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Election 2008 Results

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2008 presidential election in Texas

John McCain (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Texas in 2008, 55.5% to 43.7%, a margin of 11.8 points and 950,695 votes.

Texas voted 19.0 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 226 of the 254 counties and Democrats in 28. The largest, Harris, cast 1,171,472 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.6 points. The closest was Kenedy, where 14 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 4,479,328 55.5%
Barack Obama Democratic 3,528,633 43.7%
All other candidates 69,834 0.9%
Total8,077,795

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Harris 590,982 50.4% 571,883 48.8% 8,607 1,171,472 D+1.6
Dallas 422,989 57.3% 310,000 42.0% 5,474 738,463 D+15.3
Tarrant 274,880 43.7% 348,420 55.4% 5,253 628,553 R+11.7
Bexar 275,527 52.4% 246,275 46.8% 3,913 525,715 D+5.6
Travis 254,017 63.9% 136,981 34.4% 6,716 397,714 D+29.4
Collin 109,047 36.8% 184,897 62.3% 2,639 296,583 R+25.6
Denton 91,160 37.5% 149,935 61.6% 2,168 243,263 R+24.2
Fort Bend 98,368 48.5% 103,206 50.9% 1,248 202,822 R+2.4
El Paso 122,021 65.9% 61,783 33.4% 1,429 185,233 D+32.5
Williamson 67,691 42.7% 88,323 55.8% 2,389 158,403 R+13.0
Montgomery 36,703 23.3% 119,884 75.9% 1,260 157,847 R+52.7
Hidalgo 90,261 69.0% 39,668 30.3% 855 130,784 D+38.7
Galveston 41,805 39.8% 62,258 59.3% 941 105,004 R+19.5
Brazoria 36,480 34.8% 67,515 64.3% 945 104,940 R+29.6
Nueces 47,912 47.3% 52,391 51.8% 927 101,230 R+4.4
Lubbock 30,486 31.3% 66,304 68.0% 744 97,534 R+36.7
Bell 40,413 44.7% 49,242 54.5% 679 90,334 R+9.8
Jefferson 44,888 50.8% 42,905 48.6% 503 88,296 D+2.2
McLennan 29,998 37.7% 49,044 61.6% 632 79,674 R+23.9
Smith 23,726 29.8% 55,187 69.4% 648 79,561 R+39.5
Cameron 48,480 64.1% 26,671 35.3% 506 75,657 D+28.8
Hays 28,431 48.1% 29,638 50.2% 983 59,052 R+2.0
Brazos 20,502 34.9% 37,465 63.9% 706 58,673 R+28.9
Ellis 15,333 28.5% 38,078 70.7% 442 53,853 R+42.2
Randall 9,468 18.3% 41,948 80.9% 416 51,832 R+62.7
Johnson 12,912 25.8% 36,685 73.3% 453 50,050 R+47.5
Comal 12,384 25.7% 35,233 73.2% 541 48,158 R+47.4
Parker 10,502 21.9% 36,974 77.1% 475 47,951 R+55.2
Guadalupe 16,156 34.0% 30,869 65.0% 436 47,461 R+31.0
Taylor 12,690 26.8% 34,317 72.3% 432 47,439 R+45.6
Webb 33,452 71.4% 13,119 28.0% 250 46,821 D+43.4
Midland 9,691 21.0% 36,155 78.2% 370 46,216 R+57.3
Wichita 13,868 30.2% 31,731 69.0% 383 45,982 R+38.8
Grayson 13,900 30.6% 31,136 68.5% 441 45,477 R+37.9
Gregg 13,166 30.9% 29,203 68.5% 241 42,610 R+37.6
Tom Green 11,158 28.7% 27,362 70.4% 341 38,861 R+41.7
Ector 9,123 25.6% 26,199 73.6% 284 35,606 R+48.0
Bowie 10,815 30.7% 24,162 68.7% 209 35,186 R+37.9
Kaufman 11,161 31.8% 23,735 67.5% 249 35,145 R+35.8
Rockwall 8,492 26.5% 23,300 72.7% 274 32,066 R+46.2
Potter 8,939 29.8% 20,761 69.2% 313 30,013 R+39.4
