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Maryland presidential election results 2008

Barack Obama carried Maryland by 25.44 points (669,605 votes), winning 10 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
10
Votes counted
2,631,596
MD result
D+25.4
Compared with the nation
18.2 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2004
12.5 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Barack ObamaDemocratic1,629,46761.90%10
John McCainRepublican959,86236.50%—
Total votes2,631,596

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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Allegany County: John McCain +25.9Anne Arundel County: John McCain +1.8Calvert County: John McCain +6.3Charles County: Barack Obama +25.5Dorchester County: John McCain +8.2Kent County: Barack Obama +0.5Queen Anne's County: John McCain +27.1St. Mary's County: John McCain +12.8Somerset County: John McCain +2.6Talbot County: John McCain +9.6Caroline County: John McCain +23.0Carroll County: John McCain +31.2Frederick County: John McCain +1.0Garrett County: John McCain +40.1Montgomery County: Barack Obama +44.6Prince George's County: Barack Obama +78.5Washington County: John McCain +12.9Worcester County: John McCain +15.5Cecil County: John McCain +14.6Howard County: Barack Obama +21.8Wicomico County: John McCain +5.8Baltimore County: Barack Obama +14.6Harford County: John McCain +18.8Baltimore city: Barack Obama +75.5
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Barack ObamaJohn McCainOthers TotalMargin
Allegany 10,69318,405644 29,742 25.9
Anne Arundel 125,015129,6824,922 259,619 1.8
Baltimore 214,151158,7148,073 380,938 14.6
Baltimore City 214,38528,6812,902 245,968 75.5
Calvert 20,29923,095663 44,057 6.3
Caroline 4,9718,015232 13,218 23.0
Carroll 28,06054,5032,197 84,760 31.2
Cecil 17,66523,855974 42,494 14.6
Charles 43,63525,732760 70,127 25.5
Dorchester 6,9128,168194 15,274 8.2
Frederick 54,01355,1702,003 111,186 1.0
Garrett 3,7368,903233 12,872 40.1
Harford 48,55271,7512,992 123,295 18.8
Howard 87,12055,3932,720 145,233 21.8
Kent 4,9534,905162 10,020 0.5
Montgomery 314,444118,6086,209 439,261 44.6
Prince George's 332,39638,8332,797 374,026 78.5
Queen Anne's 8,57515,087383 24,045 27.1
Somerset 4,7795,037108 9,924 2.6
St. Mary's 19,02324,705681 44,409 12.8
Talbot 9,03510,995298 20,328 9.6
Washington 26,24534,1691,186 61,600 12.9
Wicomico 19,43621,849569 41,854 5.8
Worcester 11,37415,607365 27,346 15.5

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 Maryland in 2008?

Barack Obama won Maryland by 25.44 percentage points (669,605 votes).

How many electoral votes did Maryland have in 2008?

Maryland cast 10 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Maryland in 2008?

2,631,596 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 17, Barack Obama 7 (out of 24 counties with results).

How did Maryland change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 12.5 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 13.0 points to Democratic 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