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The2008 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Kansas was won by Republican nomineeJohn McCain by a 14.9% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safered state. He won all but three counties and one congressional district in the state. Obama still performed significantly better than Kerry, and his 41.55% of the vote remains the highest for a Democrat in the 21st century, although his running mate Joe Biden nearly matched that percentage12 years later, with a slight reduction in margin of defeat.
As of2024, this is the last time thatCrawford County voted for the Democratic candidate in a presidential election.
There were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:
| Source | Ranking |
|---|---|
| D.C. Political Report[1] | Likely R |
| Cook Political Report[2] | Solid R |
| The Takeaway[3] | Solid R |
| Electoral-vote.com[4] | Solid R |
| Washington Post[5] | Solid R |
| Politico[6] | Solid R |
| RealClearPolitics[7] | Solid R |
| FiveThirtyEight[5] | Solid R |
| CQ Politics[8] | Solid R |
| The New York Times[9] | Solid R |
| CNN[10] | Safe R |
| NPR[5] | Solid R |
| MSNBC[5] | Solid R |
| Fox News[11] | Likely R |
| Associated Press[12] | Likely R |
| Rasmussen Reports[13] | Safe R |
McCain won every pre-election poll. Since March 16, McCain won each poll with a double-digit margin and at least 47% of the vote.[14]
John McCain raised a total of $1,219,074 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,548,322.[15]
Obama spent $62,108. McCain and his interest groups spent $13,693.[16] Neither campaign visited the state.[17]
Kansas has always been a Republican stronghold at the presidential level, voting for GOP nominees in all but seven elections since statehood. The last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Kansas wasLyndon B. Johnson in his landslide in1964. Although the state did receive attention from Barack Obama, whose mother was born in Kansas, it wasn't enough to overcome the deeply planted GOP roots in the state. John McCain carried Kansas by a comfortable 15-percent margin of victory. McCain's margin of victory in Kansas, however, was less than that ofGeorge W. Bush who carried the state in2004 with 62% of the vote overJohn Kerry's 36.62% showing in the state - a 10-point swing to the Democrats in 2008.
Obama only won three counties -Crawford (home toPittsburg),Douglas (home toLawrence), andWyandotte (home toKansas City). The first two were home to large college populations, while Wyandotte had a significant African-American population. He did, however, succeed in winning 41% of the state's popular vote. The other Democrats to have cracked the 40 percent barrier in the state since Johnson's 1964 landslide areJimmy Carter in1976,Michael Dukakis in1988,Joe Biden in2020, andKamala Harris in2024.
To highlight its status as a reliablyred state, former State TreasurerLynn Jenkins, a Republican, ousted incumbent DemocraticU.S. RepresentativeNancy Boyda to win backKansas's 2nd Congressional District seat in theU.S. House of Representatives. Jenkins received 50.80% of the vote to Boyda's 45.97%. At the same time, incumbent RepublicanU.S. SenatorPat Roberts was reelected with 60.06% of the vote over former Democratic U.S. RepresentativeJim Slattery. Republicans also made gains in theKansas Senate, picking up one seat.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichCrawford County voted for the Democratic candidate. Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without carryingAtchison County sinceJohn F. Kennedy in1960.