Victoria 9,832 32.8% 19,878 66.4% 221 29,931 R+33.6
Hunt 8,594 29.1% 20,573 69.7% 357 29,524 R+40.6
Orange 7,646 26.0% 21,509 73.1% 251 29,406 R+47.1
Angelina 9,379 32.2% 19,569 67.1% 205 29,153 R+35.0
Henderson 7,913 27.3% 20,857 71.9% 223 28,993 R+44.6
Harrison 8,887 34.0% 17,103 65.4% 168 26,158 R+31.4
Bastrop 11,687 45.1% 13,817 53.3% 414 25,918 R+8.2
Nacogdoches 8,393 35.9% 14,828 63.4% 170 23,391 R+27.5
Hood 5,087 22.5% 17,299 76.6% 210 22,596 R+54.0
Kerr 5,570 24.7% 16,752 74.3% 234 22,556 R+49.6
Liberty 5,991 27.7% 15,448 71.4% 187 21,626 R+43.7
San Patricio 8,854 41.4% 12,404 58.0% 138 21,396 R+16.6
Hardin 3,939 19.0% 16,603 80.2% 160 20,702 R+61.2
Wise 4,471 21.7% 15,973 77.4% 195 20,639 R+55.7
Van Zandt 4,505 22.1% 15,734 77.1% 156 20,395 R+55.1
Polk 6,230 30.9% 13,731 68.1% 188 20,149 R+37.2
Walker 7,334 38.3% 11,623 60.7% 189 19,146 R+22.4
Rusk 4,983 26.6% 13,646 72.9% 93 18,722 R+46.3
Lamar 5,243 28.6% 12,952 70.5% 167 18,362 R+42.0
Coryell 6,619 36.1% 11,550 63.0% 163 18,332 R+26.9
Wood 4,010 22.5% 13,658 76.8% 116 17,784 R+54.3
Burnet 4,608 27.3% 12,059 71.4% 226 16,893 R+44.1
Kendall 3,599 21.5% 12,971 77.5% 176 16,746 R+56.0
Anderson 4,630 27.8% 11,884 71.4% 141 16,655 R+43.6
Cherokee 4,610 28.1% 11,695 71.2% 112 16,417 R+43.2
Wilson 5,362 32.8% 10,904 66.6% 100 16,366 R+33.9
Navarro 5,400 33.1% 10,810 66.2% 111 16,321 R+33.1
Medina 5,147 32.7% 10,480 66.6% 110 15,737 R+33.9
Waller 7,153 46.1% 8,265 53.3% 90 15,508 R+7.2
Upshur 3,790 25.0% 11,222 74.0% 152 15,164 R+49.0
Cooke 3,051 20.3% 11,871 79.0% 110 15,032 R+58.7
Brown 2,822 18.8% 12,052 80.3% 141 15,015 R+61.5
Wharton 4,937 34.2% 9,431 65.4% 50 14,418 R+31.2
Washington 4,034 28.1% 10,176 70.8% 167 14,377 R+42.7
Erath 3,128 22.3% 10,768 76.8% 123 14,019 R+54.5
Chambers 3,188 24.0% 9,988 75.1% 116 13,292 R+51.2
Hill 3,811 28.9% 9,264 70.2% 113 13,188 R+41.3
Hopkins 3,530 27.3% 9,299 72.0% 90 12,919 R+44.7
Val Verde 6,982 54.5% 5,752 44.9% 86 12,820 D+9.6
Jasper 3,658 28.6% 9,022 70.6% 96 12,776 R+42.0
Matagorda 4,440 35.9% 7,835 63.3% 98 12,373 R+27.4
Gillespie 2,576 20.9% 9,563 77.5% 199 12,338 R+56.6
Cass 3,490 29.5% 8,279 69.9% 77 11,846 R+40.4
Austin 2,821 24.1% 8,786 75.0% 114 11,721 R+50.9
Fannin 3,464 29.6% 8,092 69.2% 138 11,694 R+39.6
Caldwell 5,403 46.4% 6,107 52.4% 138 11,648 R+6.0
Jim Wells 6,706 57.8% 4,841 41.7% 65 11,612 D+16.1
Maverick 8,554 78.2% 2,316 21.2% 69 10,939 D+57.0
Fayette 3,014 28.1% 7,582 70.8% 118 10,714 R+42.6
Panola 2,586 25.3% 7,582 74.2% 48 10,216 R+48.9
Hale 2,708 27.2% 7,171 72.1% 64 9,943 R+44.9
Atascosa 4,415 44.4% 5,462 55.0% 61 9,938 R+10.5
Palo Pinto 2,499 25.3% 7,264 73.4% 127 9,890 R+48.2
Kleberg 5,256 53.2% 4,540 46.0% 80 9,876 D+7.2
Starr 8,274 84.5% 1,492 15.2% 26 9,792 D+69.3
Aransas 3,006 30.7% 6,693 68.4% 79 9,778 R+37.7
Howard 2,545 26.3% 7,029 72.5% 115 9,689 R+46.3
Llano 2,250 23.4% 7,281 75.6% 98 9,629 R+52.2
Bandera 2,250 24.2% 6,935 74.6% 112 9,297 R+50.4
