Georgia 2008 Presidential Election Results by County
In 2008, the Republican candidate won 125 of Georgia's 159 counties.
| County | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote Share | Margin | Total Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling | John McCain | Republican | 5,085 | 72.7% | 46.3 pts | 6,996 |
| Atkinson | John McCain | Republican | 1,941 | 66.8% | 34.5 pts | 2,904 |
| Bacon | John McCain | Republican | 3,089 | 78.4% | 57.7 pts | 3,938 |
| Baker | Barack Obama | Democratic | 846 | 50.1% | 1.1 pts | 1,687 |
| Baldwin | Barack Obama | Democratic | 8,587 | 51.9% | 4.6 pts | 16,537 |
| Banks | John McCain | Republican | 5,120 | 82.0% | 65.6 pts | 6,241 |
| Barrow | John McCain | Republican | 17,625 | 71.7% | 44.6 pts | 24,582 |
| Bartow | John McCain | Republican | 25,976 | 72.0% | 45.2 pts | 36,093 |
| Ben Hill | John McCain | Republican | 3,417 | 56.6% | 13.7 pts | 6,036 |
| Berrien | John McCain | Republican | 4,901 | 76.0% | 53.2 pts | 6,449 |
| Bibb | Barack Obama | Democratic | 38,987 | 58.7% | 18.0 pts | 66,368 |
| Bleckley | John McCain | Republican | 3,657 | 72.1% | 44.9 pts | 5,071 |
| Brantley | John McCain | Republican | 5,080 | 80.9% | 63.1 pts | 6,277 |
| Brooks | John McCain | Republican | 3,507 | 56.6% | 13.5 pts | 6,201 |
| Bryan | John McCain | Republican | 9,112 | 70.9% | 42.6 pts | 12,845 |
| Bulloch | John McCain | Republican | 14,174 | 59.3% | 19.2 pts | 23,920 |
| Burke | Barack Obama | Democratic | 5,233 | 54.4% | 9.2 pts | 9,626 |
| Butts | John McCain | Republican | 5,947 | 65.4% | 31.7 pts | 9,091 |
| Calhoun | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,342 | 60.7% | 21.7 pts | 2,211 |
| Camden | John McCain | Republican | 10,502 | 61.5% | 23.5 pts | 17,084 |
| Candler | John McCain | Republican | 2,286 | 65.0% | 30.6 pts | 3,518 |
| Carroll | John McCain | Republican | 28,661 | 65.9% | 32.9 pts | 43,498 |
| Catoosa | John McCain | Republican | 18,218 | 74.4% | 49.8 pts | 24,496 |
| Charlton | John McCain | Republican | 2,466 | 66.9% | 34.4 pts | 3,685 |
| Chatham | Barack Obama | Democratic | 62,755 | 56.9% | 14.4 pts | 110,238 |
| Chattahoochee | Barack Obama | Democratic | 830 | 50.2% | 1.1 pts | 1,653 |
| Chattooga | John McCain | Republican | 5,572 | 67.1% | 35.8 pts | 8,307 |
| Cherokee | John McCain | Republican | 70,279 | 74.9% | 51.1 pts | 93,772 |
| Clarke | Barack Obama | Democratic | 29,591 | 65.0% | 31.3 pts | 45,510 |
| Clay | Barack Obama | Democratic | 879 | 61.0% | 22.3 pts | 1,440 |
| Clayton | Barack Obama | Democratic | 82,527 | 83.0% | 66.4 pts | 99,438 |
| Clinch | John McCain | Republican | 1,678 | 62.2% | 25.6 pts | 2,696 |
| Cobb | John McCain | Republican | 170,957 | 54.2% | 9.4 pts | 315,444 |
| Coffee | John McCain | Republican | 8,872 | 64.5% | 29.5 pts | 13,747 |
| Colquitt | John McCain | Republican | 9,185 | 68.4% | 37.6 pts | 13,435 |
| Columbia | John McCain | Republican | 39,322 | 71.0% | 42.7 pts | 55,351 |
| Cook | John McCain | Republican | 3,782 | 64.1% | 28.9 pts | 5,903 |
| Coweta | John McCain | Republican | 37,571 | 70.2% | 41.2 pts | 53,549 |
| Crawford | John McCain | Republican | 3,358 | 64.1% | 29.1 pts | 5,240 |
| Crisp | John McCain | Republican | 4,424 | 58.6% | 17.7 pts | 7,550 |