| 2008 United States presidential election in Kansas[18] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | John McCain | Sarah Palin | 699,655 | 56.48% | 6 | |
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 514,765 | 41.55% | 0 | |
| Independent | Ralph Nader | Matt Gonzalez | 10,527 | 0.85% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Bob Barr | Wayne Allyn Root | 6,706 | 0.54% | 0 | |
| Reform | Chuck Baldwin | Darrell Castle | 4,148 | 0.33% | 0 | |
| Green | Cynthia McKinney (write-in) | Rosa Clemente | 35 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Write-in votes | 36 | 0.00% | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1,238,873 | 100.00% | 6 | |||
| Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 60.8% | |||||
| County[19] | John McCain Republican | Barack Obama Democratic | Ralph Nader Independent | Bob Barr Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 3,552 | 60.67% | 2,189 | 37.39% | 67 | 1.14% | 30 | 0.51% | 17 | 0.29% | 1,363 | 23.28% | 5,855 |
| Anderson | 2,362 | 65.14% | 1,175 | 32.40% | 50 | 1.38% | 24 | 0.66% | 15 | 0.41% | 1,187 | 32.74% | 3,626 |
| Atchison | 3,791 | 52.72% | 3,241 | 45.07% | 99 | 1.38% | 37 | 0.51% | 23 | 0.32% | 550 | 7.65% | 7,191 |
| Barber | 1,833 | 74.45% | 598 | 24.29% | 14 | 0.57% | 9 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.32% | 1,235 | 50.16% | 2,462 |
| Barton | 7,802 | 70.56% | 3,027 | 27.38% | 142 | 1.28% | 52 | 0.47% | 34 | 0.31% | 4,775 | 43.18% | 11,057 |
| Bourbon | 4,240 | 62.53% | 2,394 | 35.30% | 80 | 1.18% | 32 | 0.47% | 35 | 0.52% | 1,846 | 27.23% | 6,781 |
| Brown | 2,985 | 68.21% | 1,317 | 30.10% | 42 | 0.96% | 16 | 0.37% | 16 | 0.37% | 1,668 | 38.11% | 4,376 |
| Butler | 18,155 | 65.13% | 9,159 | 32.86% | 253 | 0.91% | 170 | 0.61% | 136 | 0.49% | 8,996 | 32.27% | 27,873 |
| Chase | 976 | 70.52% | 383 | 27.67% | 12 | 0.87% | 9 | 0.65% | 4 | 0.29% | 593 | 42.85% | 1,384 |
| Chautauqua | 1,418 | 76.57% | 401 | 21.65% | 17 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.43% | 8 | 0.43% | 1,017 | 54.92% | 1,852 |
| Cherokee | 5,886 | 60.90% | 3,594 | 37.19% | 118 | 1.22% | 45 | 0.47% | 22 | 0.23% | 2,292 | 23.71% | 9,665 |
| Cheyenne | 1,148 | 76.64% | 323 | 21.56% | 13 | 0.87% | 7 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.47% | 825 | 55.08% | 1,498 |
| Clark | 897 | 77.39% | 245 | 21.14% | 6 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.78% | 652 | 56.25% | 1,159 |
| Clay | 2,998 | 73.95% | 1,009 | 24.89% | 28 | 0.69% | 13 | 0.32% | 6 | 0.15% | 1,989 | 49.06% | 4,054 |
| Cloud | 3,121 | 70.12% | 1,233 | 27.70% | 51 | 1.15% | 26 | 0.58% | 20 | 0.45% | 1,888 | 42.42% | 4,451 |
| Coffey | 3,054 | 72.16% | 1,121 | 26.49% | 28 | 0.66% | 19 | 0.45% | 10 | 0.24% | 1,933 | 45.67% | 4,232 |
| Comanche | 765 | 78.54% | 194 | 19.92% | 12 | 1.23% | 1 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.21% | 571 | 58.62% | 974 |
