States with the Smallest Margin of Victory

State		EV	Total Vote	O	M	%Margin	Margin	Obama	McCain	Other
1	MO	11	2,929,111	2	1	0.13%	3,903	49.23%	49.36%	1.41%
2	NC	15	4,310,789	1	2	0.33%	14,177	49.70%	49.38%	0.92%
3	IN	11	2,756,340	1	2	1.03%	28,391	49.85%	48.82%	1.33%
4	MT	3	492,750	2	1	2.38%	11,723	47.11%	49.49%	3.39%
5	FL	27	8,411,861	1	2	2.81%	236,148	50.91%	48.10%	0.99%
6	OH	20	5,721,815	1	2	4.58%	262,224	51.38%	46.80%	1.82%
7	GA	15	3,932,158	2	1	5.20%	204,636	46.90%	52.10%	1.00%
8	VA	13	3,723,260	1	2	6.30%	234,527	52.63%	46.33%	1.04%
9	SD	3	381,975	2	1	8.41%	32,130	44.75%	53.16%	2.09%
10	AZ	10	2,303,838	2	1	8.48%	195,404	44.91%	53.39%	1.69%

States with the Largest Margin of Victory

State		EV	Total Vote	O	M	%Margin	Margin	Obama	McCain	Other
1	DC	3	265,853	1	2	85.92%	228,433	92.46%	6.53%	1.01%
2	HI	4	453,568	1	2	45.26%	205,305	71.85%	26.58%	1.57%
3	VT	3	325,046	1	2	37.01%	120,288	67.46%	30.45%	2.10%
4	WY	3	254,658	2	1	32.24%	82,090	32.54%	64.78%	2.68%
5	OK	7	1,462,661	2	1	31.29%	457,669	34.35%	65.65%	0.00%
6	UT	5	957,590	2	1	28.02%	268,360	34.22%	62.24%	3.54%
7	RI	4	471,766	1	2	27.81%	131,180	62.86%	35.06%	2.08%
8	NY	31	7,640,948	1	2	26.86%	2,052,174	62.88%	36.03%	1.09%
9	MA	12	3,081,069	1	2	25.81%	795,244	61.80%	35.99%	2.21%
10	MD	10	2,631,596	1	2	25.44%	669,605	61.92%	36.47%	1.61%

States with Highest Percent of Vote

Obama		McCain		Nader
District of Columbia	92.46%	Oklahoma	65.65%	Maine	1.45%
Hawaii	71.85%	Wyoming	64.78%	North Dakota	1.32%
Vermont	67.46%	Utah	62.24%	Arkansas	1.19%
New York	62.88%	Idaho	61.21%	Connecticut	1.16%
Rhode Island	62.86%	Alabama	60.32%	Alaska	1.16%

Barr		Write-ins		Baldwin
Indiana	1.06%	Oregon	0.74%	Utah	1.25%
Georgia	0.73%	Wyoming	0.60%	Idaho	0.72%
Utah	0.73%	Utah	0.55%	Alaska	0.51%
Texas	0.69%	Alaska	0.53%	South Dakota	0.50%
Wyoming	0.63%	Idaho	0.51%	Wyoming	0.47%

States with Lowest Percent of Vote

Obama		McCain		Nader
Wyoming	32.54%	District of Columbia	6.53%	Oklahoma	0.00%
Utah	34.22%	Hawaii	26.58%	Georgia	0.03%
Oklahoma	34.35%	Vermont	30.45%	Indiana	0.03%
Idaho	35.91%	Rhode Island	35.06%	North Carolina	0.03%
Alaska	37.89%	Massachusetts	35.99%	Texas	0.07%

