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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Alabama

John McCain (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Alabama in 2008, 60.3% to 38.7%, a margin of 21.6 points and 453,067 votes.

Alabama voted 28.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

The Republican hold continued from 2004, when George W. Bush won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 13. The largest, Jefferson, cast 318,524 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.1 points. The closest was Conecuh, where 41 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John McCain won Republican 1,266,546 60.3%
Barack Obama Democratic 813,479 38.7%
All other candidates 19,794 0.9%
Total2,099,819

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 166,121 52.2% 149,921 47.1% 2,482 318,524 D+5.1
Mobile 82,181 45.3% 98,049 54.0% 1,194 181,424 R+8.7
Madison 64,117 41.9% 86,965 56.9% 1,817 152,899 R+14.9
Montgomery 62,166 59.4% 42,031 40.1% 546 104,743 D+19.2
Shelby 20,625 22.8% 69,060 76.2% 958 90,643 R+53.4
Baldwin 19,386 23.8% 61,271 75.3% 756 81,413 R+51.4
Tuscaloosa 32,796 41.6% 45,405 57.5% 711 78,912 R+16.0
Lee 21,498 39.6% 32,230 59.3% 597 54,325 R+19.8
Morgan 13,895 27.5% 36,014 71.3% 633 50,542 R+43.8
Calhoun 16,334 33.2% 32,348 65.7% 560 49,242 R+32.5
Etowah 13,497 30.2% 30,595 68.4% 645 44,737 R+38.2
Houston 12,225 29.3% 29,254 70.1% 256 41,735 R+40.8
Lauderdale 13,329 35.0% 24,068 63.2% 707 38,104 R+28.2
Cullman 5,864 16.6% 28,896 81.8% 545 35,305 R+65.2
Elmore 8,301 24.2% 25,777 75.1% 237 34,315 R+50.9
Talladega 13,779 40.3% 20,112 58.8% 313 34,204 R+18.5
St. Clair 6,091 17.9% 27,649 81.1% 348 34,088 R+63.2
Limestone 9,536 28.4% 23,598 70.3% 417 33,551 R+41.9
Marshall 7,038 21.2% 25,727 77.6% 401 33,166 R+56.3
Walker 7,420 25.9% 20,722 72.3% 510 28,652 R+46.4
Colbert 9,703 39.1% 14,739 59.3% 401 24,843 R+20.3
Blount 3,522 14.5% 20,389 84.0% 356 24,267 R+69.5
DeKalb 5,658 23.6% 17,957 74.8% 400 24,015 R+51.2
Autauga 6,093 25.8% 17,403 73.6% 145 23,641 R+47.8
Jackson 6,374 30.5% 14,083 67.5% 417 20,874 R+36.9
Dallas 13,986 67.1% 6,798 32.6% 68 20,852 D+34.5
Coffee 5,079 25.2% 14,919 74.1% 130 20,128 R+48.9
Dale 5,270 27.3% 13,886 71.9% 164 19,320 R+44.6
Tallapoosa 6,063 31.4% 13,116 67.9% 132 19,311 R+36.5
Russell 10,085 53.3% 8,705 46.0% 125 18,915 D+7.3
Chilton 3,674 20.7% 13,960 78.5% 151 17,785 R+57.8
Covington 3,240 20.5% 12,444 78.8% 103 15,787 R+58.3
Chambers 6,799 45.5% 8,067 53.9% 90 14,956 R+8.5
Lawrence 5,164 35.2% 9,277 63.2% 239 14,680 R+28.0
Escambia 5,188 35.4% 9,375 63.9% 111 14,674 R+28.5
Pike 5,879 42.1% 8,004 57.4% 72 13,955 R+15.2
Clarke 5,914 44.0% 7,466 55.6% 55 13,435 R+11.6
Marion 2,600 21.0% 9,536 77.2% 219 12,355 R+56.1
Franklin 3,469 29.7% 8,048 68.8% 176 11,693 R+39.2
Geneva 2,134 18.3% 9,417 80.8% 106 11,657 R+62.5
Barbour 5,697 49.0% 5,866 50.4% 67 11,630 R+1.5
Marengo 5,926 51.7% 5,516 48.1% 29 11,471 D+3.6
Monroe 5,025 44.7% 6,175 54.9% 52 11,252 R+10.2
Macon 9,450 86.9% 1,396 12.8% 31 10,877 D+74.0
Randolph 3,064 29.5% 7,175 69.1% 145 10,384 R+39.6
Pickens 4,594 45.6% 5,434 54.0% 39 10,067 R+8.3
Winston 1,757 17.5% 8,103 80.8% 171 10,031 R+63.3
Cherokee 2,306 23.7% 7,298 74.9% 141 9,745 R+51.2
Butler 4,188 43.1% 5,485 56.5% 36 9,709 R+13.4
Washington 3,067 35.0% 5,654 64.4% 54 8,775 R+29.5
Henry 3,018 34.9% 5,585 64.6% 45 8,648 R+29.7
Bibb 2,299 26.6% 6,262 72.4% 83 8,644 R+45.8
Hale 4,982 60.7% 3,200 39.0% 32 8,214 D+21.7
Fayette 1,994 25.1% 5,883 73.9% 80 7,957 R+48.9
Choctaw 3,636 46.1% 4,223 53.5% 35 7,894 R+7.4
Lowndes 5,449 74.9% 1,809 24.9% 20 7,278 D+50.0
Lamar 1,614 22.8% 5,419 76.6% 42 7,075 R+53.8
Sumter 5,264 75.0% 1,731 24.7% 25 7,020 D+50.3
Conecuh 3,429 49.4% 3,470 50.0% 44 6,943 R+0.6
Clay 1,760 25.8% 4,984 73.1% 75 6,819 R+47.3
Wilcox 4,612 71.0% 1,868 28.8% 14 6,494 D+42.3
Cleburne 1,168 18.0% 5,216 80.3% 108 6,492 R+62.4
Crenshaw 1,938 30.8% 4,319 68.7% 34 6,291 R+37.8
Perry 4,457 72.4% 1,679 27.3% 23 6,159 D+45.1
Coosa 2,273 40.9% 3,248 58.4% 42 5,563 R+17.5
Bullock 4,011 74.1% 1,391 25.7% 13 5,415 D+48.4
Greene 4,408 83.1% 876 16.5% 21 5,305 D+66.6

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5