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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Virginia

William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Virginia in 1908, 60.5% to 38.4%, a margin of 22.2 points and 30,374 votes.

Virginia voted 30.7 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 97 of the 119 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 22. The largest, Richmond, cast 5,300 votes and went to the Democrat by 56.8 points. The closest was Page, where 2 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
William Jennings Bryan won	Democratic	82,946	60.5%
William Howard Taft	Republican	52,572	38.4%
All other candidates		1,547	1.1%
Total		137,065

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	4,143 78.2%	1,135 21.4%	22	5,300	D+56.8
Rockingham	1,736 50.8%	1,581 46.2%	103	3,420	D+4.5
Washington	1,558 47.0%	1,741 52.5%	18	3,317	R+5.5
Norfolk	2,271 69.2%	991 30.2%	20	3,282	D+39.0
Scott	1,145 39.1%	1,781 60.9%		2,926	R+21.7
Shenandoah	1,295 46.9%	1,449 52.5%	18	2,762	R+5.6
Augusta	1,435 56.7%	987 39.0%	109	2,531	D+17.7
Wise	993 39.3%	1,527 60.5%	4	2,524	R+21.2
Pittsylvania	1,472 60.3%	962 39.4%	9	2,443	D+20.9
Wythe	950 39.0%	1,487 61.0%		2,437	R+22.0
Carroll	859 36.1%	1,521 63.9%		2,380	R+27.8
Franklin	1,218 52.5%	1,101 47.5%	1	2,320	D+5.0
Smyth	906 40.1%	1,350 59.7%	4	2,260	R+19.6
Tazewell	809 36.5%	1,398 63.1%	7	2,214	R+26.6
Accomack	1,748 81.6%	337 15.7%	58	2,143	D+65.8
Lee	805 37.6%	1,334 62.3%	3	2,142	R+24.7
Grayson	844 40.4%	1,243 59.6%		2,087	R+19.1
Loudoun	1,570 75.4%	447 21.5%	66	2,083	D+53.9
Russell	827 41.2%	1,173 58.4%	8	2,008	R+17.2
Roanoke	1,408 70.3%	593 29.6%	3	2,004	D+40.7
Halifax	1,268 65.8%	650 33.7%	8	1,926	D+32.1
Rockbridge	1,000 54.9%	810 44.5%	10	1,820	D+10.4
Patrick	723 39.8%	1,092 60.2%		1,815	R+20.3
Bedford	1,275 71.1%	463 25.8%	55	1,793	D+45.3
Fauquier	1,354 78.7%	363 21.1%	4	1,721	D+57.6
Page	804 49.6%	802 49.5%	14	1,620	D+0.1
Norfolk (Ext)	879 54.3%	739 45.7%		1,618	D+8.7
Botetourt	809 50.2%	793 49.2%	11	1,613	D+1.0
Portsmouth	1,154 73.8%	407 26.0%	3	1,564	D+47.8
Fairfax	1,143 73.4%	404 25.9%	10	1,557	D+47.5
Floyd	390 25.3%	1,149 74.5%	4	1,543	R+49.2
Montgomery	734 47.7%	795 51.6%	11	1,540	R+4.0
Pulaski	714 47.6%	780 52.0%	5	1,499	R+4.4
Henry	761 51.3%	716 48.2%	7	1,484	D+3.0
Alexandria	1,218 82.9%	247 16.8%	4	1,469	D+66.1
Lynchburg	962 66.4%	473 32.7%	13	1,448	D+33.8
Albemarle	999 72.1%	380 27.4%	7	1,386	D+44.7
Giles	705 53.2%	605 45.7%	14	1,324	D+7.6
Newport News	791 61.1%	498 38.5%	5	1,294	D+22.6
Mecklenburg	1,000 79.5%	252 20.0%	6	1,258	D+59.5
Frederick	866 69.6%	354 28.4%	25	1,245	D+41.1
Dickenson	551 45.1%	671 54.9%		1,222	R+9.8
Culpeper	962 80.4%	233 19.5%	2	1,197	D+60.9
Roanoke	732 61.8%	426 36.0%	26	1,184	D+25.8
Danville	963 81.4%	206 17.4%	14	1,183	D+64.0
Nansemond (Ext)	857 75.2%	271 23.8%	11	1,139	D+51.4
Petersburg	905 81.2%	205 18.4%	4	1,114	D+62.8
Nelson	742 70.3%	308 29.2%	5	1,055	D+41.1
Southampton	818 79.1%	206 19.9%	10	1,034	D+59.2
Buchanan	395 38.3%	635 61.7%		1,030	R+23.3
Amherst	849 83.7%	164 16.2%	1	1,014	D+67.6
