2008 Presidential Election Results By County
The table below shows how individual counties in MO-04 voted in the 2008 presidential election. U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) won every single county in MO-04 and swept the district with 60.58 percent of the vote while U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) received 37.87 percent, a 22.71-percent margin of victory for the GOP.
County | John McCain | Barack Obama | Difference |
---|---|---|---|
Barton | 74.21 | 24.46 | R + 49.75 |
Dade | 69.65 | 28.79 | R + 40.86 |
Moniteau | 67.02 | 31.27 | R + 35.75 |
Laclede | 66.62 | 31.97 | R + 34.65 |
Cedar | 66.01 | 32.42 | R + 33.59 |
Polk | 65.39 | 33.24 | R + 32.15 |
Dallas | 63.71 | 34.57 | R + 29.14 |
Webster | 63.77 | 34.76 | R + 29.01 |
Pulaski | 63.68 | 34.99 | R + 28.69 |
Camden | 63.59 | 35.12 | R + 28.47 |
Cole | 62.94 | 36.03 | R + 26.91 |
Pettis | 60.51 | 38.07 | R + 22.44 |
Benton | 60.20 | 37.93 | R + 22.27 |
Vernon | 60.08 | 38.08 | R + 22.00 |
St. Clair | 59.76 | 37.81 | R + 21.95 |
Morgan | 59.58 | 38.97 | R + 20.61 |
Cass | 59.18 | 39.55 | R + 19.63 |
Bates | 58.35 | 39.49 | R + 18.86 |
Lafayette | 56.88 | 41.58 | R + 15.30 |
Hickory | 55.72 | 42.44 | R + 13.28 |
Johnson | 55.18 | 42.93 | R + 12.25 |
Henry | 54.62 | 43.63 | R + 10.99 |
Ray | 50.60 | 47.42 | R + 3.18 |
Saline | 50.39 | 47.85 | R + 2.54 |
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