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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Louisiana

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Louisiana in 1908, 84.6% to 11.9%, a margin of 72.7 points and 54,610 votes.

Louisiana voted 81.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+8.5.

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

Democrats led in 59 of the 59 counties as they stood then. The largest, Orleans, cast 29,251 votes and went to the Democrat by 76.5 points. The closest was West Carroll, where 143 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 Jennings Bryan won Democratic 63,568 84.6%
William Howard Taft Republican 8,958 11.9%
All other candidates 2,591 3.4%
Total75,117

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Orleans 25,678 87.8% 3,288 11.2% 285 29,251 D+76.5
Calcasieu 1,975 69.4% 683 24.0% 189 2,847 D+45.4
Caddo 1,733 91.3% 125 6.6% 41 1,899 D+84.7
St. Landry 1,395 84.6% 238 14.4% 16 1,649 D+70.2
Rapides 1,302 86.7% 159 10.6% 41 1,502 D+76.1
Tangipahoa 1,116 80.6% 240 17.3% 28 1,384 D+63.3
Lafourche 1,072 78.1% 296 21.6% 5 1,373 D+56.5
Acadia 1,017 74.1% 214 15.6% 141 1,372 D+58.5
Avoyelles 1,240 94.9% 50 3.8% 17 1,307 D+91.0
Iberia 820 68.3% 328 27.3% 52 1,200 D+41.0
East Baton Rouge 1,090 91.3% 83 7.0% 21 1,194 D+84.3
Jefferson 1,122 97.4% 30 2.6% 1,152 D+94.8
Vernon 618 54.3% 273 24.0% 248 1,139 D+30.3
Bienville 926 82.4% 65 5.8% 133 1,124 D+76.6
St. Mary 767 71.7% 273 25.5% 30 1,070 D+46.2
Terrebonne 634 62.6% 372 36.7% 7 1,013 D+25.9
Webster 853 85.7% 32 3.2% 110 995 D+82.5
Natchitoches 792 81.1% 143 14.6% 42 977 D+66.4
Lafayette 725 74.3% 128 13.1% 123 976 D+61.2
Desoto 881 93.7% 17 1.8% 42 940 D+91.9
Ouachita 851 90.5% 60 6.4% 29 940 D+84.1
Claiborne 874 93.3% 38 4.1% 25 937 D+89.2
St. Tammany 755 80.6% 107 11.4% 75 937 D+69.2
Winn 527 59.5% 153 17.3% 206 886 D+42.2
Catahoula 660 76.5% 88 10.2% 115 863 D+66.3
Vermilion 547 72.6% 156 20.7% 50 753 D+51.9
Lincoln 634 89.0% 52 7.3% 26 712 D+81.7
Union 634 89.2% 53 7.5% 24 711 D+81.7
Assumption 511 72.0% 198 27.9% 1 710 D+44.1
St. Martin 651 91.9% 39 5.5% 18 708 D+86.4
Sabine 593 87.5% 47 6.9% 38 678 D+80.5
Pointe Coupee 653 96.6% 23 3.4% 676 D+93.2
Ascension 551 82.6% 107 16.0% 9 667 D+66.6
Jackson 493 78.9% 77 12.3% 55 625 D+66.6
East Feliciana 589 97.7% 12 2.0% 2 603 D+95.7
Washington 550 91.5% 49 8.2% 2 601 D+83.4
Plaquemines 416 74.6% 127 22.8% 15 558 D+51.8
Iberville 500 91.7% 44 8.1% 1 545 D+83.7
Grant 388 73.9% 83 15.8% 54 525 D+58.1
Livingston 448 90.0% 19 3.8% 31 498 D+86.1
Morehouse 458 92.2% 20 4.0% 19 497 D+88.1
St. James 364 73.2% 123 24.7% 10 497 D+48.5
Bossier 470 96.5% 8 1.6% 9 487 D+94.9
Franklin 456 94.4% 15 3.1% 12 483 D+91.3
Red River 386 83.2% 6 1.3% 72 464 D+81.9
Richland 445 98.0% 9 2.0% 454 D+96.0
Caldwell 314 79.7% 21 5.3% 59 394 D+74.4
St. Bernard 356 95.2% 18 4.8% 374 D+90.4
West Feliciana 350 94.1% 22 5.9% 372 D+88.2
St. John The Baptist 287 89.1% 33 10.2% 2 322 D+78.9
St. Helena 281 88.9% 34 10.8% 1 316 D+78.2
Tensas 300 97.7% 7 2.3% 307 D+95.4
Concordia 288 95.0% 4 1.3% 11 303 D+93.7
Cameron 280 94.3% 15 5.1% 2 297 D+89.2
West Carroll 189 76.8% 11 4.5% 46 246 D+72.4
St. Charles 215 90.7% 22 9.3% 237 D+81.4
West Baton Rouge 198 95.7% 9 4.3% 207 D+91.3
East Carroll 194 96.5% 6 3.0% 1 201 D+93.5
Madison 156 96.3% 6 3.7% 162 D+92.6

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+22.0
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+18.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+19.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+17.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+18.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+7.7
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+12.1
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.6
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+9.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.6
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+5.5
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+37.0
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+13.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+21.8
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.8
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+5.8
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+61.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+71.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+77.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+85.8
1928 Al Smith (D) D+52.6
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+56.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+38.7
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+78.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+72.0
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+72.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+78.8
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+58.1
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+54.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+53.1
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+46.9
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+14.9
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+25.0
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.3
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4
1868 Horatio Seymour (D) D+41.4