2008 South Carolina Presidential Election Results
John McCain
Percent: 53.87%
Votes: 1,034,896
Barack Obama
Percent: 44.90%
Votes: 862,449
Election Summary
In the 2008 presidential election, John McCain, the Republican nominee, won South Carolina with 53.87% of the vote, while Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, received 44.93%. McCain's victory brought him all eight of the state's electoral votes, while third-party candidates collectively captured around 1.20%.
Full Results
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 53.87%
Votes: 1,034,896
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 44.90%
Votes: 862,449
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.38%
Votes: 7,283
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 6,827
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 5,053
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 4,461
Total votes: 1,920,969
State Map
Results by County
Abbeville County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 56.94%
Votes: 6,264
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.75%
Votes: 4,593
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 25
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.50%
Votes: 55
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.35%
Votes: 38
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.24%
Votes: 26
Total votes: 11,001
Bamberg County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 33.89%
Votes: 2,309
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 64.95%
Votes: 4,426
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 20
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 14
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 14
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.45%
Votes: 31
Total votes: 6,814
Calhoun County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 47.75%
Votes: 3,695
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 51.31%
Votes: 3,970
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.34%
Votes: 26
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 18
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 17
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 12
Total votes: 7,738
Chesterfield County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 50.89%
Votes: 8,325
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 47.94%
Votes: 7,842
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 59
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 38
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 49
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 46
Total votes: 16,359
Dillon County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 43.78%
Votes: 5,874
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 55.21%
Votes: 7,408
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.24%
Votes: 32
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 28
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.31%
Votes: 42
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 33
Total votes: 13,417
Florence County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 51.16%
Votes: 29,861
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 47.99%
Votes: 28,012
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 151
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 125
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 115
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 109
Total votes: 58,373
Hampton County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 36.78%
Votes: 3,439
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 62.20%
Votes: 5,816
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 34
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 18
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 15
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 28
Total votes: 9,350
Lancaster County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 56.85%
Votes: 16,441
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.97%
Votes: 12,139
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.37%
Votes: 108
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 72
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 82
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 79
Total votes: 28,921
Marion County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 35.69%
Votes: 5,416
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 63.32%
Votes: 9,608
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.32%
Votes: 48
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 29
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 26
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.31%
Votes: 47
Total votes: 15,174
Oconee County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 67.98%
Votes: 21,164
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 30.45%
Votes: 9,481
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.47%
Votes: 146
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.42%
Votes: 132
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.38%
Votes: 118
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 91
Total votes: 31,132
Saluda County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 60.34%
Votes: 5,191
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.63%
Votes: 3,323
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 19
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 20
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 22
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 28
Total votes: 8,603
Williamsburg County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 30.43%
Votes: 5,004
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 68.59%
Votes: 11,279
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 41
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 60
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.05%
Votes: 9
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 50
Total votes: 16,443
Aiken County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 61.41%
Votes: 42,849
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.41%
Votes: 26,101
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 249
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 227
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 184
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 160
Total votes: 69,770
Barnwell County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 48.67%
Votes: 4,769
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 50.33%
Votes: 4,931
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 17
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 28
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 23
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.31%
Votes: 30
Total votes: 9,798
Charleston County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 45.21%
Votes: 69,822
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 53.55%
Votes: 82,698
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.49%
Votes: 758
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 380
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 419
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 357
Total votes: 154,434
Clarendon County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 43.45%
Votes: 6,758
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 55.77%
Votes: 8,673
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 32
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 30
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 27
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 32
Total votes: 15,552
Dorchester County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 57.11%
Votes: 29,929
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.61%
Votes: 21,806
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.44%
Votes: 232
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 158
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.34%
Votes: 177
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 103
Total votes: 52,405
Georgetown County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 52.13%
Votes: 15,790
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 46.88%
Votes: 14,199
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 89
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 61
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 68
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 83
Total votes: 30,290
Horry County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 61.65%
Votes: 64,609
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.10%
Votes: 38,879
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.35%
Votes: 367
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 273
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.38%
Votes: 401
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 269
Total votes: 104,798
Laurens County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 58.34%
Votes: 15,334
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 40.25%
Votes: 10,578
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.40%
Votes: 106
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.49%
Votes: 129
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 74
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 61
Total votes: 26,282
Marlboro County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 36.74%
Votes: 3,996
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 62.47%
Votes: 6,794
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 24
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 20
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 17
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 25
Total votes: 10,876
Orangeburg County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 30.47%
Votes: 12,115
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 68.58%
Votes: 27,263
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 102
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 85
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.16%
Votes: 63
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.32%
Votes: 126
Total votes: 39,754