Titus 3,145 34.0% 6,028 65.2% 72 9,245 R+31.2
Shelby 2,548 27.6% 6,630 71.9% 42 9,220 R+44.3
San Jacinto 2,721 30.4% 6,151 68.7% 86 8,958 R+38.3
Uvalde 4,126 47.1% 4,590 52.4% 50 8,766 R+5.3
Hutchinson 1,322 15.1% 7,361 84.0% 78 8,761 R+68.9
Houston 2,656 30.8% 5,872 68.1% 96 8,624 R+37.3
Milam 3,044 36.4% 5,217 62.4% 96 8,357 R+26.0
Colorado 2,508 30.0% 5,795 69.4% 50 8,353 R+39.4
Grimes 2,704 32.5% 5,562 66.8% 56 8,322 R+34.3
Lavaca 1,869 22.7% 6,293 76.5% 61 8,223 R+53.8
Bee 3,645 44.7% 4,471 54.8% 41 8,157 R+10.1
Gray 1,153 14.2% 6,924 85.1% 56 8,133 R+71.0
Montague 1,597 20.1% 6,245 78.6% 108 7,950 R+58.5
Tyler 2,166 27.4% 5,644 71.4% 100 7,910 R+44.0
Limestone 2,516 32.9% 5,079 66.4% 57 7,652 R+33.5
Bosque 1,797 23.5% 5,762 75.4% 87 7,646 R+51.9
Hockley 1,797 23.5% 5,795 75.8% 53 7,645 R+52.3
Lampasas 1,903 24.9% 5,651 74.0% 80 7,634 R+49.1
Young 1,303 17.8% 5,942 81.3% 60 7,305 R+63.5
Freestone 2,034 27.9% 5,205 71.4% 49 7,288 R+43.5
Leon 1,418 20.1% 5,566 79.1% 57 7,041 R+58.9
Calhoun 2,729 39.7% 4,106 59.7% 44 6,879 R+20.0
Robertson 2,675 39.9% 3,980 59.3% 55 6,710 R+19.4
Burleson 2,053 30.8% 4,547 68.2% 65 6,665 R+37.4
Dewitt 1,716 25.9% 4,888 73.8% 22 6,626 R+47.9
Eastland 1,271 19.5% 5,165 79.4% 73 6,509 R+59.8
Lee 2,000 31.4% 4,312 67.6% 65 6,377 R+36.3
Gonzales 2,167 34.5% 4,076 64.8% 44 6,287 R+30.4
Trinity 1,925 31.7% 4,095 67.4% 57 6,077 R+35.7
Jones 1,528 26.3% 4,203 72.4% 77 5,808 R+46.1
Callahan 1,063 18.6% 4,589 80.3% 64 5,716 R+61.7
Falls 2,225 39.7% 3,328 59.4% 46 5,599 R+19.7
Scurry 1,088 19.5% 4,414 79.3% 67 5,569 R+59.7
Moore 1,123 20.7% 4,282 78.8% 32 5,437 R+58.1
Clay 1,085 20.3% 4,213 78.9% 41 5,339 R+58.6
Newton 1,751 33.3% 3,446 65.5% 63 5,260 R+32.2
Morris 2,055 39.2% 3,158 60.2% 35 5,248 R+21.0
Comanche 1,334 25.6% 3,813 73.1% 70 5,217 R+47.5
Nolan 1,521 30.0% 3,485 68.8% 57 5,063 R+38.8
Jackson 1,301 25.7% 3,723 73.6% 33 5,057 R+47.9
Red River 1,539 30.5% 3,461 68.5% 52 5,052 R+38.0
Blanco 1,467 29.7% 3,418 69.2% 54 4,939 R+39.5
Willacy 3,409 69.5% 1,456 29.7% 38 4,903 D+39.8
Sabine 1,077 22.1% 3,749 76.9% 48 4,874 R+54.8
Deaf Smith 1,247 26.3% 3,466 73.1% 31 4,744 R+46.8
Andrews 790 17.1% 3,816 82.4% 23 4,629 R+65.4
Camp 1,734 38.0% 2,798 61.3% 35 4,567 R+23.3
Karnes 1,760 38.9% 2,736 60.4% 31 4,527 R+21.6
Lamb 1,156 25.5% 3,344 73.9% 25 4,525 R+48.4
Wilbarger 1,196 26.5% 3,283 72.8% 30 4,509 R+46.3
Franklin 1,036 23.1% 3,392 75.5% 63 4,491 R+52.5
Duval 3,298 74.8% 1,076 24.4% 35 4,409 D+50.4
Archer 740 17.0% 3,595 82.4% 30 4,365 R+65.4
Terry 1,379 32.2% 2,879 67.3% 22 4,280 R+35.0
Marion 1,644 38.7% 2,567 60.4% 41 4,252 R+21.7
Rains 1,048 24.7% 3,146 74.3% 42 4,236 R+49.5
Live Oak 1,048 25.1% 3,095 74.1% 33 4,176 R+49.0
Dawson 1,152 28.1% 2,906 70.9% 38 4,096 R+42.8
Madison 1,146 28.1% 2,891 71.0% 37 4,074 R+42.8
Gaines 650 16.0% 3,385 83.2% 32 4,067 R+67.2
Frio 2,405 59.2% 1,644 40.5% 13 4,062 D+18.7
Pecos 1,476 36.8% 2,480 61.8% 54 4,010 R+25.0
