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Election 1908 Results

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1908 presidential election in Wisconsin

William Howard Taft (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1908, 54.5% to 36.7%, a margin of 17.8 points and 81,085 votes.

Wisconsin voted 9.3 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 65 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 73,456 votes and went to the Republican by 3.6 points. The closest was Washington, where 37 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 247,747 54.5%
William Jennings Bryan Democratic 166,662 36.7%
Eugene V. Debs Socialist 28,147 6.2%
All other candidates 11,885 2.6%
Total454,441

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 26,000 35.4% 28,625 39.0% 18,831 73,456 R+3.6
Dane 7,818 43.4% 9,441 52.4% 750 18,009 R+9.0
Winnebago 5,511 42.4% 6,797 52.2% 703 13,011 R+9.9
Rock 3,227 27.5% 7,839 66.8% 668 11,734 R+39.3
Fond Du Lac 5,194 45.0% 5,872 50.9% 479 11,545 R+5.9
Sheboygan 4,405 38.8% 5,948 52.4% 998 11,351 R+13.6
Racine 3,688 35.4% 5,490 52.8% 1,226 10,404 R+17.3
Marathon 4,722 45.5% 5,258 50.6% 408 10,388 R+5.2
Dodge 5,883 58.1% 4,015 39.7% 225 10,123 D+18.5
Outagamie 4,286 44.2% 5,079 52.3% 339 9,704 R+8.2
Manitowoc 3,952 43.5% 4,126 45.4% 1,013 9,091 R+1.9
Grant 3,696 40.8% 4,989 55.1% 371 9,056 R+14.3
Brown 3,354 37.5% 4,947 55.2% 653 8,954 R+17.8
La Crosse 4,054 46.4% 4,382 50.2% 301 8,737 R+3.8
Waukesha 3,206 37.7% 4,758 55.9% 546 8,510 R+18.2
Jefferson 4,492 56.6% 3,207 40.4% 233 7,932 D+16.2
Columbia 2,363 34.9% 4,072 60.1% 338 6,773 R+25.2
Sauk 2,571 38.1% 3,854 57.1% 329 6,754 R+19.0
Walworth 1,960 29.4% 4,151 62.2% 562 6,673 R+32.8
Waupaca 1,483 22.3% 4,785 71.9% 384 6,652 R+49.6
Douglas 1,715 27.3% 3,509 55.9% 1,056 6,280 R+28.6
Kenosha 2,006 32.1% 3,409 54.5% 840 6,255 R+22.4
Eau Claire 1,859 30.1% 3,981 64.5% 332 6,172 R+34.4
Chippewa 2,203 36.9% 3,526 59.1% 240 5,969 R+22.2
Wood 2,498 42.2% 3,013 50.9% 406 5,917 R+8.7
Vernon 1,561 26.4% 4,114 69.7% 227 5,902 R+43.3
Portage 2,362 40.8% 3,269 56.4% 163 5,794 R+15.7
Monroe 2,155 37.9% 3,304 58.1% 227 5,686 R+20.2
Marinette 1,597 29.3% 3,454 63.4% 393 5,444 R+34.1
Washington 2,625 49.2% 2,588 48.5% 119 5,332 D+0.7
Iowa 2,077 39.1% 2,986 56.2% 252 5,315 R+17.1
Clark 1,576 29.7% 3,491 65.7% 244 5,311 R+36.1
Shawano 1,750 33.4% 3,349 63.9% 142 5,241 R+30.5
St. Croix 1,773 34.2% 3,228 62.3% 181 5,182 R+28.1
Lafayette 2,100 41.5% 2,832 56.0% 129 5,061 R+14.5
Trempealeau 1,085 21.9% 3,733 75.3% 139 4,957 R+53.4
Barron 1,266 25.9% 3,247 66.5% 373 4,886 R+40.5
Green 1,856 38.6% 2,617 54.5% 331 4,804 R+15.8
Oconto 1,453 31.2% 3,020 64.8% 190 4,663 R+33.6
Richland 1,689 37.6% 2,464 54.8% 341 4,494 R+17.2
Dunn 914 20.6% 3,297 74.4% 221 4,432 R+53.8
Lincoln 1,813 42.3% 2,308 53.9% 162 4,283 R+11.6
Juneau 1,691 39.7% 2,454 57.6% 116 4,261 R+17.9
Pierce 978 23.4% 2,988 71.6% 206 4,172 R+48.2
Ashland 1,582 38.0% 2,259 54.2% 326 4,167 R+16.2
Polk 816 21.1% 2,788 72.0% 267 3,871 R+50.9
Green Lake 1,608 42.3% 2,094 55.1% 95 3,797 R+12.8
Crawford 1,586 42.2% 2,041 54.3% 135 3,762 R+12.1
Waushara 507 14.3% 2,820 79.7% 210 3,537 R+65.4
Kewaunee 1,731 50.6% 1,590 46.5% 100 3,421 D+4.1
Calumet 1,711 50.3% 1,576 46.3% 115 3,402 D+4.0
Langlade 1,340 39.9% 1,921 57.2% 97 3,358 R+17.3
Jackson 631 18.9% 2,603 77.9% 107 3,341 R+59.0
Door 778 23.3% 2,463 73.9% 93 3,334 R+50.5
Ozaukee 1,856 58.7% 1,216 38.5% 88 3,160 D+20.3
Buffalo 1,027 33.8% 1,937 63.7% 76 3,040 R+29.9
Bayfield 579 20.8% 1,957 70.3% 249 2,785 R+49.5
Taylor 924 34.5% 1,627 60.8% 125 2,676 R+26.3
Price 609 22.9% 1,735 65.2% 316 2,660 R+42.3
Oneida 688 26.4% 1,536 58.9% 383 2,607 R+32.5
Marquette 798 33.1% 1,555 64.4% 61 2,414 R+31.4
Rusk 532 25.2% 1,431 67.8% 147 2,110 R+42.6
Adams 436 25.8% 1,167 69.0% 89 1,692 R+43.2
Burnett 296 18.1% 1,181 72.2% 159 1,636 R+54.1
Washburn 396 24.5% 1,114 69.0% 104 1,614 R+44.5
Iron 314 20.5% 1,134 73.9% 86 1,534 R+53.5
Pepin 447 29.8% 1,010 67.4% 41 1,498 R+37.6
Forest 324 22.7% 1,023 71.7% 80 1,427 R+49.0
Sawyer 299 26.0% 815 70.8% 37 1,151 R+44.8
Vilas 278 25.1% 794 71.7% 35 1,107 R+46.6
Florence 102 15.3% 541 81.1% 24 667 R+65.8

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5