2008 United States presidential election in Texas

none related races 2008 United States presidential election June 2025 September 2023 2008 United States presidential election in Texas Texas presidential no 2004 United States presidential election in Texas 2004 2012 United States presidential election in Texas 2012 November 4, 2008 59.5% (of registered voters) 45.5% (of voting age population)https://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/70-92.shtml Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current) File:John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg 200x200px John McCain Republican Party (United States) Arizona Sarah Palin 34 4,479,328 55.38% File:Obama portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 0 3,528,633 43.63% 350px County results 350px Congressional district results 350px Precinct results 350px McCain #e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70%#d40000 70–80%#aa0000 80–90%#800000 90–100% Obama #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 Texas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 34 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Prior to the election, all news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or a safe red state. Polling throughout the state showed McCain consistently and substantially leading Obama. On Election Day, McCain easily won the state, although his margin of victory was significantly less than that of George W. Bush in 2000 or 2004. This was the first election since 1996 in which the margin of victory was less than one million votes. Regardless, with its 34 electoral votes, Texas was the largest prize for McCain in 2008. This election marked the last time (through the 2024 presidential election) that the Democratic candidate won Brewster County. It was also the last in which Kenedy County voted for the winning candidate until 2024. Primaries 2008 Texas Democratic presidential primary and caucuses 2008 Texas Republican presidential primary 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 http://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#Texas Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election: Texas McCain won every single pre-election poll. The final 3 polls averaged McCain leading 52% to 41%.http://uselectionatlas.org/POLLS/PRESIDENT/2008/pollsa.php?fips=48 Election 2008 Polls Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Fundraising Obama raised $20,424,500. McCain raised $17,990,153.http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppState.do?stateName=TX&cand_id=P00000001 Presidential Campaign Finance 2009-08-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20090324085811/http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppState.do?stateName=TX&cand_id=P00000001 2009-03-24 dead Advertising and visits Obama and his interest groups spent $9,917,565. McCain and his interest groups spent $33,983.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/ad.spending/ CNN Map: Campaign Ad Spending - Election Center 2008 from CNN.com May 26, 2010 Both campaigns visited the state twice.