2008 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 United States presidential election 2008 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) presidential no 2004 United States presidential election in Georgia 2004 2012 United States presidential election in Georgia 2012 51.8%(https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2012/demo/p20-562rv.html Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2008 United States Census Bureau July 2012 December 19, 2020) 5 pp November 4, 2008 x200px John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg John McCain Republican Party (United States) Arizona Sarah Palin 15 2,048,759 52.20% Obama portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 0 1,844,123 46.99% 290px County results 290px Congressional district results 290px 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% Tie/No Data #D4C4DC #808080 President George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) The 2008 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 2008. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Georgia was won by Republican nominee John McCain with a 5.2% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 15 of 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a red state. It is situated in the Deep South, entrenched in the Bible Belt (the city of Atlanta being an exception). By 2008 it was considered a Republican stronghold, not having been won by a Democratic presidential candidate since 1992, and having given double-digit victories to George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. Georgia voted against George H. W. Bush in 1992 and Donald Trump in 2020 by less than 1%. McCain was able to keep Georgia in the GOP column in 2008 despite the large African American turnout that helped keep his margin of victory within single digits. In this election, Georgia voted 12.48% to the right of the nation at-large.Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ 2023-04-11 uselectionatlas.org Georgia was one of only two states that voted against Obama in both 2008 and 2012 that his vice president Joe Biden would go on to win in 2020, the other being Arizona. With its 15 electoral votes, Georgia was the second-largest prize for McCain in 2008, behind only Texas. 2024 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Chattahoochee County voted Democratic. Primaries Georgia Democratic primary, 2008 Georgia Republican primary, 2008 Campaign An ambitious Barack Obama targeted Georgia as a potential state he could flip from red to blue, albeit as a relatively long-shot target. Democrats hoped libertarian candidate Bob Barr – whose home state was Georgia – might take away votes for John McCain and play the role of a spoiler. In the early months, Obama bought ads and even appeared in person to campaign in the state. Mark Preston Alexander Marquardt Kristi Keck Obama Looks to Turn Georgia Blue http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/08/obama.red.states/index.html CNN 2009-06-21 2008-07-09 However, polling consistently showed McCain with a double-digit lead. Jay Cost Georgia: McCain vs. Obama - Polling Averages http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/ga/georgia_mccain_vs_obama-596.html RealClearPolitics 2009-06-21 Over the summer, Obama's campaign stumbled, and the Illinois senator even fell behind McCain for a short while in September. In light of these difficulties, the Democratic campaign started shifting resources to North Carolina, which they regarded as more competitive. Maya Curry Marti Covington Michael