2008 United States presidential election in Kansas

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 United States presidential election in Kansas Kansas presidential no 2004 United States presidential election in Kansas 2004 2012 United States presidential election in Kansas 2012 November 4, 2008 x200px John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg John McCain Republican Party (United States) Arizona Sarah Palin 6 699,655 56.48% Obama portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 0 514,765 41.55% 310px County results 310px Congressional district results 310px Precinct results McCain #F2B3BE 40–50% #E27F90 50–60% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% Obama #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% President George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) The 2008 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kansas was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 14.9% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. He won all but three counties and one congressional district in the state. Obama still performed significantly better than Kerry, and his 41.55% of the vote remains the highest for a Democrat in the 21st century, although his running mate Joe Biden nearly matched that percentage 12 years later, with a slight reduction in margin of defeat. As of 2024, this is the last time that Crawford County voted for the Democratic candidate in a presidential election. Caucuses 2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses 2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses Campaign Predictions There were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day: +SourceRankingD.C. Political Report2009-01-01 D.C.'s Political Report: The complete source for campaign summaries. http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/Predictions.html 2021-08-23 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20090101161206/http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/Predictions.html 2009-01-01Likely RCook Political Report2015-05-05 Presidential http://cookpolitical.com/presidential 2021-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505003043/http://cookpolitical.com/presidential 2015-05-05Solid RThe Takeaway2009-04-22 Vote 2008 - The Takeaway - Track the Electoral College vote predictions http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2008/09/20/track-the-electoral-college-vote-predictions/ 2021-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090422070127/http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2008/09/20/track-the-electoral-college-vote-predictions/ 2009-04-22Solid RElectoral-vote.comElectoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily https://electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/Maps/Dec31.html 2021-08-23 electoral-vote.comSolid RWashington PostBased on TakeawaySolid RPoliticoPOLITICO's 2008 Swing State Map - POLITICO.com https://www.politico.com/convention/swingstate.html 2016-09-22 www.politico.comSolid RRealClearPolitics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=5 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080605003612/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=5 2008-06-05 RealClearPolitics - Electoral MapSolid RFiveThirtyEightSolid RCQ PoliticsCQ Presidential Election Maps, 2008 http://innovation.cq.com/prezMap08/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090614004022/http://innovation.cq.com/prezMap08 June 14, 2009 December 20, 2009 CQ PoliticsSolid RThe New York TimesNagourney Adam Zeleny Jeff Carter Shan 2008-11-04 The Electoral Map: Key States The New York Times http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/whos-ahead/key-states/map.html?scp=1&sq=electoral%20college%20map&st=cse