Election 1908 Results
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1908 presidential election in Colorado
William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Colorado in 1908, 48.0% to 46.9%, a margin of 1.1 points and 2,951 votes.
Colorado voted 9.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+8.5.
Colorado changed party: in 1904 it went Republican, for Theodore Roosevelt.
Democrats led in 33 of the 59 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 26. The largest, Denver, cast 65,732 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.5 points. The closest was Saguache, where 2 votes separated the two parties.
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 | 126,644 | 48.0% |
| William Howard Taft | Republican | 123,693 | 46.9% |
| All other candidates | 13,521 | 5.1% | |
| Total | 263,858 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 33,145 50.4% | 30,218 46.0% | 2,369 | 65,732 | D+4.5 |
| Pueblo | 8,092 50.8% | 7,337 46.0% | 508 | 15,937 | D+4.7 |
| El Paso | 5,995 39.8% | 8,009 53.2% | 1,048 | 15,052 | R+13.4 |
| Boulder | 5,772 49.6% | 4,862 41.8% | 1,001 | 11,635 | D+7.8 |
| Weld | 4,650 42.8% | 5,544 51.1% | 659 | 10,853 | R+8.2 |
| Las Animas | 4,212 41.5% | 5,722 56.4% | 209 | 10,143 | R+14.9 |
| Larimer | 3,629 41.3% | 4,489 51.1% | 668 | 8,786 | R+9.8 |
| Teller | 4,192 55.6% | 3,105 41.2% | 245 | 7,542 | D+14.4 |
| Otero | 3,542 48.7% | 3,234 44.5% | 494 | 7,270 | D+4.2 |
| Mesa | 2,824 41.6% | 3,049 44.9% | 922 | 6,795 | R+3.3 |
| Fremont | 3,146 47.4% | 3,060 46.1% | 435 | 6,641 | D+1.3 |
| Jefferson | 2,583 47.8% | 2,630 48.6% | 195 | 5,408 | R+0.9 |
| Lake | 2,652 55.4% | 1,919 40.1% | 216 | 4,787 | D+15.3 |
| Delta | 2,006 46.8% | 1,843 43.0% | 438 | 4,287 | D+3.8 |
| Huerfano | 776 19.8% | 3,077 78.7% | 59 | 3,912 | R+58.8 |
| La Plata | 2,004 53.3% | 1,386 36.9% | 368 | 3,758 | D+16.4 |
| Garfield | 1,898 53.0% | 1,500 41.9% | 180 | 3,578 | D+11.1 |
| Chaffee | 1,697 52.4% | 1,230 38.0% | 313 | 3,240 | D+14.4 |
| Conejos | 1,335 43.2% | 1,729 56.0% | 24 | 3,088 | R+12.8 |
| Montrose | 1,461 47.4% | 1,194 38.7% | 428 | 3,083 | D+8.7 |
| Morgan | 1,208 39.8% | 1,670 55.0% | 159 | 3,037 | R+15.2 |
| Arapahoe | 1,340 44.7% | 1,514 50.5% | 144 | 2,998 | R+5.8 |
| Prowers | 1,015 37.6% | 1,435 53.2% | 246 | 2,696 | R+15.6 |
| Adams | 1,232 46.5% | 1,296 49.0% | 119 | 2,647 | R+2.4 |
| Clear Creek | 1,702 65.3% | 869 33.4% | 34 | 2,605 | D+32.0 |
| Routt | 1,403 54.5% | 1,099 42.7% | 70 | 2,572 | D+11.8 |
| Gunnison | 1,481 58.8% | 892 35.4% | 145 | 2,518 | D+23.4 |
| Yuma | 1,148 48.4% | 1,058 44.6% | 166 | 2,372 | D+3.8 |
| Rio Grande | 1,139 49.2% | 1,122 48.5% | 52 | 2,313 | D+0.7 |
| Gilpin | 1,185 55.5% | 844 39.6% | 105 | 2,134 | D+16.0 |
| Logan | 950 45.0% | 1,050 49.8% | 110 | 2,110 | R+4.7 |
| San Miguel | 927 47.7% | 877 45.2% | 138 | 1,942 | D+2.6 |
| Pitkin | 1,262 65.9% | 531 27.7% | 121 | 1,914 | D+38.2 |
| Elbert | 785 42.3% | 968 52.2% | 101 | 1,854 | R+9.9 |
| Kit Carson | 752 41.3% | 985 54.2% | 82 | 1,819 | R+12.8 |
| Bent | 819 45.3% | 918 50.8% | 70 | 1,807 | R+5.5 |
| Ouray | 1,085 64.3% | 537 31.8% | 65 | 1,687 | D+32.5 |
| Saguache | 817 49.3% | 815 49.2% | 25 | 1,657 | D+0.1 |
| Costilla | 555 34.2% | 1,051 64.8% | 17 | 1,623 | R+30.6 |
| Montezuma | 948 63.3% | 442 29.5% | 108 | 1,498 | D+33.8 |
| Douglas | 629 44.2% | 780 54.8% | 14 | 1,423 | R+10.6 |
| San Juan | 774 54.4% | 549 38.6% | 99 | 1,422 | D+15.8 |
| Lincoln | 576 40.9% | 790 56.1% | 42 | 1,408 | R+15.2 |
| Eagle | 828 59.2% | 517 37.0% | 53 | 1,398 | D+22.2 |
| Park | 807 61.9% | 462 35.4% | 35 | 1,304 | D+26.5 |
| Summit | 743 64.9% | 367 32.1% | 35 | 1,145 | D+32.8 |
| Archuleta | 505 46.3% | 501 46.0% | 84 | 1,090 | D+0.4 |
| Custer | 559 52.3% | 500 46.8% | 9 | 1,068 | D+5.5 |
| Washington | 424 40.7% | 593 56.9% | 26 | 1,043 | R+16.2 |
| Grand | 487 47.3% | 527 51.2% | 15 | 1,029 | R+3.9 |
| Phillips | 401 43.1% | 504 54.1% | 26 | 931 | R+11.1 |
| Kiowa | 406 44.6% | 472 51.9% | 32 | 910 | R+7.3 |
| Rio Blanco | 466 53.7% | 378 43.6% | 23 | 867 | D+10.1 |
| Sedgwick | 278 32.9% | 544 64.3% | 24 | 846 | R+31.4 |
| Cheyenne | 331 40.5% | 443 54.2% | 43 | 817 | R+13.7 |
| Mineral | 488 67.1% | 218 30.0% | 21 | 727 | D+37.1 |
| Hinsdale | 215 53.3% | 156 38.7% | 32 | 403 | D+14.6 |
| Baca | 179 44.5% | 215 53.5% | 8 | 402 | R+9.0 |
| Dolores | 184 62.4% | 67 22.7% | 44 | 295 | D+39.7 |
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.
Colorado in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+11.0 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+13.5 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+4.9 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+5.4 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+9.0 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+4.7 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+8.4 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+4.3 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+7.8 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+28.3 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+24.0 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+11.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+28.0 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+9.1 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+23.1 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+9.7 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+19.7 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+21.3 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+5.4 |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+6.8 |
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie (R) | R+2.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+23.3 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+13.4 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+30.8 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+35.0 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+23.4 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+26.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+20.9 |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+1.1 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+14.2 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+13.4 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+71.1 |
| 1892 | James B. Weaver (other) | |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+14.4 |
| 1884 | James G. Blaine (R) | R+12.6 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+5.2 |