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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Arkansas

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Arkansas in 1908, 57.3% to 37.3%, a margin of 20.0 points and 30,336 votes.

Arkansas voted 28.5 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 65 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 10. The largest, Pulaski, cast 7,735 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.7 points. The closest was Montgomery, where 31 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William Jennings Bryan won	Democratic	87,020	57.3%
William Howard Taft	Republican	56,684	37.3%
All other candidates		8,141	5.4%
Total		151,845

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Pulaski	3,893 50.3%	3,533 45.7%	309	7,735	D+4.7
Sebastian	3,035 52.9%	2,050 35.7%	652	5,737	D+17.2
Benton	3,067 63.8%	1,527 31.8%	212	4,806	D+32.0
Washington	2,748 58.4%	1,704 36.2%	257	4,709	D+22.2
Conway	2,533 74.4%	818 24.0%	52	3,403	D+50.4
Hempstead	1,779 55.1%	1,346 41.7%	104	3,229	D+13.4
Jefferson	1,585 50.7%	1,386 44.4%	154	3,125	D+6.4
Madison	1,441 47.0%	1,541 50.3%	83	3,065	R+3.3
Yell	1,743 58.2%	1,040 34.7%	214	2,997	D+23.5
Logan	1,716 57.6%	1,151 38.7%	111	2,978	D+19.0
White	1,718 57.9%	887 29.9%	363	2,968	D+28.0
Clay	1,527 56.3%	1,069 39.4%	114	2,710	D+16.9
Ouachita	1,166 43.2%	1,505 55.8%	28	2,699	R+12.6
Crawford	1,261 47.1%	1,339 50.0%	79	2,679	R+2.9
Independence	1,529 57.6%	948 35.7%	177	2,654	D+21.9
Faulkner	1,771 67.0%	740 28.0%	132	2,643	D+39.0
Garland	1,340 52.0%	1,105 42.9%	130	2,575	D+9.1
Pope	1,664 64.7%	811 31.6%	95	2,570	D+33.2
Craighead	1,653 64.5%	711 27.7%	200	2,564	D+36.7
Columbia	1,613 65.6%	817 33.2%	30	2,460	D+32.4
Carroll	1,295 53.2%	1,051 43.2%	86	2,432	D+10.0
Clark	1,206 52.1%	1,007 43.5%	103	2,316	D+8.6
Mississippi	930 41.1%	1,167 51.6%	166	2,263	R+10.5
Greene	1,606 71.6%	549 24.5%	88	2,243	D+47.1
Franklin	1,311 63.6%	565 27.4%	186	2,062	D+36.2
Lonoke	1,385 67.3%	592 28.8%	80	2,057	D+38.6
Jackson	1,055 51.8%	864 42.4%	119	2,038	D+9.4
Ashley	1,100 55.2%	821 41.2%	70	1,991	D+14.0
Monroe	912 46.0%	1,022 51.6%	48	1,982	R+5.5
Prairie	1,103 55.9%	812 41.1%	59	1,974	D+14.7
Union	1,407 71.6%	535 27.2%	23	1,965	D+44.4
Nevada	890 45.3%	784 39.9%	290	1,964	D+5.4
Randolph	1,348 70.4%	517 27.0%	51	1,916	D+43.4
Boone	1,149 60.3%	681 35.7%	77	1,907	D+24.5
Johnson	1,164 62.3%	544 29.1%	159	1,867	D+33.2
Woodruff	1,046 56.2%	752 40.4%	64	1,862	D+15.8
Drew	1,123 60.4%	679 36.5%	56	1,858	D+23.9
Sevier	1,073 57.8%	526 28.3%	259	1,858	D+29.4
Miller	1,035 56.2%	722 39.2%	85	1,842	D+17.0
Lawrence	1,188 64.8%	583 31.8%	63	1,834	D+33.0
Howard	967 55.9%	610 35.2%	154	1,731	D+20.6
Arkansas	937 56.0%	672 40.2%	63	1,672	D+15.8
Polk	824 49.7%	628 37.9%	206	1,658	D+11.8
Scott	893 55.9%	481 30.1%	223	1,597	D+25.8
Phillips	1,194 74.9%	393 24.7%	7	1,594	D+50.3
Van Buren	797 50.6%	667 42.4%	110	1,574	D+8.3
Lee	1,182 75.3%	354 22.6%	33	1,569	D+52.8
Hot Spring	833 53.2%	686 43.8%	47	1,566	D+9.4
St. Francis	619 41.9%	755 51.1%	103	1,477	R+9.2
Dallas	721 50.2%	636 44.3%	80	1,437	D+5.9
Searcy	597 42.9%	636 45.7%	159	1,392	R+2.8
Izard	873 64.0%	392 28.7%	99	1,364	D+35.3
Sharp	940 69.9%	317 23.6%	88	1,345	D+46.3
Saline	899 66.9%	369 27.5%	75	1,343	D+39.5
Poinsett	843 64.1%	462 35.1%	10	1,315	D+29.0
Lafayette	739 56.4%	552 42.1%	20	1,311	D+14.3
Cross	705 55.4%	507 39.8%	61	1,273	D+15.6
Bradley	906 72.0%	316 25.1%	37	1,259	D+46.9
Cleveland	771 61.5%	426 34.0%	57	1,254	D+27.5
Little River	660 53.4%	435 35.2%	142	1,237	D+18.2
Pike	568 47.2%	601 50.0%	34	1,203	R+2.7
Montgomery	553 46.6%	522 44.0%	112	1,187	D+2.6
Fulton	741 62.7%	366 31.0%	75	1,182	D+31.7
Marion	705 60.8%	370 31.9%	84	1,159	D+28.9
Perry	608 54.1%	445 39.6%	70	1,123	D+14.5
Chicot	438 40.3%	644 59.2%	5	1,087	R+19.0
Newton	377 37.7%	582 58.3%	40	999	R+20.5
Baxter	607 62.2%	300 30.7%	69	976	D+31.5
Cleburne	506 54.5%	294 31.6%	129	929	D+22.8
Crittenden	428 52.2%	382 46.6%	10	820	D+5.6
Stone	496 61.9%	267 33.3%	38	801	D+28.6
Calhoun	554 69.3%	234 29.3%	11	799	D+40.1
Desha	518 65.4%	263 33.2%	11	792	D+32.2
Grant	524 74.6%	160 22.8%	18	702	D+51.9
Lincoln	389 67.0%	159 27.4%	33	581	D+39.6

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.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.6
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+27.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+26.9
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+23.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+19.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+9.8
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+5.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.9
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+14.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+0.6
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+30.1
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.1
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+12.7
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+7.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+6.6
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+12.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+40.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+58.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.9
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+73.1
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+20.9
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+31.9
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+19.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+37.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+34.6
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+20.0
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+15.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+28.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+48.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+27.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+16.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.1
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+17.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+20.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+4.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.4

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