2008 United States presidential election in Utah

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2008 United States presidential election in Utah

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Nominee  | John McCain | Barack Obama |
Party  | Republican | Democratic
Home state  | Arizona | Illinois
Running mate  | Sarah Palin | Joe Biden
Electoral vote  | 5 | 0
Popular vote  | 596,030 | 327,670
Percentage  | 62.58% | 34.41%

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County results

Congressional district results

McCain

50–60%

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Obama

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The 2008 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 4, 2008. It was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Utah was won by Republican nominee John McCain by a 28% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all leading news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Highlighting its status as a GOP bastion, Utah gave McCain one of his largest victories over Democrat Barack Obama, a near two-to-one margin. Obama did nevertheless manage to carry three counties, and significantly improved upon John Kerry's performance in 2004.

## Primaries

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* 2008 Utah Democratic presidential primary
* 2008 Utah Republican presidential primary

## Campaign

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### Predictions

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There were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day:

Source  | Ranking

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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

### Polling

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Main article: Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election: Utah

McCain won every pre-election poll conducted in this state, each with a double-digit margin and with at least 55% of the vote. The final three-poll average showed McCain leading 59% to 31%.[14]

### Fundraising

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John McCain raised a total of $1,165,621 in the state. Barack Obama raised $2,121,563.[15]

### Advertising and visits

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Obama spent $297,645. McCain spent just $250.[16] Neither campaign visited the state.[17]

## Analysis

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Utah is a heavily Republican state that has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide in 1964, and even then the state voted considerably to the right of the nation. Johnson is also the last Democrat to manage even 40 percent of Utah's popular vote. The majority of the state's population is Mormon and highly conservative, especially on social issues. Utah gave George W. Bush his largest margin of victory in 2004 over John Kerry, as Bush received over 71 percent to Kerry's 26 percent and carried every county in the state.[18]

With 62.15 percent of the popular vote, Utah proved to be McCain's third strongest state in the 2008 election after Oklahoma and neighboring Wyoming.[19]

Although McCain easily won Utah in 2008, Obama did very well for a Democrat in this Republican stronghold. Obama was able to reduce McCain's margin of victory by narrowly winning Salt Lake County, the state's most populous county that contains the state capital of Salt Lake City, by a mere 296 votes–the first time a Democrat had carried that county since 1964. Obama also carried Summit and Grand counties, both of which have significantly lower Mormon populations than the rest of the state.[20][21][22] Nonetheless, Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Carbon County since Woodrow Wilson in 1912.

This election was the Democratic presidential nominee's best showing in Utah since 1968.[23] In substantially Native American and non-Mormon – but historically heavily Republican – San Juan County, Obama's performance was the best by a Democratic presidential candidate since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940.

During the same election, popular incumbent Republican Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. was reelected to a second term in a massive landslide victory, taking in 77.74 percent of the vote over Democrat Bob Springmeyer's 19.65 percent and Libertarian Dell Schanze's 2.62 percent. At the state level, however, Democrats did manage to pick up two seats in the Utah House of Representatives.

## Results

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2008 United States presidential election in Utah

Party  | Candidate  | Running mate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Electoral votes
| Republican | John McCain | Sarah Palin | 596,030 | 62.58% | 5
| Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 327,670  | 34.41%  | 0
| Constitution | Chuck Baldwin | Darrell Castle  | 12,012  | 1.26%  | 0
| Peace and Freedom | Ralph Nader | Matt Gonzalez | 8,416  | 0.88%  | 0
| Libertarian | Bob Barr | Wayne Allyn Root | 6,966  | 0.73%  | 0
| Green | Cynthia McKinney | Rosa Clemente | 982  | 0.10%  | 0
| Others  | Others  | 293  | 0.03%  | 0
Totals | 952,370 | 100.00% | 5
Voter turnout (Voting age population)  | 55.5%

