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1908 presidential election in Utah

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Utah in 1908, 56.2% to 39.2%, a margin of 17.1 points and 18,555 votes.

Utah voted 8.5 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 26 of the 27 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 35,809 votes and went to the Republican by 21.8 points. The closest was Grand, where 18 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 61,165 56.2%
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 42,610 39.2%
All other candidates 4,982 4.6%
Total108,757

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 12,954 36.2% 20,755 58.0% 2,100 35,809 R+21.8
Utah 4,984 42.8% 6,390 54.9% 269 11,643 R+12.1
Weber 3,965 37.8% 5,879 56.1% 644 10,488 R+18.2
Cache 3,317 46.2% 3,795 52.9% 67 7,179 R+6.7
Sanpete 2,307 40.0% 3,333 57.8% 129 5,769 R+17.8
Box Elder 1,417 36.7% 2,401 62.2% 42 3,860 R+25.5
Juab 1,421 42.5% 1,619 48.5% 301 3,341 R+5.9
Sevier 1,272 39.3% 1,777 54.9% 188 3,237 R+15.6
Summit 1,402 44.2% 1,612 50.8% 157 3,171 R+6.6
Davis 1,331 42.8% 1,740 55.9% 39 3,110 R+13.2
Wasatch 985 41.9% 1,265 53.8% 100 2,350 R+11.9
Emery 749 37.4% 1,098 54.8% 158 2,005 R+17.4
Tooele 808 40.9% 1,106 56.0% 60 1,974 R+15.1
Millard 765 42.3% 1,004 55.6% 38 1,807 R+13.2
Carbon 581 33.9% 1,027 59.9% 106 1,714 R+26.0
Beaver 714 42.3% 945 56.0% 28 1,687 R+13.7
Uintah 683 42.4% 782 48.6% 145 1,610 R+6.1
Washington 810 52.1% 738 47.5% 6 1,554 D+4.6
Iron 488 38.1% 718 56.0% 76 1,282 R+17.9
Garfield 299 24.5% 878 72.0% 42 1,219 R+47.5
Morgan 306 36.2% 490 58.0% 49 845 R+21.8
Rich 285 39.7% 427 59.6% 5 717 R+19.8
Piute 157 26.7% 332 56.5% 99 588 R+29.8
Wayne 184 33.1% 276 49.6% 96 556 R+16.5
Kane 102 19.7% 414 79.8% 3 519 R+60.1
Grand 215 45.1% 233 48.8% 29 477 R+3.8
San Juan 109 44.3% 131 53.3% 6 246 R+8.9

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.

Utah in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+21.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+20.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+18.1
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+48.0
2008 John McCain (R) R+28.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+45.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+40.5
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+21.1
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+18.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+34.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+49.8
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+52.2
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+28.8
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+41.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+19.4
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+29.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+9.0
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.0
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+24.7
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+39.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+19.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+17.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+21.0
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+4.9
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.1
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.6
1900 William McKinley (R) R+2.3
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+65.5