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Nevada presidential election results 2008

Barack Obama carried Nevada by 12.49 points (120,909 votes), winning 5 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
5
Votes counted
967,848
NV result
D+12.5
Compared with the nation
5.3 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2004
15.1 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Barack ObamaDemocratic533,73655.10%5
John McCainRepublican412,82742.70%—
Total votes967,848

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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Esmeralda County: John McCain +45.3Mineral County: John McCain +2.1White Pine County: John McCain +31.5Douglas County: John McCain +15.3Elko County: John McCain +40.1Humboldt County: John McCain +29.6Lincoln County: John McCain +46.5Nye County: John McCain +13.2Washoe County: Barack Obama +12.6Carson City: Barack Obama +0.9Eureka County: John McCain +56.4Pershing County: John McCain +21.9Churchill County: John McCain +31.5Clark County: Barack Obama +19.0Lander County: John McCain +42.3Lyon County: John McCain +17.8Storey County: John McCain +6.0
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Barack ObamaJohn McCainOthers TotalMargin
Carson City 11,62311,419638 23,680 0.9
Churchill 3,4946,832279 10,605 31.5
Clark 380,765257,07813,329 651,172 19.0
Douglas 10,67214,648584 25,904 15.3
Elko 4,54110,969509 16,019 40.1
Esmeralda 10430332 439 45.3
Eureka 14456437 745 56.4
Humboldt 1,9093,586169 5,664 29.6
Lander 5771,46659 2,102 42.3
Lincoln 5181,49891 2,107 46.5
Lyon 8,40512,154544 21,103 17.8
Mineral 1,0821,13194 2,307 2.1
Nye 7,2269,537728 17,491 13.2
Pershing 6731,07588 1,836 21.9
Storey 1,1021,24769 2,418 6.0
Washoe 99,67176,8803,863 180,414 12.6
White Pine 1,2302,440172 3,842 31.5

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 Nevada in 2008?

Barack Obama won Nevada by 12.49 percentage points (120,909 votes).

How many electoral votes did Nevada have in 2008?

Nevada cast 5 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Nevada in 2008?

967,848 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 14, Barack Obama 3 (out of 17 counties with results).

How did Nevada change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 15.1 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 2.6 points to Democratic by 12.5 points.

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