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1908 United States presidential election in California
The 1908 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1908 as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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California voted for the Republican nominee, former War Secretary William Howard Taft, in a landslide over the Democratic nominee, former Nebraska representative and the 1896 and 1900 nominee, William Jennings Bryan.
Results
| 1908 United States presidential election in California[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 214,398 | 55.46% | 10 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 127,492 | 32.98% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 28,659 | 7.41% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 11,770 | 3.04% | 0 | |
| Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | 4,278 | 1.11% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
| Totals | 386,597 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
Results by county
| County | William Howard Taft Republican | William Jennings Bryan Democratic | Eugene Victor Debs Socialist | Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition | Thomas Louis Hisgen Independence | Margin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Alpine | 87.21% | 75 | 12.79% | 11 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 74.42% | 64 |
| Humboldt | 65.02% | 4,221 | 18.58% | 1,206 | 13.32% | 865 | 2.13% | 138 | 0.96% | 62 | 46.44% | 3,015 |
| Marin | 68.25% | 2,732 | 24.56% | 983 | 5.47% | 219 | 0.70% | 28 | 1.02% | 41 | 43.69% | 1,749 |
| Alameda | 64.24% | 21,380 | 21.36% | 7,110 | 10.40% | 3,462 | 1.83% | 608 | 2.17% | 723 | 42.88% | 14,270 |
| San Mateo | 62.91% | 2,865 | 28.85% | 1,314 | 6.61% | 301 | 0.64% | 29 | 0.99% | 45 | 34.06% | 1,551 |
| Riverside | 57.24% | 3,229 | 24.36% | 1,374 | 10.02% | 565 | 7.57% | 427 | 0.82% | 46 | 32.88% | 1,855 |
| Del Norte | 59.29% | 450 | 26.61% | 202 | 9.35% | 71 | 3.69% | 28 | 1.05% | 8 | 32.68% | 248 |
| San Diego | 57.56% | 5,412 | 25.45% | 2,393 | 14.27% | 1,342 | 2.25% | 212 | 0.47% | 44 | 32.11% | 3,019 |
| Contra Costa | 60.61% | 3,336 | 29.05% | 1,599 | 7.96% | 438 | 1.29% | 71 | 1.09% | 60 | 31.56% | 1,737 |
| Santa Clara | 58.88% | 7,950 | 28.41% | 3,836 | 6.54% | 883 | 5.15% | 696 | 1.01% | 137 | 30.47% | 4,114 |
| Mono | 59.89% | 224 | 32.35% | 121 | 6.68% | 25 | 0.00% | 0 | 1.07% | 4 | 27.54% | 103 |
| Los Angeles | 56.77% | 41,483 | 30.21% | 22,076 | 6.43% | 4,702 | 5.52% | 4,033 | 1.07% | 783 | 26.56% | 19,407 |
| Napa | 59.08% | 2,405 | 32.82% | 1,336 | 5.06% | 206 | 2.46% | 100 | 0.59% | 24 | 26.26% | 1,069 |
| Sonoma | 57.50% | 5,427 | 33.56% | 3,168 | 5.12% | 483 | 3.02% | 285 | 0.81% | 76 | 23.94% | 2,259 |
| Santa Cruz | 54.71% | 2,886 | 31.15% | 1,643 | 8.53% | 450 | 4.49% | 237 | 1.12% | 59 | 23.56% | 1,243 |
| Plumas | 57.91% | 659 | 34.71% | 395 | 5.18% | 59 | 1.05% | 12 | 1.14% | 13 | 23.20% | 264 |
| San Bernardino | 52.90% | 4,729 | 30.03% | 2,685 | 8.69% | 777 | 6.91% | 618 | 1.47% | 131 | 22.87% | 2,044 |
| Orange | 53.74% | 3,244 | 31.65% | 1,911 | 6.21% | 375 | 7.47% | 451 | 0.93% | 56 | 22.09% | 1,333 |
| Santa Barbara | 55.19% | 2,713 | 33.36% | 1,640 | 7.65% | 376 | 2.12% | 104 | 1.69% | 83 | 21.83% | 1,073 |
| Ventura | 56.57% | 1,864 | 35.84% | 1,181 | 4.80% | 158 | 1.46% | 48 | 1.34% | 44 | 20.73% | 683 |
| Calaveras | 55.54% | 1,323 | 34.97% | 833 | 7.01% | 167 | 0.71% | 17 | 1.76% | 42 | 20.57% | 490 |
| Mendocino | 55.56% | 2,746 | 35.45% | 1,752 | 5.93% | 293 | 1.78% | 88 | 1.27% | 63 | 20.11% | 994 |
