Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections

2008 Presidential General Election Data - National

by State - Sorted by Percent Margin

Vote Swing - D-R Margin Change from Previous Election
Swing Map


Map	Pie	State	EV	EV	Total Vote	O	M	Margin	%Margin	Swing%	Obama	McCain	Other	Obama	McCain	Other
		Wyoming	0	3	254,658	2	1	82,090	32.24%	7.55%	32.54%	64.78%	2.68%	82,868	164,958	6,832
		Oklahoma	0	7	1,462,661	2	1	457,669	31.29%	0.15%	34.35%	65.65%	0.00%	502,496	960,165	0
		Utah	0	5	958,996	2	1	268,360	27.98%	17.56%	34.17%	62.15%	3.68%	327,670	596,030	35,296
		Idaho	0	4	658,454	2	1	166,572	25.30%	12.82%	35.91%	61.21%	2.89%	236,440	403,012	19,002
		Alabama	0	9	2,099,819	2	1	453,067	21.58%	4.04%	38.74%	60.32%	0.94%	813,479	1,266,546	19,794
		Alaska	0	3	326,197	2	1	70,247	21.54%	4.01%	37.89%	59.42%	2.69%	123,594	193,841	8,762
		Arkansas	0	6	1,086,617	2	1	215,707	19.85%	10.09%	38.86%	58.72%	2.42%	422,310	638,017	26,290
		Louisiana	0	9	1,960,761	2	1	365,286	18.63%	4.12%	39.93%	58.56%	1.50%	782,989	1,148,275	29,497
		Kentucky	0	8	1,827,587	2	1	296,477	16.22%	3.64%	41.15%	57.37%	1.49%	751,985	1,048,462	27,140
		Tennessee	0	11	2,601,982	2	1	391,741	15.06%	0.76%	41.79%	56.85%	1.36%	1,087,437	1,479,178	35,367
		Nebraska	1	4	801,281	2	1	119,660	14.93%	18.28%	41.60%	56.53%	1.87%	333,319	452,979	14,983
		Kansas	0	6	1,238,873	2	1	184,890	14.92%	10.46%	41.55%	56.48%	1.97%	514,765	699,655	24,453
		Mississippi	0	6	1,289,939	2	1	169,935	13.17%	6.51%	43.00%	56.17%	0.83%	554,662	724,597	10,680
		West Virginia	0	5	715,123	2	1	93,609	13.09%	0.23%	42.49%	55.58%	1.93%	303,857	397,466	13,800
		Texas	0	34	8,087,791	2	1	950,695	11.75%	11.11%	43.63%	55.38%	0.99%	3,528,633	4,479,328	79,830
		South Carolina	0	8	1,920,969	2	1	172,447	8.98%	8.10%	44.90%	53.87%	1.23%	862,449	1,034,896	23,624
		North Dakota	0	3	317,738	2	1	27,484	8.65%	18.71%	44.50%	53.15%	2.34%	141,403	168,887	7,448
		Arizona	0	10	2,303,838	2	1	195,404	8.48%	1.97%	44.91%	53.39%	1.69%	1,034,707	1,230,111	39,020
		South Dakota	0	3	381,975	2	1	32,130	8.41%	13.06%	44.75%	53.16%	2.09%	170,924	203,054	7,997
		Georgia	0	15	3,932,158	2	1	204,636	5.20%	11.38%	46.90%	52.10%	1.00%	1,844,123	2,048,759	39,276
		Montana	0	3	492,750	2	1	11,723	2.38%	18.12%	47.11%	49.49%	3.39%	232,159	243,882	16,709
		Missouri	0	11	2,929,111	2	1	3,903	0.13%	7.06%	49.23%	49.36%	1.41%	1,441,911	1,445,814	41,386
		North Carolina	15	0	4,310,789	1	2	14,177	0.33%	12.76%	49.70%	49.38%	0.92%	2,142,651	2,128,474	39,664
		Indiana	11	0	2,756,658	1	2	28,391	1.03%	21.71%	49.84%	48.81%	1.34%	1,374,039	1,345,648	36,971
		Florida	27	0	8,412,248	1	2	236,148	2.81%	7.81%	50.91%	48.10%	0.99%	4,282,367	4,046,219	83,662
