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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Idaho

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Idaho in 1908, 54.1% to 37.2%, a margin of 16.9 points and 16,459 votes.

Idaho voted 8.4 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+8.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1904, when Theodore Roosevelt won.

Republicans led in 20 of the 23 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Ada, cast 9,002 votes and went to the Republican by 11.7 points. The closest was Elmore, 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 Howard Taft won Republican 52,621 54.1%
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 36,162 37.2%
Eugene V. Debs Socialist 6,400 6.6%
All other candidates 2,110 2.2%
Total97,293

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ada 3,721 41.3% 4,778 53.1% 503 9,002 R+11.7
Kootenai 2,206 27.5% 4,407 55.0% 1,396 8,009 R+27.5
Nez Perce 2,843 37.8% 3,871 51.5% 798 7,512 R+13.7
Canyon 2,783 37.6% 4,023 54.3% 605 7,411 R+16.7
Fremont 2,854 39.6% 3,920 54.4% 426 7,200 R+14.8
Shoshone 2,109 35.7% 3,256 55.1% 547 5,912 R+19.4
Latah 1,802 32.6% 3,101 56.1% 623 5,526 R+23.5
Bingham 1,749 32.0% 3,277 59.9% 442 5,468 R+27.9
Bannock 1,892 39.9% 2,690 56.8% 158 4,740 R+16.8
Idaho 1,833 41.2% 2,126 47.8% 489 4,448 R+6.6
Bonner 1,223 28.7% 2,512 58.9% 531 4,266 R+30.2
Oneida 1,512 35.9% 2,595 61.5% 110 4,217 R+25.7
Washington 1,452 41.2% 1,819 51.6% 257 3,528 R+10.4
Twin Falls 1,051 33.3% 1,757 55.6% 350 3,158 R+22.4
Blaine 1,248 48.0% 1,197 46.0% 155 2,600 D+2.0
Bear Lake 933 38.6% 1,460 60.4% 23 2,416 R+21.8
Lincoln 804 33.3% 1,310 54.3% 297 2,411 R+21.0
Boise 862 44.7% 877 45.5% 188 1,927 R+0.8
Cassia 600 33.7% 1,049 58.9% 133 1,782 R+25.2
Lemhi 777 46.9% 809 48.9% 69 1,655 R+1.9
Elmore 660 42.4% 662 42.5% 234 1,556 R+0.1
Owyhee 650 48.5% 604 45.1% 86 1,340 D+3.4
Custer 598 49.5% 521 43.1% 90 1,209 D+6.4

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+30.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+31.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+31.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+25.4
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+38.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+39.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.5
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+26.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+46.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+41.3
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+22.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+1.8
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+29.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+29.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+30.8
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+10.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+16.9
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+40.4
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.9
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+56.8
1892 James B. Weaver (other)