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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Georgia

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Georgia in 1908, 54.6% to 31.2%, a margin of 23.4 points and 30,995 votes.

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

Democrats led in 109 of the 145 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 28 and other candidates in 8. The largest, Fulton, cast 8,134 votes and went to the Democrat by 23.2 points. The closest was Appling, where 1 vote separated the top two.

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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	72,350	54.6%
William Howard Taft	Republican	41,355	31.2%
Thomas E. Watson	Populist	16,687	12.6%
All other candidates		2,112	1.6%
Total		132,504

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fulton	4,790 58.9%	2,906 35.7%	438	8,134	D+23.2
Chatham	3,305 72.5%	1,209 26.5%	42	4,556	D+46.0
Bibb	1,946 75.5%	565 21.9%	68	2,579	D+53.5
Richmond	1,727 70.5%	267 10.9%	454	2,448	D+59.6
Laurens	957 41.9%	730 32.0%	597	2,284	D+9.9
Muscogee	1,599 72.9%	459 20.9%	134	2,192	D+52.0
Floyd	1,204 58.8%	677 33.1%	166	2,047	D+25.7
Thomas	765 42.4%	723 40.1%	315	1,803	D+2.3
Carroll	917 51.3%	505 28.3%	365	1,787	D+23.1
Walker	754 43.6%	925 53.5%	50	1,729	R+9.9
Gwinnett	677 41.0%	541 32.8%	433	1,651	D+8.2
Cobb	889 54.5%	548 33.6%	193	1,630	D+20.9
Bartow	726 45.6%	780 49.0%	86	1,592	R+3.4
Emanuel	549 35.2%	530 34.0%	481	1,560	D+1.2
Hall	707 47.7%	634 42.8%	140	1,481	D+4.9
Polk	492 33.2%	901 60.9%	87	1,480	R+27.6
Jackson	735 49.7%	406 27.5%	338	1,479	D+22.2
Whitfield	586 40.1%	775 53.0%	102	1,463	R+12.9
Decatur	782 53.7%	537 36.9%	136	1,455	D+16.8
Sumter	876 62.9%	476 34.2%	40	1,392	D+28.7
Washington	630 45.8%	267 19.4%	479	1,376	D+26.4
Dekalb	740 54.4%	356 26.2%	265	1,361	D+28.2
Walton	727 53.9%	389 28.9%	232	1,348	D+25.1
Coweta	1,032 81.1%	220 17.3%	20	1,272	D+63.8
Tattnall	534 42.8%	263 21.1%	450	1,247	D+21.7
Chattooga	437 36.4%	716 59.6%	48	1,201	R+23.2
Gordon	476 40.0%	615 51.7%	99	1,190	R+11.7
Screven	355 30.9%	428 37.2%	366	1,149	R+6.4
Elbert	714 62.6%	103 9.0%	323	1,140	D+53.6
Cherokee	326 29.3%	665 59.8%	121	1,112	R+30.5
Fannin	420 38.1%	681 61.9%		1,101	R+23.7
Bulloch	756 69.4%	116 10.6%	218	1,090	D+58.7
Paulding	256 23.7%	630 58.4%	192	1,078	R+34.7
Pike	727 67.4%	230 21.3%	121	1,078	D+46.1
Greene	412 38.6%	428 40.1%	228	1,068	R+1.5
Houston	855 81.6%	27 2.6%	166	1,048	D+79.0
Troup	714 68.1%	45 4.3%	289	1,048	D+63.8
Clarke	720 70.2%	207 20.2%	98	1,025	D+50.0
Meriwether	683 67.4%	211 20.8%	119	1,013	D+46.6
Ware	771 76.5%	190 18.8%	47	1,008	D+57.6
Newton	643 64.0%	303 30.1%	59	1,005	D+33.8
Spalding	725 73.1%	199 20.1%	68	992	D+53.0
Coffee	534 54.6%	382 39.1%	62	978	D+15.5
Randolph	522 53.6%	366 37.6%	85	973	D+16.0
Ben Hill	407 41.9%	412 42.4%	153	972	R+0.5
Franklin	379 39.1%	253 26.1%	338	970	D+13.0
Mitchell	555 58.0%	196 20.5%	206	957	D+37.5
Grady	463 48.8%	238 25.1%	248	949	D+23.7
Brooks	472 49.9%	362 38.3%	112	946	D+11.6
Worth	457 48.4%	237 25.1%	251	945	D+23.3
Lowndes	681 73.5%	154 16.6%	92	927	D+56.9
Pickens	187 20.2%	731 79.0%	7	925	R+58.8
Murray	312 34.3%	539 59.3%	58	909	R+25.0
Haralson	252 28.0%	506 56.3%	141	899	R+28.3
Berrien	595 66.7%	212 23.8%	85	892	D+42.9
Gilmer	360 40.6%	519 58.6%	7	886	R+17.9
Montgomery	414 47.0%	254 28.8%	213	881	D+18.2
Telfair	613 70.5%	29 3.3%	227	869	D+67.2
Dooly	507 58.5%	271 31.3%	89	867	D+27.2
Wilkes	557 65.5%	65 7.6%	228	850	D+57.9
Colquitt	390 46.1%	125 14.8%	331	846	D+31.3
Monroe	456 54.5%	162 19.4%	218	836	D+35.2
