# 2008 United States presidential election in Kansas

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The 2008 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 4, 2008, and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by Republican nominee John 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 safe red 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 percentage 12 years later, with a slight reduction in margin of defeat.
As of 2024, this is the last time that Crawford County voted for the Democratic candidate in a presidential election.

## Caucuses

* 2008 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses
* 2008 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses

## Campaign
### Predictions

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 | Likely R |
| Cook Political Report | Solid R |
| The Takeaway | Solid R |
| Electoral-vote.com | Solid R |
| Washington Post | Solid R |
| Politico | Solid R |
| RealClearPolitics | Solid R |
| FiveThirtyEight | Solid R |
| CQ Politics | Solid R |
| The New York Times | Solid R |
| CNN | Safe R |
| NPR | Solid R |
| MSNBC | Solid R |
| Fox News | Likely R |
| Associated Press | Likely R |
| Rasmussen Reports | Safe R |

### Polling

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.

### Fundraising

John McCain raised a total of $1,219,074 in the state. Barack Obama raised $1,548,322.

### Advertising and visits

Obama spent $62,108. McCain and his interest groups spent $13,693. Neither campaign visited the state.

## Analysis

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 was Lyndon B. Johnson in his landslide in 1964. 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 of George W. Bush who carried the state in 2004 with 62% of the vote over John Kerry's 36.62% showing in the state - a 10-point swing to the Democrats in 2008.
Obama only won three counties - Crawford (home to Pittsburg), Douglas (home to Lawrence), and Wyandotte (home to Kansas 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 are Jimmy Carter in 1976, Michael Dukakis in 1988, and Joe Biden in 2020.
To highlight its status as a reliably red state, former State Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, a Republican, ousted incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative Nancy Boyda to win back Kansas's 2nd Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Jenkins received 50.80% of the vote to Boyda's 45.97%. At the same time, incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts was reelected with 60.06% of the vote over former Democratic U.S. Representative Jim Slattery. Republicans also made gains in the Kansas Senate, picking up one seat.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Crawford County voted for the Democratic candidate. Obama became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Atchison County since John F. Kennedy in 1960.

## Results

2008 United States presidential election in Kansas :
| Party | 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 | Write-in votes | Write-in votes | Write-in votes | 36 | 0.00% | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 1,238,873 | 100.00% | 6 |
| Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | Voter turnout (Voting age population) | 60.8% |

### By county

| County | John McCain Republican | John McCain Republican | Barack Obama Democratic | Barack Obama Democratic | Ralph Nader Independent | Ralph Nader Independent | Bob Barr Libertarian | Bob Barr Libertarian | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | 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 |

#### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Crawford (largest city: Pittsburg)

### By congressional district

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) |
| 2nd | 54.87% | 43.20% | Lynn Jenkins (111th Congress) |
| 3rd | 48.01% | 50.59% | Dennis Moore |
| 4th | 58.38% | 39.72% | Todd Tiahrt |

## Electors

Technically the voters of Kansas cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Kansas is allocated 6 electors because it has 4 congressional districts and 2 senators. 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. 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 6 were pledged to John McCain and Sarah Palin:
* Tom Arpke
* Jeff Colyer
* David Kensinger
* Kris Kobach
* Mike Pompeo
* Helen Van Etten