Indiana — 2008 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2008 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentObamaD+1.0
How it voted
Share of the 2008 vote
| Barack Obama ✓Democratic | 49.9% | 1,374,039 |
|---|---|---|
| John McCainRepublican | 48.9% | 1,345,648 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.1% | 31,357 |
2008presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 2008 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 11 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+25.7 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+4.3 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Blackford County, IN | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Brown County, IN | Republican | R+2.6 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+12.8 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+8.5 |
| Clark County, IN | Republican | R+7.1 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+13.0 |
| Crawford County, IN | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+35.2 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+24.4 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Delaware County, IN | Democratic | D+15.0 |
| Dubois County, IN | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Floyd County, IN | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+14.5 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Hancock County, IN | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+3.9 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Jackson County, IN | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Knox County, IN | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+37.3 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Lake County, IN | Democratic | D+34.3 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Democratic | D+22.0 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Madison County, IN | Democratic | D+6.5 |
| Marion County, IN | Democratic | D+28.4 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+28.9 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Monroe County, IN | Democratic | D+32.2 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+19.9 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Perry County, IN | Democratic | D+22.8 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Porter County, IN | Democratic | D+7.2 |
| Posey County, IN | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Putnam County, IN | Republican | R+12.0 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+8.8 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Scott County, IN | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Shelby County, IN | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Spencer County, IN | Democratic | D+0.4 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Democratic | D+17.1 |
| Starke County, IN | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Republican | R+0.7 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Democratic | D+13.9 |
| Vigo County, IN | Democratic | D+15.8 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+20.1 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+10.3 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Washington County, IN | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+3.8 |
| Wells County, IN | Republican | R+31.4 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+21.5 |
Indiana results by county
92 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | John McCain+3,476 | 4,92836.5% | 8,40462.2% | 1811.3% | 13,513 |
| Allen County | John McCain+6,530 | 71,26347.4% | 77,79351.8% | 1,2680.8% | 150,324 |
| Bartholomew County | John McCain+3,500 | 13,56743.7% | 17,06755.0% | 4091.3% | 31,043 |
| Benton County | John McCain+620 | 1,56341.0% | 2,18357.2% | 681.8% | 3,814 |
