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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Alabama

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Alabama in 1908, 70.8% to 24.3%, a margin of 46.4 points and 48,830 votes.

Alabama voted 55.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1904, when Alton B. Parker won.

Democrats led in 61 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 6. The largest, Jefferson, cast 10,707 votes and went to the Democrat by 52.5 points. The closest was Franklin, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William Jennings Bryan won Democratic 74,391 70.8%
William Howard Taft Republican 25,561 24.3%
All other candidates 5,194 4.9%
Total105,146

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 7,803 72.9% 2,182 20.4% 722 10,707 D+52.5
Mobile 2,422 75.0% 453 14.0% 353 3,228 D+61.0
Walker 1,632 53.3% 1,367 44.7% 62 3,061 D+8.7
Cullman 1,239 42.7% 1,521 52.4% 143 2,903 R+9.7
Montgomery 2,621 96.5% 79 2.9% 15 2,715 D+93.6
De Kalb 1,395 54.6% 1,103 43.2% 58 2,556 D+11.4
Shelby 1,011 40.6% 1,231 49.4% 250 2,492 R+8.8
Madison 2,168 87.1% 277 11.1% 44 2,489 D+76.0
Etowah 1,309 54.3% 996 41.3% 106 2,411 D+13.0
Marshall 1,313 56.1% 923 39.4% 105 2,341 D+16.7
Morgan 1,548 70.0% 497 22.5% 166 2,211 D+47.5
Blount 1,133 52.8% 973 45.3% 40 2,146 D+7.5
Calhoun 1,438 67.8% 570 26.9% 113 2,121 D+40.9
Tuscaloosa 1,729 85.0% 162 8.0% 142 2,033 D+77.1
Jackson 1,404 71.5% 469 23.9% 90 1,963 D+47.6
Coffee 1,305 69.2% 341 18.1% 240 1,886 D+51.1
St. Clair 820 45.7% 782 43.6% 192 1,794 D+2.1
Marion 1,100 64.7% 589 34.6% 11 1,700 D+30.1
Tallapoosa 1,343 81.6% 104 6.3% 199 1,646 D+75.3
Lauderdale 1,177 71.9% 427 26.1% 33 1,637 D+45.8
Chilton 656 40.4% 890 54.9% 76 1,622 R+14.4
Pike 1,507 96.3% 39 2.5% 19 1,565 D+93.8
Fayette 731 47.2% 678 43.8% 139 1,548 D+3.4
Geneva 854 56.1% 500 32.9% 167 1,521 D+23.3
Clay 863 57.8% 594 39.8% 37 1,494 D+18.0
Covington 1,054 70.9% 315 21.2% 118 1,487 D+49.7
Crenshaw 1,100 74.1% 311 20.9% 74 1,485 D+53.1
Dallas 1,420 97.1% 28 1.9% 15 1,463 D+95.1
Houston 965 66.2% 423 29.0% 69 1,457 D+37.2
Limestone 1,188 81.8% 238 16.4% 27 1,453 D+65.4
Marengo 1,333 93.2% 78 5.5% 20 1,431 D+87.7
Cherokee 712 50.4% 602 42.6% 98 1,412 D+7.8
Barbour 1,303 92.8% 43 3.1% 58 1,404 D+89.7
Winston 443 31.6% 949 67.6% 12 1,404 R+36.0
Talladega 1,010 72.6% 351 25.2% 30 1,391 D+47.4
Franklin 650 47.7% 652 47.8% 61 1,363 R+0.1
Dale 921 69.6% 346 26.2% 56 1,323 D+43.5
Lee 1,126 88.4% 64 5.0% 84 1,274 D+83.4
Colbert 849 67.1% 353 27.9% 64 1,266 D+39.2
Coosa 717 57.6% 447 35.9% 80 1,244 D+21.7
Clarke 1,169 94.2% 56 4.5% 16 1,241 D+89.7
Elmore 1,063 86.5% 138 11.2% 28 1,229 D+75.3
Randolph 799 66.2% 395 32.7% 13 1,207 D+33.5
Chambers 1,025 92.8% 50 4.5% 29 1,104 D+88.3
Wilcox 1,027 99.8% 2 0.2% 1,029 D+99.6
Lamar 839 83.1% 160 15.8% 11 1,010 D+67.2
Lawrence 602 60.9% 344 34.8% 42 988 D+26.1
Pickens 816 85.4% 69 7.2% 71 956 D+78.1
Bibb 670 73.0% 139 15.1% 109 918 D+57.8
Butler 727 80.4% 137 15.2% 40 904 D+65.3
Henry 723 81.2% 79 8.9% 88 890 D+72.4
Monroe 856 96.6% 18 2.0% 12 886 D+94.6
Conecuh 651 81.8% 111 13.9% 34 796 D+67.8
Bullock 782 98.7% 10 1.3% 792 D+97.5
Escambia 641 80.9% 113 14.3% 38 792 D+66.7
Perry 776 98.0% 12 1.5% 4 792 D+96.5
Autauga 655 87.1% 97 12.9% 752 D+74.2
Hale 714 97.8% 13 1.8% 3 730 D+96.0
Sumter 719 98.8% 3 0.4% 6 728 D+98.4
Cleburne 278 38.8% 357 49.9% 81 716 R+11.0
Lowndes 633 94.2% 36 5.4% 3 672 D+88.8
Choctaw 590 89.3% 44 6.7% 27 661 D+82.6
Baldwin 439 68.7% 109 17.1% 91 639 D+51.6
Russell 516 91.0% 32 5.6% 19 567 D+85.4
Washington 464 87.2% 40 7.5% 28 532 D+79.7
Macon 482 91.1% 38 7.2% 9 529 D+83.9
Greene 423 96.4% 12 2.7% 4 439 D+93.6

Counties as they stood in 1908; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5