Brewster 1,970 50.5% 1,855 47.6% 75 3,900 D+2.9
Zavala 3,263 84.2% 596 15.4% 17 3,876 D+68.8
Runnels 720 18.6% 3,118 80.6% 29 3,867 R+62.0
Hamilton 863 22.8% 2,876 76.1% 39 3,778 R+53.3
San Augustine 1,328 35.7% 2,342 63.0% 45 3,715 R+27.3
Parmer 719 19.4% 2,969 80.0% 25 3,713 R+60.6
Coleman 643 17.4% 3,011 81.3% 48 3,702 R+64.0
Goliad 1,329 36.4% 2,298 62.9% 28 3,655 R+26.5
Ward 899 25.0% 2,667 74.0% 36 3,602 R+49.1
Dimmit 2,692 75.0% 874 24.4% 21 3,587 D+50.7
Somervell 799 22.6% 2,677 75.8% 57 3,533 R+53.2
Stephens 626 17.8% 2,869 81.4% 31 3,526 R+63.6
Refugio 1,382 42.4% 1,855 56.9% 24 3,261 R+14.5
Ochiltree 243 7.8% 2,851 91.7% 15 3,109 R+83.9
Reeves 1,606 52.2% 1,445 47.0% 26 3,077 D+5.2
Jack 470 15.5% 2,528 83.6% 25 3,023 R+68.1
McCulloch 728 24.2% 2,263 75.2% 19 3,010 R+51.0
Carson 406 13.6% 2,548 85.5% 26 2,980 R+71.9
Zapata 1,939 67.7% 919 32.1% 8 2,866 D+35.6
Swisher 813 32.1% 1,683 66.4% 39 2,535 R+34.3
Floyd 730 29.0% 1,784 70.8% 7 2,521 R+41.8
Yoakum 450 18.3% 1,989 80.9% 19 2,458 R+62.6
San Saba 487 19.8% 1,941 79.0% 29 2,457 R+59.2
Mitchell 586 24.1% 1,815 74.7% 30 2,431 R+50.6
Bailey 682 29.4% 1,618 69.9% 16 2,316 R+40.4
Brooks 1,747 75.7% 556 24.1% 6 2,309 D+51.6
Childress 497 21.6% 1,782 77.6% 17 2,296 R+56.0
Castro 719 31.4% 1,562 68.2% 10 2,291 R+36.8
Wheeler 314 14.0% 1,918 85.4% 13 2,245 R+71.4
Delta 589 26.9% 1,580 72.2% 18 2,187 R+45.3
Mills 398 18.3% 1,753 80.5% 26 2,177 R+62.2
Mason 546 25.7% 1,544 72.8% 31 2,121 R+47.1
Haskell 699 33.0% 1,388 65.6% 29 2,116 R+32.6
Lynn 627 29.6% 1,473 69.6% 16 2,116 R+40.0
Hansford 240 11.4% 1,847 87.9% 15 2,102 R+76.5
Winkler 477 23.5% 1,529 75.2% 26 2,032 R+51.8
Hartley 250 12.6% 1,711 86.2% 24 1,985 R+73.6
Crosby 684 35.7% 1,221 63.8% 9 1,914 R+28.1
Kimble 342 18.6% 1,487 80.7% 14 1,843 R+62.1
Jim Hogg 1,336 73.6% 472 26.0% 7 1,815 D+47.6
Fisher 687 38.5% 1,083 60.7% 14 1,784 R+22.2
La Salle 1,052 59.2% 714 40.2% 10 1,776 D+19.0
Presidio 1,252 71.3% 489 27.8% 16 1,757 D+43.4
Garza 375 21.4% 1,356 77.5% 19 1,750 R+56.1
Martin 314 18.3% 1,389 81.0% 12 1,715 R+62.7
Donley 291 17.2% 1,374 81.3% 25 1,690 R+64.1
Baylor 366 22.3% 1,262 76.8% 15 1,643 R+54.5
Real 375 23.0% 1,238 76.0% 15 1,628 R+53.0
Hardeman 373 23.4% 1,199 75.2% 23 1,595 R+51.8
Dallam 302 19.0% 1,269 79.9% 18 1,589 R+60.9
Sutton 381 24.1% 1,189 75.3% 8 1,578 R+51.2
Hemphill 216 13.8% 1,345 85.7% 9 1,570 R+71.9
Coke 299 19.1% 1,252 79.8% 18 1,569 R+60.7
Kinney 633 40.8% 907 58.5% 11 1,551 R+17.7
Crockett 512 33.1% 1,026 66.4% 7 1,545 R+33.3
Shackelford 208 13.8% 1,284 85.3% 13 1,505 R+71.5
Crane 319 21.9% 1,119 77.0% 16 1,454 R+55.0
Knox 367 26.8% 986 72.1% 15 1,368 R+45.2
Schleicher 324 24.8% 970 74.4% 10 1,304 R+49.5
Hall 324 25.6% 930 73.6% 10 1,264 R+47.9
Lipscomb 155 12.3% 1,093 87.0% 8 1,256 R+74.7
Jeff Davis 468 37.9% 749 60.6% 19 1,236 R+22.7
Upton 288 24.1% 898 75.0% 11 1,197 R+51.0
Collingsworth 234 19.6% 943 78.9% 18 1,195 R+59.3
