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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Michigan

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat John McCain (Republican) in Michigan in 2008, 57.4% to 41.0%, a margin of 16.5 points and 823,940 votes.

Michigan voted 9.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

The Democratic hold continued from 2004, when John Kerry won.

Democrats led in 46 of the 83 counties and Republicans in 37. The largest, Wayne, cast 890,326 votes and went to the Democrat by 49.5 points. The closest was Huron, where 67 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
Barack Obama won Democratic 2,872,579 57.4%
John McCain Republican 2,048,639 41.0%
All other candidates 80,548 1.6%
Total5,001,766

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 660,085 74.1% 219,582 24.7% 10,659 890,326 D+49.5
Oakland 372,566 56.5% 276,956 42.0% 9,546 659,068 D+14.5
Macomb 223,784 53.4% 187,663 44.8% 7,769 419,216 D+8.6
Kent 149,909 49.4% 148,336 48.9% 4,990 303,235 D+0.5
Genesee 143,927 65.5% 72,451 32.9% 3,518 219,896 D+32.5
Washtenaw 130,578 69.8% 53,946 28.8% 2,591 187,115 D+41.0
Ingham 93,994 65.9% 46,483 32.6% 2,252 142,729 D+33.3
Ottawa 50,828 37.3% 83,330 61.2% 2,110 136,268 R+23.9
Kalamazoo 77,051 58.9% 51,554 39.4% 2,176 130,781 D+19.5
Saginaw 60,276 57.9% 42,225 40.6% 1,589 104,090 D+17.3
Livingston 42,349 42.5% 55,592 55.8% 1,697 99,638 R+13.3
Muskegon 53,821 63.9% 29,145 34.6% 1,305 84,271 D+29.3
St. Clair 40,677 50.3% 38,536 47.6% 1,687 80,900 D+2.6
Berrien 40,381 52.0% 36,130 46.5% 1,155 77,666 D+5.5
Monroe 39,180 51.3% 35,858 46.9% 1,384 76,422 D+4.3
Jackson 37,480 50.3% 35,692 47.9% 1,331 74,503 D+2.4
Calhoun 34,561 53.8% 28,553 44.5% 1,082 64,196 D+9.4
Eaton 30,742 53.4% 25,900 45.0% 974 57,616 D+8.4
Bay 32,589 56.7% 23,795 41.4% 1,044 57,428 D+15.3
Allegan 24,165 43.7% 30,061 54.4% 1,053 55,279 R+10.7
Grand Traverse 23,258 47.7% 24,716 50.7% 759 48,733 R+3.0
Lenawee 24,640 51.6% 22,225 46.6% 869 47,734 D+5.1
Lapeer 21,457 47.3% 22,831 50.3% 1,074 45,362 R+3.0
Midland 20,701 47.4% 22,263 50.9% 743 43,707 R+3.6
Clinton 20,005 49.5% 19,726 48.8% 650 40,381 D+0.7
Shiawassee 19,397 53.3% 16,268 44.7% 750 36,415 D+8.6
Van Buren 18,588 53.5% 15,534 44.7% 644 34,766 D+8.8
Marquette 19,635 59.2% 12,906 38.9% 644 33,185 D+20.3
Barry 13,449 44.0% 16,431 53.8% 685 30,565 R+9.8
Isabella 16,679 58.8% 11,220 39.6% 451 28,350 D+19.3
Tuscola 13,503 48.6% 13,740 49.4% 555 27,798 R+0.9
Ionia 12,565 46.0% 14,156 51.8% 598 27,319 R+5.8
Montcalm 13,208 48.8% 13,291 49.1% 552 27,051 R+0.3
