William Howard Taft carried California R+22.5.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in California, 1908. The state ran 12.9 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)

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California result

386,625 votes counted

Bryan (D)

127,492

33.0%

Taft (R)

214,398

55.5%

All others

44,735

11.6%

Margin

R+22.5

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1908 presidential election

California, 1908

TaftR+22.5

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	55.5%	214,398
William J. BryanDemocratic	33.0%	127,492
OtherAll other candidates	11.6%	44,735

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1908 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1908

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	R	−42.9%	7,110	21,380	33,283
Alpine County	R	−74.4%	11	75	86
Amador County	R	−8.1%	874	1,035	1,995
Butte County	R	−16.2%	2,146	3,094	5,866
Calaveras County	R	−20.6%	833	1,323	2,382
Colusa County	D	+17.7%	1,064	730	1,892
Contra Costa County	R	−31.6%	1,599	3,336	5,504
Del Norte County	R	−32.7%	202	450	759
El Dorado County	D	+1.5%	1,019	986	2,204
Fresno County	R	−13.1%	4,743	6,384	12,545
Glenn County	D	+6.7%	711	618	1,382
Humboldt County	R	−46.4%	1,206	4,221	6,492
Imperial County	R	−12.3%	675	909	1,908
Inyo County	D	+2.5%	618	583	1,424
Kern County	R	−1.1%	2,215	2,270	4,978
Kings County	R	−15.1%	859	1,198	2,251
Lake County	D	+0.2%	628	625	1,459
Lassen County	R	−18.8%	361	551	1,009
Los Angeles County	R	−26.6%	22,076	41,483	73,077
Madera County	R	−1.7%	574	596	1,329
Marin County	R	−43.7%	983	2,732	4,003
Mariposa County	D	+13.4%	480	352	955
Mendocino County	R	−20.1%	1,752	2,746	4,942
Merced County	R	−0.3%	1,100	1,107	2,483
Modoc County	R	−3.7%	574	620	1,242
Mono County	R	−27.5%	121	224	374
Monterey County	R	−18.8%	1,616	2,486	4,635
Napa County	R	−26.3%	1,336	2,405	4,071
Nevada County	R	−12.7%	1,368	1,825	3,588
Orange County	R	−22.1%	1,911	3,244	6,037
Placer County	R	−10.3%	1,491	1,865	3,625
Plumas County	R	−23.2%	395	659	1,138
Riverside County	R	−32.9%	1,374	3,229	5,641
Sacramento County	R	−16.8%	4,533	6,515	11,814
San Benito County	R	−14.5%	684	937	1,749
San Bernardino County	R	−22.9%	2,685	4,729	8,940
San Diego County	R	−32.1%	2,393	5,412	9,403
San Francisco County	R	−19.8%	21,260	33,184	60,124
San Joaquin County	R	−13.3%	3,331	4,470	8,564
San Luis Obispo County	R	−15.8%	1,381	2,008	3,956
San Mateo County	R	−34.1%	1,314	2,865	4,554
Santa Barbara County	R	−21.8%	1,640	2,713	4,916
Santa Clara County	R	−30.5%	3,836	7,950	13,502
Santa Cruz County	R	−23.6%	1,643	2,886	5,275
Shasta County	R	−12.6%	1,389	1,891	3,972
Sierra County	R	−17.5%	410	600	1,083
Siskiyou County	R	−4.1%	1,657	1,813	3,825
Solano County	R	−19.0%	2,033	3,115	5,693
Sonoma County	R	−23.9%	3,168	5,427	9,439
Stanislaus County	R	−7.6%	1,390	1,663	3,580
Sutter County	R	−15.0%	652	896	1,631
Tehama County	R	−7.6%	894	1,064	2,242
Trinity County	R	−7.0%	331	393	885
Tulare County	R	−7.2%	2,329	2,742	5,718
Tuolumne County	R	−3.1%	878	943	2,124
Ventura County	R	−20.7%	1,181	1,864	3,295
Yolo County	R	−4.4%	1,553	1,707	3,483
Yuba County	R	−16.0%	902	1,270	2,299