State Ranks

Rank	Obama	McCain
1	29	22
2	22	29

County Ranks

Rank	Obama	McCain
1	875	2,238
2	2,238	875

Congressional District Ranks

Rank	Obama	McCain
1	189	184
2	184	189

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote

Obama		McCain		Nader
District of Columbia, DC	92.46%	King, TX	92.64%	Lincoln, ID	4.12%
Prince George's, MD	88.87%	Roberts, TX	92.08%	Lawrence, AR	3.31%
Bronx, NY	88.71%	Ochiltree, TX	91.70%	Jackson, AR	2.85%
Shannon, SD	88.69%	Glasscock, TX	90.13%	Towner, ND	2.76%
Petersburg, VA	88.64%	Beaver, OK	89.25%	Cavalier, ND	2.63%

Barr		Write-ins		Baldwin
Esmeralda, NV	2.73%	Grant, ND	1.64%	Millard, UT	5.57%
Foard, TX	2.42%	Cache, UT	1.41%	Sanpete, UT	3.65%
Jennings, IN	2.20%	Iron, UT	1.37%	Juab, UT	3.52%
Fountain, IN	2.13%	Juab, UT	1.36%	Franklin, ID	2.80%
Starke, IN	2.06%	Columbia, WA	1.33%	Cache, UT	2.75%

Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote

Obama		McCain
King, TX	4.91%	District of Columbia, DC	6.53%
Ochiltree, TX	7.82%	Shannon, SD	9.88%
Roberts, TX	7.92%	Petersburg, VA	10.19%
Glasscock, TX	9.34%	Prince George's, MD	10.38%
Beaver, OK	10.75%	Bronx, NY	10.93%

Counties with Highest Number of Votes

Obama		McCain		Nader
Los Angeles, CA	2,295,853	Los Angeles, CA	956,425	Los Angeles, CA	26,946
Cook, IL	1,629,024	Maricopa, AZ	746,448	San Diego, CA	8,917
San Diego, CA	666,581	Orange, CA	579,064	Cook, IL	8,903
Wayne, MI	660,085	Harris, TX	571,883	Orange, CA	7,689
King, WA	648,230	San Diego, CA	541,032	King, WA	6,982

Barr		Write-ins		Baldwin
Los Angeles, CA	16,967	Maricopa, AZ	6,408	Salt Lake, UT	3,229
Orange, CA	7,867	King, WA	4,425	Utah, UT	2,877
Maricopa, AZ	7,605	Salt Lake, UT	3,699	Clark, NV	1,871
Harris, TX	6,783	Middlesex, MA	3,487	Cook, IL	1,722
San Diego, CA	6,028	Multnomah, OR	2,371	Wayne, MI	1,660

Counties with Lowest Number of Votes

Obama		McCain
King, TX	8	Loving, TX	67
Loving, TX	12	Kenedy, TX	94
Arthur, NE	39	King, TX	151
Borden, TX	40	Buffalo, SD	156
Roberts, TX	41	Menominee, WI	185

Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote and Win

Obama		McCain
Salt Lake, UT	48.17%	Renville, MN	48.63%
Lake, MT	48.48%	Hocking, OH	48.89%
Lincoln, MN	48.53%	Polk, OR	48.92%
Jackson, OR	48.58%	Deschutes, OR	48.96%
Wahkiakum, WA	48.61%	Greene, PA	48.96%

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote and Lose

Obama		McCain
Lenoir, NC	49.74%	Oktibbeha, MS	49.60%
Darlington, SC	49.45%	Colleton, SC	49.22%
Conecuh, AL	49.39%	Hyde, NC	49.09%
Sarasota, FL	49.37%	Spencer, IN	49.05%
Garfield, CO	49.20%	Newton, GA	49.03%

Congressional Districts with Highest Percent of Vote

Obama		McCain		Nader
District 16, NY	94.73%	District 12, TX	77.20%	District 2, ME	1.55%
District 15, NY	93.18%	District 4, AL	76.21%	District 1, AR	1.54%
District 10, NY	90.98%	District 13, TX	76.19%	District 7, MN	1.41%
District 11, NY	90.44%	District 6, AL	75.71%	District 2, CT	1.41%
District 2, PA	89.97%	District 11, TX	75.42%	District 1, ME	1.37%

National Results for 2008

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