| State Ballot Measures | 100.0% ( 118 of 118 ) precincts reporting as of Nov. 26, 2008, at 1:34 p.m.
| | Merced County Results | |
| 1A | Y | Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond Act | 32,609 | 53.3% | 28,669 | 46.7% | 6,512,189 | 52.6% | 5,887,181 | 47.4% |
| | | 2 | N | Standards for Confining Farm Animals | 26,161 | 42.1% | 35,881 | 57.9% | 8,009,556 | 63.5% | 4,622,352 | 36.5% |
| | | 3 | Y | Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program. | 34,375 | 55.9% | 27,168 | 44.1% | 6,805,649 | 55.2% | 5,536,987 | 44.8% |
| | | 4 | Y | Parent Notif. Before Terminating Minor's Pregnancy | 38,800 | 62.7% | 23,129 | 37.3% | 6,071,863 | 48.0% | 6,570,777 | 52.0% |
| | | 5 | N | Nonviolent Drug Offense. Sentencing, Parole, Rehab | 19,489 | 31.7% | 41,932 | 68.3% | 5,015,080 | 40.3% | 7,407,454 | 59.7% |
| | | 6 | N | Police, Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Laws. | 23,135 | 38.4% | 37,003 | 61.6% | 3,728,495 | 30.8% | 8,365,052 | 69.2% |
| | | 7 | N | Renewable Energy Generation | 21,310 | 35.0% | 39,504 | 65.0% | 4,376,814 | 35.4% | 7,984,617 | 64.6% |
| | | 8 | Y | Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry | 44,800 | 70.8% | 18,520 | 29.2% | 6,838,107 | 52.3% | 6,246,463 | 47.7% |
| | | 9 | Y | Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole. | 35,154 | 58.5% | 25,036 | 41.5% | 6,518,511 | 53.8% | 5,602,596 | 46.2% |
| | | 10 | N | Altern. Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bonds | 23,419 | 38.5% | 37,253 | 61.5% | 4,966,867 | 40.4% | 7,303,418 | 59.6% |
| | | 11 | N | Redistricting | 28,832 | 49.2% | 29,741 | 50.8% | 5,957,057 | 50.9% | 5,759,932 | 49.1% |
| | | 12 | Y | Veterans' Bond | 39,739 | 65.8% | 20,657 | 34.2% | 7,618,136 | 63.5% | 4,385,715 | 36.5% |
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