Who won Kansas in the 2008 presidential election?

McCain (Republican) carried Kansas in 2008, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 2008?

Kansas cast 6 electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election.

Did Kansas vote for the national winner in 2008?

No. Kansas backed McCain, while Barack Obama won the presidency nationally.

Modern PolarizationKS · 6 EV

2008

Kansas: McCain carries 6 EV.

Kansas cast its 6 electoral votes for McCain (Republican). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Kansas voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kansas, 2008

In 2008, Kansas awarded its 6 electoral votes to McCain of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Barack Obama (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Kansas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 11th consecutive election in which Kansas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma joined Kansas for the Republican ticket, while Colorado did not. Across the 41 presidential elections Kansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (34 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Barack Obama took 365 of the 538 electoral votes, against John McCain's 173. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 52.93% of the ballots cast.

The 2008 national map

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