| Dade | John McCain | Republican | 4,703 | 73.4% | 48.2 pts | 6,408 |
| Dawson | John McCain | Republican | 8,242 | 82.6% | 66.3 pts | 9,974 |
| DeKalb | Barack Obama | Democratic | 254,594 | 79.0% | 58.6 pts | 322,301 |
| Decatur | John McCain | Republican | 5,890 | 56.8% | 14.1 pts | 10,374 |
| Dodge | John McCain | Republican | 5,543 | 67.5% | 35.9 pts | 8,212 |
| Dooly | Barack Obama | Democratic | 2,138 | 51.4% | 3.5 pts | 4,160 |
| Dougherty | Barack Obama | Democratic | 26,135 | 67.3% | 35.0 pts | 38,846 |
| Douglas | Barack Obama | Democratic | 27,825 | 50.5% | 1.8 pts | 55,083 |
| Early | John McCain | Republican | 2,711 | 50.8% | 2.0 pts | 5,335 |
| Echols | John McCain | Republican | 981 | 82.6% | 65.7 pts | 1,187 |
| Effingham | John McCain | Republican | 15,230 | 75.0% | 50.7 pts | 20,316 |
| Elbert | John McCain | Republican | 4,868 | 58.5% | 18.1 pts | 8,317 |
| Emanuel | John McCain | Republican | 5,110 | 62.0% | 24.8 pts | 8,242 |
| Evans | John McCain | Republican | 2,462 | 63.9% | 28.2 pts | 3,855 |
| Fannin | John McCain | Republican | 7,807 | 73.8% | 49.1 pts | 10,584 |
| Fayette | John McCain | Republican | 38,501 | 64.9% | 30.7 pts | 59,321 |
| Floyd | John McCain | Republican | 23,132 | 67.6% | 36.4 pts | 34,213 |
| Forsyth | John McCain | Republican | 59,166 | 78.5% | 58.1 pts | 75,376 |
| Franklin | John McCain | Republican | 6,069 | 75.2% | 51.5 pts | 8,073 |
| Fulton | Barack Obama | Democratic | 272,000 | 67.1% | 35.0 pts | 405,628 |
| Gilmer | John McCain | Republican | 8,408 | 75.4% | 52.0 pts | 11,149 |
| Glascock | John McCain | Republican | 1,202 | 84.2% | 69.5 pts | 1,428 |
| Glynn | John McCain | Republican | 20,479 | 61.4% | 23.4 pts | 33,341 |
| Gordon | John McCain | Republican | 13,113 | 74.5% | 50.2 pts | 17,607 |
| Grady | John McCain | Republican | 5,775 | 61.7% | 23.9 pts | 9,365 |
| Greene | John McCain | Republican | 4,532 | 57.2% | 15.1 pts | 7,919 |
| Gwinnett | John McCain | Republican | 158,746 | 54.7% | 10.2 pts | 290,147 |
| Habersham | John McCain | Republican | 11,766 | 79.5% | 59.9 pts | 14,808 |
| Hall | John McCain | Republican | 44,962 | 75.0% | 50.9 pts | 59,928 |
| Hancock | Barack Obama | Democratic | 3,535 | 81.4% | 63.1 pts | 4,344 |
| Haralson | John McCain | Republican | 8,658 | 78.0% | 57.8 pts | 11,097 |
| Harris | John McCain | Republican | 10,648 | 71.4% | 43.4 pts | 14,908 |
| Hart | John McCain | Republican | 6,537 | 65.4% | 31.7 pts | 10,002 |
| Heard | John McCain | Republican | 3,133 | 74.2% | 49.5 pts | 4,225 |
| Henry | John McCain | Republican | 47,115 | 53.4% | 7.5 pts | 88,229 |
| Houston | John McCain | Republican | 33,392 | 59.7% | 20.2 pts | 55,931 |
| Irwin | John McCain | Republican | 2,605 | 68.1% | 36.8 pts | 3,828 |
| Jackson | John McCain | Republican | 17,776 | 77.4% | 55.9 pts | 22,960 |
| Jasper | John McCain | Republican | 3,916 | 66.3% | 33.6 pts | 5,904 |
| Jeff Davis | John McCain | Republican | 3,867 | 73.3% | 47.6 pts | 5,278 |
| Jefferson | Barack Obama | Democratic | 4,149 | 57.4% | 15.0 pts | 7,234 |
| Jenkins | John McCain | Republican | 1,936 | 56.3% | 13.2 pts | 3,440 |
| Johnson | John McCain | Republican | 2,426 | 66.5% | 33.7 pts | 3,647 |
