The 2008 Missouri Republican presidential primary on February 5, 2008 determined the recipient of 55 of the state's 58 delegates to the Republican National Convention in the process to elect the 44th President of the United States. It was an open primary.[1] John McCain won a slight plurality of the vote, receiving all of Missouri's delegates.
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58 pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention All delegates are awarded to the candidate receiving the most votes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() 2008 Missouri Republican primary county map.
John McCain
Mike Huckabee
Mitt Romney |
Results
editCandidate | Votes | Percentage | Counties[4] | Delegates |
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John McCain | 194,053 | 32.96% | 32 | 58 |
Mike Huckabee | 185,642 | 31.53% | 72 | 0 |
Mitt Romney | 172,329 | 29.27% | 12 | 0 |
Ron Paul | 26,464 | 4.50% | 0 | 0 |
Rudy Giuliani* | 3,593 | 0.61% | 0 | 0 |
Fred Thompson* | 3,102 | 0.53% | 0 | 0 |
Alan Keyes | 892 | 0.15% | 0 | 0 |
Duncan Hunter* | 307 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 |
Virgil Wiles | 124 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 |
Tom Tancredo* | 107 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Ayers Gilbert | 88 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 |
Hugh Cort | 46 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 2,097 | 0.35% | 0 | 0 |
Total | 588,720 | 100% | 116 | 58 |
*Candidate dropped out prior to primary
Opinion polling
editPlease see the following article for opinion polling: Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries
County by county results
editCounty | John McCain | % | Mike Huckabee | % | Mitt Romney | % | Ron Paul | % |
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Adair | 558 | 29.00% | 735 | 38.20% | 451 | 23.44% | 158 | 8.21% |
Andrew | 501 | 27.96% | 484 | 27.01% | 641 | 35.77% | 120 | 6.70% |
Atchison | 281 | 37.92% | 189 | 25.51% | 230 | 31.04% | 25 | 3.37% |
Audrain | 744 | 33.2% | ||||||
Barry | 1,365 | 28.3% | ||||||
Barton | 525 | 24.6% | ||||||
Bates | 594 | 37.7% | ||||||
Benton | 803 | 34.7% | ||||||
Bollinger | 518 | 31.3% | ||||||
Boone | 4,948 | 31.3% | ||||||
Buchanan | 2,194 | 31.6% | ||||||
Butler | 1,117 | 24.6% | ||||||
Caldwell | 363 | 36.0% | ||||||
Callaway | 1,203 | 27.1% | ||||||
Camden | 2,196 | 33.9% | ||||||
Cape Girardeau | 3,528 | 31.8% | ||||||
Carroll | 437 | 47.8% | ||||||
Carter | 202 | 28.4% | ||||||
Cass | 3,195 | 31.3% | ||||||
Cedar | 709 | 31.04% | 1,051 | 46.02% | 403 | 17.64% | 63 | 2.76% |
Chariton | 244 | 34.41% | 260 | 36.67% | 167 | 23.55% | 28 | 3.95% |
Christian | 2,943 | 24.37% | 5,852 | 48.46% | 2,748 | 22.75% | 416 | 3.44% |
Clark | 283 | 44.1% | ||||||
Clay | 6,006 | 32.8% | ||||||
Clinton | 603 | 31.6% | ||||||
Cole | 2,982 | 28.74% | 3,247 | 31.30% | 3,729 | 35.95% | 227 | 2.19% |
Cooper | 503 | 28.2% | ||||||
Crawford | 713 | 32.7% | ||||||
