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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Illinois

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Illinois in 1908, 54.5% to 39.0%, a margin of 15.5 points and 179,122 votes.

Illinois voted 7.0 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 69 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 33. The largest, Cook, cast 415,091 votes and went to the Republican by 18.6 points. The closest was Moultrie, where 9 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 Howard Taft won	Republican	629,932	54.5%
William Jennings Bryan	Democratic	450,810	39.0%
All other candidates		74,512	6.4%
Total		1,155,254

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Cook	152,990 36.9%	230,400 55.5%	31,701	415,091	R+18.6
St. Clair	11,342 43.7%	12,619 48.7%	1,973	25,934	R+4.9
Sangamon	9,351 44.7%	10,422 49.8%	1,161	20,934	R+5.1
Peoria	8,898 43.1%	10,828 52.5%	909	20,635	R+9.4
La Salle	7,589 37.8%	11,159 55.6%	1,326	20,074	R+17.8
Vermilion	6,320 32.7%	11,726 60.6%	1,298	19,344	R+27.9
Madison	7,812 42.2%	9,463 51.1%	1,228	18,503	R+8.9
Kane	4,316 23.6%	12,840 70.3%	1,111	18,267	R+46.7
Will	5,693 33.7%	10,358 61.3%	850	16,901	R+27.6
Adams	8,294 50.8%	7,233 44.3%	787	16,314	D+6.5
McLean	5,982 37.3%	8,953 55.9%	1,088	16,023	R+18.5
Rock Island	4,739 32.1%	8,196 55.4%	1,846	14,781	R+23.4
Champaign	4,830 38.5%	7,162 57.2%	539	12,531	R+18.6
Winnebago	2,163 17.3%	8,919 71.5%	1,385	12,467	R+54.2
Fulton	4,906 40.8%	6,077 50.5%	1,042	12,025	R+9.7
Macon	4,615 38.9%	6,643 56.0%	608	11,866	R+17.1
Macoupin	5,775 49.5%	4,988 42.8%	901	11,664	D+6.7
Knox	3,277 29.5%	7,084 63.8%	737	11,098	R+34.3
Henry	2,499 25.3%	6,387 64.5%	1,011	9,897	R+39.3
Livingston	3,778 39.4%	5,358 55.8%	460	9,596	R+16.5
Lake	2,264 24.1%	6,392 68.2%	723	9,379	R+44.0
Bureau	2,871 31.3%	5,280 57.5%	1,035	9,186	R+26.2
Williamson	3,513 38.6%	4,786 52.6%	794	9,093	R+14.0
Stephenson	4,076 45.1%	4,605 50.9%	360	9,041	R+5.9
Kankakee	2,461 28.1%	5,999 68.5%	303	8,763	R+40.4
Coles	3,957 45.8%	4,388 50.8%	287	8,632	R+5.0
Christian	4,156 49.2%	3,686 43.6%	607	8,449	D+5.6
Morgan	3,993 47.7%	4,019 48.1%	351	8,363	R+0.3
Hancock	4,260 51.2%	3,781 45.5%	274	8,315	D+5.8
Montgomery	3,909 47.2%	3,782 45.6%	596	8,287	D+1.5
Iroquois	2,966 36.0%	4,855 58.9%	416	8,237	R+22.9
De Kalb	1,732 21.4%	5,866 72.5%	493	8,091	R+51.1
Whiteside	2,140 26.8%	5,257 65.7%	600	7,997	R+39.0
Marion	4,001 50.2%	3,435 43.1%	527	7,963	D+7.1
Tazewell	3,786 47.8%	3,767 47.5%	370	7,923	D+0.2
Shelby	4,065 51.9%	3,312 42.3%	453	7,830	D+9.6
Jackson	3,149 41.6%	4,016 53.1%	403	7,568	R+11.5
McHenry	1,887 25.2%	5,331 71.1%	283	7,501	R+45.9
Edgar	3,433 46.1%	3,757 50.5%	255	7,445	R+4.4
McDonough	3,112 42.6%	3,733 51.1%	467	7,312	R+8.5
Logan	3,546 48.7%	3,451 47.4%	278	7,275	D+1.3
Pike	3,859 53.1%	2,932 40.4%	474	7,265	D+12.8
Du Page	1,975 27.9%	4,530 64.0%	575	7,080	R+36.1
Ogle	1,761 25.1%	4,848 69.2%	393	7,002	R+44.1
Jefferson	3,377 49.8%	3,210 47.3%	200	6,787	D+2.5
Lee	2,144 32.0%	4,255 63.5%	302	6,701	R+31.5
Fayette	3,193 47.7%	3,261 48.7%	246	6,700	R+1.0
Randolph	3,172 49.0%	3,045 47.0%	256	6,473	D+2.0
Crawford	2,890 46.2%	3,090 49.4%	272	6,252	R+3.2
Clark	2,793 45.3%	3,158 51.3%	210	6,161	R+5.9
Warren	2,327 38.4%	3,283 54.1%	456	6,066	R+15.8
Saline	2,471 41.2%	3,125 52.1%	400	5,996	R+10.9
Wayne	2,791 47.0%	2,946 49.6%	203	5,940	R+2.6
Alexander	2,027 34.1%	3,790 63.8%	119	5,936	R+29.7
Jo Daviess	2,310 40.3%	3,132 54.6%	297	5,739	R+14.3
White	2,934 52.4%	2,436 43.5%	230	5,600	D+8.9
Greene	3,159 58.6%	2,004 37.2%	226	5,389	D+21.4
Clinton	3,016 56.1%	2,104 39.1%	260	5,380	D+17.0
Franklin	2,401 45.9%	2,539 48.5%	293	5,233	R+2.6
Perry	2,482 48.0%	2,392 46.3%	296	5,170	D+1.7
Mercer	1,777 35.6%	2,871 57.5%	344	4,992	R+21.9
Grundy	1,359 27.4%	3,127 63.1%	471	4,957	R+35.7
De Witt	2,155 43.6%	2,628 53.2%	160	4,943	R+9.6
Effingham	2,826 58.5%	1,877 38.9%	127	4,830	D+19.6
