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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Ohio

Barack Obama (Democrat) beat John McCain (Republican) in Ohio in 2008, 51.5% to 46.9%, a margin of 4.6 points and 262,224 votes.

Ohio voted 2.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.3.

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

Republicans led in 66 of the 88 counties and Democrats in 22. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 665,114 votes and went to the Democrat by 38.8 points. The closest was Jefferson, where 76 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 2,940,044 51.5%
John McCain Republican 2,677,820 46.9%
All other candidates 90,486 1.6%
Total5,708,350

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 458,204 68.9% 199,864 30.0% 7,046 665,114 D+38.8
Franklin 334,684 59.7% 218,478 39.0% 7,129 560,291 D+20.7
Hamilton 224,644 53.0% 195,107 46.0% 4,331 424,082 D+7.0
Montgomery 145,997 52.4% 128,679 46.2% 3,835 278,511 D+6.2
Summit 155,105 57.6% 110,499 41.1% 3,455 269,059 D+16.6
Lucas 142,852 65.0% 73,706 33.5% 3,272 219,830 D+31.5
Stark 96,990 51.7% 86,743 46.3% 3,812 187,545 D+5.5
Butler 66,030 38.0% 105,340 60.6% 2,406 173,776 R+22.6
Lorain 85,276 58.1% 59,068 40.2% 2,515 146,859 D+17.8
Mahoning 79,173 62.3% 45,319 35.7% 2,540 127,032 D+26.6
Lake 60,155 49.6% 59,142 48.7% 2,038 121,335 D+0.8
Trumbull 64,145 60.0% 40,164 37.6% 2,579 106,888 D+22.4
Warren 33,398 31.4% 71,691 67.5% 1,127 106,216 R+36.1
Clermont 31,611 33.1% 62,559 65.5% 1,310 95,480 R+32.4
Delaware 36,653 39.7% 54,778 59.3% 985 92,416 R+19.6
Medina 40,924 45.2% 48,189 53.3% 1,338 90,451 R+8.0
Greene 33,540 40.1% 48,936 58.5% 1,113 83,589 R+18.4
Licking 33,896 41.2% 46,886 57.0% 1,501 82,283 R+15.8
Portage 41,856 53.5% 34,822 44.5% 1,527 78,205 D+9.0
Fairfield 29,250 40.7% 41,580 57.8% 1,116 71,946 R+17.1
Clark 31,958 47.9% 33,634 50.4% 1,178 66,770 R+2.5
Wood 34,285 52.7% 29,648 45.6% 1,090 65,023 D+7.1
Richland 25,727 42.1% 34,034 55.7% 1,361 61,122 R+13.6
Miami 18,372 34.8% 33,417 63.3% 1,018 52,807 R+28.5
Wayne 21,712 41.6% 29,342 56.3% 1,088 52,142 R+14.6
Geauga 21,250 41.6% 29,096 56.9% 756 51,102 R+15.4
Allen 19,521 38.8% 29,941 59.6% 801 50,263 R+20.7
Columbiana 21,882 45.1% 25,585 52.8% 1,013 48,480 R+7.6
Ashtabula 25,027 55.8% 18,949 42.2% 898 44,874 D+13.5
Tuscarawas 21,498 50.1% 20,454 47.6% 998 42,950 D+2.4
Erie 23,148 56.1% 17,432 42.3% 649 41,229 D+13.9
Muskingum 17,730 45.4% 20,549 52.6% 792 39,071 R+7.2
Hancock 13,870 37.5% 22,420 60.6% 691 36,981 R+23.1
Jefferson 17,635 49.1% 17,559 48.9% 745 35,939 D+0.2
Scioto 14,926 45.8% 16,994 52.2% 651 32,571 R+6.3
Belmont 16,302 50.3% 15,422 47.6% 687 32,411 D+2.7
