Election 1908 Results
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1908 presidential election in Indiana
William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Indiana in 1908, 48.4% to 46.9%, a margin of 1.5 points and 10,731 votes.
Indiana voted 7.0 points more Democratic 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 47 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 45. The largest, Marion, cast 70,580 votes and went to the Republican by 0.4 points. The closest was Pike, where 1 vote 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 Howard Taft won | Republican | 348,993 | 48.4% |
| William Jennings Bryan | Democratic | 338,262 | 46.9% |
| All other candidates | 33,862 | 4.7% | |
| Total | 721,117 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 34,078 48.3% | 34,351 48.7% | 2,151 | 70,580 | R+0.4 |
| Allen | 12,145 53.9% | 9,468 42.1% | 900 | 22,513 | D+11.9 |
| Vigo | 10,685 47.8% | 10,223 45.8% | 1,434 | 22,342 | D+2.1 |
| St. Joseph | 8,562 41.1% | 11,222 53.9% | 1,029 | 20,813 | R+12.8 |
| Vanderburgh | 8,033 43.6% | 9,116 49.4% | 1,294 | 18,443 | R+5.9 |
| Madison | 8,296 48.2% | 7,481 43.5% | 1,427 | 17,204 | D+4.7 |
| Lake | 5,502 35.3% | 9,499 61.0% | 578 | 15,579 | R+25.7 |
| Grant | 5,819 40.0% | 7,181 49.4% | 1,531 | 14,531 | R+9.4 |
| Delaware | 5,725 41.9% | 7,014 51.3% | 937 | 13,676 | R+9.4 |
| Elkhart | 5,697 44.0% | 6,245 48.2% | 1,017 | 12,959 | R+4.2 |
| La Porte | 5,680 48.3% | 5,824 49.5% | 256 | 11,760 | R+1.2 |
| Wayne | 4,503 38.4% | 6,731 57.3% | 504 | 11,738 | R+19.0 |
| Tippecanoe | 4,984 43.2% | 6,164 53.4% | 391 | 11,539 | R+10.2 |
| Cass | 5,234 50.6% | 4,700 45.4% | 410 | 10,344 | D+5.2 |
| Knox | 5,116 51.2% | 4,247 42.5% | 622 | 9,985 | D+8.7 |
| Greene | 4,172 44.5% | 4,145 44.2% | 1,068 | 9,385 | D+0.3 |
| Montgomery | 4,227 47.4% | 4,427 49.6% | 265 | 8,919 | R+2.2 |
| Howard | 3,497 40.0% | 4,423 50.6% | 821 | 8,741 | R+10.6 |
| Clay | 4,204 48.9% | 3,766 43.8% | 631 | 8,601 | D+5.1 |
| Miami | 4,176 49.5% | 3,820 45.3% | 444 | 8,440 | D+4.2 |
| Huntington | 3,712 44.5% | 3,973 47.6% | 659 | 8,344 | R+3.1 |
| Sullivan | 4,657 56.5% | 2,942 35.7% | 649 | 8,248 | D+20.8 |
| Kosciusko | 3,362 41.8% | 4,377 54.4% | 300 | 8,039 | R+12.6 |
| Henry | 3,197 40.1% | 4,358 54.6% | 423 | 7,978 | R+14.6 |
| Clark | 4,085 51.3% | 3,706 46.6% | 168 | 7,959 | D+4.8 |
| Shelby | 4,035 50.9% | 3,529 44.5% | 359 | 7,923 | D+6.4 |
| Randolph | 2,600 33.0% | 4,792 60.9% | 476 | 7,868 | R+27.9 |
| Hamilton | 2,947 37.6% | 4,421 56.5% | 460 | 7,828 | R+18.8 |
| Floyd | 4,064 51.9% | 3,431 43.8% | 330 | 7,825 | D+8.1 |
| Gibson | 3,656 47.2% | 3,753 48.4% | 338 | 7,747 | R+1.3 |
| Clinton | 3,680 47.9% | 3,626 47.2% | 376 | 7,682 | D+0.7 |
| Wabash | 3,116 40.8% | 4,091 53.5% | 433 | 7,640 | R+12.8 |
| Lawrence | 3,118 43.2% | 3,884 53.8% | 222 | 7,224 | R+10.6 |
| Boone | 3,525 49.0% | 3,471 48.2% | 202 | 7,198 | D+0.8 |
| Bartholomew | 3,637 50.7% | 3,306 46.1% | 224 | 7,167 | D+4.6 |
| Jay | 3,370 47.4% | 3,256 45.7% | 491 | 7,117 | D+1.6 |
| Daviess | 3,253 46.0% | 3,424 48.4% | 400 | 7,077 | R+2.4 |
| De Kalb | 3,684 52.2% | 2,991 42.4% | 377 | 7,052 | D+9.8 |
| Noble | 3,249 47.0% | 3,507 50.7% | 158 | 6,914 | R+3.7 |
| Jackson | 3,783 57.4% | 2,631 39.9% | 175 | 6,589 | D+17.5 |
| Marshall | 3,287 50.5% | 2,947 45.3% | 270 | 6,504 | D+5.2 |
| Parke | 2,707 43.2% | 3,026 48.3% | 526 | 6,259 | R+5.1 |
| Wells | 3,345 55.0% | 2,185 35.9% | 553 | 6,083 | D+19.1 |
| Morgan | 2,789 46.3% | 3,074 51.0% | 167 | 6,030 | R+4.7 |
| Dearborn | 3,365 55.8% | 2,520 41.8% | 142 | 6,027 | D+14.0 |
| Johnson | 3,268 54.5% | 2,519 42.0% | 205 | 5,992 | D+12.5 |
| Jefferson | 2,708 45.3% | 2,995 50.1% | 280 | 5,983 | R+4.8 |
| Hendricks | 2,571 43.2% | 3,231 54.3% | 151 | 5,953 | R+11.1 |
| Monroe | 2,780 46.9% | 3,051 51.5% | 95 | 5,926 | R+4.6 |
| Putnam | 3,131 52.8% | 2,626 44.3% | 169 | 5,926 | D+8.5 |
| Fountain | 2,846 48.1% | 2,894 48.9% | 178 | 5,918 | R+0.8 |
| Warrick | 2,782 47.4% | 2,839 48.4% | 248 | 5,869 | R+1.0 |
| Rush | 2,544 43.4% | 3,102 53.0% | 211 | 5,857 | R+9.5 |
| Posey | 3,084 53.6% | 2,444 42.5% | 224 | 5,752 | D+11.1 |
| Hancock | 3,040 53.5% | 2,472 43.5% | 171 | 5,683 | D+10.0 |
| Spencer | 2,662 47.0% | 2,920 51.5% | 84 | 5,666 | R+4.6 |
