A county result
Mercer County, presidential election of 2008
Mercer County
70.99%John McCain (R), the most votes21,271Votes counted for president78.83%Ballots cast per registered voter
What this is
Mercer County counted 21,271 votes for president across 3 candidates in 2008. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.
The count, as certified
Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| John McCain | R | 15,100 | 70.99% |
| Barack Obama | D | 5,853 | 27.52% |
| Other | O | 318 | 1.49% |
| Ballots cast, all offices | — | 21,749 | 78.83% of registered voters |
Every field this record holds
The entry as it is stored, field by field. Nothing here is computed.
- Ballots cast
- 21,749
- Turnout
- 78.83%
- Registered voters
- 27,589
Where this appears
The pages and figures this entry is drawn in.
Sources
Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.
- County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2024 (V20) · MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL), Harvard Dataverse · 2008-11-04 · accessed 2026-09-17
Cite and data
Cite this page as:
Cracked Buckeye (Open Shower Co), "Mercer County, presidential election of 2008", https://crackedbuckeye.com/county/mercer/president/2008/, built 2026-09-22, accessed [date].
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