United States presidential election in Kansas, 2008
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County Results
Obama—60-70%
Obama—<50%
McCain—<50%
McCain—50-60%
McCain—60-70%
McCain—70-80%
McCain—80-90%
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The 2008 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 4, 2008 throughout all 50 states and D.C., which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 6 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.
There were 17 news organizations who made state by state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:
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.
John McCain raised a total of $1,219,074 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,548,322.
Obama spent $62,108. McCain and his interest groups spent $13,693. Neither campaign visited the state.
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 the Sunflower State was Lyndon B. Johnson in his landslide election 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.
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