Indiana presidential election results 2008

Barack Obama carried Indiana by 1.03 points (28,391 votes), winning 11 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 11
Votes counted: 2,751,054
IN result: D+1.0
Compared with the nation: 6.2 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004: 21.7 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Barack Obama	Democratic	1,374,039	49.90%	11
John McCain	Republican	1,345,648	48.90%	—
Total votes		2,751,054

Sources: 2008

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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	4,928	8,404	181	13,513	25.7
Allen	71,263	77,793	1,268	150,324	4.3
Bartholomew	13,567	17,067	409	31,043	11.3
Benton	1,563	2,183	68	3,814	16.3
Blackford	2,677	2,690	74	5,441	0.2
Boone	9,752	16,622	273	26,647	25.8
Brown	3,854	4,060	141	8,055	2.6
Carroll	3,736	4,858	142	8,736	12.8
Cass	7,011	8,346	296	15,653	8.5
Clark	21,953	25,326	446	47,725	7.1
Clay	4,954	6,267	174	11,395	11.5
Clinton	5,307	6,919	166	12,392	13.0
Crawford	2,286	2,393	65	4,744	2.3
Daviess	3,370	7,098	118	10,586	35.2
DeKalb	7,175	9,780	194	17,149	15.2
Dearborn	7,123	14,886	208	22,217	34.9
Decatur	3,892	6,449	147	10,488	24.4
Delaware	28,384	20,916	563	49,863	15.0
Dubois	8,748	9,526	291	18,565	4.2
Elkhart	31,398	39,396	664	71,458	11.2
Fayette	4,389	4,917	156	9,462	5.6
Floyd	16,263	19,957	317	36,537	10.1
Fountain	3,094	4,158	158	7,410	14.4
Franklin	3,404	7,018	188	10,610	34.1
Fulton	3,702	5,147	157	9,006	16.0
Gibson	6,455	8,449	191	15,095	13.2
Grant	11,293	14,734	272	26,299	13.1
Greene	5,709	7,691	229	13,629	14.5
Hamilton	49,704	78,401	959	129,064	22.2
Hancock	11,874	22,008	371	34,253	29.6
Harrison	7,288	10,551	252	18,091	18.0
Hendricks	24,548	39,728	679	64,955	23.4
Henry	10,059	10,896	364	21,319	3.9
Howard	17,871	20,248	505	38,624	6.2
Huntington	5,843	10,291	194	16,328	27.2
Jackson	7,354	9,726	294	17,374	13.7
Jasper	5,044	7,669	162	12,875	20.4
Jay	3,748	4,401	166	8,315	7.9
Jefferson	6,255	7,053	182	13,490	5.9
Jennings	5,312	6,261	266	11,839	8.0
Johnson	21,553	36,487	604	58,644	25.5
Knox	7,569	8,639	216	16,424	6.5
Kosciusko	9,236	20,488	410	30,134	37.3
LaGrange	3,663	5,702	126	9,491	21.5
LaPorte	28,258	17,918	743	46,919	22.0
Lake	139,301	67,742	1,714	208,757	34.3
Lawrence	7,208	11,018	308	18,534	20.6
Madison	30,152	26,403	785	57,340	6.5
Marion	241,987	134,313	3,062	379,362	28.4
Marshall	7,889	10,406	255	18,550	13.6
Martin	1,706	3,122	75	4,903	28.9
Miami	5,564	8,312	237	14,113	19.5
Monroe	41,450	21,118	647	63,215	32.2
Montgomery	6,013	9,060	212	15,285	19.9
Morgan	10,330	18,129	352	28,811	27.1
Newton	2,625	3,301	119	6,045	11.2
Noble	7,064	9,673	237	16,974	15.4
Ohio	1,158	1,713	47	2,918	19.0
Orange	3,390	4,536	160	8,086	14.2
Owen	3,570	4,415	185	8,170	10.3
Parke	2,924	3,909	131	6,964	14.1
Perry	5,141	3,202	147	8,490	22.8
Pike	2,700	3,221	107	6,028	8.6
Porter	39,178	33,857	881	73,916	7.2
Posey	5,828	6,804	139	12,771	7.6
Pulaski	2,466	3,388	110	5,964	15.5
Putnam	6,334	8,086	226	14,646	12.0
Randolph	4,839	5,788	181	10,808	8.8
Ripley	4,187	7,794	207	12,188	29.6
Rush	3,229	4,271	129	7,629	13.7
Scott	4,271	4,445	161	8,877	2.0
Shelby	6,987	10,333	254	17,574	19.0
Spencer	5,039	5,001	141	10,181	0.4
St. Joseph	68,710	48,510	1,169	118,389	17.1
Starke	4,778	4,473	215	9,466	3.2
Steuben	6,284	7,674	188	14,146	9.8
Sullivan	4,284	4,343	155	8,782	0.7
Switzerland	1,638	1,940	62	3,640	8.3
Tippecanoe	37,781	29,822	833	68,436	11.6
Tipton	3,250	4,452	125	7,827	15.4
Union	1,224	2,061	63	3,348	25.0
Vanderburgh	39,423	37,512	721	77,656	2.5
Vermillion	4,003	3,010	122	7,135	13.9
Vigo	25,040	18,121	545	43,706	15.8
Wabash	5,456	8,238	177	13,871	20.1
Warren	1,755	2,166	77	3,998	10.3
Warrick	12,329	16,013	323	28,665	12.9
Washington	4,562	6,519	224	11,305	17.3
Wayne	13,459	14,558	545	28,562	3.8
Wells	4,403	8,504	166	13,073	31.4
White	4,839	5,731	197	10,767	8.3
Whitley	5,862	9,124	202	15,188	21.5

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 Indiana in 2008?

Barack Obama won Indiana by 1.03 percentage points (28,391 votes).

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 2008?

Indiana cast 11 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Indiana in 2008?

2,751,054 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 77, Barack Obama 15 (out of 92 counties with results).

How did Indiana change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 21.7 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 20.7 points to Democratic by 1.0 points.

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