Washington presidential election results 2008

Barack Obama carried Washington by 17.18 points (521,632 votes), winning 11 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 11
Votes counted: 3,036,878
WA result: D+17.2
Compared with the nation: 10.0 pts more Democratic
Swing since 2004: 10.0 pts to D

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Barack Obama	Democratic	1,750,848	57.70%	11
John McCain	Republican	1,229,216	40.50%	—
Total votes		3,036,878

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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County	Barack Obama	John McCain	Others	Total	Margin
Adams	1,552	3,222	84	4,858	34.4
Asotin	4,139	5,451	190	9,780	13.4
Benton	26,288	45,345	1,278	72,911	26.1
Chelan	13,781	17,605	572	31,958	12.0
Clallam	19,470	18,199	850	38,519	3.3
Clark	95,356	84,212	3,196	182,764	6.1
Columbia	686	1,499	43	2,228	36.5
Cowlitz	24,597	19,554	1,078	45,229	11.1
Douglas	5,848	9,098	263	15,209	21.4
Ferry	1,467	1,916	118	3,501	12.8
Franklin	7,361	12,037	298	19,696	23.7
Garfield	385	968	20	1,373	42.5
Grant	9,601	17,153	684	27,438	27.5
Grays Harbor	16,354	12,104	726	29,184	14.6
Island	22,058	19,426	675	42,159	6.2
Jefferson	13,252	6,330	409	19,991	34.6
King	648,230	259,716	14,086	922,032	42.1
Kitsap	68,624	53,297	2,416	124,337	12.3
Kittitas	8,030	9,471	367	17,868	8.1
Klickitat	4,965	4,944	255	10,164	0.2
Lewis	13,624	20,278	803	34,705	19.2
Lincoln	2,032	3,803	142	5,977	29.6
Mason	15,050	12,600	656	28,306	8.7
Okanogan	7,613	8,798	459	16,870	7.0
Pacific	6,094	4,555	288	10,937	14.1
Pend Oreille	2,562	3,717	273	6,552	17.6
Pierce	181,824	141,673	6,023	329,520	12.2
San Juan	7,374	2,958	199	10,531	41.9
Skagit	30,053	24,687	1,146	55,886	9.6
Skamania	2,817	2,524	149	5,490	5.3
Snohomish	187,294	126,722	6,317	320,333	18.9
Spokane	105,786	108,314	5,411	219,511	1.2
Stevens	8,499	13,132	710	22,341	20.7
Thurston	75,882	48,366	2,461	126,709	21.7
Wahkiakum	1,121	1,105	68	2,294	0.7
Walla Walla	10,081	14,182	464	24,727	16.6
Whatcom	58,236	40,205	1,898	100,339	18.0
Whitman	9,070	8,104	415	17,589	5.5
Yakima	33,792	41,946	1,324	77,062	10.6

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 Washington in 2008?

Barack Obama won Washington by 17.18 percentage points (521,632 votes).

How many electoral votes did Washington have in 2008?

Washington cast 11 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Washington in 2008?

3,036,878 votes were counted for president.

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

Barack Obama 20, John McCain 19 (out of 39 counties with results).

How did Washington change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 10.0 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 7.2 points to Democratic by 17.2 points.

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