North Carolina 2008 Presidential Election

Barack Obama vs. John McCain

Barack Obama won the North Carolina 2008 presidential election with 2,142,651 votes (49.7%), a margin of D+0.3. North Carolina's 16 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

49.7%

49.4%

2,142,651

Barack Obama (49.7%)

2,128,474

John McCain (49.4%)

Total Votes: 4,310,789|Margin: D+0.3

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	2008 Pres	2012 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Durham County	D+51.9	D+51.9	D+52.8	136,897	D+15.5%
Orange County	D+44.8	D+44.8	D+42.2	74,910	D+10.3%
Hertford County	D+41.5	D+41.5	D+44.3	10,650	D+14.5%
Warren County	D+39.5	D+39.5	D+37.8	10,195	D+10.4%
Edgecombe County	D+34.5	D+34.5	D+36.2	25,930	D+12.2%
Bertie County	D+30.6	D+30.6	D+32.7	9,763	D+7.2%
Northampton County	D+30.4	D+30.4	D+34.9	10,618	D+3.0%
Halifax County	D+28.2	D+28.2	D+32.3	25,091	D+10.7%
Vance County	D+26.6	D+26.6	D+28.3	20,871	D+14.7%
Mecklenburg County	D+24.4	D+24.4	D+22.4	410,817	D+20.7%
Anson County	D+21.0	D+21.0	D+25.3	10,733	D+3.4%
Hoke County	D+18.8	D+18.8	D+19.1	15,627	D+13.9%
Guilford County	D+18.4	D+18.4	D+16.4	241,771	D+17.5%
Cumberland County	D+17.7	D+17.7	D+19.7	127,575	D+21.2%
Washington County	D+16.7	D+16.7	D+18.6	6,454	D+7.8%
Scotland County	D+15.1	D+15.1	D+16.8	14,217	D+4.3%
Wake County	D+14.4	D+14.4	D+11.4	442,245	D+16.6%
Buncombe County	D+13.9	D+13.9	D+12.5	123,795	D+14.5%
Robeson County	D+13.8	D+13.8	D+17.4	40,834	D+8.0%
Pasquotank County	D+13.7	D+13.7	D+14.6	18,180	D+11.0%
Forsyth County	D+10.5	D+10.5	D+7.2	166,133	D+19.1%
Chatham County	D+9.7	D+9.7	D+4.8	32,880	D+9.7%
Pitt County	D+8.8	D+8.8	D+7.1	74,884	D+15.6%
Granville County	D+6.6	D+6.6	D+4.5	24,725	D+8.9%
Wilson County	D+6.1	D+6.1	D+7.5	37,191	D+12.9%
Jackson County	D+5.4	D+5.4	R+1.0	16,866	D+9.7%
Gates County	D+5.2	D+5.2	D+4.1	5,420	D+0.4%
Martin County	D+4.6	D+4.6	D+4.6	12,541	D+6.9%
Watauga County	D+4.3	D+4.3	R+3.1	28,372	D+10.2%
Caswell County	D+3.1	D+3.1	R+2.2	10,862	D+6.6%
Bladen County	D+2.1	D+2.1	D+2.0	15,480	D+2.6%
Richmond County	D+1.5	D+1.5	D+2.9	19,327	R+2.7%
Hyde County	D+1.2	D+1.2	R+1.3	2,469	D+9.3%
Lenoir County	R+0.1	R+0.1	R+0.1	26,897	D+11.7%
Franklin County	R+0.7	R+0.7	R+4.1	26,639	D+10.1%
Chowan County	R+1.1	R+1.1	R+4.5	7,512	D+9.3%
Nash County	R+1.3	R+1.3	D+1.0	47,118	D+15.1%
New Hanover County	R+1.4	R+1.4	R+4.6	100,665	D+10.6%
Tyrrell County	R+1.4	R+1.4	R+5.2	1,910	D+6.4%
Madison County	R+1.6	R+1.6	R+9.1	10,379	D+8.3%
Swain County	R+1.6	R+1.6	R+6.3	5,798	D+1.8%
Yancey County	R+5.8	R+5.8	R+13.7	9,717	R+0.4%
Greene County	R+5.9	R+5.9	R+7.7	8,103	D+11.7%
Haywood County	R+7.8	R+7.8	R+13.6	28,067	D+5.0%
Columbus County	R+7.9	R+7.9	R+7.8	24,282	R+5.9%
Lee County	R+8.4	R+8.4	R+9.7	23,788	D+13.0%
