John McCain won 0 electoral votes in Illinois, losing Illinois 21 electoral votes to Obama whom received 3,419,673 votes to McCain's 2,031,527 votes.
Electoral votes are distributed based on population.
Illinois has 21 electoral votes in 2004. These went to John Kerry (D).
Missouri had 11 electoral votes in 2008.
North Carolina had 15 electoral votes in 2008.
Arkansas had 6 electoral votes in 2008. These votes went to John McCain, Republican.
South Dakota had 3 electoral votes for the 2008 election.
Electoral votes are distributed by state, not by county. In 2012, the state of Illinois had 20 votes.
Tennessee had 11 electoral votes in 2008, which went to John McCain (R).
Colorado had 9 electoral votes in 2008. These went to Barack Obama, Democrat.
California had 55 electoral votes in 2008. These went to Barack Obama, Democrat.
If you consider Obama's home state Hawaii, Hawaii has 3 electoral votes.If you count Obama's home state Illinois, Illinois has 20 electoral votes.Barack Obama is now living in Washington D.C., which has 3 electoral votes.