| Jones | John McCain | Republican | 7,782 | 62.6% | 25.8 pts | 12,438 |
| Lamar | John McCain | Republican | 4,873 | 63.4% | 27.6 pts | 7,688 |
| Lanier | John McCain | Republican | 1,787 | 62.2% | 25.2 pts | 2,873 |
| Laurens | John McCain | Republican | 12,052 | 60.5% | 21.5 pts | 19,937 |
| Lee | John McCain | Republican | 9,925 | 75.8% | 52.2 pts | 13,087 |
| Liberty | Barack Obama | Democratic | 10,474 | 64.0% | 28.4 pts | 16,376 |
| Lincoln | John McCain | Republican | 2,731 | 61.8% | 24.5 pts | 4,416 |
| Long | John McCain | Republican | 2,119 | 61.4% | 24.1 pts | 3,450 |
| Lowndes | John McCain | Republican | 21,296 | 54.3% | 9.3 pts | 39,240 |
| Lumpkin | John McCain | Republican | 8,326 | 75.2% | 51.8 pts | 11,075 |
| Macon | Barack Obama | Democratic | 3,251 | 65.2% | 30.9 pts | 4,984 |
| Madison | John McCain | Republican | 8,226 | 72.4% | 46.3 pts | 11,365 |
| Marion | John McCain | Republican | 1,772 | 55.6% | 12.3 pts | 3,188 |
| McDuffie | John McCain | Republican | 5,400 | 56.6% | 14.8 pts | 9,544 |
| McIntosh | John McCain | Republican | 3,282 | 52.6% | 6.0 pts | 6,236 |
| Meriwether | John McCain | Republican | 4,982 | 52.4% | 5.4 pts | 9,504 |
| Miller | John McCain | Republican | 1,899 | 69.4% | 39.5 pts | 2,738 |
| Mitchell | John McCain | Republican | 4,201 | 51.7% | 4.1 pts | 8,120 |
| Monroe | John McCain | Republican | 7,933 | 65.4% | 31.5 pts | 12,131 |
| Montgomery | John McCain | Republican | 2,521 | 70.2% | 41.1 pts | 3,590 |
| Morgan | John McCain | Republican | 5,987 | 65.4% | 31.6 pts | 9,151 |
| Murray | John McCain | Republican | 8,180 | 71.9% | 45.3 pts | 11,382 |
| Muscogee | Barack Obama | Democratic | 44,158 | 59.6% | 19.7 pts | 74,065 |
| Newton | Barack Obama | Democratic | 20,827 | 50.3% | 1.2 pts | 41,435 |
| Oconee | John McCain | Republican | 12,120 | 70.7% | 42.6 pts | 17,132 |
| Oglethorpe | John McCain | Republican | 4,144 | 64.3% | 29.7 pts | 6,447 |
| Paulding | John McCain | Republican | 39,192 | 68.8% | 38.5 pts | 56,985 |
| Peach | Barack Obama | Democratic | 5,927 | 53.1% | 6.8 pts | 11,165 |
| Pickens | John McCain | Republican | 10,004 | 78.2% | 57.9 pts | 12,786 |
| Pierce | John McCain | Republican | 5,500 | 81.0% | 62.5 pts | 6,791 |
| Pike | John McCain | Republican | 6,547 | 79.8% | 60.6 pts | 8,203 |
| Polk | John McCain | Republican | 9,850 | 69.8% | 41.1 pts | 14,113 |
| Pulaski | John McCain | Republican | 2,553 | 64.6% | 29.7 pts | 3,953 |
| Putnam | John McCain | Republican | 5,966 | 65.3% | 31.4 pts | 9,132 |
| Quitman | Barack Obama | Democratic | 597 | 53.6% | 7.9 pts | 1,114 |
| Rabun | John McCain | Republican | 5,487 | 72.2% | 45.9 pts | 7,599 |
| Randolph | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,833 | 57.0% | 14.4 pts | 3,215 |
| Richmond | Barack Obama | Democratic | 52,100 | 65.7% | 31.8 pts | 79,333 |
| Rockdale | Barack Obama | Democratic | 20,526 | 54.4% | 9.6 pts | 37,706 |
| Schley | John McCain | Republican | 1,252 | 72.0% | 44.5 pts | 1,738 |
| Screven | John McCain | Republican | 3,423 | 52.8% | 6.2 pts | 6,481 |
| Seminole | John McCain | Republican | 2,315 | 57.9% | 16.4 pts | 3,996 |
| Spalding | John McCain | Republican | 14,885 | 58.9% | 18.8 pts | 25,255 |
| Stephens | John McCain | Republican | 7,689 | 73.1% | 47.4 pts | 10,517 |