Ross 14,455 45.4% 16,759 52.6% 626 31,840 R+7.2
Athens 20,722 66.6% 9,742 31.3% 634 31,098 D+35.3
Sandusky 15,601 51.4% 14,190 46.7% 582 30,373 D+4.6
Washington 12,368 41.3% 17,019 56.9% 545 29,932 R+15.5
Marion 12,870 44.4% 15,454 53.3% 693 29,017 R+8.9
Knox 11,014 39.0% 16,640 58.9% 577 28,231 R+19.9
Seneca 13,087 47.7% 13,823 50.4% 539 27,449 R+2.7
Lawrence 11,262 41.4% 15,415 56.7% 517 27,194 R+15.3
Darke 7,964 30.9% 17,290 67.0% 539 25,793 R+36.2
Huron 12,076 47.2% 12,884 50.4% 622 25,582 R+3.2
Ashland 9,300 37.0% 15,158 60.2% 710 25,168 R+23.3
Union 8,761 35.1% 15,744 63.2% 423 24,928 R+28.0
Pickaway 9,077 38.3% 14,228 60.0% 421 23,726 R+21.7
Shelby 7,317 30.9% 15,924 67.3% 427 23,668 R+36.4
Auglaize 6,727 28.6% 16,395 69.8% 364 23,486 R+41.2
Ottawa 12,049 52.2% 10,618 46.0% 402 23,069 D+6.2
Logan 7,936 35.7% 13,848 62.3% 433 22,217 R+26.6
Fulton 9,900 45.1% 11,689 53.2% 384 21,973 R+8.1
Mercer 5,853 27.5% 15,100 71.0% 318 21,271 R+43.5
Crawford 8,288 39.1% 12,316 58.2% 569 21,173 R+19.0
Preble 6,999 33.3% 13,562 64.6% 441 21,002 R+31.2
Brown 7,503 37.3% 12,192 60.6% 418 20,113 R+23.3
Clinton 6,558 34.0% 12,410 64.3% 338 19,306 R+30.3
Defiance 8,399 43.8% 10,407 54.2% 391 19,197 R+10.5
Highland 6,857 35.7% 11,908 62.1% 423 19,188 R+26.3
Champaign 7,385 39.1% 11,141 59.0% 361 18,887 R+19.9
Putnam 5,281 28.3% 13,072 70.0% 327 18,680 R+41.7
Williams 8,174 44.4% 9,880 53.7% 343 18,397 R+9.3
Madison 6,532 37.4% 10,603 60.8% 316 17,451 R+23.3
Guernsey 7,625 44.0% 9,197 53.1% 503 17,325 R+9.1
Coshocton 7,689 45.6% 8,675 51.4% 499 16,863 R+5.8
Morrow 6,177 37.1% 10,067 60.5% 399 16,643 R+23.4
Perry 7,261 47.1% 7,721 50.1% 422 15,404 R+3.0
Henry 6,320 42.6% 8,239 55.5% 281 14,840 R+12.9
Van Wert 5,178 35.3% 9,168 62.6% 306 14,652 R+27.2
Jackson 5,397 38.6% 8,219 58.7% 377 13,993 R+20.2
Carroll 6,423 46.0% 7,097 50.9% 433 13,953 R+4.8
Gallia 4,777 35.9% 8,247 61.9% 294 13,318 R+26.1
Hardin 5,013 38.2% 7,749 59.1% 352 13,114 R+20.9
Hocking 6,231 48.3% 6,326 49.1% 338 12,895 R+0.7
Pike 6,033 48.2% 6,162 49.3% 311 12,506 R+1.0
Fayette 4,401 37.6% 7,102 60.7% 191 11,694 R+23.1
Adams 4,170 36.6% 6,914 60.7% 304 11,388 R+24.1
Holmes 3,141 28.3% 7,720 69.5% 252 11,113 R+41.2
Wyandot 4,461 40.6% 6,270 57.1% 246 10,977 R+16.5
Meigs 4,094 39.5% 6,015 58.1% 245 10,354 R+18.6
Paulding 4,165 42.6% 5,317 54.4% 287 9,769 R+11.8
Harrison 3,683 47.3% 3,872 49.7% 232 7,787 R+2.4
Monroe 3,705 53.1% 3,066 43.9% 211 6,982 D+9.2
Morgan 2,966 44.9% 3,440 52.1% 202 6,608 R+7.2
Noble 2,474 40.1% 3,450 55.9% 248 6,172 R+15.8
Vinton 2,463 43.6% 3,021 53.5% 162 5,646 R+9.9

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

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0