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/candidate.visits/ CNN Map: Campaign Candidate Visits - Election Center 2008 from CNN.com May 26, 2010 Analysis thumb|right|Voter casting a ballot in Texas Texas, split between the south and southwest regions of the United States, has become a consistently Republican state at all levels and is the home state of then President George W. Bush. Economically and racially diverse, Texas includes a very large swath of the Bible Belt, a region in which many voters, especially those in rural areas, identify as born-again or evangelical Christians, and tend to vote Republican due to their socially conservative views. Although once part of the Solid South, Texas has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Jimmy Carter in 1976. McCain did well throughout the state, winning the vast majority of counties by double digits. He took almost every county in Eastern Texas, including many traditionally-Democratic areas. All the suburbs of the major cities voted Republican by large margins. He also dominated the Texas Panhandle (including Amarillo), the Permian Basin (including Midland and Odessa) and the South Plains (including Lubbock), three of the most conservative regions in the country. He won these three regions by margins of three-to-one—his largest margin of victory in the entire country. Nate Silver Messing With Texas http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/04/messing-with-texas.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090426041756/http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/04/messing-with-texas.html dead April 26, 2009 FiveThirtyEight 2009-05-17 These areas had been among the first in Texas where the old-line conservative Democrats started splitting their tickets and voting Republican nationally; some counties in this region haven't supported a Democrat since Harry S. Truman in 1948. King County, a thinly populated county near the Panhandle, gave McCain 92.64% of the vote to Obama's 4.91%, McCain's best margin in any county in the nation. Despite the expected loss, Obama improved substantially upon John Kerry's performance in 2004, narrowing the margin of victory from 22.83% down to 11.77%. He was able to flip major urban counties such as Dallas, Bexar and Harris counties—home to the cities of Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston respectively. Dallas and Harris had been among the first areas of the state to turn Republican, largely due to an influx of Northern expatriates in the 1940s and 1950s. Neither county had supported a Democrat for president since 1964. Bexar had last gone Democratic in 1996. David Leip Presidential General Election Map Comparison: Texas http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2009-05-19 A strong turnout of minority voters gave Obama the edge in these three counties. Obama also performed strongly in Travis County, which contains the state capital and liberal bastion of Austin; El Paso County, which contains the city of El Paso, due in large part to heavy support by Hispanics; and many of the Latino-majority counties in the Rio Grande Valley along the border with Mexico, which have strongly supported Democrats for decades. Although Obama lost Tarrant county, he did do well in the southern and eastern parts of Fort Worth and the eastern part of Arlington.http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/fort-worth/30313d1226158424-election-results-precinct-county-tarrantcountyprecinctresults.jpg Tarrant county election results by precinct, 2008 During the same election, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn was reelected with 54.82% of the vote to Democrat Rick Noriega’s 42.84%. Libertarian Yvonne Adams Schick received the remaining 2.34%. Republicans also knocked off a Democratic incumbent from Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, however, Democrats