		Ohio	20	0	5,721,831	1	2	262,224	4.58%	6.69%	51.38%	46.80%	1.82%	2,940,044	2,677,820	103,967
		Virginia	13	0	3,723,260	1	2	234,527	6.30%	14.50%	52.63%	46.33%	1.04%	1,959,532	1,725,005	38,723
		Colorado	9	0	2,401,462	1	2	215,004	8.95%	13.63%	53.66%	44.71%	1.63%	1,288,633	1,073,629	39,200
		Iowa	7	0	1,537,123	1	2	146,561	9.53%	10.20%	53.93%	44.39%	1.68%	828,940	682,379	25,804
		New Hampshire	4	0	710,970	1	2	68,292	9.61%	8.24%	54.13%	44.52%	1.35%	384,826	316,534	9,610
		Minnesota	10	0	2,910,369	1	2	297,945	10.24%	6.76%	54.06%	43.82%	2.12%	1,573,354	1,275,409	61,606
		Pennsylvania	21	0	6,015,476	1	2	620,478	10.31%	7.81%	54.47%	44.15%	1.38%	3,276,363	2,655,885	83,228
		Nevada	5	0	967,848	1	2	120,909	12.49%	15.08%	55.15%	42.65%	2.20%	533,736	412,827	21,285
		Wisconsin	10	0	2,983,417	1	2	414,818	13.90%	13.52%	56.22%	42.31%	1.47%	1,677,211	1,262,393	43,813
		New Mexico	5	0	830,158	1	2	125,590	15.13%	15.92%	56.91%	41.78%	1.31%	472,422	346,832	10,904
		New Jersey	15	0	3,877,407	1	2	602,215	15.53%	8.85%	57.14%	41.61%	1.26%	2,215,422	1,613,207	48,778
		Oregon	7	0	1,827,864	1	2	298,816	16.35%	12.19%	56.75%	40.40%	2.85%	1,037,291	738,475	52,098
		Michigan	17	0	5,010,606	1	2	823,940	16.44%	13.03%	57.33%	40.89%	1.78%	2,872,579	2,048,639	89,388
		Washington	11	0	3,053,261	1	2	521,632	17.08%	9.91%	57.34%	40.26%	2.40%	1,750,848	1,229,216	73,197
		Maine	4	0	731,163	1	2	126,650	17.32%	8.33%	57.71%	40.38%	1.91%	421,923	295,273	13,967
		Connecticut	7	0	1,646,793	1	2	368,345	22.37%	12.00%	60.59%	38.22%	1.19%	997,773	629,428	19,592
		California	55	0	13,583,083	1	2	3,262,692	24.02%	14.07%	60.92%	36.90%	2.19%	8,274,473	5,011,781	296,829
		Delaware	3	0	412,616	1	2	103,085	24.98%	17.39%	61.91%	36.93%	1.16%	255,459	152,374	4,783
		Illinois	21	0	5,530,179	1	2	1,388,169	25.10%	14.76%	61.83%	36.73%	1.44%	3,419,348	2,031,179	79,652
		Maryland	10	0	2,631,596	1	2	669,605	25.44%	12.46%	61.92%	36.47%	1.61%	1,629,467	959,862	42,267
		Massachusetts	12	0	3,081,069	1	2	795,244	25.81%	0.65%	61.80%	35.99%	2.21%	1,904,098	1,108,854	68,117
		New York	31	0	7,640,948	1	2	2,052,174	26.86%	8.57%	62.88%	36.03%	1.09%	4,804,945	2,752,771	83,232
		Rhode Island	4	0	471,766	1	2	131,180	27.81%	7.05%	62.86%	35.06%	2.08%	296,571	165,391	9,804
		Vermont	3	0	325,046	1	2	120,288	37.01%	16.87%	67.46%	30.45%	2.10%	219,262	98,974	6,810
		Hawaii	4	0	453,568	1	2	205,305	45.26%	36.52%	71.85%	26.58%	1.57%	325,871	120,566	7,131
		D. C.	3	0	265,853	1	2	228,433	85.92%	6.08%	92.46%	6.53%	1.01%	245,800	17,367	2,686
		Total	365	173	131,473,705	1	2	9,549,105	7.26%	9.73%	52.86%	45.60%	1.54%	69,499,428	59,950,323	2,023,954
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