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Wyoming presidential election results 2008

John McCain carried Wyoming by 32.06 points (82,090 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
3
Votes counted
256,035
WY result
R+32.1
Compared with the nation
39.3 pts more Republican
Swing since 2004
7.7 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
John McCainRepublican164,95864.40%3
Barack ObamaDemocratic82,86832.40%—
Total votes256,035

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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Natrona County: John McCain +34.1Platte County: John McCain +34.7Sheridan County: John McCain +38.0Weston County: John McCain +57.4Big Horn County: John McCain +55.0Converse County: John McCain +54.5Hot Springs County: John McCain +47.4Johnson County: John McCain +55.5Lincoln County: John McCain +54.1Campbell County: John McCain +61.2Goshen County: John McCain +35.4Uinta County: John McCain +40.9Niobrara County: John McCain +59.3Park County: John McCain +47.1Sublette County: John McCain +54.4Sweetwater County: John McCain +27.3Washakie County: John McCain +46.7Teton County: Barack Obama +23.5Albany County: Barack Obama +4.1Carbon County: John McCain +28.9Crook County: John McCain +63.5Fremont County: John McCain +28.6Laramie County: John McCain +20.3
Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.
County Barack ObamaJohn McCainOthers TotalMargin
Albany 8,6447,936621 17,201 4.1
Big Horn 1,1084,045188 5,341 55.0
Campbell 2,99013,011384 16,385 61.2
Carbon 2,3364,331233 6,900 28.9
Converse 1,3804,922199 6,501 54.5
Crook 6122,967127 3,706 63.5
Fremont 6,01611,083616 17,715 28.6
Goshen 1,8323,942191 5,965 35.4
Hot Springs 6191,834111 2,564 47.4
Johnson 9083,334133 4,375 55.5
Laramie 16,07224,5491,185 41,806 20.3
Lincoln 1,8236,485307 8,615 54.1
Natrona 10,47521,9061,092 33,473 34.1
Niobrara 2441,01743 1,304 59.3
Park 3,75710,839453 15,049 47.1
Platte 1,4073,002188 4,597 34.7
Sheridan 4,45810,177404 15,039 38.0
Sublette 9363,316123 4,375 54.4
Sweetwater 5,76210,360711 16,833 27.3
Teton 7,4724,565322 12,359 23.5
Uinta 2,3175,763338 8,418 40.9
Washakie 1,0422,956102 4,100 46.7
Weston 6582,618138 3,414 57.4

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 Wyoming in 2008?

John McCain won Wyoming by 32.06 percentage points (82,090 votes).

How many electoral votes did Wyoming have in 2008?

Wyoming cast 3 electoral votes in 2008.

How many people voted for president in Wyoming in 2008?

256,035 votes were counted for president.

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

John McCain 21, Barack Obama 2 (out of 23 counties with results).

How did Wyoming change from 2004 to 2008?

The margin moved 7.7 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 39.8 points to Republican by 32.1 points.

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