Who won Wyoming in the 2008 presidential election?

McCain (Republican) carried Wyoming in 2008, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Wyoming have in 2008?

Wyoming cast 3 electoral votes in the 2008 presidential election.

Did Wyoming vote for the national winner in 2008?

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

Modern PolarizationWY · 3 EV

2008

Wyoming: McCain carries 3 EV.

Wyoming cast its 3 electoral votes for McCain (Republican). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Wyoming voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 2008 result in Wyoming

Wyoming backed McCain (Republican) in the 2008 presidential election, casting 3 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Barack Obama (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Wyoming among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 11th consecutive election in which Wyoming backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1968. The region divided — Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Utah, and Idaho joined Wyoming for the Republican ticket, while Colorado did not. Across the 34 presidential elections Wyoming has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (24 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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