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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Kansas

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Kansas in 1908, 52.5% to 42.9%, a margin of 9.6 points and 36,107 votes.

Kansas voted 1.1 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 96 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 9. The largest, Wyandotte, cast 18,259 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.3 points. The closest was Sheridan, where 8 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 197,316 52.5%
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 161,209 42.9%
All other candidates 17,518 4.7%
Total376,043

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wyandotte 8,923 48.9% 8,684 47.6% 652 18,259 D+1.3
Sedgwick 6,049 45.0% 6,756 50.2% 640 13,445 R+5.3
Shawnee 5,585 41.6% 7,554 56.3% 282 13,421 R+14.7
Crawford 4,230 38.2% 5,152 46.5% 1,686 11,068 R+8.3
Montgomery 4,030 40.6% 5,166 52.1% 720 9,916 R+11.5
Leavenworth 3,818 42.4% 4,846 53.9% 332 8,996 R+11.4
Cherokee 3,819 43.4% 3,893 44.3% 1,083 8,795 R+0.8
Reno 3,381 43.6% 4,092 52.7% 289 7,762 R+9.2
Cowley 2,995 42.3% 3,578 50.6% 505 7,078 R+8.2
Labette 2,783 40.6% 3,367 49.2% 698 6,848 R+8.5
Sumner 2,772 44.0% 3,235 51.3% 299 6,306 R+7.3
Allen 2,579 42.3% 3,283 53.8% 240 6,102 R+11.5
Atchison 2,593 43.9% 3,244 54.9% 68 5,905 R+11.0
Marshall 2,514 42.6% 3,296 55.9% 85 5,895 R+13.3
Lyon 2,562 43.8% 2,973 50.9% 309 5,844 R+7.0
Butler 2,290 40.5% 3,049 54.0% 310 5,649 R+13.4
Bourbon 2,686 47.7% 2,695 47.8% 253 5,634 R+0.2
Neosho 2,386 43.3% 2,929 53.1% 196 5,511 R+9.9
Dickinson 2,282 42.1% 2,886 53.3% 246 5,414 R+11.2
Douglas 2,010 37.2% 3,279 60.6% 119 5,408 R+23.5
Osage 2,288 43.1% 2,671 50.3% 351 5,310 R+7.2
Franklin 2,155 42.8% 2,658 52.7% 227 5,040 R+10.0
Brown 2,044 41.4% 2,778 56.3% 111 4,933 R+14.9
Miami 2,256 46.5% 2,475 51.0% 119 4,850 R+4.5
McPherson 1,905 40.4% 2,708 57.4% 106 4,719 R+17.0
Washington 1,904 40.4% 2,711 57.5% 99 4,714 R+17.1
Nemaha 2,182 47.0% 2,394 51.6% 66 4,642 R+4.6
Saline 2,134 46.6% 2,297 50.2% 149 4,580 R+3.6
Wilson 1,777 38.9% 2,428 53.1% 364 4,569 R+14.2
Johnson 2,091 46.3% 2,313 51.2% 116 4,520 R+4.9
Jewell 1,932 42.9% 2,410 53.5% 164 4,506 R+10.6
Marion 1,747 39.4% 2,546 57.4% 139 4,432 R+18.0
Pottawatomie 1,680 38.5% 2,650 60.8% 30 4,360 R+22.2
Republic 1,905 45.8% 2,156 51.8% 102 4,163 R+6.0
Cloud 1,663 40.0% 2,170 52.2% 321 4,154 R+12.2
Jefferson 1,720 42.1% 2,270 55.6% 95 4,085 R+13.5
Greenwood 1,545 38.6% 2,370 59.2% 91 4,006 R+20.6
Harvey 1,475 37.3% 2,305 58.3% 174 3,954 R+21.0
Coffey 1,729 44.1% 2,094 53.4% 100 3,923 R+9.3
Barton 2,004 52.0% 1,729 44.8% 124 3,857 D+7.1
Linn 1,657 44.0% 1,950 51.8% 158 3,765 R+7.8
Jackson 1,494 39.8% 2,201 58.6% 58 3,753 R+18.8
Riley 1,289 35.0% 2,276 61.7% 123 3,688 R+26.8
Rice 1,407 39.4% 1,832 51.3% 329 3,568 R+11.9
Smith 1,593 44.6% 1,843 51.7% 132 3,568 R+7.0
Clay 1,495 42.6% 1,858 53.0% 155 3,508 R+10.3
Mitchell 1,570 44.9% 1,765 50.5% 160 3,495 R+5.6
Doniphan 1,113 32.0% 2,307 66.3% 60 3,480 R+34.3
Phillips 1,490 44.2% 1,762 52.3% 120 3,372 R+8.1
