2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 presidential election results

Every President race in the 2008 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races51
Changed party0
Unopposed0%0 races

President

D 29 · R 22

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AlabamaJohn McCain (R)21.6
AlaskaJohn McCain (R)21.5
ArizonaJohn McCain (R)8.5
ArkansasJohn McCain (R)19.9
CaliforniaBarack H. Obama (D)24.1
ColoradoBarack H. Obama (D)9.0
ConnecticutBarack H. Obama (D)22.4
DelawareBarack H. Obama (D)25.0
District of ColumbiaBarack H. Obama (D)85.9
FloridaBarack H. Obama (D)2.8
GeorgiaJohn McCain (R)5.2
HawaiiBarack H. Obama (D)45.3
IdahoJohn McCain (R)25.4
IllinoisBarack H. Obama (D)25.1
IndianaBarack H. Obama (D)1.0
IowaBarack H. Obama (D)9.5
KansasJohn McCain (R)15.0
KentuckyJohn McCain (R)16.2
LouisianaJohn McCain (R)18.6
MaineBarack H. Obama (D)17.3
MarylandBarack H. Obama (D)25.4
MassachusettsBarack H. Obama (D)25.8
MichiganBarack H. Obama (D)16.5
MinnesotaBarack H. Obama (D)10.2
MississippiJohn McCain (R)13.2
MissouriJohn McCain (R)0.1
MontanaJohn McCain (R)2.3
NebraskaJohn McCain (R)14.9
NevadaBarack H. Obama (D)12.6
New HampshireBarack H. Obama (D)9.6
New JerseyBarack H. Obama (D)15.6
New MexicoBarack H. Obama (D)15.1
New YorkBarack H. Obama (D)26.9
North CarolinaBarack H. Obama (D)0.3
North DakotaJohn McCain (R)8.6
OhioBarack H. Obama (D)4.6
OklahomaJohn McCain (R)31.3
OregonBarack H. Obama (D)16.3
PennsylvaniaBarack H. Obama (D)10.3
Rhode IslandBarack H. Obama (D)27.8
South CarolinaJohn McCain (R)9.0
South DakotaJohn McCain (R)8.4
TennesseeJohn McCain (R)15.1
TexasJohn McCain (R)11.8
UtahJohn McCain (R)28.2
VermontBarack H. Obama (D)37.0
VirginiaBarack H. Obama (D)6.3
WashingtonBarack H. Obama (D)17.2
West VirginiaJohn McCain (R)13.1
WisconsinBarack H. Obama (D)13.9
WyomingJohn McCain (R)32.2

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab