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Pennsylvania presidential election results 2008

Barack Obama carried Pennsylvania by 10.28 points (620,478 votes), winning 21 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 21
Votes counted: 6,034,745
PA result: D+10.3
Compared with the nation: 3.1 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2004: 7.8 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Barack Obama	Democratic	3,276,363	54.30%	21
John McCain	Republican	2,655,885	44.00%	—
Total votes		6,034,745

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	17,633	26,349	507	44,489	19.6
Allegheny	373,153	272,347	5,880	651,380	15.5
Armstrong	11,138	18,542	392	30,072	24.6
Beaver	40,499	42,895	1,069	84,463	2.8
Bedford	6,059	16,124	258	22,441	44.9
Berks	97,047	80,513	2,336	179,896	9.2
Blair	19,813	32,708	560	53,081	24.3
Bradford	10,306	15,057	419	25,782	18.4
Bucks	179,031	150,248	3,644	332,923	8.6
Butler	32,260	57,074	1,021	90,355	27.5
Cambria	32,451	31,995	1,176	65,622	0.7
Cameron	879	1,323	109	2,311	19.2
Carbon	13,464	12,957	498	26,919	1.9
Centre	41,950	32,992	795	75,737	11.8
Chester	137,833	114,421	2,051	254,305	9.2
Clarion	6,756	10,737	272	17,765	22.4
Clearfield	14,555	18,662	557	33,774	12.2
Clinton	7,097	7,504	192	14,793	2.8
Columbia	13,230	14,477	334	28,041	4.4
Crawford	16,780	20,750	544	38,074	10.4
Cumberland	48,306	63,739	1,253	113,298	13.6
Dauphin	69,975	58,238	1,313	129,526	9.1
Delaware	169,030	109,322	2,730	281,082	21.2
Elk	7,290	6,676	292	14,258	4.3
Erie	75,775	50,351	1,516	127,642	19.9
Fayette	25,866	26,081	607	52,554	0.4
Forest	1,038	1,366	40	2,444	13.4
Franklin	21,169	41,906	560	63,635	32.6
Fulton	1,576	4,642	88	6,306	48.6
Greene	7,829	7,889	243	15,961	0.4
Huntingdon	6,621	11,745	280	18,646	27.5
Indiana	17,065	19,727	507	37,299	7.1
Jefferson	6,447	12,057	297	18,801	29.8
Juniata	3,068	6,484	159	9,711	35.2
Lackawanna	67,520	39,488	858	107,866	26.0
Lancaster	99,586	126,568	1,943	228,097	11.8
Lawrence	19,711	21,851	522	42,084	5.1
Lebanon	23,310	34,314	628	58,252	18.9
Lehigh	87,089	63,382	1,993	152,464	15.5
Luzerne	72,492	61,127	1,544	135,163	8.4
Lycoming	18,381	30,280	574	49,235	24.2
McKean	6,465	9,224	258	15,947	17.3
Mercer	26,411	26,565	820	53,796	0.3
Mifflin	5,375	10,929	197	16,501	33.7
Monroe	39,453	28,293	639	68,385	16.3
Montgomery	253,393	165,552	3,466	422,411	20.8
Montour	3,364	4,574	85	8,023	15.1
Northampton	75,255	58,551	1,775	135,581	12.3
Northumberland	14,329	19,018	569	33,916	13.8
Perry	6,396	13,058	279	19,733	33.8
Philadelphia	595,980	117,221	3,954	717,155	66.8
Pike	11,493	12,518	286	24,297	4.2
Potter	2,300	5,109	98	7,507	37.4
Schuylkill	28,300	33,767	987	63,054	8.7
Snyder	5,382	9,900	197	15,479	29.2
Somerset	12,878	21,686	603	35,167	25.0
Sullivan	1,233	1,841	46	3,120	19.5
Susquehanna	8,381	10,633	269	19,283	11.7
Tioga	6,390	11,326	249	17,965	27.5
Union	7,333	9,859	208	17,400	14.5
Venango	9,238	13,718	332	23,288	19.2
Warren	8,537	9,685	272	18,494	6.2
Washington	46,122	50,752	1,128	98,002	4.7
Wayne	9,892	12,702	239	22,833	12.3
Westmoreland	72,721	102,294	1,770	176,785	16.7
Wyoming	5,985	6,983	161	13,129	7.6
York	82,839	109,268	2,076	194,183	13.6

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 Pennsylvania in 2008?

Barack Obama won Pennsylvania by 10.28 percentage points (620,478 votes).

How many electoral votes did Pennsylvania have in 2008?

Pennsylvania cast 21 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Pennsylvania in 2008?

6,034,745 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 49, Barack Obama 18 (out of 67 counties with results).

How did Pennsylvania change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 7.8 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 2.5 points to Democratic by 10.3 points.

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