### By county

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County  | John McCain
Republican  | Barack Obama
Democratic  | Charles Baldwin[24]
Constitution  | Ralph Nader[24]
Peace and Freedom  | Bob Barr[24]
Libertarian  | Various candidates[24]
Other parties  | Margin  | Total votes cast

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#  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %  | #  | %
Beaver | 1,902  | 75.54%  | 542  | 21.53%  | 30  | 1.19%  | 21  | 0.83%  | 12  | 0.48%  | 11  | 0.44%  | 1,360  | 54.01%  | 2,518
Box Elder | 15,228  | 79.24%  | 3,311  | 17.23%  | 221  | 1.15%  | 147  | 0.76%  | 127  | 0.66%  | 183  | 0.95%  | 11,917  | 62.01%  | 19,217
Cache | 29,127  | 69.48%  | 10,294  | 24.56%  | 1,153  | 2.75%  | 315  | 0.75%  | 372  | 0.89%  | 661  | 1.58%  | 18,833  | 44.92%  | 41,922
Carbon | 4,091  | 52.30%  | 3,468  | 44.34%  | 62  | 0.79%  | 90  | 1.15%  | 48  | 0.61%  | 63  | 0.81%  | 623  | 7.96%  | 7,822
Daggett | 297  | 66.89%  | 131  | 29.50%  | 2  | 0.45%  | 8  | 1.80%  | 1  | 0.23%  | 5  | 1.13%  | 166  | 37.39%  | 444
Davis | 77,341  | 69.74%  | 30,477  | 27.48%  | 1,175  | 1.06%  | 956  | 0.86%  | 811  | 0.73%  | 142  | 0.13%  | 46,864  | 42.26%  | 110,902
Duchesne | 4,689  | 81.24%  | 911  | 15.78%  | 66  | 1.14%  | 27  | 0.47%  | 37  | 0.64%  | 42  | 0.73%  | 3,778  | 65.46%  | 5,772
Emery | 3,358  | 75.02%  | 973  | 21.74%  | 43  | 0.96%  | 39  | 0.87%  | 26  | 0.58%  | 37  | 0.83%  | 2,385  | 53.28%  | 4,476
Garfield | 1,710  | 78.37%  | 405  | 18.56%  | 16  | 0.73%  | 11  | 0.50%  | 11  | 0.50%  | 29  | 1.32%  | 1,305  | 59.81%  | 2,182
Grand | 1,871  | 45.65%  | 2,067  | 50.43%  | 28  | 0.68%  | 56  | 1.37%  | 30  | 0.73%  | 47  | 1.05%  | -196  | -4.78%  | 4,099
Iron | 12,518  | 75.06%  | 3,258  | 19.53%  | 352  | 2.11%  | 138  | 0.83%  | 163  | 0.98%  | 249  | 1.50%  | 9,260  | 55.53%  | 16,678
Juab | 2,683  | 73.19%  | 741  | 20.21%  | 129  | 3.52%  | 30  | 0.82%  | 28  | 0.76%  | 55  | 1.50%  | 1,942  | 52.98%  | 3,666
Kane | 2,212  | 69.65%  | 856  | 26.95%  | 27  | 0.85%  | 31  | 0.98%  | 24  | 0.76%  | 26  | 0.82%  | 1,356  | 42.70%  | 3,176
Millard | 3,653  | 77.08%  | 758  | 15.99%  | 264  | 5.57%  | 27  | 0.57%  | 34  | 0.72%  | 3  | 0.06%  | 2,895  | 61.09%  | 4,739