picked up three seats in the Texas House of Representatives and one seat in the Texas Senate. Results March 2010 2008 United States presidential election in TexasPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican John McCain Sarah Palin 4,479,328 55.45% 34 Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 3,528,633 43.68% 0 Libertarian Bob Barr Wayne Allyn Root 56,116 0.69% 0 Independent Ralph Nader Matt Gonzalez 5,751 0.07% 0 Constitution Chuck Baldwin Darrell Castle 5,708 0.07% 0 Green Cynthia McKinney Rosa Clemente 909 0.01% 0 Others - - 1,350 0.02% 0 Totals 8,086,952 100.00% 34 Voter turnout (voting age population) 46.8% By county CountyJohn McCainRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Anderson11,88471.35%4,63027.80%1410.85%7,25443.55%16,655Andrews3,81682.44%79017.07%230.49%3,02665.37%4,629Angelina19,56967.13%9,37932.17%2050.70%10,19034.96%29,153Aransas6,69368.45%3,00630.74%790.81%3,68737.71%9,778Archer3,59582.36%74016.95%300.69%2,85565.41%4,365Armstrong85686.46%12812.93%60.61%72873.53%990Atascosa5,46254.96%4,41544.43%610.61%1,04710.53%9,938Austin8,78674.96%2,82124.07%1140.97%5,96550.89%11,721Bailey1,61869.86%68229.45%160.69%93640.41%2,316Bandera6,93574.59%2,25024.20%1121.21%4,68550.39%9,297Bastrop13,81753.02%11,68744.84%5582.14%2,1308.18%26,062Baylor1,26276.81%36622.28%150.91%89654.53%1,643Bee4,47154.81%3,64544.69%410.50%82610.12%8,157Bell49,24254.36%40,41344.61%9351.03%8,8299.75%90,590Bexar246,27546.69%275,52752.23%5,6901.08%-29,252-5.54%527,492Blanco3,41869.20%1,46729.70%541.10%1,95139.50%4,939Borden31687.53%4011.08%51.39%27676.45%361Bosque5,76275.36%1,79723.50%871.14%3,96551.86%7,646Bowie24,16268.67%10,81530.74%2090.59%13,34737.93%35,186Brazoria67,51564.34%36,48034.76%9450.90%31,03529.58%104,940Brazos37,46563.85%20,50234.94%7061.21%16,96328.91%58,673Brewster1,85547.56%1,97050.51%751.93%-115-2.95%3,900Briscoe61774.34%20524.70%80.96%41249.64%830Brooks55624.08%1,74775.66%60.26%-1,191-51.58%2,309Brown12,05279.95%2,82218.72%2001.33%9,23061.23%15,074Burleson4,54768.22%2,05330.80%650.98%2,49437.42%6,665Burnet12,05971.38%4,60827.28%2261.34%7,45144.10%16,893Caldwell6,10752.43%5,40346.39%1381.18%7046.04%11,648Calhoun4,10659.69%2,72939.67%440.64%1,37720.02%6,879Callahan4,58980.28%1,06318.60%641.12%3,52661.68%5,716Cameron26,67135.06%48,48063.72%9261.22%-21,809-28.66%76,077Camp2,79861.27%1,73437.97%350.76%1,06423.30%4,567Carson2,54885.50%40613.62%260.88%2,14271.88%2,980Cass8,27969.89%3,49029.46%770.65%4,78940.43%11,846Castro1,56268.18%71931.38%100.44%84336.80%2,291Chambers9,98875.14%3,18823.98%1160.88%6,80051.16%13,292Cherokee11,69571.24%4,61028.08%1120.68%7,08543.16%16,417Childress1,78277.61%49721.65%170.74%1,28555.96%2,296Clay4,21378.91%1,08520.32%410.77%3,12858.59%5,339Cochran75871.71%28426.87%151.42%47444.84%1,057Coke1,25279.80%29919.06%181.14%95360.74%1,569Coleman3,01181.33%64317.37%481.30%2,36863.96%3,702Collin184,89762.16%109,04736.66%3,5131.18%75,85025.50%297,457Collingsworth94378.91%23419.58%181.51%70959.33%1,195Colorado5,79569.38%2,50830.03%500.59%3,28739.35%8,353Comal35,23373.01%12,38425.66%6441.33%22,84947.35%48,261Comanche3,81373.09%1,33425.57%701.34%2,47947.52%5,217Concho80774.93%25723.86%131.21%55051.07%1,077Cooke11,87178.86%3,05120.27%1320.87%8,82058.59%15,054Coryell11,55063.00%6,61936.11%1630.89%4,93126.89%18,332Cottle50972.20%18726.52%91.28%32245.68%705Crane1,11976.96%31921.94%161.10%80055.02%1,454Crockett1,02666.41%51233.14%70.45%51433.27%1,545Crosby1,22163.79%68435.74%90.47%53728.05%1,914Culberson25733.86%49264.82%101.32%-235-30.96%759Dallam1,26979.86%30219.01%181.13%96760.85%1,589Dallas310,00041.89%422,98957.15%7,0850.96%-112,989-15.26%740,074Dawson2,90670.95%1,15228.13%380.92%1,75442.82%4,096Deaf