Scherer Obama Scales Back His 50-State Strategy http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1843532,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080924064954/http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1843532,00.html dead September 24, 2008 Time Magazine 2009-06-21 2008-09-23 Obama stopped advertising in the state and moved away staff, although he retained a large volunteer force. As the campaign neared the end, Obama jumped to a national lead, helped by the September financial crisis, but remained behind in Georgia polling. 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 2015-05-05Toss-upThe 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/ 2009-04-22Lean RElectoral-vote.comElectoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily https://electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/Maps/Dec31.html 2021-08-23 electoral-vote.comLean RWashington PostBased on TakeawayLean 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 MapToss-upFiveThirtyEightLean 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 PoliticsLean 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, 2010Lean 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/ deadLean RNPRLean RMSNBCLean 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 United States presidential election, 2008#Georgia Statewide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008: Georgia McCain won almost every pre-election poll. The final 3 poll average gave the Republican the lead with 50% to 47%.http://uselectionatlas.org/POLLS/PRESIDENT/2008/pollsa.php?fips=13 Election 2008 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Fundraising McCain raised $4,835,902. Obama raised $8,568,716.http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppState.do?stateName=GA&cand_id=P00000001 Presidential Campaign Finance 2009-08-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20090324090237/http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppState.do?stateName=GA&cand_id=P00000001 2009-03-24 dead Advertising and visits Obama spent over $4,105,888. McCain and his interest groups spent just $49,507.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/ad.spending/ CNN Map: Campaign Ad Spending - Election Center 2008 from CNN.com 2010-05-26 Both McCain and Obama visited Atlanta once.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/candidate.visits/ CNN Map: Campaign Candidate Visits - Election Center 2008 from CNN.com 2010-05-26 Analysis McCain won 52.2% of the popular vote to Democrat Barack Obama's 46.99% popular vote, a margin of 5.21%. This was significantly lower than that in 2004, when George W. Bush carried this state by a 17% margin, winning 58% of the popular vote to John Kerry's 41%. Obama won huge victories in the two most populous counties, DeKalb County and Fulton County which contains the state capital and largest city of Atlanta, which contributed to his popular vote percentage. He also made significant inroads in Atlanta's normally heavily Republican suburbs. For instance, Obama lost Cobb County by nine points compared to Kerry's 25-point loss. Obama lost Gwinnett County by 11 points compared to a 33-point loss for Kerry. Aside from native son Jimmy Carter sweeping every county in the state in 1976, a Democrat hadn't won either county since 1960, and would not do so until Hillary Clinton in 2016. However, McCain piled up the votes in the more rural northern and southeastern parts of the state (well over 70% in some cases) which gave him the edge and ultimate win. These two areas were