William Howard Taft carried Iowa R+15.0.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Iowa, 1908. The state ran 5.5 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

494,769 votes counted

Bryan (D)

200,771

40.6%

Taft (R)

275,209

55.6%

All others

18,789

3.8%

Margin

R+15.0

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1908 presidential election

Iowa, 1908

TaftR+15.0

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	55.6%	275,209
William J. BryanDemocratic	40.6%	200,771
OtherAll other candidates	3.8%	18,789

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−24.1%	1,322	2,185	3,579
Adams County	R	−9.0%	1,325	1,595	3,008
Allamakee County	R	−18.5%	1,725	2,521	4,297
Appanoose County	R	−17.3%	2,167	3,161	5,747
Audubon County	R	−23.3%	1,050	1,701	2,795
Benton County	R	−13.2%	2,418	3,180	5,773
Black Hawk County	R	−25.4%	3,127	5,437	9,112
Boone County	R	−24.2%	1,958	3,368	5,836
Bremer County	D	+7.4%	1,925	1,656	3,656
Buchanan County	R	−14.5%	1,889	2,552	4,577
Buena Vista County	R	−36.2%	1,054	2,337	3,544
Butler County	R	−41.4%	994	2,467	3,559
Calhoun County	R	−32.2%	1,152	2,353	3,733
Carroll County	D	+14.5%	2,510	1,865	4,448
Cass County	R	−25.0%	1,655	2,799	4,574
Cedar County	R	−10.3%	1,986	2,455	4,532
Cerro Gordo County	R	−31.5%	1,520	2,990	4,668
Cherokee County	R	−34.9%	1,084	2,300	3,481
Chickasaw County	D	+8.7%	1,877	1,571	3,501
Clarke County	R	−17.5%	1,134	1,624	2,800
Clay County	R	−41.5%	778	1,921	2,757
Clayton County	D	+4.3%	3,026	2,773	5,895
Clinton County	R	−0.2%	4,821	4,836	9,934
Crawford County	D	+3.3%	2,322	2,169	4,588
Dallas County	R	−24.1%	1,871	3,132	5,225
Davis County	D	+8.0%	1,749	1,484	3,299
Decatur County	R	−8.3%	1,809	2,149	4,091
Delaware County	R	−23.3%	1,471	2,396	3,970
Des Moines County	R	−2.1%	3,975	4,153	8,489
Dickinson County	R	−36.4%	503	1,109	1,666
Dubuque County	D	+16.3%	6,645	4,708	11,855
Emmet County	R	−44.3%	522	1,401	1,985
Fayette County	R	−18.4%	2,281	3,369	5,928
Floyd County	R	−32.1%	1,250	2,462	3,780
Franklin County	R	−48.0%	737	2,154	2,950
Fremont County	D	+0.7%	1,979	1,949	4,008
Greene County	R	−37.2%	1,152	2,574	3,826
Grundy County	R	−25.1%	1,105	1,861	3,013
Guthrie County	R	−24.7%	1,532	2,560	4,167
Hamilton County	R	−39.9%	1,145	2,765	4,056
Hancock County	R	−36.3%	804	1,750	2,606
Hardin County	R	−43.2%	1,187	3,123	4,477
Harrison County	R	−8.8%	2,425	2,914	5,561
Henry County	R	−24.0%	1,606	2,653	4,356
Howard County	R	−4.0%	1,408	1,530	3,054
Humboldt County	R	−49.9%	587	1,818	2,468
Ida County	R	−7.2%	1,181	1,367	2,580
Iowa County	R	−7.6%	1,907	2,230	4,241
Jackson County	D	+0.1%	2,545	2,542	5,240
Jasper County	R	−9.8%	2,889	3,543	6,681
Jefferson County	R	−21.4%	1,439	2,271	3,896
Johnson County	D	+9.0%	3,314	2,758	6,151
Jones County	R	−5.9%	2,176	2,453	4,707
Keokuk County	R	−5.0%	2,459	2,728	5,380
Kossuth County	R	−17.5%	1,826	2,612	4,482
Lee County	D	+4.9%	4,706	4,262	9,144
Linn County	R	−11.3%	5,493	6,938	12,795
Louisa County	R	−34.1%	978	2,025	3,072
Lucas County	R	−15.5%	1,267	1,757	3,171
Lyon County	R	−20.9%	1,064	1,650	2,800
Madison County	R	−25.1%	1,404	2,425	4,073
Mahaska County	R	−4.2%	3,035	3,326	6,856
Marion County	D	+2.0%	2,739	2,625	5,692
Marshall County	R	−30.7%	1,941	3,887	6,337
Mills County	R	−12.3%	1,522	1,959	3,561
Mitchell County	R	−31.8%	988	1,932	2,968
Monona County	R	−6.5%	1,732	1,977	3,760
Monroe County	R	−13.6%	1,979	2,686	5,207
Montgomery County	R	−32.1%	1,282	2,553	3,962
Muscatine County	R	−6.8%	3,038	3,525	7,131
O'Brien County	R	−17.7%	1,326	1,912	3,314
Osceola County	R	−12.3%	777	1,000	1,807
Page County	R	−27.4%	1,726	3,141	5,169
Palo Alto County	R	−9.6%	1,340	1,639	3,103
Plymouth County	R	−9.2%	2,168	2,622	4,930
Pocahontas County	R	−16.8%	1,315	1,857	3,234
Polk County	R	−21.4%	7,924	12,555	21,640
Pottawattamie County	R	−5.1%	5,520	6,137	11,995
Poweshiek County	R	−24.2%	1,661	2,794	4,678
Ringgold County	R	−27.1%	1,092	1,940	3,132
Sac County	R	−30.7%	1,230	2,366	3,696
Scott County	R	−7.4%	5,845	6,845	13,489
Shelby County	R	−1.0%	1,935	1,973	3,999
Sioux County	R	−17.4%	1,891	2,697	4,642
Story County	R	−48.7%	1,195	3,790	5,334
Tama County	R	−4.0%	2,550	2,774	5,572
Taylor County	R	−20.9%	1,585	2,460	4,186
Union County	R	−8.6%	1,843	2,207	4,215
Van Buren County	R	−10.2%	1,730	2,133	3,960
Wapello County	R	−9.1%	3,724	4,541	8,959
Warren County	R	−21.4%	1,645	2,589	4,419
Washington County	R	−10.5%	2,119	2,631	4,889
Wayne County	R	−8.4%	1,756	2,092	4,016
Webster County	R	−19.8%	2,374	3,658	6,472
Winnebago County	R	−54.3%	489	1,710	2,248
Winneshiek County	R	−15.6%	2,008	2,767	4,872
Woodbury County	R	−11.1%	5,222	6,587	12,307
Worth County	R	−51.0%	449	1,433	1,928
Wright County	R	−47.3%	866	2,498	3,453