May 26, 2010Solid RCNN2008-10-31 October – 2008 – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs CNN http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/ May 26, 2010 2010-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20100619013250/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/ deadSafe RNPRSolid RMSNBCSolid RFox NewsApril 27, 2010 Winning The Electoral College Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/winning-the-electoral-college/Likely RAssociated Pressroadto270 http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/campaign_plus/roadto270/ 2016-09-22 hosted.ap.org December 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081208002123/http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/campaign_plus/roadto270/ deadLikely RRasmussen ReportsElection 2008: Electoral College Update - Rasmussen Reports https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/election_2008_electoral_college_update 2016-09-22 www.rasmussenreports.comSafe R Polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election#Kansas Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election: Kansas McCain won every pre-election poll. Since March 16, McCain won each poll with a double-digit margin and at least 47% of the vote.Election 2008 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Fundraising John McCain raised a total of $1,219,074 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,548,322.http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppState.do?stateName=KS&cand_id=P00000001 Presidential Campaign Finance 2009-08-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20090324090154/http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppState.do?stateName=KS&cand_id=P00000001 2009-03-24 dead Advertising and visits Obama spent $62,108. McCain and his interest groups spent $13,693.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/ad.spending/ CNN Map: Campaign Ad Spending - Election Center 2008 from CNN.com May 26, 2010 Neither campaign visited the state.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/candidate.visits/ CNN Map: Campaign Candidate Visits - Election Center 2008 from CNN.com May 26, 2010 Analysis Kansas has always been a Republican stronghold at the presidential level, voting for GOP nominees in all but seven elections since statehood. The last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Kansas was Lyndon B. Johnson in his landslide in 1964. Although the state did receive attention from Barack Obama, whose mother was born in Kansas, it wasn't enough to overcome the deeply planted GOP roots in the state. John McCain carried Kansas by a comfortable 15-percent margin of victory. McCain's margin of victory in Kansas, however, was less than that of George W. Bush who carried the state in 2004 with 62% of the vote over John Kerry's 36.62% showing in the state - a 10-point swing to the Democrats in 2008. Obama only won three counties - Crawford (home to Pittsburg), Douglas (home to Lawrence), and Wyandotte (home to Kansas City). The first two were home to large college populations, while Wyandotte had a significant African-American population. He did, however, succeed in winning 41% of the state's popular vote. The other Democrats to have cracked the 40 percent barrier in the state since Johnson's 1964 landslide are Jimmy Carter in 1976, Michael Dukakis in 1988, Joe Biden in 2020, and Kamala Harris in 2024. To highlight its status as a reliably red state, former State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, a Republican, ousted incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Nancy Boyda to win back Kansas's 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jenkins received 50.80% of the vote to Boyda's 45.97%. At the same time, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts was reelected with 60.06% of the vote over former Democratic U.S. Representative Jim Slattery. Republicans also made gains in the Kansas Senate, picking up one seat. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Crawford County voted for the Democratic candidate. Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Atchison County since John F. Kennedy in 1960. Results 2008 United States presidential election in Kansashttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2008&fips=20&f=1&off=0&elect=0 Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2013-01-13 PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican John McCain Sarah Palin 699,655 56.48% 6 Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 514,765 41.55% 0 Independent Ralph Nader Matt Gonzalez 10,527 0.85% 0 Libertarian Bob Barr Wayne Allyn Root 6,706 0.54% 0 Reform Chuck Baldwin Darrell Castle 4,148 0.33% 0 Green Cynthia McKinney (write-in) Rosa Clemente 35 0.00% 0 Write-in votes 36 0.00% 0 Totals 1,238,873 100.00% 6 Voter turnout (Voting age population) 60.8% By county Countyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=191864 Our Campaigns KS US President Race, November 04, 2008John McCainRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocraticRalph NaderIndependentBob BarrLibertarianVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Allen 3,552 60.67% 2,189 37.39% 67 1.14% 30 0.51% 17 0.29% 1,363 23.28% 5,855Anderson 2,362 65.14% 1,175 32.40% 50 1.38% 24 0.66% 15 0.41% 1,187 32.74% 3,626Atchison 3,791 52.72% 3,241 45.07% 99 1.38% 37 0.51% 23 0.32% 550 7.65% 7,191Barber 1,833 74.45% 598 24.29% 14 0.57% 9 0.37% 8 0.32% 1,235 50.16% 2,462Barton 7,802 70.56% 3,027 27.38% 142 1.28% 52 0.47% 34 0.31% 4,775 43.18% 11,057Bourbon 4,240 62.53% 2,394 35.30% 80 1.18% 32 0.47% 35 0.52% 1,846 27.23% 6,781Brown 2,985 68.21% 1,317 30.10% 42 0.96% 16 0.37% 16 0.37% 1,668 38.11% 4,376Butler 18,155 65.13% 9,159 32.86% 253 0.91% 170 0.61% 136 0.49% 8,996 32.27% 27,873Chase 976 70.52% 383 27.67% 12 0.87% 9 0.65% 4 0.29% 593 42.85% 1,384Chautauqua 1,418 76.57% 401 21.65% 17 0.92% 8 0.43% 8 0.43% 1,017 54.92% 1,852Cherokee 5,886 60.90% 3,594 37.19% 118 1.22% 45 0.47% 22 0.23% 2,292 23.71% 9,665Cheyenne 1,148 76.64% 323 21.56% 13 0.87% 7 0.47% 7 0.47% 825 55.08% 1,498Clark 897 77.39% 245 21.14% 6 0.52% 2 0.17% 9 0.78% 652 56.25% 1,159Clay 2,998 73.95% 1,009 24.89% 28 0.69% 13 0.32% 6 0.15% 1,989 49.06% 4,054Cloud 3,121 70.12% 1,233 27.70% 51 1.15% 26 0.58% 20 0.45% 1,888 42.42% 4,451Coffey 3,054 72.16% 1,121 26.49% 28 0.66% 19 0.45% 10 0.24% 1,933 45.67% 4,232Comanche 765 78.54% 194 19.92% 12 1.23% 1 0.10% 2 0.21% 571 58.62% 974Cowley 8,492 61.59% 5,012 36.35% 162 1.18% 72 0.52% 49 0.36% 3,480 25.24% 13,787Crawford 7,735 48.12% 7,957 49.50% 227 1.41% 94 0.58% 62 0.39% -222 -1.38% 16,075Decatur 1,189 76.81% 343 22.16% 9 0.58% 3 0.19% 4 0.26% 846 54.65% 1,548Dickinson 6,081 70.16% 2,422 27.95% 75 0.87% 60 0.69% 29 0.33% 3,659 42.21% 8,667Doniphan 2,372 66.55% 1,115 31.29% 32 0.90% 25 0.70% 20 0.56% 1,257 35.26% 3,564Douglas 17,929 33.42% 34,398 64.13% 622 1.16% 307 0.57% 385 0.71% -16,469 -30.71% 53,641Edwards 995 73.32% 333 24.54% 15 1.11% 12 0.88% 2 0.15% 662 48.78% 1,357Elk 1,042 72.66% 363 25.31% 10 0.70% 15 1.05% 4 0.28% 679 47.35% 1,434Ellis 8,207 65.94% 4,010 32.22% 128 1.03% 63 0.51% 39 0.31% 4,197 33.72% 12,447Ellsworth 2,021 68.79% 851 28.97% 39 1.33% 18 0.61% 9 0.31% 1,170 39.82% 2,938Finney 6,926 66.89% 3,275 31.63% 78 0.75% 48 0.46% 27 0.26% 3,651 35.26% 10,354Ford 5,730 64.64% 2,991 33.74% 57 0.64% 56 0.63% 30 