among the first regions of Georgia to turn Republican; the old-line Southern Democrats in these areas began splitting their tickets as early as the 1950s, and some areas of north Georgia are among the few ancestrally Republican areas of the South. Webster County in the southwest of the state flipped to McCain, making Obama the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying the county. The large African American turnout was widely attributed to the narrower margin by which McCain carried the state. However, Obama was unable to improve his percentage amongst white voters. Jay Cost Sean Trende Election Review, Part 2: The South Atlantic http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/01/election_review_part_ii_the_so.html RealClearPolitics 2009-06-21 According to exit polls, 77% of white voters supported the Republican candidate - the same as in 2004. This effectively eliminated Obama's chances of winning the state. Of the several independent and third-party candidates who ran for president in 2008, two were from Georgia: former Republican Representative Bob Barr running on the Libertarian Party (who placed third overall in the popular vote in Georgia), and former Democratic Representative Cynthia McKinney running on the Green Party. During the same election, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss was held below 50% of the popular vote in a contentious U.S. Senate race against Democrat Jim Martin and Libertarian Allen Buckley. Abiding by Georgia law, this led to a runoff election in December between Chambliss and Martin. Chambliss brought in 2008 vice presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska to campaign for him and rally the base of the GOP. Former President Bill Clinton campaigned on behalf of Martin. Turnout was lower than in the general election and African Americans didn't turn out as large as they did in November for Obama, all factors that led up to Chambliss's victory. The incumbent was reelected with 57.44% of the vote while Martin received 42.56%. During the 2008 U.S. House elections, incumbent Democratic Representatives Jim Marshall (GA-8) and John Barrow (GA-12), each of whom was narrowly re-elected by 1% or less in 2006 despite the pro-Democratic political environment that year, were both re-elected by unexpectedly wide margins despite efforts by Republicans to win both of the districts. At the state level, during the same election, Republicans picked up four seats in the Georgia House of Representatives. Results United States presidential election in Georgia, 2008http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2008&fips=13&f=1&off=0&elect=0 Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2013-01-13PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican John McCain Sarah Palin 2,048,759 52.10% 15 Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 1,844,123 46.90% 0 Libertarian Bob Barr Wayne Allyn Root 28,731 0.73% 0 Constitution Chuck Baldwin (write-in) Darrell Castle 1,404 0.04% 0 Independent Ralph Nader (write-in) Matt Gonzalez 1,165 0.03% 0 Green Cynthia McKinney (write-in) Rosa Clemente 250 0.01% 0 Constitution Michael Peroutka* (write-in) n/a 23 0.00% 0 Socialist Workers James Harris (write-in) Alyson Kennedy 20 0.00% 0 HeartQuake '08 Jonathan Allen (write-in) Jeffrey Stath 9 0.00% 0 Independent Frank Moore (write-in) Susan Block 6 0.00% 0 Write-in David C. Byrne n/a 4 0.00% 0 Write-in Brian R. Brown n/a 2 0.00% 0 Totals 3,932,193 100.00% 15 Voter turnout 75.7% (*Peroutka was not the Constitution Party's nominee in 2008.) By county