Ohio presidential election results 2008

Barack Obama carried Ohio by 4.54 points (258,897 votes), winning 20 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 20
Votes counted: 5,698,260
OH result: D+4.5
Compared with the nation: 2.7 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004: 6.6 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Barack Obama	Democratic	2,933,388	51.50%	20
John McCain	Republican	2,674,491	46.90%	—
Total votes		5,698,260

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	4,170	6,914	304	11,388	24.1
Allen	19,521	29,941	801	50,263	20.7
Ashland	9,300	15,158	710	25,168	23.3
Ashtabula	25,027	18,949	898	44,874	13.5
Athens	20,722	9,742	634	31,098	35.3
Auglaize	6,727	16,395	364	23,486	41.2
Belmont	16,302	15,422	687	32,411	2.7
Brown	7,503	12,192	418	20,113	23.3
Butler	66,030	105,340	2,406	173,776	22.6
Carroll	6,423	7,097	433	13,953	4.8
Champaign	7,385	11,141	361	18,887	19.9
Clark	31,958	33,634	1,178	66,770	2.5
Clermont	31,611	62,559	1,310	95,480	32.4
Clinton	6,558	12,410	338	19,306	30.3
Columbiana	21,882	25,585	1,013	48,480	7.6
Coshocton	7,689	8,675	499	16,863	5.8
Crawford	8,288	12,316	569	21,173	19.0
Cuyahoga	458,204	199,864	7,046	665,114	38.8
Darke	7,964	17,290	539	25,793	36.2
Defiance	8,399	10,407	391	19,197	10.5
Delaware	36,653	54,778	985	92,416	19.6
Erie	23,148	17,432	649	41,229	13.9
Fairfield	29,250	41,580	1,116	71,946	17.1
Fayette	4,401	7,102	191	11,694	23.1
Franklin	334,684	218,478	7,129	560,291	20.7
Fulton	9,900	11,689	384	21,973	8.1
Gallia	4,777	8,247	294	13,318	26.1
Geauga	21,250	29,096	756	51,102	15.4
Greene	33,540	48,936	1,113	83,589	18.4
Guernsey	7,625	9,197	503	17,325	9.1
Hamilton	224,644	195,107	4,331	424,082	7.0
Hancock	13,870	22,420	691	36,981	23.1
Hardin	5,013	7,749	352	13,114	20.9
Harrison	3,683	3,872	232	7,787	2.4
Henry	6,320	8,239	281	14,840	12.9
Highland	6,857	11,908	423	19,188	26.3
Hocking	6,231	6,326	338	12,895	0.7
Holmes	3,141	7,720	252	11,113	41.2
Huron	12,076	12,884	622	25,582	3.2
Jackson	5,397	8,219	377	13,993	20.2
Jefferson	17,635	17,559	745	35,939	0.2
Knox	11,014	16,640	577	28,231	19.9
Lake	60,155	59,142	2,038	121,335	0.8
Lawrence	11,262	15,415	517	27,194	15.3
Licking	33,896	46,886	1,501	82,283	15.8
Logan	7,936	13,848	433	22,217	26.6
Lorain	85,276	59,068	2,515	146,859	17.8
Lucas	142,852	73,706	3,272	219,830	31.5
Madison	6,532	10,603	316	17,451	23.3
Mahoning	79,173	45,319	2,540	127,032	26.6
Marion	12,870	15,454	693	29,017	8.9
Medina	40,924	48,189	1,338	90,451	8.0
Meigs	4,094	6,015	245	10,354	18.6
Mercer	5,853	15,100	318	21,271	43.5
Miami	18,372	33,417	1,018	52,807	28.5
Monroe	3,705	3,066	211	6,982	9.2
Montgomery	145,997	128,679	3,835	278,511	6.2
Morgan	2,966	3,440	202	6,608	7.2
Morrow	6,177	10,067	399	16,643	23.4
Muskingum	17,730	20,549	792	39,071	7.2
Noble	2,474	3,450	248	6,172	15.8
Ottawa	12,049	10,618	402	23,069	6.2
Paulding	4,165	5,317	287	9,769	11.8
Perry	7,261	7,721	422	15,404	3.0
Pickaway	9,077	14,228	421	23,726	21.7
Pike	6,033	6,162	311	12,506	1.0
Portage	41,856	34,822	1,527	78,205	9.0
Preble	6,999	13,562	441	21,002	31.2
Putnam	5,281	13,072	327	18,680	41.7
Richland	25,727	34,034	1,361	61,122	13.6
Ross	14,455	16,759	626	31,840	7.2
Sandusky	15,601	14,190	582	30,373	4.6
Scioto	14,926	16,994	651	32,571	6.3
Seneca	13,087	13,823	539	27,449	2.7
Shelby	7,317	15,924	427	23,668	36.4
Stark	96,990	86,743	3,812	187,545	5.5
Summit	155,105	110,499	3,455	269,059	16.6
Trumbull	64,145	40,164	2,579	106,888	22.4
Tuscarawas	21,498	20,454	998	42,950	2.4
Union	8,761	15,744	423	24,928	28.0
Van Wert	5,178	9,168	306	14,652	27.2
Vinton	2,463	3,021	162	5,646	9.9
Warren	33,398	71,691	1,127	106,216	36.1
Washington	12,368	17,019	545	29,932	15.5
Wayne	21,712	29,342	1,088	52,142	14.6
Williams	8,174	9,880	343	18,397	9.3
Wood	34,285	29,648	1,090	65,023	7.1
Wyandot	4,461	6,270	246	10,977	16.5

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 Ohio in 2008?

Barack Obama won Ohio by 4.54 percentage points (258,897 votes).

How many electoral votes did Ohio have in 2008?

Ohio cast 20 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Ohio in 2008?

5,698,260 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 66, Barack Obama 22 (out of 88 counties with results).

How did Ohio change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 6.6 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 2.1 points to Democratic by 4.5 points.

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