Smith3,46673.06%1,24726.29%310.65%2,21946.77%4,744Delta1,58072.25%58926.93%180.82%99145.32%2,187Denton149,93561.63%91,16037.47%2,1680.90%58,77524.16%243,263DeWitt4,88873.77%1,71625.90%220.33%3,17247.87%6,626Dickens73075.10%23424.07%80.83%49651.03%972Dimmit87424.37%2,69275.05%210.58%-1,818-50.68%3,587Donley1,37481.30%29117.22%251.48%1,08364.08%1,690Duval1,07624.40%3,29874.80%350.80%-2,222-50.40%4,409Eastland5,16579.35%1,27119.53%731.12%3,89459.82%6,509Ector26,19973.49%9,12325.59%3290.92%17,07647.90%35,651Edwards67365.02%34633.43%161.55%32731.59%1,035El Paso61,78333.28%122,02165.73%1,8260.99%-60,238-32.45%185,630Ellis38,07870.71%15,33328.47%4420.82%22,74542.24%53,853Erath10,76876.81%3,12822.31%1230.88%7,64054.50%14,019Falls3,32859.44%2,22539.74%460.82%1,10319.70%5,599Fannin8,09269.20%3,46429.62%1381.18%4,62839.58%11,694Fayette7,58270.43%3,01428.00%1691.57%4,56842.43%10,765Fisher1,08360.71%68738.51%140.78%39622.20%1,784Floyd1,78470.77%73028.96%70.27%1,05441.81%2,521Foard32760.78%19836.80%132.42%12923.98%538Fort Bend103,20650.89%98,36848.50%1,2480.61%4,8382.39%202,822Franklin3,39275.53%1,03623.07%631.40%2,35652.46%4,491Freestone5,20571.42%2,03427.91%490.67%3,17143.51%7,288Frio1,64440.47%2,40559.21%130.32%-761-18.74%4,062Gaines3,38583.23%65015.98%320.79%2,73567.25%4,067Galveston62,25859.29%41,80539.81%9410.90%20,45319.48%105,004Garza1,35677.49%37521.43%191.08%98156.06%1,750Gillespie9,56377.51%2,57620.88%1991.61%6,98756.63%12,338Glasscock50290.13%529.34%30.53%45080.79%557Goliad2,29862.87%1,32936.36%280.77%96926.51%3,655Gonzales4,07664.83%2,16734.47%440.70%1,90930.36%6,287Gray6,92485.13%1,15314.18%560.69%5,77170.95%8,133Grayson31,13668.33%13,90030.51%5281.16%17,23637.82%45,564Gregg29,20368.54%13,16630.90%2410.56%16,03737.64%42,610Grimes5,56266.83%2,70432.49%560.68%2,85834.34%8,322Guadalupe30,86964.91%16,15633.97%5351.12%14,71330.94%47,560Hale7,17172.12%2,70827.24%640.64%4,46344.88%9,943Hall93073.58%32425.63%100.79%60647.95%1,264Hamilton2,87676.12%86322.84%391.04%2,01353.28%3,778Hansford1,84787.87%24011.42%150.71%1,60776.45%2,102Hardeman1,19975.17%37323.39%231.44%82651.78%1,595Hardin16,60380.20%3,93919.03%1600.77%12,66461.17%20,702Harris571,88348.82%590,98250.45%8,6070.73%-19,099-1.63%1,171,472Harrison17,10365.38%8,88733.97%1680.65%8,21631.41%26,158Hartley1,71186.20%25012.59%241.21%1,46173.61%1,985Haskell1,38865.60%69933.03%291.37%68932.57%2,116Hays29,63850.19%28,43148.15%9831.66%1,2072.04%59,052Hemphill1,34585.67%21613.76%90.57%1,12971.91%1,570Henderson20,85771.94%7,91327.29%2230.77%12,94444.65%28,993Hidalgo39,66830.29%90,26168.92%1,0430.79%-50,593-38.63%130,972Hill9,26470.25%3,81128.90%1130.85%5,45341.35%13,188Hockley5,79575.80%1,79723.51%530.69%3,99852.29%7,645Hood17,29976.46%5,08722.48%2381.06%12,21253.98%22,624Hopkins9,29971.98%3,53027.32%900.70%5,76944.66%12,919Houston5,87268.09%2,65630.80%961.11%3,21637.29%8,624Howard7,02972.55%2,54526.27%1151.18%4,48446.28%9,689Hudspeth45851.00%43047.88%101.12%283.12%898Hunt20,57369.68%8,59429.11%3571.21%11,97940.57%29,524Hutchinson7,36184.02%1,32215.09%780.89%6,03968.93%8,761Irion64478.82%16420.07%91.11%48058.75%817Jack2,52883.63%47015.55%250.82%2,05868.08%3,023Jackson3,72373.46%1,30125.67%440.87%2,42247.79%5,068Jasper9,02270.62%3,65828.63%960.75%5,36441.99%12,776Jeff