Douglas	1,917 39.9%	2,656 55.3%	227	4,800	R+15.4
Lawrence	2,253 48.4%	2,197 47.2%	209	4,659	D+1.2
Woodford	2,156 46.5%	2,204 47.5%	277	4,637	R+1.0
Clay	2,152 47.4%	2,250 49.5%	141	4,543	R+2.2
Union	2,690 59.4%	1,695 37.4%	144	4,529	D+22.0
Mason	2,264 51.2%	1,924 43.5%	236	4,424	D+7.7
Cass	2,434 55.0%	1,878 42.5%	111	4,423	D+12.6
Washington	1,830 41.9%	2,355 53.9%	187	4,372	R+12.0
Jasper	2,317 53.6%	1,860 43.0%	148	4,325	D+10.6
Carroll	1,129 26.2%	2,875 66.7%	306	4,310	R+40.5
Hamilton	2,128 52.1%	1,809 44.3%	150	4,087	D+7.8
Piatt	1,530 37.7%	2,349 58.0%	174	4,053	R+20.2
Bond	1,465 36.7%	2,143 53.7%	384	3,992	R+17.0
Ford	1,164 29.2%	2,617 65.6%	209	3,990	R+36.4
Richland	1,938 50.8%	1,684 44.1%	194	3,816	D+6.7
Marshall	1,714 45.4%	1,893 50.1%	169	3,776	R+4.7
Schuyler	1,876 50.1%	1,622 43.3%	247	3,745	D+6.8
Boone	587 15.9%	2,805 76.1%	296	3,688	R+60.1
Cumberland	1,810 49.6%	1,739 47.7%	100	3,649	D+1.9
Moultrie	1,695 48.2%	1,704 48.4%	119	3,518	R+0.3
Menard	1,748 49.8%	1,600 45.6%	164	3,512	D+4.2
Wabash	1,814 51.7%	1,511 43.1%	184	3,509	D+8.6
Jersey	1,818 53.8%	1,460 43.2%	104	3,382	D+10.6
Gallatin	1,845 54.6%	1,411 41.8%	122	3,378	D+12.8
Pulaski	1,080 32.2%	2,185 65.2%	84	3,349	R+33.0
Monroe	1,512 46.2%	1,733 52.9%	28	3,273	R+6.8
Johnson	1,055 34.3%	1,913 62.3%	104	3,072	R+27.9
Massac	652 23.0%	2,084 73.7%	93	2,829	R+50.6
Brown	1,609 60.9%	947 35.8%	87	2,643	D+25.0
Kendall	556 21.1%	1,948 73.9%	133	2,637	R+52.8
Scott	1,376 53.4%	1,101 42.8%	98	2,575	D+10.7
Pope	748 29.7%	1,706 67.8%	64	2,518	R+38.0
Edwards	747 29.8%	1,614 64.5%	142	2,503	R+34.6
Henderson	820 33.0%	1,547 62.2%	119	2,486	R+29.2
Stark	738 29.9%	1,635 66.3%	94	2,467	R+36.4
Calhoun	905 52.4%	735 42.6%	86	1,726	D+9.8
Hardin	680 43.9%	813 52.5%	55	1,548	R+8.6
Putnam	413 31.2%	834 63.0%	77	1,324	R+31.8

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.

Illinois in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+10.9
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+17.0
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+17.1
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+16.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+25.1
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+10.3
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+12.0
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.5
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+14.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+2.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+7.9
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+2.0
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.5
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+18.9
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.2
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+19.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.9
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+0.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.0
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+13.2
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+14.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+35.5
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+42.3
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+9.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+13.2
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+15.5
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+28.3
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+8.4
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+13.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+3.1
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+3.0
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+3.7
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+6.5
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.5
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4

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