U.S. Electoral College

2008 Presidential Election

Popular Vote Totals

Candidate vote totals are as listed on each state's Certificate of Ascertainment. Cumulative totals are also as listed on, or derived from, each state's Certificate of Ascertainment. The highest number is highlighted.

State Obama / Biden McCain / Palin Baldwin / Castle* Barr / Root Keyes / Rohrbough** McKinney / Clemente Nader / Gonzalez Others Total  Votes
AL 813479 1266546 4310 4991 - - 6788 3705 2099819
AK 123594 193841 1660 1589 - - 3783 1730 326197
AZ 1034707 1230111 1371 12555 - 3406 11301 24 2293475
AR 422310 638017 4023 4776 - 3470 12882 1139 1086617
CA 8274473 5011781 3145 67582 40763 38774 10883 17094 13464495
CO 1288576 1073589 6233 10897 3051 2822 13350 2843 2401361
CT 997763 629428 311 - - 90 19162 29 1646783
DE 255459 152374 626 1109 - 385 2401 58 412412
DC 245800 17367 - - - 590 958 1138 265853
FL 4282074 4045624 7915 17218 2550 2887 28124 4352 8390744
GA 1844137 2048744 - 28812 - - - - 3921693
HI 325871 120566 1013 1314 - 979 3825 - 453568
ID 236440 403012 4747 3658 - - 7175 - 655032
IL 3419673 2031527 - 19645 - 11838 30952 - 5513635
IN 1374039 1345648 1024 29257 - 87 909 90 2751054
IA 828940 682379 4445 4590 - 1423 8014 595 1530386
KS 514765 699655 4148 6706 - - 10527 - 1235801
KY 751985 1048462 4694 5989 27 - 15378 85 1826620
LA 782989 1148275 2581 - - 9187 6997 10732 1960761
ME 421923 295273 177 251 - 2900 10636 3 731163
MD 1629467 959862 3760 9842 103 4747 14713 55 2622549
MA 1904097 1108854 4971 13189 - 6550 28841 14483 3080985
MI 2872579 2048639 14685 23716 129 8892 33085 41 5001766
MN 1573354 1275409 6787 9174 22 5174 30152 801 2900873
MS 554662 724597 2551 2529 - 1034 4011 481 1289865
MO 1441911 1445814 8201 11386 - 80 17813 - 2925205
MT 231667 242763 10638 1355 - - 3686 - 490109
NE 333319 452979 2972 2740 - 1028 5406 - 798444
NV 533736 412827 3194 4263 - 1411 6150 - 961581
NH 384826 316534 - 2217 - - 3503 531 707611
NJ 2215422 1613207 3956 8441 - 3636 21298 2277 3868237
NM 472422 346832 1597 2428 - 1552 5327 - 830158
NY 4610809 2409077 163262 19513 - 12729 - 375161 7590551
NC 2142651 2128474 - 25722 - - - - 4296847
ND 141278 168601 1199 1354 - - 4189 - 316621
OH 2933388 2674491 12550 19555 160 8513 42288 6982 5697927
OK 502496 960165 - - - - - - 1462661
OR 1037291 738475 7693 7635 - 4543 18614 - 1814251
PA 3276363 2651812 - 19812 - - 44397 - 5992384
RI 296571 165391 675 1382 - 797 4829 2121 471766
SC 862449 1034896 6827 7283 - 4461 5053 - 1920969
SD 170924 203054 1895 1835 - - 4267 - 381975
TN 1087437 1479178 8191 8547 - 2499 11560 2337 2599749
TX 3528633 4479328 5052 56116 895 671 5214 1886 8077795
UT 327670 596030 12012 6966 - - - - 942678
VT 219262 98974 500 1067 - - 3339 1904 325046
VA 1959532 1725005 7474 11067 - 2344 11483 - 3716905
WA 1750848 1229216 9432 12728 - 3819 29489 1346 3036878
WV 303857 397466 2465 - - 2355 7219 89 713451
WI 1677211 1262393 5072 8858 - 4216 17605 1001 2976356
WY 82868 164958 1192 1594 - - 2525 - 253137
Totals 69297997 59597520 361226 523253 47700 159889 590101 455113 131032799

*except in Kentucky, where Baldwin's running mate was Robert E. Thornsberry

**except in California, where Keyes' running mate was Wiley S. Drake; and in Texas, where his running mate was Marvin Sprouse, Jr.

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