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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Minnesota

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat John McCain (Republican) in Minnesota in 2008, 54.1% to 43.8%, a margin of 10.2 points and 297,945 votes.

Minnesota voted 3.0 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.

Republicans led in 45 of the 87 counties and Democrats in 42. The largest, Hennepin, cast 663,780 votes and went to the Democrat by 28.6 points. The closest was Aitkin, where 6 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	1,573,354	54.1%
John McCain	Republican	1,275,409	43.8%
All other candidates		61,606	2.1%
Total		2,910,369

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	420,958 63.4%	231,054 34.8%	11,768	663,780	D+28.6
Ramsey	182,974 66.0%	88,942 32.1%	5,470	277,386	D+33.9
Dakota	116,778 51.8%	104,364 46.3%	4,330	225,472	D+5.5
Anoka	86,976 47.7%	91,357 50.1%	3,891	182,224	R+2.4
Washington	70,277 51.3%	64,334 46.9%	2,448	137,059	D+4.3
Saint Louis	77,351 65.1%	38,742 32.6%	2,721	118,814	D+32.5
Stearns	35,690 45.3%	41,194 52.3%	1,872	78,756	R+7.0
Olmsted	38,711 50.6%	36,202 47.3%	1,557	76,470	D+3.3
Scott	29,208 43.5%	36,724 54.7%	1,200	67,132	R+11.2
Wright	26,343 40.2%	37,779 57.6%	1,456	65,578	R+17.4
Carver	20,654 41.6%	28,156 56.7%	873	49,683	R+15.1
Sherburne	17,957 39.9%	26,140 58.1%	893	44,990	R+18.2
Crow Wing	15,859 45.1%	18,567 52.8%	739	35,165	R+7.7
Blue Earth	19,325 55.1%	14,782 42.1%	963	35,070	D+13.0
Otter Tail	13,856 42.4%	18,077 55.3%	754	32,687	R+12.9
Rice	17,381 54.7%	13,723 43.2%	695	31,799	D+11.5
Chisago	12,783 43.6%	15,789 53.9%	733	29,305	R+10.3
Clay	16,666 57.0%	11,978 40.9%	615	29,259	D+16.0
Winona	16,308 58.4%	10,975 39.3%	652	27,935	D+19.1
Goodhue	12,420 48.1%	12,775 49.5%	600	25,795	R+1.4
Itasca	13,460 55.2%	10,309 42.3%	626	24,395	D+12.9
Beltrami	12,019 54.1%	9,762 43.9%	455	22,236	D+10.2
Kandiyohi	10,125 46.2%	11,319 51.7%	451	21,895	R+5.5
Douglas	9,256 44.2%	11,241 53.7%	421	20,918	R+9.5
Isanti	8,248 41.1%	11,324 56.5%	481	20,053	R+15.3
Steele	9,016 45.9%	10,068 51.2%	572	19,656	R+5.4
Benton	8,454 43.7%	10,338 53.5%	547	19,339	R+9.7
Mower	11,605 60.5%	7,075 36.9%	507	19,187	D+23.6
McLeod	7,505 39.4%	10,993 57.8%	531	19,029	R+18.3
Carlton	11,501 62.3%	6,549 35.5%	399	18,449	D+26.8
Nicollet	9,887 54.2%	7,968 43.7%	390	18,245	D+10.5
Freeborn	9,915 57.4%	6,955 40.2%	410	17,280	D+17.1
Becker	7,687 45.3%	8,851 52.2%	427	16,965	R+6.9
Morrison	6,547 39.1%	9,735 58.1%	461	16,743	R+19.0
Cass	7,276 44.6%	8,660 53.1%	371	16,307	R+8.5
Polk	7,850 51.2%	7,148 46.6%	336	15,334	D+4.6