Pulaski	651 79.2%	107 13.0%	64	822	D+66.2
Madison	560 68.3%	170 20.7%	90	820	D+47.6
Hart	408 50.4%	192 23.7%	209	809	D+26.7
Liberty	219 27.7%	412 52.0%	161	792	R+24.4
Burke	519 66.4%	193 24.7%	70	782	D+41.7
Dodge	544 69.6%	177 22.6%	61	782	D+46.9
Glynn	467 59.9%	298 38.3%	14	779	D+21.7
Union	344 44.9%	418 54.5%	5	767	R+9.6
Upson	369 48.4%	145 19.0%	249	763	D+29.4
Dougherty	583 78.0%	158 21.2%	6	747	D+56.9
Appling	249 33.5%	250 33.6%	244	743	R+0.1
Jasper	557 75.3%	155 20.9%	28	740	D+54.3
Jefferson	373 50.5%	361 48.9%	4	738	D+1.6
Jones	385 52.4%	322 43.8%	28	735	D+8.6
Harris	556 76.4%	94 12.9%	78	728	D+63.5
Terrell	528 73.0%	142 19.6%	53	723	D+53.4
Morgan	462 64.4%	187 26.1%	68	717	D+38.4
Baldwin	417 59.6%	201 28.7%	82	700	D+30.9
Early	375 53.6%	173 24.7%	151	699	D+28.9
Crisp	452 65.0%	206 29.6%	37	695	D+35.4
Habersham	364 52.4%	230 33.1%	100	694	D+19.3
Macon	350 51.5%	196 28.8%	134	680	D+22.6
Stewart	415 61.1%	241 35.5%	23	679	D+25.6
Oglethorpe	495 73.4%	67 9.9%	112	674	D+63.5
Johnson	135 20.6%	162 24.7%	358	655	Others
Tift	450 68.7%	99 15.1%	106	655	D+53.6
Fayette	338 51.8%	162 24.8%	153	653	D+27.0
Butts	348 53.5%	167 25.7%	136	651	D+27.8
Henry	369 57.6%	194 30.3%	78	641	D+27.3
Rockdale	352 57.5%	172 28.1%	88	612	D+29.4
Hancock	457 74.8%	80 13.1%	74	611	D+61.7
Wayne	394 65.3%	144 23.9%	65	603	D+41.5
Lee	337 56.5%	252 42.3%	7	596	D+14.3
Stephens	306 51.5%	261 43.9%	27	594	D+7.6
Irwin	388 65.5%	174 29.4%	30	592	D+36.1
Talbot	408 69.4%	129 21.9%	51	588	D+47.4
Warren	158 26.9%	166 28.3%	263	587	Others
Taliaferro	235 40.1%	216 36.9%	135	586	D+3.2
Toombs	282 48.4%	200 34.3%	101	583	D+14.1
Clayton	248 42.6%	223 38.3%	111	582	D+4.3
Banks	211 36.4%	221 38.1%	148	580	R+1.7
Forsyth	150 26.0%	345 59.9%	81	576	R+33.9
Taylor	253 44.0%	159 27.7%	163	575	D+16.3
Turner	276 50.5%	105 19.2%	166	547	D+31.3
Catoosa	317 59.0%	213 39.7%	7	537	D+19.4
Douglas	152 29.0%	181 34.5%	192	525	Others
Wilcox	380 72.7%	120 22.9%	23	523	D+49.7
Pierce	295 57.1%	150 29.0%	72	517	D+28.0
McDuffie	157 30.8%	25 4.9%	328	510	Others
Towns	196 40.1%	291 59.5%	2	489	R+19.4
Lumpkin	261 54.5%	218 45.5%		479	D+9.0
Campbell (Ext)	210 45.1%	140 30.0%	116	466	D+15.0
Marion	217 47.1%	155 33.6%	89	461	D+13.4
Schley	219 47.8%	173 37.8%	66	458	D+10.0
Clay	242 54.1%	161 36.0%	44	447	D+18.1
Effingham	302 67.6%	89 19.9%	56	447	D+47.7
Putnam	410 91.9%	20 4.5%	16	446	D+87.4
Oconee	136 31.9%	51 11.9%	240	427	Others
Camden	181 43.2%	233 55.6%	5	419	R+12.4
Rabun	233 55.9%	171 41.0%	13	417	D+14.9
Calhoun	272 65.7%	106 25.6%	36	414	D+40.1
Lincoln	157 38.1%	1 0.2%	254	412	Others
Twiggs	301 76.2%	73 18.5%	21	395	D+57.7
Wilkinson	280 71.6%	55 14.1%	56	391	D+57.5
Glascock	63 16.4%	52 13.6%	268	383	Others
Clinch	202 54.4%	157 42.3%	12	371	D+12.1
Dawson	125 35.3%	219 61.9%	10	354	R+26.6
Milton (Ext)	182 51.4%	120 33.9%	52	354	D+17.5
Columbia	144 42.1%	12 3.5%	186	342	Others
Crawford	285 83.6%	24 7.0%	32	341	D+76.5
White	121 35.6%	183 53.8%	36	340	R+18.2
Jeff Davis	172 50.7%	156 46.0%	11	339	D+4.7
Dade	228 71.5%	72 22.6%	19	319	D+48.9
Jenkins	188 59.3%	53 16.7%	76	317	D+42.6
McIntosh	147 47.7%	161 52.3%		308	R+4.5
Webster	114 44.4%	117 45.5%	26	257	R+1.2
Chattahoochee	111 45.1%	118 48.0%	17	246	R+2.8
Heard	203 83.9%	5 2.1%	34	242	D+81.8
Miller	161 70.6%	23 10.1%	44	228	D+60.5
Baker	149 69.6%	36 16.8%	29	214	D+52.8
Charlton	124 67.0%	53 28.6%	8	185	D+38.4
Quitman	87 47.0%	31 16.8%	67	185	D+30.3
Echols	140 90.3%	15 9.7%		155	D+80.6

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

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