CountyJohn McCainRepublicanBarack ObamaDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#%Appling5,08572.62%1,84626.36%711.02%3,23946.26%7,002Atkinson1,94166.77%93832.27%280.96%1,00334.50%2,907Bacon3,08978.36%81720.73%360.92%2,27257.63%3,942Baker82849.02%84650.09%711.02%-18-1.07%1,689Baldwin7,82347.23%8,58751.84%1540.93%-764-4.61%16,564Banks5,12081.93%1,02716.43%1021.63%4,09365.50%6,249Barrow17,62571.55%6,65727.02%3511.43%10,96844.53%24,633Bartow25,97671.81%9,66226.71%5371.48%16,31445.10%36,175Ben Hill3,41756.46%2,59042.80%450.74%82713.66%6,052Berrien4,90175.95%1,47122.80%811.26%3,43053.15%6,453Bibb27,03740.69%38,98758.67%4240.64%-11,950-17.98%66,448Bleckley3,65771.93%1,38027.14%470.93%2,27744.79%5,084Brantley5,08080.79%1,11917.80%891.41%3,96162.99%6,288Brooks3,50756.52%2,66943.01%290.47%83813.51%6,205Bryan9,11270.82%3,63628.26%1190.92%5,47642.56%12,867Bulloch14,17459.12%9,58639.98%2160.90%4,58819.14%23,976Burke4,34445.08%5,23354.30%600.63%-889-9.22%9,637Butts5,94765.32%3,06533.67%921.01%2,88231.65%9,104Calhoun86238.97%1,34260.67%80.37%-480-21.70%2,212Camden10,50261.39%6,48237.89%1240.73%4,02023.50%17,108Candler2,28664.91%1,20934.33%270.77%1,07730.58%3,522Carroll28,66165.76%14,33432.89%5881.34%14,32732.87%43,583Catoosa18,21874.04%6,02524.49%3621.46%12,19349.55%24,605Charlton2,46666.70%1,19732.38%340.92%1,26934.32%3,697Chatham46,82942.40%62,75556.82%8580.77%-15,926-14.42%110,442Chattahoochee81148.97%83050.12%150.90%-19-1.15%1,656Chattooga5,57266.83%2,59631.14%1692.03%2,97635.69%8,337Cherokee70,27974.79%22,35023.78%1,3441.43%47,92951.01%93,973Clarke15,33333.58%29,59164.80%7421.62%-14,258-31.22%45,666Clay55838.75%87961.04%30.21%-321-22.29%1,440Clayton16,50616.59%82,52782.93%4810.48%-66,021-66.34%99,514Clinch1,67862.10%98936.60%351.29%68925.50%2,702Cobb170,95754.08%141,21644.67%3,9511.25%29,7419.41%316,124Coffee8,87264.49%4,81134.97%750.54%4,06129.52%13,758Colquitt9,18568.27%4,13930.76%1300.97%5,04637.51%13,454Columbia39,32270.89%15,70328.31%4410.80%23,61942.58%55,466Cook3,78264.00%2,07535.12%520.88%1,70728.88%5,909Coweta37,57170.05%15,52128.94%5431.01%22,05041.11%53,635Crawford3,35863.99%1,83234.91%581.11%1,52629.08%5,248Crisp4,42458.56%3,08540.84%450.60%1,33917.72%7,554Dade4,70373.01%1,61225.02%1271.97%3,09147.99%6,442Dawson8,24282.54%1,63216.34%1121.12%6,61066.20%9,986Decatur5,89056.72%4,42442.60%710.68%1,46614.12%10,385DeKalb65,58120.31%254,59478.86%2,6710.83%-189,013-58.55%322,846Dodge5,54367.40%2,59531.55%861.04%2,94835.85%8,224Dooly1,99147.85%2,13851.38%320.77%-147-3.53%4,161Dougherty12,54732.27%26,13567.21%2040.53%-13,588-34.94%38,886Douglas26,81248.58%27,82550.41%5601.02%-1,013-1.83%55,197Early2,71150.74%2,60348.72%290.54%1082.02%5,343Echols98182.58%20116.92%60.50%78065.66%1,188Effingham15,23074.87%4,93624.27%1750.86%10,29450.60%20,341Elbert4,86858.43%3,36640.40%981.18%1,50218.03%8,332Emanuel5,11061.92%3,06837.18%740.90%2,04224.74%8,252Evans2,46263.85%1,37435.63%200.52%1,08828.22%3,856Fannin7,80773.35%2,61124.53%2252.11%5,19648.82%10,643Fayette38,50164.77%20,31334.17%6271.05%18,18830.60%59,441Floyd23,13267.40%10,69131.15%4991.46%12,44136.25%34,322Forsyth59,16678.36%15,40620.40%9311.23%43,76057.96%75,503Franklin6,06974.90%1,91423.62%1201.48%4,15551.28%8,103Fulton130,13632.08%272,00067.06%3,4890.86%-141,864-34.98%405,625Gilmer8,40875.17%2,61423.37%1641.47%5,79451.80%11,186Glascock1,20284.17%21014.71%161.12%99269.46%1,428Glynn20,47961.31%12,67637.95%2480.74%7,80323.36%33,403Gordon13,11374.27%4,26824.17%2741.55%8,84550.10%17,655Grady5,77561.63%3,53937.77%570.61%2,23623.86%9,371Greene4,53257.21%3,33942.15%500.63%1,19315