Illinois presidential election results 2008

Barack Obama carried Illinois by 25.13 points (1,388,146 votes), winning 21 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 21
Votes counted: 5,523,051
IL result: D+25.1
Compared with the nation: 17.9 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2004: 14.8 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Barack Obama	Democratic	3,419,673	61.90%	21
John McCain	Republican	2,031,527	36.80%	—
Total votes		5,523,051

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
Adams	11,794	18,711	318	30,823	22.4
Alexander	2,189	1,692	56	3,937	12.6
Bond	3,843	3,947	134	7,924	1.3
Boone	11,333	10,403	421	22,157	4.2
Brown	986	1,544	39	2,569	21.7
Bureau	8,889	7,911	313	17,113	5.7
Calhoun	1,423	1,221	55	2,699	7.5
Carroll	3,965	3,596	113	7,674	4.8
Cass	2,690	2,617	101	5,408	1.3
Champaign	48,597	33,871	1,675	84,143	17.5
Christian	6,918	7,872	310	15,100	6.3
Clark	3,742	4,409	137	8,288	8.0
Clay	2,425	3,926	103	6,454	23.3
Clinton	7,657	9,357	300	17,314	9.8
Coles	11,716	10,978	382	23,076	3.2
Cook	1,629,024	487,736	20,706	2,137,466	53.4
Crawford	3,883	5,070	176	9,129	13.0
Cumberland	2,055	3,156	110	5,321	20.7
De Witt	3,308	4,348	145	7,801	13.3
DeKalb	25,784	18,266	768	44,818	16.8
Douglas	3,228	5,005	123	8,356	21.3
DuPage	228,698	183,626	5,649	417,973	10.8
Edgar	3,743	4,398	114	8,255	7.9
Edwards	1,140	2,137	73	3,350	29.8
Effingham	5,262	11,323	250	16,835	36.0
Fayette	3,967	5,499	214	9,680	15.8
Ford	2,227	4,079	80	6,386	29.0
Franklin	8,880	9,404	357	18,641	2.8
Fulton	9,732	6,251	340	16,323	21.3
Gallatin	1,587	1,212	60	2,859	13.1
Greene	2,619	3,053	135	5,807	7.5
Grundy	11,063	10,687	421	22,171	1.7
Hamilton	1,796	2,353	115	4,264	13.1
Hancock	4,141	5,161	167	9,469	10.8
Hardin	892	1,330	33	2,255	19.4
Henderson	2,215	1,541	58	3,814	17.7
Henry	13,181	11,263	341	24,785	7.7
Iroquois	4,643	8,695	258	13,596	29.8
Jackson	15,248	9,687	597	25,532	21.8
Jasper	2,063	2,964	104	5,131	17.6
Jefferson	7,462	9,302	377	17,141	10.7
Jersey	5,042	5,329	212	10,583	2.7
Jo Daviess	6,403	5,170	177	11,750	10.5
Johnson	1,871	3,912	118	5,901	34.6
Kane	106,756	83,963	2,580	193,299	11.8
Kankakee	24,750	22,527	739	48,016	4.6
Kendall	24,742	21,380	509	46,631	7.2
Knox	14,191	9,419	378	23,988	19.9
LaSalle	27,443	21,872	870	50,185	11.1
Lake	177,242	118,545	3,318	299,105	19.6
Lawrence	3,016	3,403	117	6,536	5.9
Lee	7,765	8,258	295	16,318	3.0
Livingston	6,189	9,191	245	15,625	19.2
Logan	5,250	7,429	217	12,896	16.9
Macon	25,487	24,948	781	51,216	1.1
Macoupin	12,090	9,891	392	22,373	9.8
Madison	68,979	57,177	2,178	128,334	9.2
Marion	8,345	8,691	328	17,364	2.0
Marshall	3,081	3,145	107	6,333	1.0
Mason	3,542	3,141	125	6,808	5.9
Massac	2,693	4,371	122	7,186	23.4
McDonough	6,783	6,055	204	13,042	5.6
McHenry	72,288	64,845	2,135	139,268	5.3
McLean	37,689	36,767	1,294	75,750	1.2
Menard	2,706	3,672	86	6,464	14.9
Mercer	4,887	3,833	128	8,848	11.9
Monroe	7,953	9,881	249	18,083	10.7
Montgomery	6,491	6,150	230	12,871	2.6
Morgan	7,467	7,591	295	15,353	0.8
Moultrie	2,668	3,471	121	6,260	12.8
Ogle	11,253	13,144	453	24,850	7.6
Peoria	45,906	34,579	1,219	81,704	13.9
Perry	4,701	5,086	208	9,995	3.9
Piatt	3,859	4,991	149	8,999	12.6
Pike	3,024	4,457	135	7,616	18.8
Pope	845	1,343	43	2,231	22.3
Pulaski	1,638	1,593	39	3,270	1.4
Putnam	1,900	1,378	59	3,337	15.6
Randolph	7,395	7,538	269	15,202	0.9
Richland	3,181	4,329	140	7,650	15.0
Rock Island	42,210	25,364	827	68,401	24.6
Saline	5,083	6,099	246	11,428	8.9
Sangamon	51,300	46,945	1,583	99,828	4.4
Schuyler	1,900	1,833	90	3,823	1.8
Scott	1,090	1,455	55	2,600	14.0
Shelby	4,245	6,396	227	10,868	19.8
St. Clair	76,160	47,958	1,626	125,744	22.4
Stark	1,357	1,513	37	2,907	5.4
Stephenson	11,349	9,909	347	21,605	6.7
Tazewell	29,384	33,247	1,223	63,854	6.0
Union	3,918	5,003	195	9,116	11.9
Vermilion	16,246	16,054	572	32,872	0.6
Wabash	2,462	3,254	66	5,782	13.7
Warren	4,286	3,637	106	8,029	8.1
Washington	3,342	4,473	117	7,932	14.3
Wayne	2,547	5,390	134	8,071	35.2
White	3,315	3,987	151	7,453	9.0
Whiteside	15,607	10,883	416	26,906	17.6
Will	160,406	122,597	3,417	286,420	13.2
Williamson	12,914	17,387	520	30,821	14.5
Winnebago	70,034	53,886	2,111	126,031	12.8
Woodford	6,999	12,191	293	19,483	26.6

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 Illinois in 2008?

Barack Obama won Illinois by 25.13 percentage points (1,388,146 votes).

How many electoral votes did Illinois have in 2008?

Illinois cast 21 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Illinois in 2008?

5,523,051 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 56, Barack Obama 46 (out of 102 counties with results).

How did Illinois change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 14.8 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 10.3 points to Democratic by 25.1 points.

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