Maine · 2008 presidential election
Maine presidential election results 2008
Barack Obama carried Maine by 17.32 points (126,650 votes), winning 4 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 4
- Votes counted
- 731,163
- ME result
- D+17.3
- Compared with the nation
- 10.1 pts more Democratic
- Swing since 2004
- 8.3 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 421,923 | 57.70% | 4 | |
| John McCain | Republican | 295,273 | 40.40% | — | |
| Total votes | 731,163 | ||||
Maine gives two electoral votes to the statewide winner and one to the winner of each congressional district.
Sources: 2008
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | Barack Obama | John McCain | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Androscoggin | 31,017 | 22,671 | 1,162 | 54,850 | 15.2 |
| Aroostook | 19,345 | 15,898 | 751 | 35,994 | 9.6 |
| Cumberland | 105,218 | 56,186 | 2,747 | 164,151 | 29.9 |
| Franklin | 10,113 | 6,627 | 438 | 17,178 | 20.3 |
| Hancock | 18,895 | 12,686 | 584 | 32,165 | 19.3 |
| Kennebec | 37,238 | 27,482 | 1,266 | 65,986 | 14.8 |
| Knox | 13,728 | 8,816 | 436 | 22,980 | 21.4 |
| Lincoln | 11,886 | 9,287 | 411 | 21,584 | 12.0 |
| Oxford | 17,940 | 12,863 | 847 | 31,650 | 16.0 |
| Penobscot | 41,614 | 37,495 | 1,358 | 80,467 | 5.1 |
| Piscataquis | 4,430 | 4,785 | 219 | 9,434 | 3.8 |
| Sagadahoc | 12,152 | 8,721 | 428 | 21,301 | 16.1 |
| Somerset | 13,335 | 11,867 | 556 | 25,758 | 5.7 |
| Waldo | 11,967 | 9,423 | 460 | 21,850 | 11.6 |
| Washington | 8,246 | 8,077 | 331 | 16,654 | 1.0 |
| York | 64,799 | 42,389 | 1,973 | 109,161 | 20.5 |
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 Maine in 2008?
Barack Obama won Maine by 17.32 percentage points (126,650 votes).
How many electoral votes did Maine have in 2008?
Maine cast 4 electoral votes in 2008.
How many people voted for president in Maine in 2008?
731,163 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Maine in 2008?
Barack Obama 15, John McCain 1 (out of 16 counties with results).
How did Maine change from 2004 to 2008?
The margin moved 8.3 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 9.0 points to Democratic by 17.3 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data