The '''2008 United States presidential election in Georgia''' took place on November 4, 2008. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the [[United States Electoral College|Electoral College]], who voted for [[President of the United States|president]] and [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]].
[[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] was won by Republican nominee [[John McCain]] with a 5.2% margin of victory. Prior to the election, 15 of 17 news organizations considered this a state McCain would win, or otherwise a [[Red states and blue states|red state]]. It is situated in the [[Deep South]], entrenched in the [[Bible Belt]] (the city of [[Atlanta]] being an exception),. and byBy 2008 it was considered a Republican stronghold, not having been won by a Democratic presidential candidate since [[1992 United States presidential election in Georgia|1992]], and having given double-digit victories to [[George W. Bush]] in [[2000 United States presidential election in Georgia|2000]] and [[2004 United States presidential election in Georgia|2004]]. McCain was able to keep Georgia in the GOP column in 2008 despite the large African American turnout that kept the margin of victory within single digits. With its 15 electoral votes, Georgia was the second-largest prize for McCain in 2008, behind only [[2008 United States presidential election in Texas|Texas]]. This was also the last time Georgia voted more Republican than [[2008 United States presidential election in Missouri|Missouri]], [[2008 United States presidential election in Montana|Montana]], or [[2008 United States presidential election in Indiana|Indiana]].