Dade | 418 | 27.52% | 769 | 50.63% | 275 | 18.10% | 43 | 2.83% |
Dallas | 751 | 30.39% | 1,153 | 46.66% | 428 | 17.32% | 105 | 4.25% |
Daviess | 236 | 30.0% | ||||||
DeKalb | 310 | 30.2% | ||||||
Dent | 959 | 48.8% | ||||||
Douglas | 516 | 21.15% | 1,343 | 55.04% | 270 | 11.07% | 290 | 12.09% |
Dunklin | 480 | 21.46% | 1,309 | 58.52% | 381 | 17.03% | 36 | 1.61% |
Franklin | 4,032 | 35.7% | ||||||
Gasconade | 793 | 40.25% | 514 | 26.09% | 536 | 27.21% | 75 | 3.81% |
Gentry | 182 | 31.0% | ||||||
Greene | 9,979 | 27.09% | 15,645 | 42.48% | 9,271 | 25.17% | 1,552 | 4.21% |
Grundy | 377 | 34.5% | ||||||
Harrison | 288 | 32.7% | ||||||
Henry | 763 | 37.0% | ||||||
Hickory | 453 | 33.19% | 548 | 40.15% | 238 | 20.73% | 64 | 4.69% |
Holt | 190 | 29.83% | 194 | 30.46% | 201 | 31.55% | 34 | 5.34% |
Howard | 283 | 28.44% | 328 | 32.96% | 319 | 32.06% | 52 | 5.23% |
Howell | 1,347 | 24.76% | 2,882 | 52.97% | 793 | 14.57% | 356 | 6.54% |
Iron | 269 | 32.80% | 354 | 43.17% | 138 | 16.83% | 43 | 5.24% |
Jackson | 12,356 | 33.0% | ||||||
Jasper | 3,220 | 25.8% | ||||||
Jefferson | 6,358 | 33.5% | ||||||
Johnson | 1,558 | 36.2% | ||||||
Knox | 101 | 29.4% | ||||||
Laclede | 1,656 | 30.21% | 2,791 | 50.91% | 807 | 14.72% | 142 | 2.59% |
Lafayette | 1,148 | 35.3% | ||||||
Lawrence | 1,412 | 26.19% | 2,628 | 48.75% | 1,022 | 18.96% | 232 | 4.30% |
Lewis | 279 | 34.23% | 286 | 35.09% | 197 | 24.17% | 32 | 3.93% |
Lincoln | 1,412 | 30.8% | ||||||
Linn | 361 | 33.0% | ||||||
Livingston | 488 | 38.9% | 426 | 33.9% | 248 | 19.8% | 75 | 6.0% |
McDonald | 674 | 25.55% | 1,285 | 48.71% | 389 | 14.75% | 233 | 8.83% |
Macon | 441 | 28.5% | 646 | 41.7% | 390 | 25.2% | 43 | 2.8% |
Madison | 452 | 35.48% | 560 | 43.96% | 185 | 14.52% | 51 | 4.00% |
Maries | 343 | 29.70% | 415 | 35.93% | 321 | 27.79% | 59 | 5.11% |
Marion | 714 | 26.71% | 904 | 33.82% | 891 | 33.33% | 114 | 4.26% |
Mercer | 114 | 27.7% | 132 | 32.1% | 62 | 15.1% | 91 | 22.1% |
Miller | 1,094 | 31.50% | 1,406 | 40.48% | 790 | 22.75% | 109 | 3.14% |
Mississippi | 373 | 33.73% | 471 | 42.59% | 226 | 20.43% | 15 | 1.36% |
Moniteau | 510 | 28.5% | 693 | 38.8% | 466 | 26.1% | 98 | 5.5% |
Monroe | 221 | 27.59% | 300 | 37.45% | 231 | 28.84% | 32 | 4.00% |
Montgomery | 554 | 39.74% | 439 | 31.49% | 313 | 22.45% | 65 | 4.66% |
Morgan | 857 | 34.3% | 896 | 35.9% | 615 | 24.6% | 76 | 3.0% |
New Madrid | 386 | 28.68% | 656 | 48.74% | 250 | 18.57% | 43 | 3.19% |
Newton | 1,983 | 26.0% | 3,476 | 45.5% | 1,744 | 22.8% | 350 | 4.6% |
Nodaway | 586 | 35.7% | 468 | 28.5% | 469 | 28.6% | 83 | 5.1% |
Oregon | 242 | 20.47% | 696 | 58.88% | 134 | 11.34% | 101 | 8.54% |
Osage | 665 | 33.47% | 628 | 31.61% | 610 | 30.70% | 42 | 2.11% |
Ozark | 428 | 26.87% | 766 | 48.09% | 235 | 14.75% | 149 | 9.35% |
Pemiscot | 233 | 23.75% | 565 | 57.59% | 149 | 15.19% | 20 | 2.04% |
Perry | 973 | 43.59% | 575 | 25.76% | 542 | 24.28% | 96 | 4.30% |
Pettis | 1,372 | 36.4% | 994 | 26.4% | 1,226 | 32.5% | 110 | 2.9% |
Phelps | 1,459 | 29.7% | 1,728 | 35.2% | 1,340 | 27.3% | 321 | 6.5% |