Buckingham	676 66.9%	333 32.9%	2	1,011	D+33.9
Louisa	692 70.0%	290 29.4%	6	988	D+40.7
Alleghany	422 44.0%	483 50.4%	54	959	R+6.4
Prince William	738 77.9%	200 21.1%	9	947	D+56.8
Elizabeth City (Ext)	679 72.1%	253 26.9%	10	942	D+45.2
Staunton	514 56.1%	347 37.8%	56	917	D+18.2
Stafford	406 46.1%	474 53.9%		880	R+7.7
Northampton	673 78.4%	174 20.3%	11	858	D+58.2
Henrico	626 74.0%	217 25.7%	3	846	D+48.3
Caroline	494 59.8%	326 39.5%	6	826	D+20.3
Campbell	624 77.3%	174 21.6%	9	807	D+55.8
Orange	587 74.0%	198 25.0%	8	793	D+49.1
Chesterfield	608 77.4%	167 21.2%	11	786	D+56.1
Warren	562 71.7%	209 26.7%	13	784	D+45.0
Charlotte	537 68.6%	242 30.9%	4	783	D+37.7
Madison	466 60.4%	305 39.5%	1	772	D+20.9
Appomattox	633 84.2%	117 15.6%	2	752	D+68.6
Winchester	449 60.6%	266 35.9%	26	741	D+24.7
Bland	339 45.8%	397 53.6%	4	740	R+7.8
Hanover	522 71.3%	204 27.9%	6	732	D+43.4
Isle Of Wight	530 72.7%	199 27.3%		729	D+45.4
Prince Edward	561 82.4%	117 17.2%	3	681	D+65.2
Mathews	577 86.5%	86 12.9%	4	667	D+73.6
Spotsylvania	346 54.0%	282 44.0%	13	641	D+10.0
Brunswick	507 79.8%	123 19.4%	5	635	D+60.5
Greene	252 40.8%	366 59.2%		618	R+18.4
Highland	292 47.2%	305 49.4%	21	618	R+2.1
Nottoway	481 79.0%	118 19.4%	10	609	D+59.6
Dinwiddie	445 73.8%	157 26.0%	1	603	D+47.8
Clarke	517 86.5%	74 12.4%	7	598	D+74.1
Bristol	405 67.8%	187 31.3%	5	597	D+36.5
Northumberland	410 68.9%	183 30.8%	2	595	D+38.2
Craig	364 61.4%	224 37.8%	5	593	D+23.6
Lancaster	468 78.9%	122 20.6%	3	593	D+58.3
Rappahannock	433 73.0%	158 26.6%	2	593	D+46.4
Fluvanna	450 76.9%	135 23.1%		585	D+53.8
Bath	340 58.2%	232 39.7%	12	584	D+18.5
Middlesex	413 71.6%	164 28.4%		577	D+43.2
Gloucester	477 83.5%	94 16.5%		571	D+67.1
Richmond	338 62.2%	205 37.8%		543	D+24.5
Goochland	294 54.2%	246 45.4%	2	542	D+8.9
Clifton Forge	402 74.2%	133 24.5%	7	542	D+49.6
Fredericksburg	285 52.7%	252 46.6%	4	541	D+6.1
King And Queen	349 65.6%	181 34.0%	2	532	D+31.6
Sussex	412 78.2%	115 21.8%		527	D+56.4
Alexandria	354 68.2%	165 31.8%		519	D+36.4
Lunenburg	413 79.6%	105 20.2%	1	519	D+59.3
Westmoreland	353 68.7%	161 31.3%		514	D+37.4
Charlottesville	428 83.6%	82 16.0%	2	512	D+67.6
King William	276 54.3%	228 44.9%	4	508	D+9.4
Princess Anne (Ext)	403 80.3%	99 19.7%		502	D+60.6
King George	296 59.8%	199 40.2%		495	D+19.6
Essex	364 74.7%	123 25.3%		487	D+49.5
Manchester (Ic, Ext)	363 75.9%	114 23.8%	1	478	D+52.1
Cumberland	374 84.6%	68 15.4%		442	D+69.2
Powhatan	255 63.6%	146 36.4%		401	D+27.2
Greensville	273 77.3%	77 21.8%	3	353	D+55.5
New Kent	193 54.8%	159 45.2%		352	D+9.7
Surry	269 76.4%	82 23.3%	1	352	D+53.1
Radford	204 58.5%	141 40.4%	4	349	D+18.1
Amelia	247 76.7%	73 22.7%	2	322	D+54.0
York	214 76.2%	61 21.7%	6	281	D+54.4
Prince George	171 66.0%	88 34.0%		259	D+32.0
Buena Vista	137 62.8%	80 36.7%	1	218	D+26.1
James City	132 67.3%	62 31.6%	2	196	D+35.7
Charles City	99 54.1%	84 45.9%		183	D+8.2
Williamsburg	120 70.6%	48 28.2%	2	170	D+42.4
Warwick (Ext)	101 63.1%	58 36.3%	1	160	D+26.9

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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