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Utah presidential election results 2008

John McCain carried Utah by 28.18 points (268,360 votes), winning 5 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
5
Votes counted
952,370
UT result
R+28.2
Compared with the nation
35.4 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004
17.4 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
John McCainRepublican596,03062.60%5
Barack ObamaDemocratic327,67034.40%—
Total votes952,370

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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Davis County: John McCain +42.3Morgan County: John McCain +63.0Piute County: John McCain +61.9Salt Lake County: Barack Obama +0.1Wasatch County: John McCain +29.8Beaver County: John McCain +54.2Carbon County: John McCain +8.0Daggett County: John McCain +37.8Duchesne County: John McCain +65.8Grand County: Barack Obama +4.8Juab County: John McCain +53.7Sanpete County: John McCain +57.4Summit County: Barack Obama +15.3Tooele County: John McCain +29.8Utah County: John McCain +58.9Weber County: John McCain +27.5San Juan County: John McCain +4.5Millard County: John McCain +61.1Rich County: John McCain +67.3Sevier County: John McCain +62.9Wayne County: John McCain +46.0Cache County: John McCain +45.6Garfield County: John McCain +60.4Emery County: John McCain +53.6Iron County: John McCain +56.3Kane County: John McCain +43.0Box Elder County: John McCain +62.5Uintah County: John McCain +68.8Washington County: John McCain +53.5
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Barack ObamaJohn McCainOthers TotalMargin
Beaver 5421,90265 2,509 54.2
Box Elder 3,31115,228519 19,058 62.5
Cache 10,29429,1271,911 41,332 45.6
Carbon 3,4684,091218 7,777 8.0
Daggett 13129711 439 37.8
Davis 30,47777,3413,084 110,902 42.3
Duchesne 9114,689144 5,744 65.8
Emery 9733,358117 4,448 53.6
Garfield 4051,71044 2,159 60.4
Grand 2,0671,871139 4,077 4.8
Iron 3,25812,518674 16,450 56.3
Juab 7412,683192 3,616 53.7
Kane 8562,21286 3,154 43.0
Millard 7583,653328 4,739 61.1
Morgan 6893,311161 4,161 63.0
Piute 14163522 798 61.9
Rich 15483121 1,006 67.3
Salt Lake 176,988176,69210,069 363,749 0.1
San Juan 2,4062,63886 5,130 4.5
Sanpete 1,6316,664476 8,771 57.4
Sevier 1,3596,394254 8,007 62.9
Summit 9,5326,956321 16,809 15.3
Tooele 5,83010,998509 17,337 29.8
Uintah 1,4628,441248 10,151 68.8
Utah 29,567122,2245,488 157,279 58.9
Wasatch 2,8925,430209 8,531 29.8
Washington 10,82637,3111,392 49,529 53.5
Wayne 33594039 1,314 46.0
Weber 25,66645,8851,843 73,394 27.5

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 Utah in 2008?

John McCain won Utah by 28.18 percentage points (268,360 votes).

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 2008?

Utah cast 5 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Utah in 2008?

952,370 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 26, Barack Obama 3 (out of 29 counties with results).

How did Utah change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 17.4 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 45.5 points to Republican by 28.2 points.

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