.06%7,921Gwinnett158,74654.56%129,02544.35%3,1671.09%29,72110.21%290,938Habersham11,76679.18%2,90019.52%1931.29%8,86659.66%14,859Hall44,96274.77%14,45724.04%7111.19%30,50550.73%60,130Hancock79518.28%3,53581.30%180.41%-2,740-63.02%4,348Haralson8,65877.79%2,24820.20%2242.01%6,41057.59%11,130Harris10,64871.25%4,18428.00%1130.76%6,46443.25%14,945Hart6,53765.21%3,36533.57%1221.22%3,17231.64%10,024Heard3,13374.05%1,04224.63%561.32%2,09149.42%4,231Henry47,15753.29%40,56745.85%7620.87%6,5907.44%88,486Houston33,39259.59%22,09439.43%5480.98%11,29820.16%56,034Irwin2,60567.84%1,19731.17%380.99%1,40836.67%3,840Jackson17,77677.23%4,95021.51%2901.26%12,82655.72%23,016Jasper3,91666.25%1,93532.74%601.02%1,98133.51%5,911Jeff Davis3,86773.16%1,35625.65%631.20%2,51147.51%5,286Jefferson3,06142.31%4,14957.35%250.34%-1,088-15.04%7,235Jenkins1,93656.25%1,48243.06%240.70%45413.19%3,442Johnson2,42666.47%1,19832.82%260.71%1,22833.65%3,650Jones7,78262.46%4,57236.69%1060.85%3,21025.77%12,460Lamar4,87363.24%2,75235.72%801.04%2,12127.52%7,705Lanier1,78762.05%1,06236.88%311.08%72525.17%2,880Laurens12,05260.37%7,76938.92%1420.71%4,28321.45%19,963Lee9,92575.69%3,10023.64%870.67%6,82552.05%13,112Liberty5,82835.54%10,47463.87%980.60%-4,646-28.33%16,400Lincoln2,73161.73%1,65037.30%430.97%1,08124.43%4,424Long2,11961.24%1,28837.23%531.53%83124.01%3,460Lowndes21,26954.19%17,59744.83%3840.98%3,6729.36%39,250Lumpkin8,32674.95%2,58623.28%1961.77%5,74051.67%11,108Macon1,71234.35%3,25165.23%210.42%-1,539-30.88%4,984Madison8,22672.38%2,96526.09%1741.53%5,26146.29%11,365Marion1,77255.58%1,38143.32%351.10%39112.26%3,188McDuffie5,40057.11%3,98942.19%660.70%1,41114.92%9,455McIntosh3,28252.63%2,90546.58%490.79%3776.05%6,236Meriwether4,98252.34%4,46546.91%710.75%5175.43%9,518Miller1,89969.31%81829.85%230.84%1,08139.46%2,740Mitchell4,20151.66%3,87247.61%590.72%3294.05%8,132Monroe7,93365.31%4,10633.80%1080.89%3,82731.51%12,147Montgomery2,52170.16%1,04529.08%270.75%1,47641.08%3,593Morgan5,98765.32%3,09133.73%870.95%2,89631.59%9,165Murray8,18071.46%3,02626.43%2412.10%5,15445.03%11,447Muscogee29,56839.87%44,15859.54%4360.58%-14,590-19.67%74,162Newton20,33749.03%20,82750.21%3180.77%-490-1.18%41,482Oconee12,12070.57%4,82528.09%2291.33%7,29542.48%17,174Oglethorpe4,14464.12%2,23234.54%871.35%1,91229.58%6,463Paulding39,19268.67%17,22930.19%6551.15%21,96338.48%57,076Peach5,17346.20%5,92752.94%960.86%-754-6.74%11,196Pickens10,00478.08%2,59520.25%2141.67%7,40957.83%12,813Pierce5,50080.92%1,25318.43%440.65%4,24762.49%6,797Pike6,54779.64%1,57519.16%991.21%4,97260.48%8,221Polk9,85069.60%4,05228.63%2511.77%5,79840.97%14,153Pulaski2,55364.44%1,37734.76%320.81%1,17629.68%3,962Putnam5,96665.28%3,10233.94%710.78%2,86431.34%9,139Quitman50945.61%59753.49%100.90%-88-7.88%1,116Rabun5,48771.89%2,00126.22%1451.91%3,48645.67%7,633Randolph1,37042.59%1,83356.98%140.43%-463-14.39%3,217Richmond26,84233.80%52,10065.60%4800.60%-25,258-31.80%79,422Rockdale16,92144.78%20,52654.32%3370.89%-3,605-9.54%37,784Schley1,25272.00%47927.54%80.47%77344.46%1,739Screven3,42352.77%3,02446.62%400.61%3996.15%6,487Seminole2,31557.77%1,66041.43%320.79%65516.34%4,007Spalding14,88558.85%10,14140.09%2691.06%4,74418.76%25,295Stephens7,68972.87%2,70525.63%1581.50%4,98447.24%10,552Stewart78337.13%1,30561.88%211.00%-522-24.75%2,109Sumter5,71746.65%6,45452.66%840.68%-737-6.01%12,255Talbot1,30135.15%2,36964.01%310.84%-1,068-28.86%3,701Taliaferro33934.24%64364.95%80.81%-304-30.71%990Tattnall4,73070.32%1,93228.72%640.95%2,79841.60%6,726Taylor2,02156.34%1,53642.82%300.83%48513.52%3,587Telfair2,48656.81%1,86242.55%280.64%62414.26%4,376Terrell1,89042.75%2,50156.57%300.68%-611-13.82%4,421Thomas10,64257.54%7,72041.74%1320.71%2,92215.80%18,494Tift9,43166.09%4,74933.28%890.62%4,68232.81%14,269Toombs6,65868.61%2,96430.54%820.84%3,69438.07%9,704Towns4,29274.46%1,39124.13%811.40%2,90150.33%5,764Treutlen1,82661.65%1,11237.54%240.81%71424.11%2,962Troup15,39159.04%10,45540.11%2220.85%4,93618.93%26,068Turner2,09658.94%1,42740.13%330.93%66918.81%3,556Twiggs2,08746.15%2,40253.12%330.73%-315-6.97%4,522Union8,01374.96%2,48623.26%1911.78%5,52751.70%10,690Upson7,29163.77%4,06135.52%820.71%3,23028.25%11,434Walker17,11072.33%6,09525.77%4491.89%11,01546.56%23,654Walton27,25375.54%8,46923.47%3570.98%18,78452.07%36,079Ware8,31166.83%4,03432.44%910.73%4,27734.39%12,436Warren1,08740.83%1,55458.38%210.79%-467-17.55%2,662Washington4,21647.49%4,60751.89%550.62%-391-4.40%8,878Wayne7,60171.88%2,85827.03%1161.10%4,74344.85%10,575Webster58852.93%51546.35%80.72%736.58%1,111Wheeler1,40863.60%79435.86%120.54%61427.74%2,214White8,46778.41%2,17420.13%1581.46%6,29358.28%10,799Whitfield19,23069.20%8,16729.39%3941.41%11,06339.81%27,791Wilcox2,15968.24%97830.91%270.85%1,18137.33%3,164Wilkes2,70553.46%2,31545.75%400.79%3907.71%5,060Wilkinson2,34950.21%2,29849.12%310.66%511.09%4,678Worth5,78068.96%2,54230.33%600.71%3,23838.63%8,382Totals2,048,75952.10%1,844,12346.90%39,2761.00%204,6365.20%3,932,158 right 250px 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% 250px 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% 250px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Webster (largest town: Preston) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Baldwin (largest town: Milledgeville) Burke (largest town: Waynesboro) Chattahoochee (largest town: Cusseta) Douglas (largest town: Douglasville) Newton (largest town: Covington) Peach (largest town: Fort Valley) Rockdale (largest town: Conyers) Sumter (largest town: Americus) Washington (largest town: Sandersville) By congressional district John McCain carried eight of 13 districts in Georgia, including one district held by a Democrat. District McCain Obama RepresentativeGeorgia 1 1st 62.81% 36.39%Jack KingstonGeorgia 2 2nd 45.91% 53.55%Sanford BishopGeorgia 3 3rd 63.87% 35.27%Lynn WestmorelandGeorgia 4 4th 20.65% 78.61%Hank JohnsonGeorgia 5 5th 20.01% 79.12%John LewisGeorgia 6 6th 62.26% 36.56%Tom PriceGeorgia 7 7th 59.68% 39.28%John LinderGeorgia 8 8th 56.34% 42.98%Jim MarshallGeorgia 9 9th 75.33% 23.46%Nathan DealGeorgia 10 10th 61.12% 37.96%Paul BrounGeorgia 11 11th 65.60% 33.12%Phil GingreyGeorgia 12 12th 45.25% 54.09%John BarrowGeorgia 13 13th 28.38% 70.85%David Scott Electors List of 2008 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Georgia is allocated 15 electors because it has 13 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 15 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 15 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. 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 15 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:http://www.sos.ga.gov/cgi-bin/QualifyingSearchResults.asp?SearchType=PE Presidential Electors for the November 2, 2010 General Election July 4, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20081127013154/http://www.sos.ga.gov/cgi-bin/QualifyingSearchResults.asp?SearchType=PE November 27, 2008 dead Esther Clark Dennis Coxwell Norma Edenfield Randy Evans Sue P. Everhart Leigh Ann Gillis Judy Goddard Linda Herren Rufus Montgomery Clint Murphy Sunny Park Alec Poitevint John Sours Allan Vigil John White References Georgia Category:2008 Georgia (U.S. state) elections 2008