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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Oklahoma

John McCain (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Oklahoma in 2008, 65.6% to 34.4%, a margin of 31.3 points and 457,669 votes.

Oklahoma voted 38.6 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 77 of the 77 counties. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 279,354 votes and went to the Republican by 16.8 points. The closest was Harmon, where 424 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
John McCain won	Republican	960,165	65.6%
Barack Obama	Democratic	502,496	34.4%
Total		1,462,661

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	116,182 41.6%	163,172 58.4%	279,354	R+16.8
Tulsa	96,133 37.8%	158,363 62.2%	254,496	R+24.5
Cleveland	39,681 38.0%	64,749 62.0%	104,430	R+24.0
Canadian	11,426 23.9%	36,428 76.1%	47,854	R+52.2
Rogers	10,772 28.0%	27,743 72.0%	38,515	R+44.1
Comanche	14,120 41.2%	20,127 58.8%	34,247	R+17.5
Wagoner	8,810 29.1%	21,441 70.9%	30,251	R+41.8
Payne	10,601 36.5%	18,435 63.5%	29,036	R+27.0
Creek	8,318 29.2%	20,187 70.8%	28,505	R+41.6
Muskogee	11,294 42.5%	15,289 57.5%	26,583	R+15.0
Pottawatomie	7,910 30.8%	17,753 69.2%	25,663	R+38.4
Washington	6,308 27.7%	16,457 72.3%	22,765	R+44.6
Garfield	5,545 24.5%	17,067 75.5%	22,612	R+51.0
Grady	5,520 26.6%	15,195 73.4%	20,715	R+46.7
Osage	7,498 38.1%	12,160 61.9%	19,658	R+23.7
Stephens	4,538 24.0%	14,394 76.0%	18,932	R+52.1
Carter	5,603 29.7%	13,241 70.3%	18,844	R+40.5
Kay	5,463 29.2%	13,230 70.8%	18,693	R+41.6
Logan	5,717 31.3%	12,556 68.7%	18,273	R+37.4
Pittsburg	5,457 31.7%	11,752 68.3%	17,209	R+36.6
Le Flore	5,136 30.7%	11,605 69.3%	16,741	R+38.6
Cherokee	7,194 43.9%	9,186 56.1%	16,380	R+12.2
Mayes	5,749 36.0%	10,234 64.0%	15,983	R+28.1
Delaware	5,085 33.1%	10,277 66.9%	15,362	R+33.8
Okmulgee	6,191 41.5%	8,727 58.5%	14,918	R+17.0
McClain	3,551 24.1%	11,193 75.9%	14,744	R+51.8
Pontotoc	4,512 31.6%	9,750 68.4%	14,262	R+36.7
Lincoln	3,504 25.1%	10,470 74.9%	13,974	R+49.8
Sequoyah	4,454 32.0%	9,466 68.0%	13,920	R+36.0
Bryan	4,426 32.2%	9,307 67.8%	13,733	R+35.5
Ottawa	4,268 38.2%	6,905 61.8%	11,173	R+23.6
Garvin	3,028 28.2%	7,710 71.8%	10,738	R+43.6
McCurtain	2,794 26.5%	7,745 73.5%	10,539	R+47.0
Custer	2,660 25.3%	7,842 74.7%	10,502	R+49.3
Caddo	3,404 34.7%	6,413 65.3%	9,817	R+30.7
Jackson	2,264 25.2%	6,719 74.8%	8,983	R+49.6
Seminole	2,977 34.7%	5,600 65.3%	8,577	R+30.6
McIntosh	3,320 40.4%	4,903 59.6%	8,223	R+19.3
Woodward	1,350 17.4%	6,404 82.6%	7,754	R+65.2
Beckham	1,625 22.0%	5,772 78.0%	7,397	R+56.1
Adair	2,052 30.7%	4,638 69.3%	6,690	R+38.7
Pawnee	2,063 31.3%	4,533 68.7%	6,596	R+37.4
Kingfisher	1,009 15.8%	5,372 84.2%	6,381	R+68.4
Texas	923 14.7%	5,336 85.3%	6,259	R+70.5
Craig	2,073 35.0%	3,858 65.0%	5,931	R+30.1
Choctaw	1,860 33.3%	3,730 66.7%	5,590	R+33.5
Marshall	1,643 30.6%	3,730 69.4%	5,373	R+38.8
Murray	1,592 29.8%	3,746 70.2%	5,338	R+40.4
Noble	1,174 23.2%	3,881 76.8%	5,055	R+53.6
Atoka	1,370 28.1%	3,511 71.9%	4,881	R+43.9
Hughes	1,709 35.3%	3,134 64.7%	4,843	R+29.4
Washita	1,052 22.0%	3,724 78.0%	4,776	R+55.9
Haskell	1,474 31.5%	3,207 68.5%	4,681	R+37.0
Pushmataha	1,265 28.3%	3,208 71.7%	4,473	R+43.4
Nowata	1,411 31.8%	3,031 68.2%	4,442	R+36.5
Latimer	1,313 31.5%	2,860 68.5%	4,173	R+37.1
Okfuskee	1,480 35.9%	2,643 64.1%	4,123	R+28.2
Blaine	1,011 24.6%	3,101 75.4%	4,112	R+50.8
Johnston	1,249 31.6%	2,708 68.4%	3,957	R+36.9
Woods	873 22.3%	3,043 77.7%	3,916	R+55.4
Love	1,257 32.7%	2,589 67.3%	3,846	R+34.6
Kiowa	1,226 32.6%	2,537 67.4%	3,763	R+34.8
Major	515 14.8%	2,956 85.2%	3,471	R+70.3
Tillman	1,042 32.2%	2,195 67.8%	3,237	R+35.6
Cotton	690 27.8%	1,793 72.2%	2,483	R+44.4
Beaver	265 10.8%	2,199 89.2%	2,464	R+78.5
Jefferson	805 32.8%	1,652 67.2%	2,457	R+34.5
Alfalfa	411 16.9%	2,023 83.1%	2,434	R+66.2
Grant	514 21.9%	1,836 78.1%	2,350	R+56.3
Coal	600 26.4%	1,672 73.6%	2,272	R+47.2
Dewey	346 15.7%	1,857 84.3%	2,203	R+68.6
Greer	566 26.8%	1,548 73.2%	2,114	R+46.5
Ellis	282 14.8%	1,627 85.2%	1,909	R+70.5
Roger Mills	287 16.0%	1,502 84.0%	1,789	R+67.9
Harper	221 14.1%	1,342 85.9%	1,563	R+71.7
Cimarron	152 12.0%	1,119 88.0%	1,271	R+76.1
Harmon	333 30.6%	757 69.4%	1,090	R+38.9

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

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+34.3
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+33.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.4
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+33.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+31.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+31.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+7.8
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+37.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+49.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+15.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.5
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+28.3
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+5.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+5.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+11.2
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.2

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