1908 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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1908 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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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 vote500
Popular vote106,06258,69114,177
Percentage57.68%31.92%7.71%
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County Results
Taft
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%

The 1908 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

Washington had been established earlier in the 1900s as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a Presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932, and more or less continuously at state level during this era. [1] Democratic representation in the Washington legislature would during this period at times be countable on one hand. [2] Republican primaries would take over as the chief mode of political competition when introduced later in the decade. [3]

Roosevelt's great popularity in the state ensured his handpicked successor William Howard Taft would win Washington by a margin of 25.76% and without much difficulty, although because Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan retained some popularity from previous campaigns in this radical state, Taft could not equal Roosevelt's huge win from four years earlier. Bryan had previously won the state against William McKinley in 1896 but would later lose the state to McKinley in 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Washington [4]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican William Howard Taft 106,06257.68%5
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 58,69131.92%0
Socialist Eugene V. Debs 14,1777.71%0
Prohibition Eugene W. Chafin 4,7002.56%0
Independence Thomas L. Hisgen 2490.14%0
Totals183,879100.00%5
Voter turnout—

Results by county

CountyWilliam Howard Taft [5]
Republican		William Jennings Bryan [5]
Democratic		Eugene Victor Debs [5]
Socialist		Eugene Wilder Chafin [5]
Prohibition		Thomas Hisgen [5]
Independence		MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 1,03355.75%71638.64%583.13%452.43%10.05%31717.11%1,853
Asotin 64859.83%36133.33%363.32%383.51%00.00%28726.50%1,083
Benton 89157.86%46230.00%1519.81%342.21%20.13%42927.86%1,540
Chehalis 3,12860.55%1,23323.87%71213.78%861.66%70.14%1,89536.68%5,166
Chelan 1,63959.88%86331.53%1605.85%662.41%90.33%77628.35%2,737
Clallam 93857.87%42025.91%18711.54%110.68%654.01%51831.96%1,621
Clark 2,41659.10%1,23330.16%3358.19%1042.54%00.00%1,18328.94%4,088
Columbia 88755.33%58736.62%251.56%482.99%563.49%30018.71%1,603
Cowlitz 1,57365.13%61625.51%1727.12%281.16%261.08%95739.63%2,415
Douglas 1,94252.35%1,53441.35%1915.15%431.16%00.00%40811.00%3,710
Ferry 46747.41%38839.39%11511.68%111.12%40.41%798.02%985
Franklin 64353.27%48139.85%564.64%272.24%00.00%16213.42%1,207
Garfield 55656.50%35335.87%404.07%131.32%222.24%20320.63%984
Island 45058.75%18924.67%9912.92%283.66%00.00%26134.07%766
Jefferson 85962.47%41530.18%664.80%110.80%241.75%44432.29%1,375
King 22,29755.81%14,59936.54%2,1735.44%8362.09%440.11%7,69819.27%39,949
Kitsap 1,81956.35%83725.93%49415.30%742.29%40.12%98230.42%3,228
Kittitas 1,75256.35%97831.46%31410.10%642.06%10.03%77424.90%3,109
Klickitat 1,24561.45%55827.54%1738.54%462.27%40.20%68733.91%2,026
Lewis 3,17060.44%1,41226.92%52810.07%1202.29%150.29%1,75833.52%5,245
Lincoln 2,02555.45%1,42639.05%1243.40%732.00%40.11%59916.40%3,652
Mason 55356.72%31632.41%808.21%222.26%40.41%23724.31%975
Okanogan 1,36849.46%1,06138.36%30711.10%220.80%80.29%30711.10%2,766
Pacific 1,49269.49%47722.22%1537.13%210.98%40.19%1,01547.28%2,147
Pierce 10,93560.94%4,90627.34%1,6269.06%4632.58%140.08%6,02933.60%17,944
San Juan 58166.40%17219.66%11112.69%101.14%10.11%40946.74%875
Skagit 2,92456.40%1,44327.84%69013.31%1132.18%140.27%1,48128.57%5,184
Skamania 31060.31%14127.43%5410.51%71.36%20.39%16932.88%514
Snohomish 5,65955.69%2,96429.17%9589.43%5675.58%130.13%2,69526.52%10,161
Spokane 11,71958.73%6,54032.78%1,1845.93%4962.49%150.08%5,17925.95%19,954
Stevens 2,54652.29%1,54931.81%64613.27%1202.46%80.16%99720.48%4,869
Thurston 1,94057.28%96328.43%36710.84%1103.25%70.21%97728.85%3,387
Wahkiakum 48571.22%14621.44%466.75%30.44%10.15%33949.78%681
Walla Walla 2,84360.86%1,65035.32%1022.18%711.52%50.11%1,19325.54%4,671
Whatcom 4,95557.63%2,37627.63%96311.20%2963.44%80.09%2,57930.00%8,598
Whitman 3,37652.72%2,37337.05%3375.26%3154.92%30.05%1,00315.66%6,404
Yakima 3,99863.92%1,64526.30%3445.50%2584.12%100.16%2,35337.62%6,255
Totals106,06257.73%58,38331.78%14,1777.72%4,7002.56%4050.22%47,67925.95%183,727

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    References

    1. ↑ Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 ISBN   0313213798
    2. ↑ Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 ISBN   0030133661
    3. ↑ Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233
    4. ↑ Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1908 Presidential General Election Results — Washington
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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