Davis74960.60%46837.86%191.54%28122.74%1,236Jefferson42,90548.52%44,88850.76%6370.72%-1,983-2.24%88,430Jim Hogg47226.01%1,33673.61%70.38%-864-47.60%1,815Jim Wells4,84141.69%6,70657.75%650.56%-1,865-16.06%11,612Johnson36,68573.30%12,91225.80%4530.90%23,77347.50%50,050Jones4,20372.37%1,52826.31%771.32%2,67546.06%5,808Karnes2,73660.44%1,76038.88%310.68%97621.56%4,527Kaufman23,73567.53%11,16131.76%2490.71%12,57435.77%35,145Kendall12,97177.46%3,59921.49%1761.05%9,37255.97%16,746Kenedy9446.53%10853.47%00.00%-14-6.94%202Kent34276.34%9922.10%71.56%24354.24%448Kerr16,75274.27%5,57024.69%2341.04%11,18249.58%22,556Kimble1,48780.68%34218.56%140.76%1,14562.12%1,843King15192.64%84.91%42.45%14387.73%163Kinney90758.48%63340.81%110.71%27417.67%1,551Kleberg4,54045.97%5,25653.22%800.81%-716-7.25%9,876Knox98672.08%36726.83%151.09%61945.25%1,368Lamar12,95270.54%5,24328.55%1670.91%7,70941.99%18,362Lamb3,34473.90%1,15625.55%250.55%2,18848.35%4,525Lampasas5,65174.02%1,90324.93%801.05%3,74849.09%7,634La Salle71440.20%1,05259.23%100.57%-338-19.03%1,776Lavaca6,29376.30%1,86922.66%861.04%4,42453.64%8,248Lee4,31267.62%2,00031.36%651.02%2,31236.26%6,377Leon5,56679.05%1,41820.14%570.81%4,14858.91%7,041Liberty15,44871.23%5,99127.62%2481.15%9,45743.61%21,687Limestone5,07966.20%2,51632.79%771.01%2,56333.41%7,672Lipscomb1,09387.02%15512.34%80.64%93874.68%1,256Live Oak3,09574.11%1,04825.10%330.79%2,04749.01%4,176Llano7,28175.62%2,25023.37%981.01%5,03152.25%9,629Loving6784.81%1215.19%00.00%5569.62%79Lubbock66,30467.98%30,48631.26%7440.76%35,81836.72%97,534Lynn1,47369.61%62729.63%160.76%84639.98%2,116Madison2,89170.96%1,14628.13%370.91%1,74542.83%4,074Marion2,56760.37%1,64438.66%410.97%92321.71%4,252Martin1,38980.99%31418.31%120.70%1,07562.68%1,715Mason1,54472.80%54625.74%311.46%99847.06%2,121Matagorda7,83563.32%4,44035.88%980.80%3,39527.44%12,373Maverick2,31621.17%8,55478.20%690.63%-6,238-57.03%10,939McCulloch2,26375.18%72824.19%190.63%1,53550.99%3,010McLennan49,04461.56%29,99837.65%6320.79%19,04623.91%79,674McMullen40074.49%13224.58%50.93%26849.91%537Medina10,48066.59%5,14732.71%1100.70%5,33333.88%15,737Menard71269.94%29528.98%111.08%41740.96%1,018Midland36,15578.13%9,69120.94%4280.93%26,46457.19%46,274Milam5,21762.43%3,04436.42%961.15%2,17326.01%8,357Mills1,75380.52%39818.28%261.20%1,35562.24%2,177Mitchell1,81574.66%58624.11%301.23%1,22950.55%2,431Montague6,24578.55%1,59720.09%1081.36%4,64858.46%7,950Montgomery119,88475.76%36,70323.19%1,6641.05%83,18152.57%158,251Moore4,28278.76%1,12320.65%320.59%3,15958.11%5,437Morris3,15860.18%2,05539.16%350.66%1,10321.02%5,248Motley52287.88%6711.28%50.84%45576.60%594Nacogdoches14,82863.39%8,39335.88%1700.73%6,43527.51%23,391Navarro10,81066.23%5,40033.09%1110.68%5,41033.14%16,321Newton3,44665.51%1,75133.29%631.20%1,69532.22%5,260Nolan3,48568.83%1,52130.04%571.13%1,96438.79%5,063Nueces52,39151.75%47,91247.33%9270.92%4,4794.42%101,230Ochiltree2,85191.70%2437.82%150.48%2,60883.88%3,109Oldham81388.37%10211.09%50.54%71177.28%920Orange21,50973.14%7,64626.00%2510.86%13,86347.14%29,406Palo Pinto7,26473.45%2,49925.27%1271.28%4,76548.18%9,890Panola7,58274.22%2,58625.31%480.47%4,99648.91%10,216Parker36,97477.11%10,50221.90%4750.99%26,47255.21%47,951Parmer2,96979.96%71919.36%250.68%2,25060.60%3,713Pecos2,48061.85%1,47636.81%541.34%1,00425.04%4,010Polk13,73168.15%6,23030.92%1880.93%7,50137.23%20,149Potter20,76169.17%8,93929.78%3131.05%11,82239.39%30,013Presidio48927.83%1,25271.26%160.91%-763-43.43%1,757Rains3,14674.27%1,04824.74%420.99%2,09849.53%4,236Randall41,94880.93%9,46818.27%4160.80%32,48062.66%51,832Reagan79579.98%19719.82%20.20%59860.16%994Real1,23876.04%37523.03%150.93%86353.01%1,628Red