Virginia presidential election results 2008

Barack Obama carried Virginia by 6.30 points (234,527 votes), winning 13 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 13
Votes counted: 3,723,260
VA result: D+6.3
Compared with the nation: 0.9 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004: 14.5 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Barack Obama	Democratic	1,959,532	52.60%	13
John McCain	Republican	1,725,005	46.30%	—
Total votes		3,723,260

Sources: 2008

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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
Accomack	7,607	7,833	183	15,623	1.4
Albemarle	29,792	20,576	616	50,984	18.1
Alexandria	50,473	19,181	710	70,364	44.5
Alleghany	3,553	3,715	101	7,369	2.2
Amelia	2,488	3,970	71	6,529	22.7
Amherst	6,094	8,470	136	14,700	16.2
Appomattox	2,641	4,903	86	7,630	29.6
Arlington	78,994	29,876	1,283	110,153	44.6
Augusta	9,825	23,120	393	33,338	39.9
Bath	1,043	1,349	40	2,432	12.6
Bedford	11,017	24,420	393	38,564	37.4
Bedford	1,208	1,497	29	38,564	10.6
Bland	864	2,031	64	2,959	39.4
Botetourt	5,693	11,471	242	17,406	33.2
Bristol	2,665	4,579	115	7,359	26.0
Brunswick	4,973	2,877	64	7,914	26.5
Buchanan	4,063	4,541	130	8,734	5.5
Buckingham	3,489	3,428	77	6,994	0.9
Buena Vista	1,108	1,282	33	2,423	7.2
Campbell	8,091	17,444	279	25,814	36.2
Caroline	7,163	5,617	139	12,919	12.0
Carroll	4,109	8,187	283	12,579	32.4
Charles City	2,838	1,288	27	4,153	37.3
Charlotte	2,705	3,372	80	6,157	10.8
Charlottesville	15,705	4,078	261	20,044	58.0
Chesapeake	53,994	52,625	902	107,521	1.3
Chesterfield	74,310	86,413	1,365	162,088	7.5
Clarke	3,457	3,840	134	7,431	5.2
Colonial Heights	2,562	6,161	126	8,849	40.7
Covington	1,304	1,020	30	2,354	12.1
Craig	877	1,695	49	2,621	31.2
Culpeper	8,802	10,711	228	19,741	9.7
Cumberland	2,255	2,418	51	4,724	3.5
Danville	12,352	8,361	177	20,890	19.1
Dickenson	3,278	3,324	151	6,753	0.7
Dinwiddie	6,246	6,526	120	12,892	2.2
Emporia	1,702	897	18	2,617	30.8
Essex	2,934	2,379	51	5,364	10.3
Fairfax	310,359	200,994	4,901	527,652	21.2
Fairfax	6,575	4,691	132	527,652	16.5
Falls Church	4,695	1,970	85	6,750	40.4
Fauquier	14,616	19,227	376	34,219	13.5
Floyd	2,937	4,441	138	7,516	20.0
Fluvanna	6,185	6,420	130	12,735	1.8
Franklin	9,618	15,414	369	29,828	22.8
Franklin	2,819	1,576	32	29,828	28.1
Frederick	12,961	20,149	502	33,612	21.4
Fredericksburg	6,155	3,413	109	9,677	28.3
Galax	1,052	1,317	33	2,402	11.0
Giles	3,192	4,462	141	7,795	16.3
Gloucester	6,916	12,089	217	19,222	26.9
Goochland	4,813	7,643	106	12,562	22.5
Grayson	2,480	4,540	200	7,220	28.5
Greene	3,174	4,980	106	8,260	21.9
Greensville	3,122	1,729	36	4,887	28.5
Halifax	8,126	8,600	124	16,850	2.8
Hampton	46,917	20,476	550	67,943	38.9
Hanover	18,447	37,344	457	56,248	33.6
Harrisonburg	8,444	6,048	183	14,675	16.3
Henrico	86,323	67,381	1,262	154,966	12.2
Henry	11,118	13,758	339	25,215	10.5
Highland	590	930	34	1,554	21.9
Hopewell	5,285	4,149	90	9,524	11.9
Isle of Wight	8,573	11,258	166	19,997	13.4
James City	17,352	20,912	339	38,603	9.2
King George	4,473	5,888	113	10,474	13.5
King William	3,344	4,966	78	8,388	19.3
King and Queen	1,918	1,763	24	3,705	4.2