| Blackford County | John McCain+13 | 2,67749.2% | 2,69049.4% | 741.4% | 5,441 |
| Boone County | John McCain+6,870 | 9,75236.6% | 16,62262.4% | 2731.0% | 26,647 |
| Brown County | John McCain+206 | 3,85447.8% | 4,06050.4% | 1411.8% | 8,055 |
| Carroll County | John McCain+1,122 | 3,73642.8% | 4,85855.6% | 1421.6% | 8,736 |
| Cass County | John McCain+1,335 | 7,01144.8% | 8,34653.3% | 2961.9% | 15,653 |
| Clark County | John McCain+3,373 | 21,95346.0% | 25,32653.1% | 4460.9% | 47,725 |
| Clay County | John McCain+1,313 | 4,95443.5% | 6,26755.0% | 1741.5% | 11,395 |
| Clinton County | John McCain+1,612 | 5,30742.8% | 6,91955.8% | 1661.3% | 12,392 |
| Crawford County | John McCain+107 | 2,28648.2% | 2,39350.4% | 651.4% | 4,744 |
| Daviess County | John McCain+3,728 | 3,37031.8% | 7,09867.1% | 1181.1% | 10,586 |
| Dearborn County | John McCain+7,763 | 7,12332.1% | 14,88667.0% | 2080.9% | 22,217 |
| Decatur County | John McCain+2,557 | 3,89237.1% | 6,44961.5% | 1471.4% | 10,488 |
| DeKalb County | John McCain+2,605 | 7,17541.8% | 9,78057.0% | 1941.1% | 17,149 |
| Delaware County | Barack Obama+7,468 | 28,38456.9% | 20,91641.9% | 5631.1% | 49,863 |
| Dubois County | John McCain+778 | 8,74847.1% | 9,52651.3% | 2911.6% | 18,565 |
| Elkhart County | John McCain+7,998 | 31,39843.9% | 39,39655.1% | 6640.9% | 71,458 |
| Fayette County | John McCain+528 | 4,38946.4% | 4,91752.0% | 1561.6% | 9,462 |
| Floyd County | John McCain+3,694 | 16,26344.5% | 19,95754.6% | 3070.8% | 36,527 |
| Fountain County | John McCain+1,064 | 3,09441.8% | 4,15856.1% | 1582.1% | 7,410 |
| Franklin County | John McCain+3,614 | 3,40432.1% | 7,01866.1% | 1881.8% | 10,610 |
| Fulton County | John McCain+1,445 | 3,70241.1% | 5,14757.2% | 1571.7% | 9,006 |
| Gibson County | John McCain+1,994 | 6,45542.8% | 8,44956.0% | 1911.3% | 15,095 |
| Grant County | John McCain+3,441 | 11,29342.9% | 14,73456.0% | 2721.0% | 26,299 |
| Greene County | John McCain+1,982 | 5,70941.9% | 7,69156.4% | 2291.7% | 13,629 |
| Hamilton County | John McCain+28,697 | 49,70438.5% | 78,40160.7% | 9590.7% | 129,064 |
| Hancock County | John McCain+10,134 | 11,87434.7% | 22,00864.3% | 3711.1% | 34,253 |
| Harrison County | John McCain+3,263 | 7,28840.3% | 10,55158.3% | 2521.4% | 18,091 |
| Hendricks County | John McCain+15,180 | 24,54837.8% | 39,72861.2% | 6791.0% | 64,955 |
| Henry County | John McCain+837 | 10,05947.2% | 10,89651.1% | 3641.7% | 21,319 |
| Howard County | John McCain+2,377 | 17,87146.3% | 20,24852.4% | 5051.3% | 38,624 |
| Huntington County | John McCain+4,448 | 5,84335.8% | 10,29163.0% | 1941.2% | 16,328 |
| Jackson County | John McCain+2,372 | 7,35442.3% | 9,72656.0% | 2941.7% | 17,374 |
| Jasper County | John McCain+2,625 | 5,04439.2% | 7,66959.6% | 1621.3% | 12,875 |
| Jay County | John McCain+653 | 3,74845.1% | 4,40152.9% | 1662.0% | 8,315 |
| Jefferson County | John McCain+798 | 6,25546.4% | 7,05352.3% | 1821.3% | 13,490 |
| Jennings County | John McCain+949 | 5,31244.9% | 6,26152.9% | 2662.2% | 11,839 |
| Johnson County | John McCain+14,934 | 21,55336.8% | 36,48762.2% | 6041.0% | 58,644 |
| Knox County | John McCain+1,070 | 7,56946.1% | 8,63952.6% | 2161.3% | 16,424 |
| Kosciusko County | John McCain+11,252 | 9,23630.6% | 20,48868.0% | 4101.4% | 30,134 |
| LaGrange County | John McCain+2,039 | 3,66338.6% | 5,70260.1% | 1261.3% | 9,491 |
| Lake County | Barack Obama+71,559 | 139,30166.7% | 67,74232.5% | 1,7140.8% | 208,757 |
| LaPorte County | Barack Obama+10,340 | 28,25860.2% | 17,91838.2% | 7431.6% | 46,919 |
| Lawrence County | John McCain+3,810 | 7,20838.9% | 11,01859.4% | 3081.7% | 18,534 |
| Madison County | Barack Obama+3,749 | 30,15252.6% | 26,40346.0% | 7851.4% | 57,340 |
| Marion County | Barack Obama+107,674 | 241,98763.8% | 134,31335.4% | 3,0620.8% | 379,362 |
