Who won Missouri in the 2008 presidential election?

McCain (Republican) carried Missouri in 2008, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 2008?

Missouri cast 11 electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 2008?

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

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2008

Missouri: McCain carries 11 EV.

Missouri cast its 11 electoral votes for McCain (Republican). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Missouri voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 2008 result in Missouri

Missouri backed McCain (Republican) in the 2008 presidential election, casting 11 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Barack Obama (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Missouri among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Missouri backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 2000. The region divided — Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska joined Missouri for the Republican ticket, while Iowa and Illinois did not. Across the 52 presidential elections Missouri has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (33 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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