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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Florida

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Florida in 1908, 63.0% to 21.6%, a margin of 41.4 points and 20,450 votes.

Florida voted 49.9 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 45 of the 46 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Hillsborough, cast 3,694 votes and went to the Democrat by 63.2 points. The closest was Baker, where 48 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 31,104 63.0%
William Howard Taft Republican 10,654 21.6%
All other candidates 3,855 7.8%
Eugene V. Debs Socialist 3,747 7.6%
Total49,360

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Hillsborough 2,703 73.2% 367 9.9% 624 3,694 D+63.2
Duval 2,381 66.8% 641 18.0% 540 3,562 D+48.8
Escambia 1,887 56.2% 718 21.4% 751 3,356 D+34.8
Marion 1,352 61.8% 482 22.0% 352 2,186 D+39.8
Alachua 1,239 61.0% 686 33.8% 105 2,030 D+27.2
Polk 1,251 69.6% 290 16.1% 256 1,797 D+53.5
Jackson 1,122 66.4% 353 20.9% 214 1,689 D+45.5
Orange 952 59.2% 485 30.1% 172 1,609 D+29.0
Dade 961 60.6% 275 17.3% 350 1,586 D+43.3
Putnam 797 54.2% 454 30.9% 219 1,470 D+23.3
De Soto 992 69.0% 244 17.0% 201 1,437 D+52.1
St. Johns 758 56.1% 344 25.4% 250 1,352 D+30.6
Volusia 736 58.2% 444 35.1% 85 1,265 D+23.1
Washington 652 55.8% 288 24.6% 229 1,169 D+31.1
Monroe 630 54.0% 227 19.5% 309 1,166 D+34.6
Suwannee 597 56.7% 150 14.2% 306 1,053 D+42.5
Bradford 729 74.3% 180 18.3% 72 981 D+56.0
Walton 504 51.9% 369 38.0% 99 972 D+13.9
Leon 698 72.9% 143 14.9% 117 958 D+57.9
Manatee 644 70.8% 93 10.2% 172 909 D+60.6
Columbia 465 52.1% 279 31.3% 148 892 D+20.9
Holmes 438 50.7% 337 39.0% 89 864 D+11.7
Lake 487 58.5% 200 24.0% 146 833 D+34.5
Santa Rosa 535 66.6% 212 26.4% 56 803 D+40.2
Jefferson 565 71.3% 149 18.8% 78 792 D+52.5
Gadsden 563 76.3% 89 12.1% 86 738 D+64.2
Hamilton 452 63.8% 116 16.4% 140 708 D+47.5
Levy 411 59.1% 189 27.2% 95 695 D+31.9
Calhoun 241 35.2% 339 49.6% 104 684 R+14.3
Lafayette 487 75.5% 90 14.0% 68 645 D+61.6
Nassau 466 75.0% 92 14.8% 63 621 D+60.2
Madison 511 85.9% 32 5.4% 52 595 D+80.5
Brevard 294 50.8% 225 38.9% 60 579 D+11.9
Pasco 436 76.5% 81 14.2% 53 570 D+62.3
Clay 355 63.6% 122 21.9% 81 558 D+41.8
Lee 266 49.9% 72 13.5% 195 533 D+36.4
Taylor 250 48.6% 160 31.1% 104 514 D+17.5
Franklin 283 56.9% 112 22.5% 102 497 D+34.4
Sumter 343 69.7% 62 12.6% 87 492 D+57.1
Citrus 371 83.6% 33 7.4% 40 444 D+76.1
St. Lucie 280 64.5% 63 14.5% 91 434 D+50.0
Wakulla 239 69.5% 56 16.3% 49 344 D+53.2
Hernando 260 76.7% 57 16.8% 22 339 D+59.9
Baker 152 45.2% 104 31.0% 80 336 D+14.3
Osceola 193 57.4% 81 24.1% 62 336 D+33.3
Liberty 176 64.5% 69 25.3% 28 273 D+39.2

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.

Florida in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+3.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+1.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+0.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+2.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+5.0
2000 George W. Bush (R) level
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+5.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+1.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+22.4
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+30.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.0
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+44.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+2.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+10.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+52.2
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+49.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+28.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+51.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.1
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+41.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+46.9
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+52.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+85.0
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+19.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+8.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.0