| Marshall County | John McCain+2,517 | 7,88942.5% | 10,40656.1% | 2551.4% | 18,550 |
| Martin County | John McCain+1,416 | 1,70634.8% | 3,12263.7% | 751.5% | 4,903 |
| Miami County | John McCain+2,748 | 5,56439.4% | 8,31258.9% | 2371.7% | 14,113 |
| Monroe County | Barack Obama+20,332 | 41,45065.6% | 21,11833.4% | 6471.0% | 63,215 |
| Montgomery County | John McCain+3,047 | 6,01339.3% | 9,06059.3% | 2121.4% | 15,285 |
| Morgan County | John McCain+7,799 | 10,33035.9% | 18,12962.9% | 3521.2% | 28,811 |
| Newton County | John McCain+676 | 2,62543.4% | 3,30154.6% | 1192.0% | 6,045 |
| Noble County | John McCain+2,609 | 7,06441.6% | 9,67357.0% | 2371.4% | 16,974 |
| Ohio County | John McCain+555 | 1,15839.7% | 1,71358.7% | 471.6% | 2,918 |
| Orange County | John McCain+1,146 | 3,39041.9% | 4,53656.1% | 1602.0% | 8,086 |
| Owen County | John McCain+845 | 3,57043.7% | 4,41554.0% | 1852.3% | 8,170 |
| Parke County | John McCain+985 | 2,92442.0% | 3,90956.1% | 1311.9% | 6,964 |
| Perry County | Barack Obama+1,939 | 5,14160.6% | 3,20237.7% | 1471.7% | 8,490 |
| Pike County | John McCain+521 | 2,70044.8% | 3,22153.4% | 1071.8% | 6,028 |
| Porter County | Barack Obama+5,321 | 39,17853.0% | 33,85745.8% | 8811.2% | 73,916 |
| Posey County | John McCain+976 | 5,82845.6% | 6,80453.3% | 1391.1% | 12,771 |
| Pulaski County | John McCain+922 | 2,46641.3% | 3,38856.8% | 1101.8% | 5,964 |
| Putnam County | John McCain+1,752 | 6,33443.2% | 8,08655.2% | 2261.5% | 14,646 |
| Randolph County | John McCain+949 | 4,83944.8% | 5,78853.6% | 1811.7% | 10,808 |
| Ripley County | John McCain+3,607 | 4,18734.4% | 7,79463.9% | 2071.7% | 12,188 |
| Rush County | John McCain+1,042 | 3,22942.3% | 4,27156.0% | 1291.7% | 7,629 |
| Scott County | John McCain+174 | 4,27148.1% | 4,44550.1% | 1611.8% | 8,877 |
| Shelby County | John McCain+3,346 | 6,98739.8% | 10,33358.8% | 2541.4% | 17,574 |
| Spencer County | Barack Obama+38 | 5,03949.5% | 5,00149.1% | 1411.4% | 10,181 |
| St. Joseph County | Barack Obama+20,200 | 68,71058.0% | 48,51041.0% | 1,1691.0% | 118,389 |
| Starke County | Barack Obama+305 | 4,77850.5% | 4,47347.3% | 2152.3% | 9,466 |
| Steuben County | John McCain+1,390 | 6,28444.4% | 7,67454.2% | 1881.3% | 14,146 |
| Sullivan County | John McCain+59 | 4,28448.8% | 4,34349.5% | 1551.8% | 8,782 |
| Switzerland County | John McCain+302 | 1,63845.0% | 1,94053.3% | 621.7% | 3,640 |
| Tippecanoe County | Barack Obama+7,959 | 37,78155.2% | 29,82243.6% | 8331.2% | 68,436 |
| Tipton County | John McCain+1,202 | 3,25041.5% | 4,45256.9% | 1251.6% | 7,827 |
| Union County | John McCain+837 | 1,22436.6% | 2,06161.6% | 631.9% | 3,348 |
| Vanderburgh County | Barack Obama+1,911 | 39,42350.8% | 37,51248.3% | 7210.9% | 77,656 |
| Vermillion County | Barack Obama+993 | 4,00356.1% | 3,01042.2% | 1221.7% | 7,135 |
| Vigo County | Barack Obama+6,919 | 25,04057.3% | 18,12141.5% | 5451.2% | 43,706 |
| Wabash County | John McCain+2,782 | 5,45639.3% | 8,23859.4% | 1771.3% | 13,871 |
| Warren County | John McCain+411 | 1,75543.9% | 2,16654.2% | 771.9% | 3,998 |
| Warrick County | John McCain+3,684 | 12,32943.0% | 16,01355.9% | 3231.1% | 28,665 |
| Washington County | John McCain+1,957 | 4,56240.4% | 6,51957.7% | 2242.0% | 11,305 |
| Wayne County | John McCain+1,099 | 13,45947.1% | 14,55851.0% | 5451.9% | 28,562 |
| Wells County | John McCain+4,101 | 4,40333.7% | 8,50465.1% | 1661.3% | 13,073 |
| White County | John McCain+892 | 4,83944.9% | 5,73153.2% | 1971.8% | 10,767 |
| Whitley County | John McCain+3,262 | 5,86238.6% | 9,12460.1% | 2021.3% | 15,188 |
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · John McCain (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Same ballot, 2008IN
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2008 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.