| Cowley | 8,492 | 61.59% | 5,012 | 36.35% | 162 | 1.18% | 72 | 0.52% | 49 | 0.36% | 3,480 | 25.24% | 13,787 |
| Crawford | 7,735 | 48.12% | 7,957 | 49.50% | 227 | 1.41% | 94 | 0.58% | 62 | 0.39% | -222 | -1.38% | 16,075 |
| Decatur | 1,189 | 76.81% | 343 | 22.16% | 9 | 0.58% | 3 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.26% | 846 | 54.65% | 1,548 |
| Dickinson | 6,081 | 70.16% | 2,422 | 27.95% | 75 | 0.87% | 60 | 0.69% | 29 | 0.33% | 3,659 | 42.21% | 8,667 |
| Doniphan | 2,372 | 66.55% | 1,115 | 31.29% | 32 | 0.90% | 25 | 0.70% | 20 | 0.56% | 1,257 | 35.26% | 3,564 |
| Douglas | 17,929 | 33.42% | 34,398 | 64.13% | 622 | 1.16% | 307 | 0.57% | 385 | 0.71% | -16,469 | -30.71% | 53,641 |
| Edwards | 995 | 73.32% | 333 | 24.54% | 15 | 1.11% | 12 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.15% | 662 | 48.78% | 1,357 |
| Elk | 1,042 | 72.66% | 363 | 25.31% | 10 | 0.70% | 15 | 1.05% | 4 | 0.28% | 679 | 47.35% | 1,434 |
| Ellis | 8,207 | 65.94% | 4,010 | 32.22% | 128 | 1.03% | 63 | 0.51% | 39 | 0.31% | 4,197 | 33.72% | 12,447 |
| Ellsworth | 2,021 | 68.79% | 851 | 28.97% | 39 | 1.33% | 18 | 0.61% | 9 | 0.31% | 1,170 | 39.82% | 2,938 |
| Finney | 6,926 | 66.89% | 3,275 | 31.63% | 78 | 0.75% | 48 | 0.46% | 27 | 0.26% | 3,651 | 35.26% | 10,354 |
| Ford | 5,730 | 64.64% | 2,991 | 33.74% | 57 | 0.64% | 56 | 0.63% | 30 | 0.34% | 2,739 | 30.90% | 8,864 |
| Franklin | 7,079 | 60.04% | 4,433 | 37.60% | 121 | 1.03% | 66 | 0.56% | 92 | 0.78% | 2,646 | 22.44% | 11,791 |
| Geary | 4,492 | 55.50% | 3,491 | 43.13% | 68 | 0.84% | 23 | 0.28% | 20 | 0.25% | 1,001 | 12.37% | 8,094 |
| Gove | 1,136 | 80.11% | 261 | 18.41% | 10 | 0.71% | 3 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.56% | 875 | 61.70% | 1,418 |
| Graham | 1,060 | 74.49% | 325 | 22.84% | 27 | 1.90% | 7 | 0.49% | 4 | 0.28% | 735 | 51.65% | 1,423 |
| Grant | 1,995 | 74.97% | 635 | 23.86% | 12 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.34% | 10 | 0.38% | 1,360 | 51.11% | 2,661 |
| Gray | 1,643 | 77.54% | 436 | 20.58% | 18 | 0.85% | 15 | 0.71% | 7 | 0.33% | 1,207 | 56.96% | 2,119 |
| Greeley | 591 | 79.33% | 151 | 20.27% | 2 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 440 | 59.06% | 745 |
| Greenwood | 1,619 | 71.04% | 622 | 27.29% | 16 | 0.70% | 14 | 0.61% | 8 | 0.35% | 997 | 43.75% | 2,279 |
| Hamilton | 844 | 77.01% | 233 | 21.26% | 7 | 0.64% | 8 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.36% | 611 | 55.75% | 1,096 |
| Harper | 1,999 | 71.49% | 736 | 26.32% | 35 | 1.25% | 15 | 0.54% | 11 | 0.39% | 1,263 | 45.17% | 2,796 |
| Harvey | 9,006 | 57.40% | 6,318 | 40.27% | 165 | 1.05% | 77 | 0.49% | 125 | 0.80% | 2,688 | 17.13% | 15,691 |
| Haskell | 1,277 | 81.34% | 278 | 17.71% | 8 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.19% | 999 | 63.63% | 1,570 |