Morgan | 3,311  | 79.06%  | 689  | 16.45%  | 102  | 2.44%  | 28  | 0.67%  | 29  | 0.69%  | 29  | 0.69%  | 2,622  | 62.61%  | 4,188
Piute | 635  | 79.28%  | 141  | 17.60%  | 13  | 1.62%  | 7  | 0.87%  | 2  | 0.25%  | 3  | 0.37%  | 494  | 61.68%  | 801
Rich | 831  | 82.36%  | 154  | 15.26%  | 9  | 0.89%  | 5  | 0.50%  | 5  | 0.50%  | 5  | 0.50%  | 677  | 67.10%  | 1,009
Salt Lake | 176,692  | 48.09%  | 176,988  | 48.17%  | 3,229  | 0.88%  | 3,768  | 1.03%  | 2,556  | 0.70%  | 4,211  | 1.15%  | -296  | -0.08%  | 367,444
San Juan | 2,638  | 51.42%  | 2,406  | 46.90%  | 45  | 0.88%  | 25  | 0.49%  | 14  | 0.27%  | 2  | 0.04%  | 232  | 4.52%  | 5,130
Sanpete | 6,664  | 75.06%  | 1,631  | 18.37%  | 324  | 3.65%  | 87  | 0.98%  | 54  | 0.61%  | 118  | 1.33%  | 5,033  | 56.69%  | 8,878
Sevier | 6,394  | 79.35%  | 1,359  | 16.87%  | 131  | 1.63%  | 52  | 0.65%  | 53  | 0.66%  | 69  | 0.85%  | 5,035  | 62.48%  | 8,058
Summit | 6,956  | 41.11%  | 9,532  | 56.34%  | 75  | 0.44%  | 126  | 0.74%  | 104  | 0.61%  | 127  | 0.75%  | -2,576  | -15.23%  | 16,920
Tooele | 10,998  | 62.98%  | 5,830  | 33.38%  | 206  | 1.18%  | 151  | 0.86%  | 137  | 0.78%  | 141  | 0.81%  | 5,168  | 29.60%  | 17,463
Uintah | 8,441  | 82.84%  | 1,462  | 14.35%  | 157  | 1.54%  | 45  | 0.44%  | 37  | 0.36%  | 47  | 0.46%  | 6,979  | 68.49%  | 10,189
Utah | 122,224  | 77.71%  | 29,567  | 18.80%  | 2,877  | 1.83%  | 1,119  | 0.71%  | 1,311  | 0.83%  | 181  | 0.12%  | 92,657  | 58.91%  | 157,279
Wasatch | 5,430  | 62.96%  | 2,892  | 33.53%  | 81  | 0.94%  | 86  | 1.00%  | 30  | 0.35%  | 106  | 1.23%  | 2,538  | 29.43%  | 8,625
Washington | 37,311  | 74.57%  | 10,826  | 21.64%  | 628  | 1.26%  | 312  | 0.62%  | 413  | 0.83%  | 545  | 1.09%  | 26,485  | 52.93%  | 50,035
Wayne | 940  | 70.04%  | 335  | 24.96%  | 10  | 0.75%  | 12  | 0.89%  | 12  | 0.89%  | 33  | 2.46%  | 605  | 45.08%  | 1,342
Weber | 45,885  | 61.99%  | 25,666  | 34.67%  | 557  | 0.75%  | 697  | 0.94%  | 485  | 0.66%  | 732  | 0.99%  | 20,219  | 27.32%  | 74,022
Totals | 596,030 | 62.15% | 327,670 | 34.17% | 12,012 | 1.25% | 8,416 | 0.88% | 6,966 | 0.73% | 7,902 | 0.82% | 268,360 | 27.98% | 958,996
County Flips:

Democratic

Hold

Gain from Republican

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Hold

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Grand (largest municipality: Moab)
* Salt Lake (largest city: Salt Lake City)
* Summit (largest city: Park City)

### By congressional district

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McCain won all 3 of the state's congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat.

District  | McCain  | Obama  | Representative

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1st | 63.62% | 33.42%  | Rob Bishop
2nd | 57.72% | 39.55%  | Jim Matheson
3rd | 67.35% | 29.25%  | Chris Cannon (110th Congress)
Jason Chaffetz (111th Congress)

## Electors

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Main article: List of 2008 United States presidential electors

Technically the voters of Utah cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Utah is allocated 5 electors because it has 3 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 5 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 5 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.[25] An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.

The electors of each state and the District 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 5 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:[26]

1. Scott Simpson
2. Richard Snelgrove
3. Stan Lockhart
4. Enid Greene-Mickelesen
5. Mark Shurtleff

## See also

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* United States presidential elections in Utah
* Presidency of Barack Obama

## References

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* campaign
* Bill Richardson
* campaign
* Tom Vilsack
* campaign

Republican Party
▌CPNY · ▌IPNY|

* Convention
* Polls
* statewide
* national
* Debates
* Political positions
* Primaries
* Primary results
* VP candidate selection

Candidates|

* Nominee: John McCain
* campaign
* positions
* endorsements
* cross-party
* VP nominee: Sarah Palin
* candidacy
* positions

* Other candidates: Sam Brownback
* campaign
* John H. Cox
* Jim Gilmore
* campaign
* Rudy Giuliani
* campaign
* positions
* Mike Huckabee
* campaign
* positions
* Duncan L. Hunter
* campaign
* Alan Keyes
* campaign
* Ray McKinney
* Ron Paul
* campaign
* positions
* Mitt Romney
* campaign
* positions
* Tom Tancredo
* campaign
* Fred Thompson
* campaign
* Tommy Thompson
* campaign

Draft movements|

* Democratic: Al Gore
* Mark Warner
* Republican: Newt Gingrich
* Condoleezza Rice
* movement
* Independent: Michael Bloomberg
* movement

Third party and independent candidates

Constitution Party
(convention)|

* Nominee: Chuck Baldwin
* campaign
* VP nominee: Darrell Castle

* Other candidates: Daniel Imperato
* Alan Keyes
* campaign

Green Party
(convention)|

* Nominee: Cynthia McKinney
* campaign
* positions
* VP nominee: Rosa Clemente

* Other candidates: Elaine Brown

Libertarian Party
(convention)|

* Nominee: Bob Barr
* campaign
* positions
* VP nominee: Wayne Allyn Root

* Other candidates: Mike Gravel
* campaign
* Steve Kubby
* Wayne Allyn Root
* Mary Ruwart
* Doug Stanhope

America's Independent Party|

* Nominee: Alan Keyes
* campaign
* VP nominee: Brian Rohrbough

Boston Tea Party|

* Nominee: Charles Jay

Objectivist Party|

* Nominee: Tom Stevens

Peace and Freedom Party|

* Nominee: Ralph Nader
* campaign
* VP nominee: Matt Gonzalez

* Other candidates: Gloria La Riva
* Cynthia McKinney
* campaign
* Brian Moore
* campaign

Prohibition Party|

* Nominee: Gene Amondson

Reform Party|

* Nominee: Ted Weill
* VP nominee: Frank McEnulty

Socialism and Liberation Party|

* Nominee: Gloria La Riva
* VP nominee: Eugene Puryear

Socialist Party|

* Nominee: Brian Moore
* campaign
* VP nominee: Stewart Alexander

* Other candidates: Eric Chester

Socialist Workers Party|

* Nominee: Róger Calero
* Alternate nominee: James Harris
* VP nominee: Alyson Kennedy

Independent / Other|

* Jeff Boss
* Stephen Colbert
* campaign
* Earl Dodge
* Bradford Lyttle
* Frank Moore
* Joe Schriner
* Jonathon Sharkey

* Other 2008 elections: House
* Senate
* Gubernatorial

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State and district results of the 2008 United States presidential election

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* District of Columbia
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

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*[CA]: California
*[LA]: Louisiana
*[HI]: Hawaii
*[AZ]: Arizona
*[WI]: Wisconsin
*[FL]: Florida
*[OR]: Oregon
*[PR]: Puerto Rico
*[VA]: Virginia