Alabama presidential election results 2008

John McCain carried Alabama by 21.58 points (453,067 votes), winning 9 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 9
Votes counted: 2,099,819
AL result: R+21.6
Compared with the nation: 28.8 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004: 4.0 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
John McCain	Republican	1,266,546	60.30%	9
Barack Obama	Democratic	813,479	38.70%	—
Total votes		2,099,819

Sources: 2008

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)
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Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Barack Obama	John McCain	Others	Total	Margin
Autauga	6,093	17,403	145	23,641	47.8
Baldwin	19,386	61,271	756	81,413	51.4
Barbour	5,697	5,866	67	11,630	1.5
Bibb	2,299	6,262	83	8,644	45.8
Blount	3,522	20,389	356	24,267	69.5
Bullock	4,011	1,391	13	5,415	48.4
Butler	4,188	5,485	36	9,709	13.4
Calhoun	16,334	32,348	560	49,242	32.5
Chambers	6,799	8,067	90	14,956	8.5
Cherokee	2,306	7,298	141	9,745	51.2
Chilton	3,674	13,960	151	17,785	57.8
Choctaw	3,636	4,223	35	7,894	7.4
Clarke	5,914	7,466	55	13,435	11.6
Clay	1,760	4,984	75	6,819	47.3
Cleburne	1,168	5,216	108	6,492	62.4
Coffee	5,079	14,919	130	20,128	48.9
Colbert	9,703	14,739	401	24,843	20.3
Conecuh	3,429	3,470	44	6,943	0.6
Coosa	2,273	3,248	42	5,563	17.5
Covington	3,240	12,444	103	15,787	58.3
Crenshaw	1,938	4,319	34	6,291	37.8
Cullman	5,864	28,896	545	35,305	65.2
Dale	5,270	13,886	164	19,320	44.6
Dallas	13,986	6,798	68	20,852	34.5
DeKalb	5,658	17,957	400	24,015	51.2
Elmore	8,301	25,777	237	34,315	50.9
Escambia	5,188	9,375	111	14,674	28.5
Etowah	13,497	30,595	645	44,737	38.2
Fayette	1,994	5,883	80	7,957	48.9
Franklin	3,469	8,048	176	11,693	39.2
Geneva	2,134	9,417	106	11,657	62.5
Greene	4,408	876	21	5,305	66.6
Hale	4,982	3,200	32	8,214	21.7
Henry	3,018	5,585	45	8,648	29.7
Houston	12,225	29,254	256	41,735	40.8
Jackson	6,374	14,083	417	20,874	36.9
Jefferson	166,121	149,921	2,482	318,524	5.1
Lamar	1,614	5,419	42	7,075	53.8
Lauderdale	13,329	24,068	707	38,104	28.2
Lawrence	5,164	9,277	239	14,680	28.0
Lee	21,498	32,230	597	54,325	19.8
Limestone	9,536	23,598	417	33,551	41.9
Lowndes	5,449	1,809	20	7,278	50.0
Macon	9,450	1,396	31	10,877	74.0
Madison	64,117	86,965	1,817	152,899	14.9
Marengo	5,926	5,516	29	11,471	3.6
Marion	2,600	9,536	219	12,355	56.1
Marshall	7,038	25,727	401	33,166	56.3
Mobile	82,181	98,049	1,194	181,424	8.7
Monroe	5,025	6,175	52	11,252	10.2
Montgomery	62,166	42,031	546	104,743	19.2
Morgan	13,895	36,014	633	50,542	43.8
Perry	4,457	1,679	23	6,159	45.1
Pickens	4,594	5,434	39	10,067	8.3
Pike	5,879	8,004	72	13,955	15.2
Randolph	3,064	7,175	145	10,384	39.6
Russell	10,085	8,705	125	18,915	7.3
Shelby	20,625	69,060	958	90,643	53.4
St. Clair	6,091	27,649	348	34,088	63.2
Sumter	5,264	1,731	25	7,020	50.3
Talladega	13,779	20,112	313	34,204	18.5
Tallapoosa	6,063	13,116	132	19,311	36.5
Tuscaloosa	32,796	45,405	711	78,912	16.0
Walker	7,420	20,722	510	28,652	46.4
Washington	3,067	5,654	54	8,775	29.5
Wilcox	4,612	1,868	14	6,494	42.3
Winston	1,757	8,103	171	10,031	63.3

Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.

Notes on how this document was read

Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).

Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).

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Questions and answers

Who won Alabama in 2008?

John McCain won Alabama by 21.58 percentage points (453,067 votes).

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 2008?

Alabama cast 9 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Alabama in 2008?

2,099,819 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Alabama in 2008?

John McCain 54, Barack Obama 13 (out of 67 counties with results).

How did Alabama change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 4.0 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 25.6 points to Republican by 21.6 points.

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