| Decatur | 2,564 45.7% | 2,838 50.6% | 205 | 5,607 | R+4.9 |
| Ripley | 2,749 49.2% | 2,660 47.7% | 173 | 5,582 | D+1.6 |
| Carroll | 2,590 48.3% | 2,546 47.5% | 229 | 5,365 | D+0.8 |
| Adams | 3,404 64.4% | 1,726 32.6% | 159 | 5,289 | D+31.7 |
| Harrison | 2,646 50.5% | 2,419 46.2% | 174 | 5,239 | D+4.3 |
| Tipton | 2,556 49.6% | 2,395 46.5% | 205 | 5,156 | D+3.1 |
| Vermillion | 1,844 36.5% | 2,568 50.8% | 640 | 5,052 | R+14.3 |
| Whitley | 2,493 50.4% | 2,302 46.6% | 148 | 4,943 | D+3.9 |
| Pike | 2,360 47.9% | 2,359 47.9% | 208 | 4,927 | level |
| White | 2,326 47.3% | 2,423 49.3% | 170 | 4,919 | R+2.0 |
| Fulton | 2,350 47.8% | 2,426 49.3% | 141 | 4,917 | R+1.5 |
| Porter | 1,789 36.4% | 2,940 59.9% | 181 | 4,910 | R+23.4 |
| Dubois | 3,344 69.1% | 1,397 28.9% | 97 | 4,838 | D+40.2 |
| Washington | 2,573 55.4% | 1,976 42.6% | 92 | 4,641 | D+12.9 |
| Orange | 1,961 43.5% | 2,433 53.9% | 118 | 4,512 | R+10.5 |
| Franklin | 2,616 59.9% | 1,670 38.2% | 82 | 4,368 | D+21.7 |
| Steuben | 1,453 33.3% | 2,704 62.0% | 204 | 4,361 | R+28.7 |
| Perry | 2,356 54.4% | 1,903 43.9% | 73 | 4,332 | D+10.5 |
| Fayette | 1,700 39.6% | 2,394 55.8% | 199 | 4,293 | R+16.2 |
| Blackford | 2,214 52.0% | 1,835 43.1% | 209 | 4,258 | D+8.9 |
| Jennings | 1,871 45.6% | 2,100 51.2% | 128 | 4,099 | R+5.6 |
| Lagrange | 1,414 36.1% | 2,357 60.1% | 149 | 3,920 | R+24.1 |
| Owen | 2,023 52.2% | 1,726 44.5% | 127 | 3,876 | D+7.7 |
| Benton | 1,566 43.3% | 1,936 53.5% | 118 | 3,620 | R+10.2 |
| Pulaski | 1,832 52.0% | 1,561 44.3% | 130 | 3,523 | D+7.7 |
| Jasper | 1,495 42.6% | 1,939 55.2% | 79 | 3,513 | R+12.6 |
| Martin | 1,733 50.3% | 1,667 48.3% | 48 | 3,448 | D+1.9 |
| Warren | 1,045 32.5% | 2,092 65.1% | 77 | 3,214 | R+32.6 |
| Crawford | 1,539 48.8% | 1,403 44.5% | 211 | 3,153 | D+4.3 |
| Switzerland | 1,537 50.3% | 1,444 47.3% | 74 | 3,055 | D+3.0 |
| Starke | 1,305 44.8% | 1,521 52.2% | 89 | 2,915 | R+7.4 |
| Newton | 1,190 40.9% | 1,645 56.5% | 78 | 2,913 | R+15.6 |
| Scott | 1,243 54.5% | 979 43.0% | 57 | 2,279 | D+11.6 |
| Union | 808 41.1% | 1,066 54.2% | 91 | 1,965 | R+13.1 |
| Brown | 1,177 61.4% | 663 34.6% | 76 | 1,916 | D+26.8 |
| Ohio | 622 49.4% | 619 49.1% | 19 | 1,260 | D+0.2 |
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.
Indiana in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+19.0 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+16.1 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+19.2 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+10.2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+1.0 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+20.7 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+15.6 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+5.6 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+6.1 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+20.2 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+24.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+18.4 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+7.6 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+32.8 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+12.3 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+12.4 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+10.4 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+20.2 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+17.1 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+0.8 |
| 1944 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+5.7 |
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+11.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+20.1 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+16.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+14.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+1.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+20.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+1.5 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.8 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+4.0 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+2.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+0.4 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+1.4 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.4 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+2.8 |