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North Dakota presidential election results 2008

John McCain carried North Dakota by 8.63 points (27,323 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 3
Votes counted: 316,621
ND result: R+8.6
Compared with the nation: 15.8 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004: 18.7 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
John McCain	Republican	168,601	53.30%	3
Barack Obama	Democratic	141,278	44.60%	—
Total votes		316,621

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	435	788	48	1,271	27.8
Barnes	2,741	2,826	127	5,694	1.5
Benson	1,569	773	32	2,374	33.5
Billings	114	375	10	499	52.3
Bottineau	1,387	2,059	70	3,516	19.1
Bowman	478	1,107	55	1,640	38.4
Burke	286	640	17	943	37.5
Burleigh	15,600	25,443	729	41,772	23.6
Cass	37,622	32,566	1,231	71,419	7.1
Cavalier	930	1,128	72	2,130	9.3
Dickey	1,044	1,525	51	2,620	18.4
Divide	464	630	37	1,131	14.7
Dunn	527	1,080	37	1,644	33.6
Eddy	583	548	34	1,165	3.0
Emmons	546	1,230	61	1,837	37.2
Foster	687	914	50	1,651	13.7
Golden Valley	210	642	23	875	49.4
Grand Forks	16,104	14,520	529	31,153	5.1
Grant	280	587	462	1,329	9.4
Griggs	598	682	34	1,314	6.4
Hettinger	406	893	49	1,348	36.1
Kidder	422	752	54	1,228	26.9
LaMoure	868	1,310	63	2,241	19.7
Logan	299	726	32	1,057	40.4
McHenry	981	1,374	61	2,416	16.3
McIntosh	579	916	37	1,532	22.0
McKenzie	933	1,740	42	2,715	29.7
McLean	1,867	2,767	102	4,736	19.0
Mercer	1,476	2,789	132	4,397	29.9
Morton	5,079	7,869	316	13,264	21.0
Mountrail	1,477	1,406	55	2,938	2.4
Nelson	907	800	45	1,752	6.1
Oliver	332	682	26	1,040	33.7
Pembina	1,494	1,722	91	3,307	6.9
Pierce	792	1,301	46	2,139	23.8
Ramsey	2,314	2,361	87	4,762	1.0
Ransom	1,371	998	64	2,433	15.3
Renville	505	799	42	1,346	21.8
Richland	3,513	3,900	150	7,563	5.1
Rolette	3,403	1,045	86	4,534	52.0
Sargent	1,115	778	34	1,927	17.5
Sheridan	229	555	19	803	40.6
Sioux	1,145	215	18	1,378	67.5
Slope	106	297	8	411	46.5
Stark	3,802	7,024	244	11,070	29.1
Steele	614	404	14	1,032	20.3
Stutsman	4,056	5,499	229	9,784	14.7
Towner	621	536	40	1,197	7.1
Traill	2,136	1,845	60	4,041	7.2
Walsh	2,325	2,415	142	4,882	1.8
Ward	10,144	15,061	416	25,621	19.2
Wells	841	1,468	68	2,377	26.4
Williams	2,921	6,291	161	9,373	36.0

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 North Dakota in 2008?

John McCain won North Dakota by 8.63 percentage points (27,323 votes).

How many electoral votes did North Dakota have in 2008?

North Dakota cast 3 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in North Dakota in 2008?

316,621 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in North Dakota in 2008?

John McCain 40, Barack Obama 13 (out of 53 counties with results).

How did North Dakota change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 18.7 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 27.4 points to Republican by 8.6 points.

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