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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Washington

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Washington in 1908, 57.7% to 31.9%, a margin of 25.8 points and 47,371 votes.

Washington voted 17.2 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 37 of the 37 counties as they stood then. The largest, King, cast 39,949 votes and went to the Republican by 19.3 points. The closest was Ferry, where 79 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 Howard Taft won	Republican	106,062	57.7%
William Jennings Bryan	Democratic	58,691	31.9%
Eugene V. Debs	Socialist	14,177	7.7%
All other candidates		4,949	2.7%
Total		183,879

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
King	14,599 36.5%	22,297 55.8%	3,053	39,949	R+19.3
Spokane	6,540 32.8%	11,719 58.7%	1,695	19,954	R+26.0
Pierce	4,906 27.3%	10,935 60.9%	2,103	17,944	R+33.6
Snohomish	2,964 29.2%	5,659 55.7%	1,538	10,161	R+26.5
Whatcom	2,376 27.6%	4,955 57.6%	1,267	8,598	R+30.0
Whitman	2,373 37.1%	3,376 52.7%	655	6,404	R+15.7
Yakima	1,645 26.3%	3,998 63.9%	612	6,255	R+37.6
Lewis	1,412 26.9%	3,170 60.4%	663	5,245	R+33.5
Skagit	1,443 27.9%	2,924 56.5%	810	5,177	R+28.6
Chehalis	1,233 23.9%	3,128 60.5%	805	5,166	R+36.7
Stevens	1,549 31.8%	2,546 52.3%	774	4,869	R+20.5
Walla Walla	1,650 35.3%	2,843 60.9%	178	4,671	R+25.5
Clarke	1,233 30.1%	2,416 59.1%	441	4,090	R+28.9
Douglas	1,534 41.3%	1,942 52.3%	237	3,713	R+11.0
Lincoln	1,426 39.0%	2,025 55.4%	201	3,652	R+16.4
Thurston	963 28.4%	1,940 57.3%	484	3,387	R+28.8
Kitsap	837 25.9%	1,819 56.4%	572	3,228	R+30.4
Kittitas	978 31.5%	1,752 56.4%	379	3,109	R+24.9
Okanogan	1,061 38.4%	1,368 49.5%	337	2,766	R+11.1
Chelan	863 31.5%	1,639 59.9%	235	2,737	R+28.4
Cowlitz	616 25.7%	1,573 65.7%	206	2,395	R+40.0
Pacific	477 22.2%	1,492 69.5%	178	2,147	R+47.3
Klickitat	558 27.5%	1,245 61.5%	223	2,026	R+33.9
Adams	716 38.6%	1,033 55.7%	104	1,853	R+17.1
Clallam	420 26.8%	938 59.9%	208	1,566	R+33.1
Columbia	587 37.9%	887 57.3%	73	1,547	R+19.4
Benton	462 30.0%	891 57.9%	187	1,540	R+27.9
Jefferson	415 30.6%	859 63.3%	84	1,358	R+32.7
Franklin	481 39.8%	643 53.1%	86	1,210	R+13.4
Asotin	361 33.3%	648 59.8%	74	1,083	R+26.5
Ferry	388 39.4%	467 47.4%	130	985	R+8.0
Mason	316 32.4%	553 56.7%	106	975	R+24.3
Garfield	353 36.4%	556 57.3%	61	970	R+20.9
San Juan	172 19.7%	581 66.4%	122	875	R+46.7
Island	189 24.5%	450 58.4%	131	770	R+33.9
Wahkiakum	146 21.4%	485 71.2%	50	681	R+49.8
Skamania	141 27.4%	310 60.3%	63	514	R+32.9

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.

Washington in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+18.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+19.2
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+15.7
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+14.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+17.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+7.2
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+5.6
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.5
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+1.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+13.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+3.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.3
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+2.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.6
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+8.5
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+9.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+14.6
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+17.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.5
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+35.7
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+42.1
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+34.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+4.2
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+25.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+50.6
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+11.7
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+15.1
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+7.6

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