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1908 presidential election in North Dakota

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1908, 61.0% to 34.8%, a margin of 26.2 points and 24,796 votes.

North Dakota voted 17.7 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 44 of the 44 counties as they stood then. The largest, Ward, cast 9,210 votes and went to the Republican by 23.1 points. The closest was Walsh, where 110 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 57,680 61.0%
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 32,884 34.8%
All other candidates 3,960 4.2%
Total94,524

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Ward 3,163 34.3% 5,286 57.4% 761 9,210 R+23.1
Cass 2,000 34.0% 3,681 62.5% 206 5,887 R+28.6
Grand Forks 1,750 36.7% 2,740 57.4% 283 4,773 R+20.7
Walsh 1,641 46.4% 1,751 49.5% 148 3,540 R+3.1
Richland 1,502 43.7% 1,864 54.2% 75 3,441 R+10.5
McLean 927 27.7% 2,273 67.8% 151 3,351 R+40.2
Bottineau 1,146 34.9% 1,951 59.4% 185 3,282 R+24.5
Williams 1,034 31.6% 1,979 60.4% 263 3,276 R+28.8
Stutsman 1,344 42.1% 1,777 55.7% 71 3,192 R+13.6
McHenry 1,296 41.1% 1,772 56.2% 87 3,155 R+15.1
Morton 873 29.3% 2,021 67.9% 82 2,976 R+38.6
Barnes 996 34.6% 1,786 62.1% 96 2,878 R+27.4
Cavalier 1,190 42.9% 1,528 55.1% 57 2,775 R+12.2
Ramsey 1,072 40.4% 1,480 55.8% 101 2,653 R+15.4
Pembina 1,185 44.8% 1,389 52.6% 69 2,643 R+7.7
Burleigh 660 31.6% 1,375 65.8% 54 2,089 R+34.2
Benson 553 27.5% 1,363 67.8% 94 2,010 R+40.3
Ransom 581 30.0% 1,308 67.5% 48 1,937 R+37.5
Nelson 616 32.1% 1,225 63.8% 79 1,920 R+31.7
Traill 490 26.8% 1,207 66.0% 131 1,828 R+39.2
Wells 535 29.3% 1,243 68.1% 48 1,826 R+38.8
Dickey 633 36.3% 1,062 61.0% 47 1,742 R+24.6
La Moure 553 32.4% 1,104 64.8% 48 1,705 R+32.3
Sargent 576 35.0% 1,012 61.5% 58 1,646 R+26.5
Towner 655 40.9% 867 54.2% 78 1,600 R+13.3
Emmons 618 38.8% 951 59.7% 24 1,593 R+20.9
Pierce 610 39.6% 884 57.4% 47 1,541 R+17.8
Rolette 529 36.1% 811 55.3% 126 1,466 R+19.2
Stark 496 34.3% 922 63.8% 28 1,446 R+29.5
Steele 366 28.5% 881 68.7% 35 1,282 R+40.2
Griggs 493 42.2% 605 51.8% 69 1,167 R+9.6
McIntosh 140 13.1% 927 86.5% 5 1,072 R+73.4
Kidder 242 22.8% 769 72.5% 49 1,060 R+49.7
Billings 236 22.6% 768 73.7% 38 1,042 R+51.1
Foster 434 42.7% 569 56.0% 13 1,016 R+13.3
Eddy 368 39.5% 540 58.0% 23 931 R+18.5
Logan 143 16.4% 711 81.4% 19 873 R+65.1
McKenzie 212 25.3% 574 68.4% 53 839 R+43.1
Adams 201 24.5% 577 70.5% 41 819 R+45.9
Hettinger 181 23.6% 568 74.0% 19 768 R+50.4
Bowman 209 30.6% 451 66.1% 22 682 R+35.5
Dunn 160 29.5% 373 68.8% 9 542 R+39.3
Mercer 96 18.1% 430 81.1% 4 530 R+63.0
Oliver 179 34.4% 325 62.5% 16 520 R+28.1

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.

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)