River3,46168.51%1,53930.46%521.03%1,92238.05%5,052Reeves1,44546.96%1,60652.19%260.85%-161-5.23%3,077Refugio1,85556.88%1,38242.38%240.74%47314.50%3,261Roberts47792.08%417.92%00.00%43684.16%518Robertson3,98059.31%2,67539.87%550.82%1,30519.44%6,710Rockwall23,30072.45%8,49226.40%3701.15%14,80846.05%32,162Runnels3,11880.63%72018.62%290.75%2,39862.01%3,867Rusk13,64672.89%4,98326.62%930.49%8,66346.27%18,722Sabine3,74976.92%1,07722.10%480.98%2,67254.82%4,874San Augustine2,34263.04%1,32835.75%451.21%1,01427.29%3,715San Jacinto6,15168.66%2,72130.38%860.96%3,43038.28%8,958San Patricio12,40457.97%8,85441.38%1380.65%3,55016.59%21,396San Saba1,94179.00%48719.82%291.18%1,45459.18%2,457Schleicher97074.39%32424.85%100.76%64649.54%1,304Scurry4,41479.26%1,08819.54%671.20%3,32659.72%5,569Shackelford1,28485.32%20813.82%130.86%1,07671.50%1,505Shelby6,63071.91%2,54827.64%420.45%4,08244.27%9,220Sherman88486.67%12712.45%90.88%75774.22%1,020Smith55,18769.36%23,72629.82%6480.82%31,46139.54%79,561Somervell2,67775.77%79922.62%571.61%1,87853.15%3,533Starr1,49215.24%8,27484.50%260.26%-6,782-69.26%9,792Stephens2,86981.37%62617.75%310.88%2,24363.62%3,526Sterling52084.01%9715.67%20.32%42368.34%619Stonewall52471.29%20628.03%50.68%31843.26%735Sutton1,18975.35%38124.14%80.51%80851.21%1,578Swisher1,68366.39%81332.07%391.54%87034.32%2,535Tarrant348,42055.43%274,88043.73%5,2530.84%73,54011.70%628,553Taylor34,31772.34%12,69026.75%4320.91%21,62745.59%47,439Terrell32362.24%18635.84%101.92%13726.40%519Terry2,87967.27%1,37932.22%220.51%1,50035.05%4,280Throckmorton67180.07%16619.81%10.12%50560.26%838Titus6,02865.20%3,14534.02%720.78%2,88331.18%9,245Tom Green27,36270.41%11,15828.71%3410.88%16,20441.70%38,861Travis136,98134.25%254,01763.52%8,8902.23%-117,036-29.27%399,888Trinity4,09567.39%1,92531.68%570.93%2,17035.71%6,077Tyler5,64471.35%2,16627.38%1001.27%3,47843.97%7,910Upshur11,22274.00%3,79024.99%1521.01%7,43249.01%15,164Upton89875.02%28824.06%110.92%61050.96%1,197Uvalde4,59052.36%4,12647.07%500.57%4645.29%8,766Val Verde5,75244.87%6,98254.46%860.67%-1,230-9.59%12,820Van Zandt15,73477.15%4,50522.09%1560.76%11,22955.06%20,395Victoria19,87866.22%9,83232.75%3101.03%10,04633.47%30,020Walker11,62360.71%7,33438.31%1890.98%4,28922.40%19,146Waller8,26553.30%7,15346.12%900.58%1,1127.18%15,508Ward2,66774.04%89924.96%361.00%1,76849.08%3,602Washington10,17670.78%4,03428.06%1671.16%6,14242.72%14,377Webb13,11928.02%33,45271.45%2500.53%-20,333-43.43%46,821Wharton9,43165.41%4,93734.24%500.35%4,49431.17%14,418Wheeler1,91885.43%31413.99%130.58%1,60471.44%2,245Wichita31,73169.01%13,86830.16%3830.83%17,86338.85%45,982Wilbarger3,28372.81%1,19626.52%300.67%2,08746.29%4,509Willacy1,45629.70%3,40969.53%380.77%-1,953-39.83%4,903Williamson88,32355.49%67,69142.53%3,1521.98%20,63212.96%159,166Wilson10,90466.63%5,36232.76%1000.61%5,54233.87%16,366Winkler1,52975.25%47723.47%261.28%1,05251.78%2,032Wise15,97377.39%4,47121.66%1950.95%11,50255.73%20,639Wood13,65876.80%4,01022.55%1160.65%9,64854.25%17,784Yoakum1,98980.92%45018.31%190.77%1,53962.61%2,458Young5,94281.34%1,30317.84%600.82%4,63963.50%7,305Zapata91932.07%1,93967.66%80.27%-1,020-35.59%2,866Zavala59615.38%3,26384.18%170.44%-2,667-68.80%3,876Totals4,479,32855.38%3,528,63343.63%79,8300.99%950,69511.75%8,087,791 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% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5-15% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 300px