152,374
36.95%
255,459
61.94%
[5]
4,579
1.11%
412,412
Dist. of Col. (3) 17,367
6.53%
245,800
92.46%
[2+w/in]
2,686
1.01%
265,853
Florida (27) * 4,045,624
48.22%
4,282,074
51.03%
[11+w/in]
63,046
0.75%
8,390,744
Georgia (15) 2,048,744
52.20%
1,844,137
46.99%
[1+w/in]
31,559
0.80%
3,924,440
Hawaii (4) 120,566
26.58%
325,871
71.85%
[4]
7,131
1.57%
453,568
Idaho (4) 403,012
61.53%
236,440
36.10%
[3]
15,580
2.38%
655,032
Illinois (21) 2,031,527
36.78%
3,419,673
61.92%
[5+w/in]
71,851
1.30%
5,523,051
Indiana (11) * 1,345,648
48.91%
1,374,039
49.95%
[1+w/in]
31,367
1.14%
2,751,054
Iowa (7) * 682,379
44.39%
828,940
53.93%
[7+w/in]
25,804
1.68%
1,537,123
Kansas (6)
699,655
56.61%
514,765
41.65%
[3+w/in]
21,452
1.74%
1,235,872
Kentucky (8) 1,048,462
57.40%
751,985
41.17%
[3+w/in]
26,173
1.43%
1,826,620
Louisiana (9) 1,148,275
58.56%
782,989
39.93%
[7]
29,497
1.50%
1,960,761
Maine (4) 295,273
40.38%
421,923
57.71%
[2+w/in]
13,967
1.91%
731,163
Maryland (10) 959,862
36.47%
1,629,467
61.92%
[4+w/in]
42,267
1.61%
2,631,596
Massachusetts (12) 1,108,854
35.99%
1,904,097
61.80% [4+w/in]
68,034
2.21%
3,080,985
Michigan (17) 2,048,639
40.96%
2,872,579
57.43%
[4+w/in]
80,548
1.61%
5,001,766
Minnesota (10) 1,275,409
43.82%
1,573,354
54.06%
[5+w/in]
61,606
2.12%
2,910,369
Mississippi (6) 724,597
56.18%
554,662
43.00%
[5]
10,606
0.82%
1,289,865
Missouri (11) 1,445,814
49.43%
1,441,911
49.29%
[3+w/in]
37,480
1.28%
2,925,205
Montana (3) 242,763
49.51%
231,667
47.25%
[3+w/in]
15,872
3.24%
490,302
Nebraska (4)   (1)
452,979
56.53%
333,319
41.60%
[4+w/in]
14,983
1.87%
801,281
Nevada (5) *
412,827
42.65%
533,736
55.15%
[4+NOTA]
21,285
2.20%
967,848
New Hampshire (4)
316,534
44.52%
384,826
54.13%
[3+w/in]
9,610
1.35%
710,970
New Jersey (15) 1,613,207
41.70%
2,215,422
57.27%
[8]
39,608
1.02%
3,868,237
New Mexico (5) *
346,832
41.78%
472,422
56.91%
[4]
10,904
1.31%
830,158
New York (31)
2,742,298
36.11%
4,769,700
62.80%
[5+w/in]
82,815
1.09%
7,594,813
North Carolina (15) *
2,128,474
49.38%
2,142,651
49.70%
[1+w/in]
39,664
0.92%
4,310,789
North Dakota (3)
168,601
53.25%
141,278
44.62%
[3]
6,742
2.13%
316,621
Ohio (20) * 2,674,491
46.94%
2,933,388
51.48%
[6+w/in]
90,381
1.59%
5,698,260
Oklahoma (7)
960,165
65.65%
502,496
34.35%
[0]


1,462,661
Oregon (7) 738,475
40.40%
1,037,291
56.75%
[4+w/in]
52,098
2.85%
1,827,864
Pennsylvania (21) 2,655,885
44.17%
3,276,363
54.49%
[2+w/in]
81,024
1.35%
6,013,272
Rhode Island (4) 165,391
35.06%
296,571
62.86%
[5+w/in]
9,804
2.08%
471,766
South Carolina (8) 1,034,896
53.87%
862,449
44.90%
[4]
23,624
1.23%
1,920,969
South Dakota (3) 203,054
53.16%
170,924
44.75%
[3]
7,997
2.09%
381,975
Tennessee (11) 1,479,178
56.90%
1,087,437
41.83%
[6]
33,134
1.27%
2,599,749
Texas (34) 4,479,328
55.46%
3,528,633
43.69%
[1+w/in]
69,112
0.86%
8,077,073
Utah (5) 596,030
62.58%
327,670
34.41%
[5+w/in]
28,670
3.01%
952,370
Vermont (3) 98,974
30.45%
219,262
67.46%
[6+w/in]
6,810
2.10%
325,046
Virginia (13) * 1,725,005
46.33%
1,959,532
52.63%
[4+w/in]
38,723
1.04%
3,723,260
Washington (11) 1,229,216
40.48%
1,750,848
57.65%
[6]
56,814
1.87%
3,036,878
West Virginia (5) 397,466
55.71%
303,857
42.59%
[3+w/in]
12,128
1.70%
713,451
Wisconsin (10) 1,262,393
42.31%
1,677,211
56.22%
[7+w/in]
43,813
1.47%
2,983,417
Wyoming (3) 164,958
64.77%
82,868
32.54%
[3+w/in]
6,832
2.68%
254,658
Total
59,934,814
45.66%
69,456,897
52.92%
[22/nota/
w/in]

1,865,617
1.42%
131,257,328
*Indicates state won by Bush/Cheney in 2004 and by Obama/Biden in 2008: CO, FL, IN, IA, NV, NM, NC, OH and VA; also 2nd CD in NE.

Others
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Nader (I)
45 States and DC 738,475   (0.56%)
Barr (L)
45 States
523,686   (0.40%)
Baldwin (C)
37 States
199,314   (0.15%)
McKinney (G)
31 States and DC
161,603   (0.12%)
Keyes
3 States
47,694     (0.04%)
Paul
2 States
42,426     (0.03%)
La Riva
12 States
6,808       (0.01%)

Less than 0.01%:                           
Moore 6,528, None of these Candidates 6,267, Calero 5,127, Duncan 3,902, Harris 2,424, Jay 2,422, Polachek 1,149, McEnulty 828, Wamboldt 764, Stevens 755, Amondson 653, Boss 639, Phillies 531, Weill 481, Allen 477, Lyttle 110, Write-In/Misc. 112,554 (0.09%).

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