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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Colorado

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat John McCain (Republican) in Colorado in 2008, 53.7% to 44.7%, a margin of 9.0 points and 215,004 votes.

Colorado voted 1.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

Colorado changed party: in 2004 it went Republican, for George W. Bush.

Republicans led in 38 of the 64 counties and Democrats in 26. The largest, Jefferson, cast 295,062 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.0 points. The closest was Garfield, where 2 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Barack Obama won	Democratic	1,288,633	53.7%
John McCain	Republican	1,073,629	44.7%
All other candidates		39,200	1.6%
Total		2,401,462

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	158,153 53.6%	131,627 44.6%	5,282	295,062	D+9.0
El Paso	108,899 39.9%	160,318 58.7%	3,958	273,175	R+18.8
Denver	204,882 75.5%	62,567 23.0%	4,084	271,533	D+52.4
Arapahoe	148,218 55.7%	113,866 42.8%	4,064	266,148	D+12.9
Boulder	124,159 72.3%	44,904 26.1%	2,700	171,763	D+46.1
Larimer	89,822 54.0%	73,641 44.3%	2,910	166,373	D+9.7
Adams	93,443 58.2%	63,976 39.9%	3,080	160,499	D+18.4
Douglas	61,960 40.8%	88,108 58.0%	1,751	151,819	R+17.2
Weld	47,292 44.7%	56,526 53.4%	2,048	105,866	R+8.7
Pueblo	41,097 56.7%	30,257 41.8%	1,073	72,427	D+15.0
Mesa	24,008 34.5%	44,578 64.0%	1,045	69,631	R+29.5
Broomfield	16,168 54.9%	12,757 43.3%	528	29,453	D+11.6
La Plata	16,057 57.4%	11,503 41.1%	419	27,979	D+16.3
Garfield	11,357 49.2%	11,359 49.2%	366	23,082	level
Eagle	13,187 60.9%	8,179 37.8%	286	21,652	D+23.1
Fremont	6,844 34.4%	12,668 63.6%	407	19,919	R+29.2
Montrose	6,495 33.9%	12,199 63.7%	459	19,153	R+29.8
Delta	5,084 32.9%	10,067 65.2%	283	15,434	R+32.3
Summit	9,802 65.8%	4,883 32.8%	214	14,899	D+33.0
Elbert	3,819 28.9%	9,108 69.0%	279	13,206	R+40.0
Routt	8,270 62.7%	4,725 35.8%	204	13,199	D+26.9
Teller	4,513 35.0%	8,146 63.1%	247	12,906	R+28.1
Montezuma	4,661 39.4%	6,961 58.9%	203	11,825	R+19.5
Morgan	3,813 37.3%	6,272 61.3%	149	10,234	R+24.0
Pitkin	7,349 73.7%	2,484 24.9%	133	9,966	D+48.8
Chaffee	4,861 49.0%	4,873 49.1%	186	9,920	R+0.1
Park	4,250 45.3%	4,896 52.2%	237	9,383	R+6.9
Logan	2,846 31.7%	6,002 66.9%	129	8,977	R+35.2
Gunnison	5,556 62.6%	3,131 35.3%	183	8,870	D+27.3
Grand	4,037 48.6%	4,128 49.7%	143	8,308	R+1.1
Otero	3,546 44.0%	4,393 54.5%	125	8,064	R+10.5
Las Animas	3,562 52.7%	3,086 45.6%	113	6,761	D+7.0
Archuleta	2,836 42.8%	3,638 54.9%	151	6,625	R+12.1
Alamosa	3,521 56.0%	2,635 41.9%	130	6,286	D+14.1
Moffat	1,582 26.9%	4,135 70.4%	154	5,871	R+43.5
Clear Creek	3,332 57.8%	2,300 39.9%	135	5,767	D+17.9
Rio Grande	2,448 45.0%	2,930 53.8%	66	5,444	R+8.9
Prowers	1,487 32.2%	3,043 65.9%	85	4,615	R+33.7
Yuma	1,117 24.9%	3,286 73.3%	80	4,483	R+48.4
San Miguel	3,349 77.0%	933 21.4%	68	4,350	D+55.5
Conejos	2,154 55.6%	1,653 42.7%	67	3,874	D+12.9
Huerfano	1,989 54.6%	1,580 43.4%	74	3,643	D+11.2
Kit Carson	912 26.5%	2,455 71.3%	75	3,442	R+44.8
Gilpin	1,954 59.2%	1,253 38.0%	94	3,301	D+21.2
Rio Blanco	655 20.8%	2,437 77.4%	55	3,147	R+56.6
Ouray	1,636 53.5%	1,367 44.7%	57	3,060	D+8.8
Lake	1,859 61.9%	1,078 35.9%	65	3,002	D+26.0
Saguache	1,730 63.0%	953 34.7%	64	2,747	D+28.3
Custer	912 34.7%	1,672 63.6%	45	2,629	R+28.9
Washington	529 21.1%	1,949 77.6%	35	2,513	R+56.5
Lincoln	546 23.7%	1,717 74.5%	41	2,304	R+50.8
Phillips	622 27.5%	1,612 71.3%	26	2,260	R+43.8
Baca	536 24.6%	1,572 72.3%	67	2,175	R+47.6
Bent	799 41.6%	1,077 56.1%	44	1,920	R+14.5
Costilla	1,245 73.4%	415 24.5%	37	1,697	D+48.9
Crowley	552 35.4%	976 62.6%	30	1,558	R+27.2
Sedgwick	468 34.6%	857 63.4%	26	1,351	R+28.8
Dolores	369 30.3%	818 67.2%	30	1,217	R+36.9
Cheyenne	198 17.8%	890 80.1%	23	1,111	R+62.3
Jackson	277 30.3%	624 68.3%	12	913	R+38.0
Kiowa	178 20.9%	650 76.3%	24	852	R+55.4
Mineral	270 43.3%	334 53.6%	19	623	R+10.3
Hinsdale	240 40.1%	344 57.4%	15	599	R+17.4
San Juan	264 53.2%	218 44.0%	14	496	D+9.3

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

Colorado in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+11.0
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+13.5
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+4.9
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+5.4
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+9.0
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+4.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.4
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.4
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.3
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+7.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+28.3
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.0
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+11.4
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.0
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+23.1
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+9.7
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.7
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+21.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+5.4
1944	Thomas E. Dewey (R)	R+6.8
1940	Wendell Willkie (R)	R+2.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+30.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.0
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+23.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+26.0
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+20.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+14.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+13.4
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+71.1
1892	James B. Weaver (other)
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.4
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+12.6
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+5.2

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