Trend 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% #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 20em Bexar (largest city: San Antonio) Brewster (largest city: Alpine) Cameron (largest community: Brownsville) Culberson (largest municipality: Van Horn) Dallas (largest city: Dallas) Frio (largest municipality: Pearsall) Harris (largest community: Houston) Kleberg (largest municipality: Kingsville) Reeves (largest municipality: Pecos) Val Verde (largest municipality: Del Rio) By congressional district John McCain carried 21 of the state's 32 congressional districts, including one district held by a Democrat. District McCain Obama RepresentativeTexas 1 1st 68.93% 30.53%Louie GohmertTexas 2 2nd 59.75% 39.69%Ted PoeTexas 3 3rd 57.58% 41.73%Sam JohnsonTexas 4 4th 69.10% 30.17%Ralph HallTexas 5 5th 63.33% 36.05%Jeb HensarlingTexas 6 6th 59.77% 39.59%Joe BartonTexas 7 7th 58.36% 40.94%John CulbersonTexas 8 8th 73.76% 25.53%Kevin BradyTexas 9 9th 22.54% 77.08%Al GreenTexas 10 10th 54.96% 44.18%Michael McCaulTexas 11 11th 75.47% 23.75%Mike ConawayTexas 12 12th 62.90% 36.36%Kay GrangerTexas 13 13th 76.54% 22.71%Mac ThornberryTexas 14 14th 66.27% 33.08%Ron PaulTexas 15 15th 39.63% 59.82%Rubén HinojosaTexas 16 16th 33.57% 65.81%Silvestre ReyesTexas 17 17th 67.21% 32.02%Chet EdwardsTexas 18 18th 22.19% 77.37%Sheila Jackson LeeTexas 19 19th 71.93% 27.36%Randy NeugebauerTexas 20 20th 35.65% 63.59%Charlie GonzalezTexas 21 21st 58.49% 40.71%Lamar S. SmithTexas 22 22nd58.23%41.14%Nick Lampson (110th Congress)Pete Olson (111th Congress)Texas 23 23rd 48.12% 50.92%Ciro RodriguezTexas 24 24th 54.96% 44.37%Kenny MarchantTexas 25 25th 39.71% 59.15%Lloyd DoggettTexas 26 26th 58.00% 41.33%Michael C. BurgessTexas 27 27th 45.98% 53.32%Solomon OrtizTexas 28 28th 43.53% 55.93%Henry CuellarTexas 29 29th 37.73% 61.65%Gene GreenTexas 30 30th 17.92% 81.69%Eddie Bernice JohnsonTexas 31 31st 57.51% 41.53%John CarterTexas 32 32nd 53.03% 46.21%Pete Sessions Electors List of 2008 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Texas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Texas is allocated 34 electors because it has 32 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 34 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 34 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 his or her 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 34 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:http://www.texasgop.org/site/DocServer/15_-_Presidential_Electors.pdf?docID%3D5863 Archived copy January 2, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081128031646/http://www.texasgop.org/site/DocServer/15_-_Presidential_Electors.pdf?docID=5863 November 28, 2008 https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2008-certificates/vote-texas-01.html U. S. Electoral College 2008 Certificate www.archives.gov 2016-09-22 Marcia Daughtrey Virgil Vickery Charlie O'Reilly Brenda Zielke Mary Darby Melba McDow Paul Pressler James Wiggins Deborah Cupples Frank Alvarez Russ Duerstine Zan Prince Bruce Harris Gordon Starkenburg Sandra Cararas Donene O'Dell Larry Lovelace Nelda Eppes Kenneth Corbin Gene Ryder Robert Hierynomus Terese Raia Arturo Martinez de Vara Thomas Ferguson Robert Long Pat Peale Joel Yowell Judith Hooge Giovanna Searcy Patricia Ann Van Winkle Ronny Risinger Frank Eikenburg Genny Hensz Talmadge Heflin See also United States presidential elections in Texas Presidency of Barack Obama References Texas 2008 Category:2008 Texas elections