Jones County	R+8.4	R+8.4	R+9.3	5,227	D+7.4%
Sampson County	R+8.5	R+8.5	R+10.9	26,038	D+4.8%
Person County	R+8.5	R+8.5	R+10.9	18,632	D+9.7%
Wayne County	R+8.6	R+8.6	R+8.4	49,882	D+15.9%
Alamance County	R+9.2	R+9.2	R+13.7	64,353	D+14.1%
Dare County	R+9.3	R+9.3	R+15.9	18,048	D+11.4%
Duplin County	R+9.4	R+9.4	R+11.6	19,904	D+6.8%
Montgomery County	R+11.0	R+11.0	R+15.1	11,210	D+3.2%
Craven County	R+12.4	R+12.4	R+17.7	44,598	D+12.9%
Transylvania County	R+12.6	R+12.6	R+16.8	16,909	D+8.5%
Perquimans County	R+13.9	R+13.9	R+16.0	6,501	D+6.1%
Pamlico County	R+14.7	R+14.7	R+20.8	6,712	D+7.6%
Polk County	R+15.1	R+15.1	R+21.4	10,562	R+0.1%
Pender County	R+15.6	R+15.6	R+20.3	23,749	D+2.2%
Rockingham County	R+16.0	R+16.0	R+21.1	41,612	D+6.5%
Harnett County	R+16.7	R+16.7	R+19.0	40,705	D+12.0%
Beaufort County	R+17.4	R+17.4	R+19.2	23,010	D+10.3%
Brunswick County	R+17.9	R+17.9	R+22.1	52,608	D+3.2%
Cabarrus County	R+18.4	R+18.4	R+20.0	77,994	D+16.1%
Burke County	R+19.2	R+19.2	R+23.4	37,443	D+4.2%
Cleveland County	R+19.9	R+19.9	R+20.1	43,835	D+3.1%
Alleghany County	R+21.0	R+21.0	R+35.7	5,263	R+1.0%
Henderson County	R+21.0	R+21.0	R+27.4	51,614	D+9.1%
Moore County	R+21.4	R+21.4	R+28.0	45,328	D+7.7%
Macon County	R+21.4	R+21.4	R+30.4	17,238	D+4.9%
Onslow County	R+21.5	R+21.5	R+26.7	50,203	D+17.8%
Rowan County	R+22.8	R+22.8	R+25.9	61,560	D+12.2%
Ashe County	R+23.3	R+23.3	R+32.7	13,069	D+0.5%
Johnston County	R+23.7	R+23.7	R+27.6	71,017	D+12.4%
Iredell County	R+24.4	R+24.4	R+30.4	73,162	D+11.8%
Catawba County	R+25.0	R+25.0	R+29.4	69,451	D+10.4%
Gaston County	R+25.0	R+25.0	R+25.4	84,402	D+11.0%
Union County	R+26.6	R+26.6	R+30.2	86,089	D+14.1%
McDowell County	R+27.0	R+27.0	R+31.7	18,386	D+5.9%
Surry County	R+28.0	R+28.0	R+36.7	29,525	D+7.8%
Caldwell County	R+29.7	R+29.7	R+35.5	35,155	D+6.0%
Currituck County	R+31.5	R+31.5	R+34.8	11,102	D+3.1%
Rutherford County	R+31.8	R+31.8	R+33.4	28,720	D+1.3%
Camden County	R+32.0	R+32.0	R+34.0	4,821	R+2.2%
Lincoln County	R+33.3	R+33.3	R+38.7	35,798	D+2.6%
Davidson County	R+33.5	R+33.5	R+40.5	68,581	D+8.3%
Carteret County	R+34.7	R+34.7	R+40.8	34,597	D+4.3%
Stokes County	R+35.0	R+35.0	R+42.6	21,743	D+5.2%
Clay County	R+35.6	R+35.6	R+42.4	5,543	R+3.1%
Stanly County	R+36.7	R+36.7	R+40.0	28,506	D+3.1%
Graham County	R+37.4	R+37.4	R+41.3	4,171	R+1.7%
Wilkes County	R+38.2	R+38.2	R+42.4	29,724	D+3.5%
Davie County	R+38.3	R+38.3	R+43.3	20,368	D+10.5%
Alexander County	R+38.4	R+38.4	R+44.4	17,254	D+2.1%
Cherokee County	R+38.6	R+38.6	R+45.9	12,586	R+3.9%
Mitchell County	R+41.6	R+41.6	R+51.1	7,846	D+4.7%
Randolph County	R+42.3	R+42.3	R+50.0	58,147	D+6.4%
Avery County	R+44.1	R+44.1	R+50.1	7,943	D+7.4%
Yadkin County	R+46.0	R+46.0	R+51.3	17,147	D+8.7%

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