0.34% 2,739 30.90% 8,864Franklin 7,079 60.04% 4,433 37.60% 121 1.03% 66 0.56% 92 0.78% 2,646 22.44% 11,791Geary 4,492 55.50% 3,491 43.13% 68 0.84% 23 0.28% 20 0.25% 1,001 12.37% 8,094Gove 1,136 80.11% 261 18.41% 10 0.71% 3 0.21% 8 0.56% 875 61.70% 1,418Graham 1,060 74.49% 325 22.84% 27 1.90% 7 0.49% 4 0.28% 735 51.65% 1,423Grant 1,995 74.97% 635 23.86% 12 0.45% 9 0.34% 10 0.38% 1,360 51.11% 2,661Gray 1,643 77.54% 436 20.58% 18 0.85% 15 0.71% 7 0.33% 1,207 56.96% 2,119Greeley 591 79.33% 151 20.27% 2 0.27% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% 440 59.06% 745Greenwood 1,619 71.04% 622 27.29% 16 0.70% 14 0.61% 8 0.35% 997 43.75% 2,279Hamilton 844 77.01% 233 21.26% 7 0.64% 8 0.73% 4 0.36% 611 55.75% 1,096Harper 1,999 71.49% 736 26.32% 35 1.25% 15 0.54% 11 0.39% 1,263 45.17% 2,796Harvey 9,006 57.40% 6,318 40.27% 165 1.05% 77 0.49% 125 0.80% 2,688 17.13% 15,691Haskell 1,277 81.34% 278 17.71% 8 0.51% 4 0.25% 3 0.19% 999 63.63% 1,570Hodgeman 865 78.92% 211 19.25% 9 0.82% 6 0.55% 5 0.46% 654 59.67% 1,096Jackson 3,811 60.95% 2,308 36.91% 83 1.33% 29 0.46% 22 0.35% 1,503 24.04% 6,253Jefferson 5,220 58.32% 3,542 39.58% 118 1.32% 54 0.60% 16 0.18% 1,678 18.74% 8,950Jewell 1,231 77.71% 313 19.76% 22 1.39% 10 0.63% 8 0.51% 918 57.95% 1,584Johnson 152,627 53.70% 127,091 44.72% 1,469 0.52% 1,540 0.54% 1,484 0.52% 25,536 8.98% 284,211Kearny 1,159 78.21% 309 20.85% 10 0.67% 3 0.20% 1 0.07% 850 57.36% 1,482Kingman 2,603 71.04% 963 26.28% 40 1.09% 35 0.96% 23 0.63% 1,640 44.76% 3,664Kiowa 912 80.35% 200 17.62% 16 1.41% 5 0.44% 2 0.18% 712 62.73% 1,135Labette 5,001 55.38% 3,839 42.51% 89 0.99% 56 0.62% 46 0.51% 1,162 12.87% 9,031Lane 814 79.26% 193 18.79% 8 0.78% 9 0.88% 3 0.29% 621 60.47% 1,027Leavenworth 16,791 54.89% 13,255 43.33% 263 0.86% 162 0.53% 120 0.39% 3,536 11.56% 30,591Lincoln 1,204 75.91% 347 21.88% 22 1.39% 6 0.38% 7 0.44% 857 54.03% 1,586Linn 3,086 66.84% 1,425 30.86% 57 1.23% 29 0.63% 20 0.43% 1,661 35.98% 4,617Logan 1,187 82.43% 225 15.63% 18 1.25% 5 0.35% 5 0.35% 962 66.80% 1,440Lyon 6,698 51.88% 5,924 45.88% 169 1.31% 68 0.53% 52 0.40% 774 6.00% 12,911Marion 4,159 68.64% 1,801 29.72% 59 0.97% 23 0.38% 17 0.28% 2,358 38.92% 6,059Marshall 3,157 62.69% 1,784 35.42% 54 1.07% 26 0.52% 15 0.30% 1,373 27.27% 5,036McPherson 8,937 66.76% 4,218 31.51% 107 0.80% 70 0.52% 54 0.40% 4,719 35.25% 13,386Meade 1,540 79.75% 357 18.49% 14 0.73% 12 0.62% 8 0.41% 1,183 61.26% 1,931Miami 9,382 61.01% 5,742 37.34% 116 0.75% 68 0.44% 69 0.45% 3,640 23.67% 15,377Mitchell 2,440 76.18% 701 21.89% 34 1.06% 16 0.50% 12 0.37% 1,739 54.29% 3,203Montgomery 9,309 66.94% 4,338 31.19% 145 1.04% 70 0.50% 45 0.32% 4,971 35.75% 13,907Morris 1,875 66.00% 907 31.93% 28 0.99% 16 0.56% 15 0.53% 968 34.07% 2,841Morton 1,153 82.24% 229 16.33% 8 0.57% 11 0.78% 1 0.07% 924 65.91% 1,402Nemaha 3,817 71.23% 1,432 26.72% 67 1.25% 20 0.37% 23 0.43% 2,385 44.51% 5,359Neosho 4,473 62.19% 2,563 35.64% 95 1.32% 31 0.43% 30 0.42% 1,910 26.55% 7,192Ness 1,207 79.15% 289 18.95% 21 1.38% 5 0.33% 3 0.20% 918 60.20% 1,525Norton 1,878 77.76% 497 20.58% 23 0.95% 13 0.54% 4 0.17% 1,381 57.18% 2,415Osage 4,820 63.89% 2,534 33.59% 96 1.27% 59 0.78% 35 0.46% 2,286 30.30% 7,544Osborne 1,490 77.20% 403 20.88% 26 1.35% 7 0.36% 4 0.21% 1,087 56.32% 1,930Ottawa 2,323 75.28% 704 22.81% 28 0.91% 18 0.58% 13 0.42% 1,619 52.47% 3,086Pawnee 1,946 67.59% 882 30.64% 39 1.35% 6 0.21% 6 0.21% 1,064 36.95% 2,879Phillips 2,105 78.93% 525 19.69% 29 1.09% 5 0.19% 3 0.11% 1,580 59.24% 2,667Pottawatomie 6,929 70.15% 2,599 26.31% 79 0.80% 50 0.51% 220 2.22% 4,330 43.84% 9,877Pratt 2,822 67.35% 1,294 30.88% 40 0.95% 24 0.57% 10 0.24% 1,528 36.47% 4,190Rawlins 1,247 80.50% 273 17.62% 14 0.90% 8 0.52% 7 0.45% 974 62.88% 1,549Reno 16,112 60.57% 9,916 