Spartanburg County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 60.04%
Votes: 65,042
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.43%
Votes: 41,632
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.35%
Votes: 380
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.65%
Votes: 705
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 301
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 268
Total votes: 108,328
York County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 58.17%
Votes: 54,500
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 40.47%
Votes: 37,918
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.56%
Votes: 527
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 258
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.34%
Votes: 319
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 174
Total votes: 93,696
Allendale County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 23.53%
Votes: 947
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 75.27%
Votes: 3,029
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 11
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 9
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.25%
Votes: 10
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.45%
Votes: 18
Total votes: 4,024
Beaufort County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 54.92%
Votes: 37,821
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 44.14%
Votes: 30,396
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.38%
Votes: 260
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.12%
Votes: 86
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 156
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 151
Total votes: 68,870
Cherokee County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 64.07%
Votes: 13,305
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.74%
Votes: 7,215
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 63
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.37%
Votes: 76
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 47
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 60
Total votes: 20,766
Colleton County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 49.22%
Votes: 8,525
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 49.74%
Votes: 8,616
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 51
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.24%
Votes: 42
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.24%
Votes: 42
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 45
Total votes: 17,321
Edgefield County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 54.98%
Votes: 6,334
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 44.05%
Votes: 5,075
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 35
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 26
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 22
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.24%
Votes: 28
Total votes: 11,520
Greenville County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 61.03%
Votes: 116,363
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.18%
Votes: 70,886
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.47%
Votes: 893
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.82%
Votes: 1,566
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 526
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 423
Total votes: 190,657
Jasper County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 38.01%
Votes: 3,365
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 60.87%
Votes: 5,389
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 32
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 17
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 16
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.40%
Votes: 35
Total votes: 8,854
Lee County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 33.58%
Votes: 3,074
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 65.12%
Votes: 5,960
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 33
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.38%
Votes: 35
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 21
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 30
Total votes: 9,153
McCormick County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 46.58%
Votes: 2,437
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 52.66%
Votes: 2,755
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 9
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 8
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 8
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 15
Total votes: 5,232
Pickens County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 72.13%
Votes: 32,552
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 25.91%
Votes: 11,691
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.54%
Votes: 243
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.83%
Votes: 375
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.35%
Votes: 159
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.24%
Votes: 108
Total votes: 45,128
Sumter County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 41.89%
Votes: 18,581
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 57.33%
Votes: 25,431
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 92
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 102
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 78
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.17%
Votes: 74
Total votes: 44,358
Anderson County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 65.99%
Votes: 48,690
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 32.70%
Votes: 24,132
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.39%
Votes: 287
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.44%
Votes: 321
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 245
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.15%
Votes: 112
Total votes: 73,787
Berkeley County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 55.89%
Votes: 36,205
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 42.84%
Votes: 27,755
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.43%
Votes: 278
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.32%
Votes: 207
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 149
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 187
Total votes: 64,781
Chester County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 45.19%
Votes: 6,318
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 53.49%
Votes: 7,478
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.36%
Votes: 50
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.38%
Votes: 53
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 46
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 36
Total votes: 13,981
Darlington County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 49.58%
Votes: 14,544
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 49.45%
Votes: 14,505
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 78
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 58
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 64
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.29%
Votes: 85
Total votes: 29,334
Fairfield County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 33.67%
Votes: 3,912
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 65.33%
Votes: 7,591
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 27
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.30%
Votes: 35
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 22
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 32
Total votes: 11,619
Greenwood County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 57.29%
Votes: 16,995
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.62%
Votes: 12,348
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.34%
Votes: 100
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 97
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 69
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 58
Total votes: 29,667
Kershaw County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 58.84%
Votes: 16,466
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 40.11%
Votes: 11,226
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.38%
Votes: 105
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.23%
Votes: 65
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.20%
Votes: 55
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.24%
Votes: 68
Total votes: 27,985
Lexington County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 68.45%
Votes: 74,960
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 30.41%
Votes: 33,303
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.39%
Votes: 423
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.28%
Votes: 304
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 286
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 236
Total votes: 109,512
Newberry County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 58.19%
Votes: 9,616
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 40.60%
Votes: 6,708
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.41%
Votes: 68
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.21%
Votes: 34
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 55
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 43
Total votes: 16,524
Richland County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 35.11%
Votes: 57,941
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 64.02%
Votes: 105,656
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.31%
Votes: 516
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 298
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 321
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.18%
Votes: 305
Total votes: 165,037
Union County
John McCain (REP)
Percent: 54.97%
Votes: 7,449
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 43.80%
Votes: 5,935
Bob Barr (LIB)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 37
Chuck Baldwin (CON)
Percent: 0.37%
Votes: 50
Ralph Nader (PET)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 36
Cynthia McKinney (GRN)
Percent: 0.32%
Votes: 44
Total votes: 13,551