| Hodgeman | 865 | 78.92% | 211 | 19.25% | 9 | 0.82% | 6 | 0.55% | 5 | 0.46% | 654 | 59.67% | 1,096 |
| Jackson | 3,811 | 60.95% | 2,308 | 36.91% | 83 | 1.33% | 29 | 0.46% | 22 | 0.35% | 1,503 | 24.04% | 6,253 |
| Jefferson | 5,220 | 58.32% | 3,542 | 39.58% | 118 | 1.32% | 54 | 0.60% | 16 | 0.18% | 1,678 | 18.74% | 8,950 |
| Jewell | 1,231 | 77.71% | 313 | 19.76% | 22 | 1.39% | 10 | 0.63% | 8 | 0.51% | 918 | 57.95% | 1,584 |
| Johnson | 152,627 | 53.70% | 127,091 | 44.72% | 1,469 | 0.52% | 1,540 | 0.54% | 1,484 | 0.52% | 25,536 | 8.98% | 284,211 |
| Kearny | 1,159 | 78.21% | 309 | 20.85% | 10 | 0.67% | 3 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.07% | 850 | 57.36% | 1,482 |
| Kingman | 2,603 | 71.04% | 963 | 26.28% | 40 | 1.09% | 35 | 0.96% | 23 | 0.63% | 1,640 | 44.76% | 3,664 |
| Kiowa | 912 | 80.35% | 200 | 17.62% | 16 | 1.41% | 5 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.18% | 712 | 62.73% | 1,135 |
| Labette | 5,001 | 55.38% | 3,839 | 42.51% | 89 | 0.99% | 56 | 0.62% | 46 | 0.51% | 1,162 | 12.87% | 9,031 |
| Lane | 814 | 79.26% | 193 | 18.79% | 8 | 0.78% | 9 | 0.88% | 3 | 0.29% | 621 | 60.47% | 1,027 |
| Leavenworth | 16,791 | 54.89% | 13,255 | 43.33% | 263 | 0.86% | 162 | 0.53% | 120 | 0.39% | 3,536 | 11.56% | 30,591 |
| Lincoln | 1,204 | 75.91% | 347 | 21.88% | 22 | 1.39% | 6 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.44% | 857 | 54.03% | 1,586 |
| Linn | 3,086 | 66.84% | 1,425 | 30.86% | 57 | 1.23% | 29 | 0.63% | 20 | 0.43% | 1,661 | 35.98% | 4,617 |
| Logan | 1,187 | 82.43% | 225 | 15.63% | 18 | 1.25% | 5 | 0.35% | 5 | 0.35% | 962 | 66.80% | 1,440 |
| Lyon | 6,698 | 51.88% | 5,924 | 45.88% | 169 | 1.31% | 68 | 0.53% | 52 | 0.40% | 774 | 6.00% | 12,911 |
| Marion | 4,159 | 68.64% | 1,801 | 29.72% | 59 | 0.97% | 23 | 0.38% | 17 | 0.28% | 2,358 | 38.92% | 6,059 |
| Marshall | 3,157 | 62.69% | 1,784 | 35.42% | 54 | 1.07% | 26 | 0.52% | 15 | 0.30% | 1,373 | 27.27% | 5,036 |
| McPherson | 8,937 | 66.76% | 4,218 | 31.51% | 107 | 0.80% | 70 | 0.52% | 54 | 0.40% | 4,719 | 35.25% | 13,386 |
| Meade | 1,540 | 79.75% | 357 | 18.49% | 14 | 0.73% | 12 | 0.62% | 8 | 0.41% | 1,183 | 61.26% | 1,931 |
| Miami | 9,382 | 61.01% | 5,742 | 37.34% | 116 | 0.75% | 68 | 0.44% | 69 | 0.45% | 3,640 | 23.67% | 15,377 |
| Mitchell | 2,440 | 76.18% | 701 | 21.89% | 34 | 1.06% | 16 | 0.50% | 12 | 0.37% | 1,739 | 54.29% | 3,203 |
| Montgomery | 9,309 | 66.94% | 4,338 | 31.19% | 145 | 1.04% | 70 | 0.50% | 45 | 0.32% | 4,971 | 35.75% | 13,907 |
| Morris | 1,875 | 66.00% | 907 | 31.93% | 28 | 0.99% | 16 | 0.56% | 15 | 0.53% | 968 | 34.07% | 2,841 |
| Morton | 1,153 | 82.24% | 229 | 16.33% | 8 | 0.57% | 11 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.07% | 924 | 65.91% | 1,402 |
| Nemaha | 3,817 | 71.23% | 1,432 | 26.72% | 67 | 1.25% | 20 | 0.37% | 23 | 0.43% | 2,385 | 44.51% | 5,359 |