37.28% 232 0.87% 136 0.51% 206 0.78% 6,196 23.29% 26,602Republic 1,978 74.05% 640 23.96% 27 1.01% 15 0.56% 11 0.41% 1,338 50.09% 2,671Rice 2,780 69.14% 1,163 28.92% 44 1.09% 23 0.57% 11 0.27% 1,617 40.22% 4,021Riley 12,111 52.43% 10,495 45.43% 186 0.81% 148 0.64% 160 0.70% 1,616 7.00% 23,100Rooks 2,068 79.91% 468 18.08% 31 1.20% 11 0.43% 10 0.39% 1,600 61.83% 2,588Rush 1,225 68.78% 504 28.30% 29 1.63% 12 0.67% 11 0.62% 721 40.48% 1,781Russell 2,509 76.19% 736 22.35% 23 0.70% 14 0.43% 11 0.33% 1,773 53.84% 3,293Saline 14,165 62.16% 8,186 35.92% 187 0.82% 184 0.81% 66 0.29% 5,979 26.24% 22,788Scott 1,823 83.66% 321 14.73% 19 0.87% 7 0.32% 9 0.41% 1,502 68.93% 2,179Sedgwick 106,849 55.15% 82,337 42.50% 1,589 0.82% 1,231 0.64% 1,724 0.89% 24,512 12.65% 193,730Seward 3,791 71.05% 1,493 27.98% 15 0.28% 24 0.45% 13 0.24% 2,298 43.07% 5,336Shawnee 41,476 49.05% 41,235 48.77% 823 0.97% 418 0.49% 598 0.70% 241 0.28% 84,550Sheridan 1,108 80.52% 254 18.46% 11 0.80% 2 0.15% 1 0.07% 854 62.06% 1,376Sherman 1,959 72.45% 688 25.44% 30 1.11% 16 0.59% 11 0.41% 1,271 47.01% 2,704Smith 1,719 77.78% 446 20.18% 23 1.04% 10 0.45% 12 0.54% 1,273 57.60% 2,210Stafford 1,495 72.08% 542 26.13% 21 1.01% 8 0.39% 8 0.39% 953 45.95% 2,074Stanton 628 75.94% 188 22.73% 6 0.73% 3 0.36% 2 0.24% 440 53.21% 827Stevens 1,815 85.33% 283 13.31% 9 0.42% 11 0.52% 9 0.42% 1,532 72.02% 2,127Sumner 6,737 65.17% 3,353 32.44% 124 1.20% 74 0.72% 49 0.47% 3,384 32.73% 10,337Thomas 2,837 77.24% 787 21.43% 29 0.79% 9 0.25% 11 0.30% 2,050 55.81% 3,673Trego 1,225 73.31% 420 25.13% 18 1.08% 2 0.12% 6 0.36% 805 48.18% 1,671Wabaunsee 2,395 68.02% 1,036 29.42% 36 1.02% 14 0.40% 40 1.14% 1,359 38.60% 3,521Wallace 690 85.82% 96 11.94% 8 1.00% 5 0.62% 5 0.62% 594 73.88% 804Washington 2,248 75.44% 659 22.11% 30 1.01% 20 0.67% 23 0.77% 1,589 53.33% 2,980Wichita 840 82.43% 163 16.00% 8 0.79% 3 0.29% 5 0.49% 677 66.43% 1,019Wilson 2,850 69.16% 1,170 28.39% 49 1.19% 20 0.49% 32 0.78% 1,680 40.77% 4,121Woodson 1,055 65.98% 512 32.02% 21 1.31% 6 0.38% 5 0.31% 543 33.96% 1,599Wyandotte 16,506 28.75% 39,865 69.44% 409 0.71% 190 0.33% 439 0.76% -23,359 -40.69% 57,409Totals699,65556.48%514,76541.55%10,5270.85%6,7060.54%7,2200.58%184,89014.93%1,238,873 right 300px Swing by county Legend #00a1c8 Democratic — +>15% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5-15% #09ceff Democratic — +10-12.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% 300px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 300px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Crawford (largest city: Pittsburg) By congressional district McCain carried three of the state's four congressional districts. District McCain Obama RepresentativeKansas 1 1st 68.60% 29.61%Jerry MoranKansas 2 2nd54.87%43.20%Nancy Boyda (110th Congress)Lynn Jenkins (111th Congress)Kansas 3 3rd 48.01% 50.59%Dennis MooreKansas 4 4th 58.38% 39.72%Todd Tiahrt Electors List of 2008 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and their running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 6 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_ec.htm Electoral College 2008-11-01 California Secretary of State dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081030041546/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_ec.htm October 30, 2008 An elector who votes for someone other than their candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 6 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:Kansas Secretary of State - 2008 Presidential Electors Tom Arpke Jeff Colyer David Kensinger Kris Kobach Mike Pompeo Helen Van Etten See also United States presidential elections in Kansas Presidency of Barack Obama References Kansas Category:2008 Kansas elections 2008