Idaho presidential election results 2008

John McCain carried Idaho by 25.43 points (166,572 votes), winning 4 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 4
Votes counted: 655,032
ID result: R+25.4
Compared with the nation: 32.6 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004: 12.7 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
John McCain	Republican	403,012	61.50%	4
Barack Obama	Democratic	236,440	36.10%	—
Total votes		655,032

Sources: 2008

County resultsMIT Election Lab

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County	Barack Obama	John McCain	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	82,236	93,328	3,838	179,402	6.2
Adams	728	1,517	75	2,320	34.0
Bannock	14,792	19,356	957	35,105	13.0
Bear Lake	502	2,377	64	2,943	63.7
Benewah	1,407	2,646	111	4,164	29.8
Bingham	4,424	12,230	501	17,155	45.5
Blaine	6,947	3,439	185	10,571	33.2
Boise	1,240	2,433	100	3,773	31.6
Bonner	7,840	11,145	562	19,547	16.9
Bonneville	11,417	29,334	952	41,703	43.0
Boundary	1,484	3,078	171	4,733	33.7
Butte	318	1,056	36	1,410	52.3
Camas	187	422	9	618	38.0
Canyon	20,147	42,752	1,347	64,246	35.2
Caribou	553	2,656	93	3,302	63.7
Cassia	1,332	6,309	201	7,842	63.5
Clark	64	305	6	375	64.3
Clearwater	1,211	2,569	126	3,906	34.8
Custer	611	1,694	47	2,352	46.0
Elmore	2,591	5,665	180	8,436	36.4
Franklin	600	4,246	227	5,073	71.9
Fremont	1,065	4,700	115	5,880	61.8
Gem	2,166	5,585	196	7,947	43.0
Gooding	1,489	3,765	137	5,391	42.2
Idaho	2,017	5,895	298	8,210	47.2
Jefferson	1,641	8,540	260	10,441	66.1
Jerome	1,794	4,897	156	6,847	45.3
Kootenai	22,120	38,387	1,425	61,932	26.3
Latah	9,195	7,988	531	17,714	6.8
Lemhi	1,061	2,938	106	4,105	45.7
Lewis	479	1,275	50	1,804	44.1
Lincoln	545	1,232	93	1,870	36.7
Madison	1,627	11,131	299	13,057	72.8
Minidoka	1,630	5,087	173	6,890	50.2
Nez Perce	7,123	10,357	343	17,823	18.1
Oneida	381	1,724	57	2,162	62.1
Owyhee	944	3,024	90	4,058	51.3
Payette	2,415	5,988	210	8,613	41.5
Power	1,027	1,754	61	2,842	25.6
Shoshone	2,521	2,953	192	5,666	7.6
Teton	2,302	2,263	93	4,658	0.8
Twin Falls	8,621	19,032	691	28,344	36.7
Valley	2,405	2,772	119	5,296	6.9
Washington	1,241	3,168	97	4,506	42.8

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 Idaho in 2008?

John McCain won Idaho by 25.43 percentage points (166,572 votes).

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 2008?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Idaho in 2008?

655,032 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 41, Barack Obama 3 (out of 44 counties with results).

How did Idaho change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 12.7 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 38.1 points to Republican by 25.4 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data