St. Joseph 12,322 47.9% 12,886 50.1% 494 25,702 R+2.2
Cass 12,083 51.3% 11,114 47.1% 379 23,576 D+4.1
Newaygo 10,790 46.7% 11,862 51.3% 453 23,105 R+4.6
Hillsdale 8,765 42.9% 11,221 54.9% 463 20,449 R+12.0
Sanilac 9,047 44.9% 10,679 52.9% 443 20,169 R+8.1
Delta 9,974 52.3% 8,763 46.0% 327 19,064 D+6.4
Mecosta 9,101 48.8% 9,238 49.5% 325 18,664 R+0.7
Branch 8,413 46.0% 9,534 52.1% 338 18,285 R+6.1
Emmet 8,515 46.9% 9,314 51.3% 320 18,149 R+4.4
Gratiot 9,105 51.3% 8,322 46.9% 311 17,738 D+4.4
Huron 8,367 48.8% 8,434 49.2% 334 17,135 R+0.4
Chippewa 8,184 49.0% 8,267 49.5% 257 16,708 R+0.5
Houghton 7,476 46.8% 8,101 50.7% 395 15,972 R+3.9
Wexford 7,379 47.0% 8,044 51.2% 281 15,704 R+4.2
Mason 7,817 51.3% 7,147 46.9% 259 15,223 D+4.4
Alpena 7,705 51.1% 7,125 47.2% 255 15,085 D+3.8
Clare 7,496 51.5% 6,793 46.6% 278 14,567 D+4.8
Leelanau 7,355 50.9% 6,938 48.0% 171 14,464 D+2.9
Charlevoix 6,817 47.4% 7,306 50.9% 244 14,367 R+3.4
Iosco 7,309 51.5% 6,583 46.4% 295 14,187 D+5.1
Roscommon 7,082 50.4% 6,727 47.9% 242 14,051 D+2.5
Cheboygan 6,720 48.3% 6,920 49.8% 261 13,901 R+1.4
Antrim 6,079 43.9% 7,506 54.2% 267 13,852 R+10.3
Dickinson 5,995 45.0% 7,049 53.0% 267 13,311 R+7.9
Gladwin 6,590 49.8% 6,391 48.3% 260 13,241 D+1.5
Manistee 7,235 55.6% 5,510 42.4% 264 13,009 D+13.3
Otsego 5,634 44.7% 6,752 53.5% 230 12,616 R+8.9
Oceana 6,405 51.2% 5,860 46.8% 244 12,509 D+4.4
Menominee 5,981 54.0% 4,855 43.8% 236 11,072 D+10.2
Osceola 4,855 44.0% 5,973 54.2% 198 11,026 R+10.1
Ogemaw 5,391 50.1% 5,133 47.7% 244 10,768 D+2.4
Benzie 5,451 52.9% 4,687 45.5% 171 10,309 D+7.4
Kalkaska 3,780 44.5% 4,527 53.3% 192 8,499 R+8.8
Gogebic 4,757 57.6% 3,330 40.3% 177 8,264 D+17.3
Arenac 4,155 51.1% 3,807 46.8% 166 8,128 D+4.3
Presque Isle 3,722 49.6% 3,606 48.0% 177 7,505 D+1.5
Missaukee 2,898 38.7% 4,469 59.7% 125 7,492 R+21.0
Crawford 3,441 47.9% 3,561 49.6% 176 7,178 R+1.7
Alcona 2,896 45.1% 3,404 53.0% 120 6,420 R+7.9
Mackinac 3,027 47.3% 3,268 51.1% 101 6,396 R+3.8
Iron 3,080 50.0% 2,947 47.8% 135 6,162 D+2.2
Montmorency 2,403 44.8% 2,841 53.0% 116 5,360 R+8.2
Lake 2,919 55.2% 2,269 42.9% 104 5,292 D+12.3
Alger 2,472 52.0% 2,188 46.1% 90 4,750 D+6.0
Oscoda 1,887 43.6% 2,320 53.6% 121 4,328 R+10.0
Schoolcraft 2,184 50.5% 2,058 47.6% 84 4,326 D+2.9
Ontonagon 1,966 50.6% 1,823 46.9% 96 3,885 D+3.7
Baraga 1,725 47.3% 1,846 50.7% 73 3,644 R+3.3
Luce 1,191 43.5% 1,490 54.4% 59 2,740 R+10.9
Keweenaw 610 43.3% 756 53.6% 44 1,410 R+10.4

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

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0