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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Tennessee

John McCain (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Tennessee in 2008, 56.9% to 41.8%, a margin of 15.1 points and 391,741 votes.

Tennessee voted 22.3 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 89 of the 95 counties and Democrats in 6. The largest, Shelby, cast 404,555 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.4 points. The closest was Jackson, where 39 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
John McCain won Republican 1,479,178 56.9%
Barack Obama Democratic 1,087,437 41.8%
All other candidates 33,134 1.3%
Total2,599,749

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 256,297 63.4% 145,458 36.0% 2,800 404,555 D+27.4
Davidson 158,423 59.9% 102,915 38.9% 3,148 264,486 D+21.0
Knox 70,215 37.7% 113,015 60.7% 2,856 186,086 R+23.0
Hamilton 64,246 43.6% 81,702 55.4% 1,572 147,520 R+11.8
Rutherford 40,460 39.8% 59,892 58.9% 1,385 101,737 R+19.1
Williamson 27,886 29.8% 64,858 69.3% 902 93,646 R+39.5
Sumner 21,487 32.0% 44,949 66.9% 792 67,228 R+34.9
Sullivan 18,354 28.7% 44,808 70.0% 835 63,997 R+41.3
Montgomery 25,716 45.5% 30,175 53.4% 627 56,518 R+7.9
Blount 15,253 29.5% 35,571 68.9% 821 51,645 R+39.3
Wilson 15,886 31.1% 34,595 67.6% 678 51,159 R+36.6
Washington 15,941 32.5% 32,341 66.0% 700 48,982 R+33.5
Madison 20,209 46.1% 23,290 53.1% 347 43,846 R+7.0
Bradley 9,357 24.5% 28,333 74.2% 501 38,191 R+49.7
Sevier 8,604 25.3% 24,922 73.4% 415 33,941 R+48.1
Maury 13,058 38.7% 20,288 60.1% 421 33,767 R+21.4
Anderson 11,396 36.1% 19,675 62.3% 499 31,570 R+26.2
Robertson 9,318 33.7% 17,903 64.8% 393 27,614 R+31.1
Putnam 9,739 35.7% 17,101 62.6% 476 27,316 R+27.0
Cumberland 7,889 30.7% 17,436 67.8% 387 25,712 R+37.1
Tipton 7,931 31.3% 17,165 67.8% 220 25,316 R+36.5
Greene 7,110 28.8% 17,151 69.5% 409 24,670 R+40.7
Roane 7,224 31.0% 15,658 67.3% 394 23,276 R+36.2
Hamblen 6,807 30.0% 15,508 68.4% 354 22,669 R+38.4
Loudon 6,058 27.3% 15,815 71.3% 311 22,184 R+44.0
Carter 5,587 25.7% 15,852 72.8% 330 21,769 R+47.2
Gibson 7,406 34.8% 13,516 63.6% 331 21,253 R+28.7
Hawkins 5,930 28.2% 14,756 70.1% 354 21,040 R+41.9
Coffee 7,132 34.3% 13,250 63.7% 408 20,790 R+29.4
Dickson 7,506 38.5% 11,677 59.8% 336 19,519 R+21.4
Fayette 6,892 35.8% 12,173 63.2% 189 19,254 R+27.4
McMinn 5,541 29.5% 12,989 69.1% 259 18,789 R+39.6
Jefferson 5,178 27.9% 13,092 70.6% 262 18,532 R+42.7
Franklin 6,613 37.9% 10,539 60.5% 280 17,432 R+22.5
Monroe 5,053 30.1% 11,484 68.5% 240 16,777 R+38.3
Cheatham 5,498 33.5% 10,702 65.1% 228 16,428 R+31.7
Lawrence 5,161 32.2% 10,566 66.0% 293 16,020 R+33.7
Bedford 5,027 32.4% 10,217 65.9% 263 15,507 R+33.5
Dyer 4,411 30.5% 9,859 68.2% 180 14,450 R+37.7
