1908 United States presidential election in California

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1908 United States presidential election in California

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Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan Eugene V. Debs Party Republican Democratic Socialist Home state Ohio Nebraska Indiana Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern Ben Hanford Electoral vote 10 0 0 Popular vote 214,398 127,492 28,659 Percentage 55.46% 32.98% 7.41%

County Results Taft   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   80–90% Bryan   40–50%   50–60%

President before election Theodore Roosevelt Republican Elected President William Howard Taft Republican

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.

California voted for the Republican nominee, former War Secretary William Howard Taft and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former representative and the 1896 and 1900 nominee, William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska and his running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator. Taft won the state by a margin of 22.48%.

Bryan had previously lost California to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.

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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Inyo
• Glenn
• Lake
• El Dorado

See also

• United States presidential elections in California

References

1. "1908 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.