| Neosho | 4,473 | 62.19% | 2,563 | 35.64% | 95 | 1.32% | 31 | 0.43% | 30 | 0.42% | 1,910 | 26.55% | 7,192 |
| Ness | 1,207 | 79.15% | 289 | 18.95% | 21 | 1.38% | 5 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.20% | 918 | 60.20% | 1,525 |
| Norton | 1,878 | 77.76% | 497 | 20.58% | 23 | 0.95% | 13 | 0.54% | 4 | 0.17% | 1,381 | 57.18% | 2,415 |
| Osage | 4,820 | 63.89% | 2,534 | 33.59% | 96 | 1.27% | 59 | 0.78% | 35 | 0.46% | 2,286 | 30.30% | 7,544 |
| Osborne | 1,490 | 77.20% | 403 | 20.88% | 26 | 1.35% | 7 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.21% | 1,087 | 56.32% | 1,930 |
| Ottawa | 2,323 | 75.28% | 704 | 22.81% | 28 | 0.91% | 18 | 0.58% | 13 | 0.42% | 1,619 | 52.47% | 3,086 |
| Pawnee | 1,946 | 67.59% | 882 | 30.64% | 39 | 1.35% | 6 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.21% | 1,064 | 36.95% | 2,879 |
| Phillips | 2,105 | 78.93% | 525 | 19.69% | 29 | 1.09% | 5 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,580 | 59.24% | 2,667 |
| Pottawatomie | 6,929 | 70.15% | 2,599 | 26.31% | 79 | 0.80% | 50 | 0.51% | 220 | 2.22% | 4,330 | 43.84% | 9,877 |
| Pratt | 2,822 | 67.35% | 1,294 | 30.88% | 40 | 0.95% | 24 | 0.57% | 10 | 0.24% | 1,528 | 36.47% | 4,190 |
| Rawlins | 1,247 | 80.50% | 273 | 17.62% | 14 | 0.90% | 8 | 0.52% | 7 | 0.45% | 974 | 62.88% | 1,549 |
| Reno | 16,112 | 60.57% | 9,916 | 37.28% | 232 | 0.87% | 136 | 0.51% | 206 | 0.78% | 6,196 | 23.29% | 26,602 |
| Republic | 1,978 | 74.05% | 640 | 23.96% | 27 | 1.01% | 15 | 0.56% | 11 | 0.41% | 1,338 | 50.09% | 2,671 |
| Rice | 2,780 | 69.14% | 1,163 | 28.92% | 44 | 1.09% | 23 | 0.57% | 11 | 0.27% | 1,617 | 40.22% | 4,021 |
| Riley | 12,111 | 52.43% | 10,495 | 45.43% | 186 | 0.81% | 148 | 0.64% | 160 | 0.70% | 1,616 | 7.00% | 23,100 |
| Rooks | 2,068 | 79.91% | 468 | 18.08% | 31 | 1.20% | 11 | 0.43% | 10 | 0.39% | 1,600 | 61.83% | 2,588 |
| Rush | 1,225 | 68.78% | 504 | 28.30% | 29 | 1.63% | 12 | 0.67% | 11 | 0.62% | 721 | 40.48% | 1,781 |
| Russell | 2,509 | 76.19% | 736 | 22.35% | 23 | 0.70% | 14 | 0.43% | 11 | 0.33% | 1,773 | 53.84% | 3,293 |
| Saline | 14,165 | 62.16% | 8,186 | 35.92% | 187 | 0.82% | 184 | 0.81% | 66 | 0.29% | 5,979 | 26.24% | 22,788 |
| Scott | 1,823 | 83.66% | 321 | 14.73% | 19 | 0.87% | 7 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.41% | 1,502 | 68.93% | 2,179 |
| Sedgwick | 106,849 | 55.15% | 82,337 | 42.50% | 1,589 | 0.82% | 1,231 | 0.64% | 1,724 | 0.89% | 24,512 | 12.65% | 193,730 |
| Seward | 3,791 | 71.05% | 1,493 | 27.98% | 15 | 0.28% | 24 | 0.45% | 13 | 0.24% | 2,298 | 43.07% | 5,336 |
| Shawnee | 41,476 | 49.05% | 41,235 | 48.77% | 823 | 0.97% | 418 | 0.49% | 598 | 0.70% | 241 | 0.28% | 84,550 |
| Sheridan | 1,108 | 80.52% | 254 | 18.46% | 11 | 0.80% | 2 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.07% | 854 | 62.06% | 1,376 |
| Sherman | 1,959 | 72.45% | 688 | 25.44% | 30 | 1.11% | 16 | 0.59% | 11 | 0.41% | 1,271 | 47.01% | 2,704 |