Pike | 463 | 32.58% | 461 | 32.44% | 388 | 27.30% | 84 | 5.91% |
Platte | 2,793 | 33.49% | 1,825 | 21.88% | 3,109 | 37.27% | 472 | 5.66% |
Polk | 1,141 | 25.28% | 2,317 | 51.33% | 842 | 18.65% | 154 | 3.41% |
Pulaski | 1,129 | 36.19% | 1,216 | 38.97% | 641 | 20.54% | 66 | 2.12% |
Putnam | 164 | 28.1% | 254 | 43.5% | 128 | 21.9% | 28 | 4.8% |
Ralls | 256 | 27.00% | 376 | 39.66% | 279 | 29.43% | 24 | 2.53% |
Randolph | 623 | 28.2% | 824 | 37.2% | 632 | 28.6% | 95 | 4.3% |
Ray | 554 | 28.9% | 709 | 37.0% | 495 | 25.8% | 126 | 6.6% |
Reynolds | 202 | 32.90% | 283 | 46.09% | 93 | 15.15% | 25 | 4.07% |
Ripley | 329 | 23.62% | 750 | 53.84% | 238 | 17.09% | 52 | 3.73% |
Saline | 617 | 38.3% | 518 | 32.2% | 392 | 24.3% | 51 | 3.2% |
Schuyler | 103 | 25.5% | 179 | 44.3% | 84 | 20.8% | 29 | 7.2% |
Scotland | 129 | 29.8% | 185 | 42.7% | 94 | 21.7% | 16 | 3.7% |
Scott | 1,389 | 33.0% | 1,549 | 36.8% | 1,076 | 25.6% | 113 | 2.7% |
Shannon | 223 | 23.57% | 515 | 54.44% | 83 | 8.77% | 109 | 11.52% |
Shelby | 206 | 29.43% | 321 | 45.86% | 140 | 20.00% | 18 | 2.57% |
St. Charles | 14,705 | 34.95% | 9,185 | 21.83% | 15,869 | 37.72% | 1,613 | 3.83% |
St. Clair | 437 | 33.1% | 572 | 43.3% | 246 | 18.6% | 44 | 3.3% |
St. Francois | 1,727 | 38.0% | 1,631 | 35.9% | 949 | 20.9% | 134 | 2.9% |
St. Louis County | 39,011 | 41.1% | 16,131 | 17.0% | 34,668 | 36.5% | 3,339 | 3.5% |
St. Louis City | 4,371 | 44.5% | 1,613 | 16.4% | 2,858 | 29.1% | 684 | 7.0% |
Ste. Genevieve | 518 | 40.76% | 419 | 32.97% | 270 | 21.24% | 47 | 3.70% |
Stoddard | 772 | 24.85% | 1,571 | 50.56% | 643 | 20.70% | 91 | 2.93% |
Stone | 1,787 | 31.8% | 2,528 | 45.0% | 1,056 | 18.8% | 154 | 2.7% |
Sullivan | 197 | 32.45% | 209 | 34.43% | 130 | 21.42% | 60 | 9.88% |
Taney | 1,784 | 25.90% | 3,850 | 55.89% | 976 | 14.17% | 195 | 2.83% |
Texas | 954 | 27.69% | 1,727 | 50.13% | 480 | 13.93% | 234 | 6.79% |
Vernon | 705 | 32.64% | 920 | 42.59% | 408 | 18.89% | 74 | 3.43% |
Warren | 1,192 | 33.87% | 988 | 28.08% | 1,139 | 32.37% | 130 | 3.69% |
Washington | 616 | 38.36% | 622 | 38.73% | 297 | 18.49% | 50 | 3.11% |
Wayne | 499 | 30.48% | 740 | 45.20% | 323 | 19.73% | 46 | 2.81% |
Webster | 1,343 | 26.59% | 2,576 | 51.00% | 897 | 17.76% | 168 | 3.33% |
Worth | 73 | 28.63% | 84 | 32.94% | 77 | 30.20% | 10 | 3.92% |
Wright | 746 | 23.69% | 1,878 | 59.64% | 298 | 9.46% | 178 | 5.65% |
TOTALS |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Missouri Republican Delegation 2008
- ^ "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri Presidential Preference Primary". Missouri Secretary of State. March 7, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
- ^ "RESULTS: Missouri". CNN. Retrieved February 5, 2008.
- ^ "Feb 5, 2008 Presidential Preference Primary : Election Night Map". Missouri Secretary of State. February 5, 2008. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
- ^ "Missouri County Reporting Select" (PDF). February 5, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2012.