| San Francisco | 55.19% | 33,184 | 35.36% | 21,260 | 7.52% | 4,523 | 0.68% | 406 | 1.25% | 751 | 19.83% | 11,924 |
| Solano | 54.72% | 3,115 | 35.71% | 2,033 | 7.06% | 402 | 1.79% | 102 | 0.72% | 41 | 19.01% | 1,082 |
| Lassen | 54.61% | 551 | 35.78% | 361 | 8.03% | 81 | 0.89% | 9 | 0.69% | 7 | 18.83% | 190 |
| Monterey | 53.64% | 2,486 | 34.87% | 1,616 | 4.55% | 211 | 5.72% | 265 | 1.23% | 57 | 18.77% | 870 |
| Sierra | 55.40% | 600 | 37.86% | 410 | 4.99% | 54 | 1.02% | 11 | 0.74% | 8 | 17.54% | 190 |
| Sacramento | 55.15% | 6,515 | 38.37% | 4,533 | 5.15% | 608 | 0.90% | 106 | 0.44% | 52 | 16.78% | 1,982 |
| Butte | 52.74% | 3,094 | 36.58% | 2,146 | 6.55% | 384 | 3.39% | 199 | 0.73% | 43 | 16.16% | 948 |
| Yuba | 55.24% | 1,270 | 39.23% | 902 | 3.39% | 78 | 0.48% | 11 | 1.65% | 38 | 16.01% | 368 |
| San Luis Obispo | 50.76% | 2,008 | 34.91% | 1,381 | 9.35% | 370 | 3.89% | 154 | 1.09% | 43 | 15.85% | 627 |
| Kings | 53.22% | 1,198 | 38.16% | 859 | 4.98% | 112 | 3.11% | 70 | 0.53% | 12 | 15.06% | 339 |
| Sutter | 54.94% | 896 | 39.98% | 652 | 2.76% | 45 | 1.72% | 28 | 0.61% | 10 | 14.96% | 244 |
| San Benito | 53.57% | 937 | 39.11% | 684 | 3.60% | 63 | 2.97% | 52 | 0.74% | 13 | 14.46% | 253 |
| San Joaquin | 52.20% | 4,470 | 38.90% | 3,331 | 6.39% | 547 | 1.95% | 167 | 0.57% | 49 | 13.30% | 1,139 |
| Fresno | 50.89% | 6,384 | 37.81% | 4,743 | 6.92% | 868 | 4.05% | 508 | 0.33% | 42 | 13.08% | 1,641 |
| Nevada | 50.86% | 1,825 | 38.13% | 1,368 | 8.25% | 296 | 2.12% | 76 | 0.64% | 23 | 12.73% | 457 |
| Shasta | 47.61% | 1,891 | 34.97% | 1,389 | 14.53% | 577 | 1.74% | 69 | 1.16% | 46 | 12.64% | 502 |
| Imperial | 47.64% | 909 | 35.38% | 675 | 10.69% | 204 | 5.35% | 102 | 0.94% | 18 | 12.26% | 234 |
| Placer | 51.45% | 1,865 | 41.13% | 1,491 | 4.72% | 171 | 1.90% | 69 | 0.80% | 29 | 10.32% | 374 |
| Amador | 51.88% | 1,035 | 43.81% | 874 | 1.90% | 38 | 1.25% | 25 | 1.15% | 23 | 8.07% | 161 |
| Stanislaus | 46.45% | 1,663 | 38.83% | 1,390 | 5.08% | 182 | 8.80% | 315 | 0.84% | 30 | 7.62% | 273 |
| Tehama | 47.46% | 1,064 | 39.88% | 894 | 9.10% | 204 | 2.77% | 62 | 0.80% | 18 | 7.58% | 170 |
| Tulare | 47.95% | 2,742 | 40.73% | 2,329 | 8.15% | 466 | 2.50% | 143 | 0.66% | 38 | 7.22% | 413 |
| Trinity | 44.41% | 393 | 37.40% | 331 | 14.69% | 130 | 1.58% | 14 | 1.92% | 17 | 7.01% | 62 |
| Yolo | 49.01% | 1,707 | 44.59% | 1,553 | 3.65% | 127 | 2.12% | 74 | 0.63% | 22 | 4.42% | 154 |
| Siskiyou | 47.40% | 1,813 | 43.32% | 1,657 | 6.90% | 264 | 1.02% | 39 | 1.36% | 52 | 4.08% | 156 |
| Modoc | 49.92% | 620 | 46.22% | 574 | 1.93% | 24 | 0.97% | 12 | 0.97% | 12 | 3.70% | 46 |
| Tuolumne | 44.40% | 943 | 41.34% | 878 | 8.80% | 187 | 3.39% | 72 | 2.07% | 44 | 3.06% | 65 |
| Madera | 44.85% | 596 | 43.19% | 574 | 9.10% | 121 | 1.58% | 21 | 1.28% | 17 | 1.66% | 22 |
| Kern | 45.60% | 2,270 | 44.50% | 2,215 | 7.63% | 380 | 1.15% | 57 | 1.12% | 56 | 1.10% | 55 |
| Merced | 44.58% | 1,107 | 44.30% | 1,100 | 6.12% | 152 | 4.19% | 104 | 0.81% | 20 | 0.28% | 7 |
| Lake | 42.84% | 625 | 43.04% | 628 | 7.54% | 110 | 4.39% | 64 | 2.19% | 32 | -0.20% | -3 |
| El Dorado | 44.74% | 986 | 46.23% | 1,019 | 6.72% | 148 | 1.00% | 22 | 1.32% | 29 | -1.49% | -33 |
| Inyo | 40.94% | 583 | 43.40% | 618 | 11.10% | 158 | 2.60% | 37 | 1.97% | 28 | -2.46% | -35 |
| Glenn | 44.72% | 618 | 51.45% | 711 | 1.37% | 19 | 2.03% | 28 | 0.43% | 6 | -6.73% | -93 |
| Mariposa | 36.86% | 352 | 50.26% | 480 | 9.01% | 86 | 1.47% | 14 | 2.41% | 23 | -13.40% | -128 |
| Colusa | 38.58% | 730 | 56.24% | 1,064 | 2.75% | 52 | 1.74% | 33 | 0.69% | 13 | -17.66% | -334 |
References
- ^ "1908 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2008-08-25.