| Stewart | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,305 | 62.0% | 24.8 pts | 2,105 |
| Sumter | Barack Obama | Democratic | 6,454 | 52.8% | 6.0 pts | 12,235 |
| Talbot | Barack Obama | Democratic | 2,369 | 64.0% | 28.9 pts | 3,700 |
| Taliaferro | Barack Obama | Democratic | 643 | 64.9% | 30.7 pts | 990 |
| Tattnall | John McCain | Republican | 4,730 | 70.4% | 41.7 pts | 6,714 |
| Taylor | John McCain | Republican | 2,021 | 56.4% | 13.5 pts | 3,583 |
| Telfair | John McCain | Republican | 2,486 | 56.8% | 14.3 pts | 4,374 |
| Terrell | Barack Obama | Democratic | 2,501 | 56.6% | 13.8 pts | 4,416 |
| Thomas | John McCain | Republican | 10,642 | 57.7% | 15.8 pts | 18,459 |
| Tift | John McCain | Republican | 9,431 | 66.1% | 32.8 pts | 14,257 |
| Toombs | John McCain | Republican | 6,658 | 68.7% | 38.1 pts | 9,688 |
| Towns | John McCain | Republican | 4,292 | 74.8% | 50.5 pts | 5,739 |
| Treutlen | John McCain | Republican | 1,826 | 61.8% | 24.2 pts | 2,954 |
| Troup | John McCain | Republican | 15,391 | 59.1% | 19.0 pts | 26,028 |
| Turner | John McCain | Republican | 2,096 | 59.0% | 18.8 pts | 3,553 |
| Twiggs | Barack Obama | Democratic | 2,402 | 53.2% | 7.0 pts | 4,519 |
| Union | John McCain | Republican | 8,013 | 75.4% | 52.0 pts | 10,634 |
| Upson | John McCain | Republican | 7,291 | 63.8% | 28.3 pts | 11,421 |
| Walker | John McCain | Republican | 17,110 | 72.7% | 46.8 pts | 23,542 |
| Walton | John McCain | Republican | 27,253 | 75.6% | 52.1 pts | 36,026 |
| Ware | John McCain | Republican | 8,311 | 66.9% | 34.4 pts | 12,416 |
| Warren | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,554 | 58.4% | 17.6 pts | 2,660 |
| Washington | Barack Obama | Democratic | 4,607 | 52.0% | 4.4 pts | 8,863 |
| Wayne | John McCain | Republican | 7,601 | 72.0% | 44.9 pts | 10,560 |
| Webster | John McCain | Republican | 588 | 52.9% | 6.6 pts | 1,111 |
| Wheeler | John McCain | Republican | 1,408 | 63.7% | 27.8 pts | 2,210 |
| White | John McCain | Republican | 8,467 | 78.7% | 58.5 pts | 10,761 |
| Whitfield | John McCain | Republican | 19,230 | 69.5% | 40.0 pts | 27,677 |
| Wilcox | John McCain | Republican | 2,159 | 68.3% | 37.3 pts | 3,163 |
| Wilkes | John McCain | Republican | 2,705 | 53.5% | 7.7 pts | 5,052 |
| Wilkinson | John McCain | Republican | 2,349 | 50.3% | 1.1 pts | 4,673 |
| Worth | John McCain | Republican | 5,780 | 69.1% | 38.7 pts | 8,370 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which party won the most counties in Georgia in 2008?
The Republican candidate won 125 of Georgia's 159 counties in 2008, with 34 counties going to the other major party.
Which Georgia county had the closest presidential result in 2008?
Baker had the closest margin in Georgia in 2008, with Barack Obama (Democratic) winning by 1.1 points out of 1,687 total votes cast.
Which Georgia county had the widest presidential margin in 2008?
Glascock had the widest margin in Georgia in 2008, with John McCain (Republican) winning by 69.5 points.
How many counties are included in Georgia's 2008 presidential results?
This page covers 159 counties in Georgia for the 2008 presidential election, based on MEDSL/EveryElectionResult.com county-level returns.