Le Sueur	6,994 46.6%	7,636 50.9%	379	15,009	R+4.3
Pine	7,084 49.3%	6,862 47.7%	437	14,383	D+1.5
Brown	5,809 42.7%	7,456 54.7%	355	13,620	R+12.1
Mille Lacs	6,072 44.8%	7,049 52.0%	423	13,544	R+7.2
Lyon	6,110 48.1%	6,315 49.7%	283	12,708	R+1.6
Meeker	5,380 42.9%	6,737 53.7%	428	12,545	R+10.8
Todd	5,277 43.1%	6,637 54.1%	343	12,257	R+11.1
Wabasha	5,646 47.5%	5,935 49.9%	312	11,893	R+2.4
Hubbard	4,872 41.9%	6,558 56.3%	208	11,638	R+14.5
Fillmore	5,921 52.7%	4,993 44.4%	320	11,234	D+8.3
Houston	5,906 54.3%	4,743 43.6%	234	10,883	D+10.7
Martin	4,413 41.0%	6,053 56.3%	288	10,754	R+15.3
Dodge	4,463 43.7%	5,468 53.5%	282	10,213	R+9.8
Waseca	4,401 44.5%	5,211 52.7%	276	9,888	R+8.2
Aitkin	4,595 48.8%	4,589 48.8%	226	9,410	D+0.1
Nobles	4,244 48.2%	4,368 49.6%	201	8,813	R+1.4
Kanabec	3,743 44.0%	4,479 52.7%	277	8,499	R+8.7
Faribault	3,736 45.8%	4,196 51.5%	220	8,152	R+5.6
Renville	3,904 48.0%	3,956 48.6%	275	8,135	R+0.6
Redwood	3,250 41.6%	4,308 55.2%	248	7,806	R+13.6
Sibley	2,998 38.8%	4,492 58.1%	239	7,729	R+19.3
Roseau	3,097 40.2%	4,438 57.6%	165	7,700	R+17.4
Wadena	2,882 40.2%	4,128 57.6%	159	7,169	R+17.4
Lake	4,174 59.9%	2,636 37.8%	159	6,969	D+22.1
Pennington	3,394 49.8%	3,248 47.6%	180	6,822	D+2.1
Koochiching	3,649 53.6%	2,962 43.5%	191	6,802	D+10.1
Pope	3,317 50.7%	3,069 47.0%	150	6,536	D+3.8
Chippewa	3,280 51.6%	2,907 45.7%	169	6,356	D+5.9
Cottonwood	2,759 45.7%	3,157 52.3%	120	6,036	R+6.6
Stevens	2,781 49.4%	2,710 48.1%	143	5,634	D+1.3
Jackson	2,618 46.6%	2,858 50.8%	147	5,623	R+4.3
Yellow Medicine	2,816 50.6%	2,579 46.3%	174	5,569	D+4.3
Watonwan	2,562 48.7%	2,526 48.0%	170	5,258	D+0.7
Swift	2,907 55.4%	2,184 41.6%	153	5,244	D+13.8
Rock	2,079 41.8%	2,775 55.8%	121	4,975	R+14.0
Murray	2,345 48.7%	2,320 48.2%	148	4,813	D+0.5
Pipestone	2,023 42.1%	2,652 55.2%	126	4,801	R+13.1
Marshall	2,311 48.8%	2,285 48.2%	143	4,739	D+0.5
Clearwater	1,877 44.1%	2,291 53.8%	93	4,261	R+9.7
Lac Qui Parle	2,160 51.5%	1,912 45.6%	120	4,192	D+5.9
Grant	1,850 51.3%	1,646 45.7%	109	3,605	D+5.7
Norman	2,129 62.0%	1,204 35.1%	101	3,434	D+26.9
Wilkin	1,550 45.4%	1,786 52.3%	78	3,414	R+6.9
Cook	2,019 60.3%	1,240 37.0%	89	3,348	D+23.3
Lincoln	1,517 48.5%	1,491 47.7%	118	3,126	D+0.8
Big Stone	1,552 51.9%	1,362 45.6%	76	2,990	D+6.4
Kittson	1,492 58.1%	1,016 39.6%	60	2,568	D+18.5
Mahnomen	1,436 61.3%	843 36.0%	64	2,343	D+25.3
Lake of the Woods	971 42.0%	1,278 55.3%	64	2,313	R+13.3
Red Lake	1,120 51.1%	983 44.9%	88	2,191	D+6.3
Traverse	1,043 51.3%	933 45.8%	59	2,035	D+5.4

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

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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