Lancaster	3,235	3,647	56	6,938	5.9
Lee	3,219	5,825	183	9,227	28.2
Lexington	1,543	914	22	2,479	25.4
Loudoun	74,845	63,336	1,278	139,459	8.3
Louisa	6,978	8,182	193	15,353	7.8
Lunenburg	2,703	2,900	47	5,650	3.5
Lynchburg	16,269	17,638	434	34,341	4.0
Madison	2,862	3,758	79	6,699	13.4
Manassas	7,518	5,975	134	13,627	11.3
Manassas Park	2,463	1,634	43	4,140	20.0
Martinsville	4,139	2,311	70	6,520	28.0
Mathews	1,934	3,456	50	5,440	28.0
Mecklenburg	7,127	7,817	138	15,082	4.6
Middlesex	2,391	3,545	70	6,006	19.2
Montgomery	21,031	19,028	594	40,653	4.9
Nelson	4,391	3,647	95	8,133	9.1
New Kent	3,493	6,385	113	9,991	28.9
Newport News	51,972	28,667	656	81,295	28.7
Norfolk	62,819	24,814	813	88,446	43.0
Northampton	3,800	2,713	73	6,586	16.5
Northumberland	3,312	4,041	53	7,406	9.8
Norton	743	744	25	1,512	0.1
Nottoway	3,413	3,499	76	6,988	1.2
Orange	7,107	8,506	188	15,801	8.9
Page	4,235	6,041	113	10,389	17.4
Patrick	2,879	5,491	161	8,531	30.6
Petersburg	13,774	1,583	183	15,540	78.4
Pittsylvania	11,415	18,730	288	30,433	24.0
Poquoson	1,748	5,229	88	7,065	49.3
Portsmouth	32,327	13,984	354	46,665	39.3
Powhatan	4,237	10,088	131	14,456	40.5
Prince Edward	5,101	4,174	113	9,388	9.9
Prince George	7,130	8,752	124	16,006	10.1
Prince William	93,435	67,621	1,390	162,446	15.9
Pulaski	5,918	8,857	275	15,050	19.5
Radford	2,930	2,418	81	5,429	9.4
Rappahannock	2,105	2,227	73	4,405	2.8
Richmond	1,618	2,092	35	96,830	12.7
Richmond	73,623	18,649	813	96,830	59.1
Roanoke	19,812	30,571	592	91,747	21.1
Roanoke	24,934	15,394	444	91,747	23.4
Rockbridge	4,347	5,732	116	10,195	13.6
Rockingham	10,453	22,468	413	33,334	36.0
Russell	4,932	6,389	173	11,494	12.7
Salem	5,164	7,088	154	12,406	15.5
Scott	2,725	6,980	170	9,875	43.1
Shenandoah	6,912	12,005	306	19,223	26.5
Smyth	4,239	7,817	246	12,302	29.1
Southampton	4,402	4,583	82	9,067	2.0
Spotsylvania	24,897	28,610	562	54,069	6.9
Stafford	25,716	29,221	518	55,455	6.3
Staunton	5,569	5,330	116	11,015	2.2
Suffolk	22,446	17,165	297	39,908	13.2
Surry	2,626	1,663	36	4,325	22.3
Sussex	3,301	2,026	36	5,363	23.8
Tazewell	5,596	11,201	264	17,061	32.9
Virginia Beach	98,885	100,319	2,045	201,249	0.7
Warren	6,997	8,879	250	16,126	11.7
Washington	8,063	16,077	360	24,500	32.7
Waynesboro	3,906	4,815	139	8,860	10.3
Westmoreland	4,577	3,719	81	8,377	10.2
Williamsburg	4,328	2,353	106	6,787	29.1
Winchester	5,268	4,725	133	10,126	5.4
Wise	4,995	8,914	229	14,138	27.7
Wythe	4,107	8,207	177	12,491	32.8
York	13,700	19,833	364	33,897	18.1

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 Virginia in 2008?

Barack Obama won Virginia by 6.30 percentage points (234,527 votes).

How many electoral votes did Virginia have in 2008?

Virginia cast 13 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Virginia in 2008?

3,723,260 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 86, Barack Obama 48 (out of 134 counties with results).

How did Virginia change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 14.5 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 8.2 points to Democratic by 6.3 points.

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