Warren 5,515 38.3% 8,562 59.5% 323 14,400 R+21.2
Weakley 4,596 33.6% 8,855 64.7% 239 13,690 R+31.1
Henry 5,153 38.0% 8,182 60.4% 210 13,545 R+22.4
Obion 4,308 32.2% 8,873 66.3% 211 13,392 R+34.1
Lincoln 3,695 28.1% 9,231 70.3% 204 13,130 R+42.2
Campbell 3,867 30.6% 8,535 67.6% 226 12,628 R+37.0
Cocke 3,340 26.8% 8,945 71.7% 196 12,481 R+44.9
Giles 4,614 39.5% 6,902 59.0% 173 11,689 R+19.6
Carroll 3,980 34.2% 7,455 64.0% 211 11,646 R+29.8
Marion 4,506 39.4% 6,746 59.0% 185 11,437 R+19.6
Marshall 4,320 38.3% 6,755 59.8% 214 11,289 R+21.6
Hardeman 5,919 52.7% 5,225 46.5% 93 11,237 D+6.2
Rhea 2,907 26.2% 8,042 72.4% 157 11,106 R+46.2
Henderson 3,021 27.9% 7,669 70.8% 144 10,834 R+42.9
McNairy 3,131 30.0% 7,135 68.5% 156 10,422 R+38.4
Claiborne 3,078 29.5% 7,175 68.9% 167 10,420 R+39.3
Hardin 2,794 27.8% 7,077 70.5% 164 10,035 R+42.7
White 3,372 35.0% 6,103 63.3% 172 9,647 R+28.3
Lauderdale 4,322 46.3% 4,933 52.8% 83 9,338 R+6.5
Hickman 3,563 41.9% 4,784 56.3% 151 8,498 R+14.4
Haywood 4,893 60.3% 3,165 39.0% 63 8,121 D+21.3
Overton 3,419 42.3% 4,497 55.6% 176 8,092 R+13.3
Smith 2,992 38.7% 4,563 58.9% 186 7,741 R+20.3
Humphreys 3,600 47.5% 3,818 50.4% 162 7,580 R+2.9
Grainger 2,066 27.5% 5,297 70.6% 140 7,503 R+43.1
Macon 2,060 28.0% 5,145 69.9% 155 7,360 R+41.9
Unicoi 2,107 29.2% 5,011 69.4% 105 7,223 R+40.2
DeKalb 2,832 40.1% 4,085 57.8% 148 7,065 R+17.7
Morgan 1,969 28.9% 4,717 69.1% 136 6,822 R+40.3
Scott 1,720 25.4% 4,931 72.7% 132 6,783 R+47.3
Fentress 1,831 27.2% 4,789 71.1% 119 6,739 R+43.9
Johnson 1,837 27.9% 4,621 70.1% 133 6,591 R+42.2
Polk 2,124 32.7% 4,267 65.6% 110 6,501 R+33.0
Benton 2,645 40.8% 3,696 57.0% 138 6,479 R+16.2
Chester 1,797 27.8% 4,587 71.0% 75 6,459 R+43.2
Union 1,829 28.6% 4,467 69.8% 103 6,399 R+41.2
Crockett 1,967 32.6% 3,994 66.2% 76 6,037 R+33.6
Wayne 1,355 24.5% 4,076 73.7% 96 5,527 R+49.2
Stewart 2,470 44.9% 2,956 53.7% 81 5,507 R+8.8
Cannon 2,011 36.9% 3,322 60.9% 124 5,457 R+24.0
Sequatchie 1,717 31.6% 3,610 66.4% 110 5,437 R+34.8
Lewis 1,804 37.3% 2,951 61.0% 79 4,834 R+23.7
Bledsoe 1,517 31.7% 3,166 66.2% 101 4,784 R+34.5
Decatur 1,566 32.9% 3,101 65.1% 96 4,763 R+32.2
Grundy 1,971 42.6% 2,563 55.3% 98 4,632 R+12.8
Jackson 2,224 49.4% 2,185 48.5% 92 4,501 D+0.9
Meigs 1,372 32.4% 2,797 66.0% 68 4,237 R+33.6
Houston 1,678 50.0% 1,608 47.9% 68 3,354 D+2.1
Trousdale 1,475 45.5% 1,688 52.1% 76 3,239 R+6.6
Perry 1,329 44.3% 1,596 53.2% 75 3,000 R+8.9
Clay 1,248 41.7% 1,676 56.0% 70 2,994 R+14.3
Moore 881 29.8% 2,010 68.1% 61 2,952 R+38.2
Pickett 854 32.0% 1,786 66.9% 31 2,671 R+34.9
Hancock 604 27.0% 1,588 70.9% 49 2,241 R+43.9
Lake 1,024 45.8% 1,175 52.5% 39 2,238 R+6.7
Van Buren 849 38.5% 1,294 58.7% 63 2,206 R+20.2

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

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9