Concho 257 23.9% 807 74.9% 13 1,077 R+51.1
Cochran 284 26.9% 758 71.7% 15 1,057 R+44.8
Edwards 346 33.4% 673 65.0% 16 1,035 R+31.6
Sherman 127 12.5% 884 86.7% 9 1,020 R+74.2
Menard 295 29.0% 712 69.9% 11 1,018 R+41.0
Reagan 197 19.8% 795 80.0% 2 994 R+60.2
Armstrong 128 12.9% 856 86.5% 6 990 R+73.5
Dickens 234 24.1% 730 75.1% 8 972 R+51.0
Oldham 102 11.1% 813 88.4% 5 920 R+77.3
Hudspeth 430 47.9% 458 51.0% 10 898 R+3.1
Throckmorton 166 19.8% 671 80.1% 1 838 R+60.3
Briscoe 205 24.7% 617 74.3% 8 830 R+49.6
Irion 164 20.1% 644 78.8% 9 817 R+58.8
Culberson 492 64.8% 257 33.9% 10 759 D+31.0
Stonewall 206 28.0% 524 71.3% 5 735 R+43.3
Cottle 187 26.5% 509 72.2% 9 705 R+45.7
Sterling 97 15.7% 520 84.0% 2 619 R+68.3
Motley 67 11.3% 522 87.9% 5 594 R+76.6
Glasscock 52 9.3% 502 90.1% 3 557 R+80.8
Foard 198 36.8% 327 60.8% 13 538 R+24.0
McMullen 132 24.6% 400 74.5% 5 537 R+49.9
Terrell 186 35.8% 323 62.2% 10 519 R+26.4
Roberts 41 7.9% 477 92.1% 518 R+84.2
Kent 99 22.1% 342 76.3% 7 448 R+54.2
Borden 40 11.1% 316 87.5% 5 361 R+76.5
Kenedy 108 53.5% 94 46.5% 202 D+6.9
King 8 4.9% 151 92.6% 4 163 R+87.7
Loving 12 15.2% 67 84.8% 79 R+69.6

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

Texas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+5.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+15.8
2008 John McCain (R) R+11.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+22.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+21.3
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.9
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+27.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+13.9
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+33.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+26.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.3
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+6.4
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+41.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+54.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+62.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+74.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+76.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+3.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+53.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+59.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+63.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+51.6
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+49.6
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+32.4
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+37.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+37.4
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+41.0
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+40.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+40.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+40.1
1872 Third party (other)