Anderson 1,512 45.0% 1,722 51.3% 126 3,360 R+6.3
Morris 1,273 41.0% 1,788 57.5% 47 3,108 R+16.6
Harper 1,404 45.7% 1,490 48.5% 181 3,075 R+2.8
Wabaunsee 1,163 37.9% 1,849 60.2% 57 3,069 R+22.4
Kingman 1,479 48.5% 1,442 47.3% 130 3,051 D+1.2
Osborne 1,132 37.6% 1,665 55.3% 214 3,011 R+17.7
Norton 1,337 45.9% 1,448 49.8% 125 2,910 R+3.8
Ottawa 1,265 44.3% 1,444 50.5% 148 2,857 R+6.3
Chautauqua 958 34.1% 1,689 60.2% 159 2,806 R+26.1
Elk 1,187 44.2% 1,454 54.1% 46 2,687 R+9.9
Stafford 1,135 43.4% 1,334 51.0% 147 2,616 R+7.6
Ford 1,089 43.5% 1,333 53.3% 80 2,502 R+9.8
Lincoln 1,117 46.1% 1,218 50.3% 88 2,423 R+4.2
Rooks 1,003 41.6% 1,280 53.1% 126 2,409 R+11.5
Russell 976 41.0% 1,360 57.1% 45 2,381 R+16.1
Pratt 1,027 43.5% 1,193 50.5% 141 2,361 R+7.0
Geary 1,033 43.9% 1,257 53.4% 65 2,355 R+9.5
Woodson 1,047 44.5% 1,252 53.2% 53 2,352 R+8.7
Ellsworth 1,039 45.4% 1,213 52.9% 39 2,291 R+7.6
Decatur 1,250 54.8% 898 39.3% 135 2,283 D+15.4
Ellis 1,421 63.8% 768 34.5% 37 2,226 D+29.3
Pawnee 961 46.5% 1,000 48.4% 104 2,065 R+1.9
Barber 864 42.3% 1,097 53.7% 81 2,042 R+11.4
Chase 834 43.3% 1,021 53.0% 70 1,925 R+9.7
Graham 723 41.5% 911 52.2% 110 1,744 R+10.8
Rush 894 52.7% 764 45.0% 39 1,697 D+7.7
Finney 551 33.9% 1,000 61.5% 76 1,627 R+27.6
Edwards 704 45.7% 773 50.2% 62 1,539 R+4.5
Rawlins 732 48.2% 719 47.4% 67 1,518 D+0.9
Ness 461 34.8% 635 48.0% 228 1,324 R+13.1
Sheridan 631 48.3% 639 48.9% 37 1,307 R+0.6
Thomas 630 49.8% 569 45.0% 66 1,265 D+4.8
Kiowa 409 34.8% 699 59.5% 67 1,175 R+24.7
Gove 456 39.8% 632 55.1% 58 1,146 R+15.4
Trego 458 40.6% 617 54.7% 52 1,127 R+14.1
Sherman 508 50.5% 439 43.6% 59 1,006 D+6.9
Meade 386 38.8% 560 56.2% 50 996 R+17.5
Cheyenne 339 37.9% 486 54.3% 70 895 R+16.4
Seward 413 46.5% 427 48.1% 48 888 R+1.6
Logan 308 34.9% 524 59.3% 51 883 R+24.5
Gray 338 42.5% 372 46.8% 85 795 R+4.3
Clark 350 45.2% 386 49.9% 38 774 R+4.7
Kearny 304 39.6% 435 56.6% 29 768 R+17.1
Hamilton 275 38.0% 415 57.3% 34 724 R+19.3
Hodgeman 290 40.3% 411 57.1% 19 720 R+16.8
Lane 271 39.1% 357 51.5% 65 693 R+12.4
Scott 294 42.7% 324 47.1% 70 688 R+4.4
Comanche 245 37.3% 392 59.7% 20 657 R+22.4
Wallace 206 34.9% 350 59.3% 34 590 R+24.4
Stevens 215 40.2% 258 48.2% 62 535 R+8.0
Wichita 173 40.3% 233 54.3% 23 429 R+14.0
Haskell 139 39.4% 172 48.7% 42 353 R+9.3
Grant 133 40.9% 178 54.8% 14 325 R+13.8
Greeley 89 27.9% 206 64.6% 24 319 R+36.7
Morton 140 45.9% 154 50.5% 11 305 R+4.6
Stanton 107 36.1% 180 60.8% 9 296 R+24.7

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.

Kansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+14.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+9.0
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+21.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+45.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.9
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+18.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+9.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+24.2
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+24.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+32.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+37.7