| Smith | 1,719 | 77.78% | 446 | 20.18% | 23 | 1.04% | 10 | 0.45% | 12 | 0.54% | 1,273 | 57.60% | 2,210 |
| Stafford | 1,495 | 72.08% | 542 | 26.13% | 21 | 1.01% | 8 | 0.39% | 8 | 0.39% | 953 | 45.95% | 2,074 |
| Stanton | 628 | 75.94% | 188 | 22.73% | 6 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.24% | 440 | 53.21% | 827 |
| Stevens | 1,815 | 85.33% | 283 | 13.31% | 9 | 0.42% | 11 | 0.52% | 9 | 0.42% | 1,532 | 72.02% | 2,127 |
| Sumner | 6,737 | 65.17% | 3,353 | 32.44% | 124 | 1.20% | 74 | 0.72% | 49 | 0.47% | 3,384 | 32.73% | 10,337 |
| Thomas | 2,837 | 77.24% | 787 | 21.43% | 29 | 0.79% | 9 | 0.25% | 11 | 0.30% | 2,050 | 55.81% | 3,673 |
| Trego | 1,225 | 73.31% | 420 | 25.13% | 18 | 1.08% | 2 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.36% | 805 | 48.18% | 1,671 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,395 | 68.02% | 1,036 | 29.42% | 36 | 1.02% | 14 | 0.40% | 40 | 1.14% | 1,359 | 38.60% | 3,521 |
| Wallace | 690 | 85.82% | 96 | 11.94% | 8 | 1.00% | 5 | 0.62% | 5 | 0.62% | 594 | 73.88% | 804 |
| Washington | 2,248 | 75.44% | 659 | 22.11% | 30 | 1.01% | 20 | 0.67% | 23 | 0.77% | 1,589 | 53.33% | 2,980 |
| Wichita | 840 | 82.43% | 163 | 16.00% | 8 | 0.79% | 3 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.49% | 677 | 66.43% | 1,019 |
| Wilson | 2,850 | 69.16% | 1,170 | 28.39% | 49 | 1.19% | 20 | 0.49% | 32 | 0.78% | 1,680 | 40.77% | 4,121 |
| Woodson | 1,055 | 65.98% | 512 | 32.02% | 21 | 1.31% | 6 | 0.38% | 5 | 0.31% | 543 | 33.96% | 1,599 |
| Wyandotte | 16,506 | 28.75% | 39,865 | 69.44% | 409 | 0.71% | 190 | 0.33% | 439 | 0.76% | -23,359 | -40.69% | 57,409 |
| Totals | 699,655 | 56.48% | 514,765 | 41.55% | 10,527 | 0.85% | 6,706 | 0.54% | 7,220 | 0.58% | 184,890 | 14.93% | 1,238,873 |
| Democratic Hold Gain from Republican | Republican Hold |
McCain carried three of the state's four congressional districts.
| District | McCain | Obama | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 68.60% | 29.61% | Jerry Moran |
| 2nd | 54.87% | 43.20% | Nancy Boyda (110th Congress) |
| Lynn Jenkins (111th Congress) | |||
| 3rd | 48.01% | 50.59% | Dennis Moore |
| 4th | 58.38% | 39.72% | Todd Tiahrt |
Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to theElectoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4congressional districts and 2senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 6 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 6 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them.[20] An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as afaithless elector.
The electors of each state and theDistrict of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 6 were pledged toJohn McCain andSarah Palin:[21]
State and district results of the2008 United States presidential election | ||
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