William Jennings Bryan carried Kentucky D+1.7.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Kentucky, 1908. The state ran 11.3 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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Kentucky result

490,760 votes counted

Bryan (D)

244,092

49.7%

Taft (R)

235,711

48.0%

All others

10,957

2.2%

Margin

D+1.7

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1908 presidential election

Kentucky, 1908

BryanD+1.7

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	49.7%	244,092
William H. TaftRepublican	48.0%	235,711
OtherAll other candidates	2.2%	10,957

D+60

R+60

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

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−13.2%	1,429	1,872	3,367
Allen County	R	−15.3%	1,402	1,922	3,391
Anderson County	D	+17.0%	1,477	1,040	2,566
Ballard County	D	+48.2%	2,117	706	2,930
Barren County	D	+15.0%	3,145	2,308	5,574
Bath County	D	+8.6%	1,754	1,471	3,277
Bell County	R	−49.0%	925	2,815	3,858
Boone County	D	+52.0%	2,041	631	2,709
Bourbon County	D	+4.0%	2,508	2,312	4,882
Boyd County	R	−19.0%	1,950	2,894	4,964
Boyle County	D	+9.1%	1,787	1,485	3,327
Bracken County	D	+15.2%	1,510	1,100	2,702
Breathitt County	R	−1.6%	1,567	1,620	3,219
Breckinridge County	R	−10.7%	2,090	2,603	4,808
Bullitt County	D	+31.4%	1,409	726	2,176
Butler County	R	−38.6%	1,012	2,328	3,407
Caldwell County	D	+0.8%	1,541	1,517	3,142
Calloway County	D	+55.7%	3,024	808	3,975
Campbell County	R	−1.4%	6,813	7,025	14,804
Carlisle County	D	+52.3%	1,625	482	2,184
Carroll County	D	+45.9%	1,514	546	2,107
Carter County	R	−23.7%	1,595	2,620	4,316
Casey County	R	−22.1%	1,191	1,878	3,106
Christian County	R	−19.1%	3,120	4,618	7,823
Clark County	D	+14.9%	2,525	1,859	4,456
Clay County	R	−47.8%	691	1,991	2,717
Clinton County	R	−51.3%	330	1,082	1,467
Crittenden County	R	−13.2%	1,309	1,714	3,071
Cumberland County	R	−31.4%	605	1,172	1,807
Daviess County	D	+13.9%	5,218	3,922	9,324
Edmonson County	R	−19.9%	858	1,291	2,173
Elliott County	D	+30.3%	1,159	618	1,785
Estill County	R	−19.9%	996	1,503	2,542
Fayette County	D	+4.9%	5,247	4,748	10,153
Fleming County	D	+1.8%	2,057	1,984	4,097
Floyd County	D	+1.4%	1,601	1,557	3,196
Franklin County	D	+32.6%	3,233	1,632	4,910
Fulton County	D	+44.9%	1,705	636	2,382
Gallatin County	D	+49.5%	958	321	1,288
Garrard County	R	−11.0%	1,259	1,578	2,894
Grant County	D	+19.9%	1,654	1,099	2,790
Graves County	D	+46.2%	4,952	1,744	6,943
Grayson County	R	−11.5%	1,864	2,360	4,295
Green County	R	−6.7%	1,167	1,337	2,541
Greenup County	R	−18.8%	1,441	2,142	3,738
Hancock County	R	−9.3%	868	1,052	1,984
Hardin County	D	+22.0%	3,010	1,913	4,990
Harlan County	R	−68.6%	252	1,392	1,662
Harrison County	D	+27.7%	2,797	1,571	4,430
Hart County	R	−4.8%	1,766	1,950	3,801
Henderson County	D	+18.5%	3,735	2,528	6,520
Henry County	D	+24.4%	2,253	1,358	3,668
Hickman County	D	+47.6%	1,890	658	2,586
Hopkins County	D	+5.6%	3,721	3,315	7,231
Jackson County	R	−77.5%	232	1,851	2,090
Jefferson County	R	−1.8%	26,186	27,180	54,700
Jessamine County	D	+10.3%	1,574	1,271	2,952
Johnson County	R	−39.2%	1,004	2,336	3,401
Kenton County	D	+14.3%	8,683	6,431	15,777
Knott County	D	+31.3%	1,110	576	1,704
Knox County	R	−50.8%	867	2,788	3,780
Larue County	D	+12.9%	1,337	1,029	2,385
Laurel County	R	−37.4%	1,165	2,594	3,816
Lawrence County	R	−5.5%	1,878	2,098	4,032
Lee County	R	−19.7%	783	1,171	1,969
Leslie County	R	−86.6%	95	1,399	1,506
Letcher County	R	−41.4%	476	1,158	1,648
Lewis County	R	−32.8%	1,268	2,549	3,906
Lincoln County	D	+3.6%	1,994	1,851	3,945
Livingston County	D	+8.1%	1,183	997	2,285
Logan County	D	+14.2%	3,114	2,326	5,566
Lyon County	D	+13.3%	1,001	759	1,822
Madison County	R	−2.0%	3,065	3,191	6,359
Magoffin County	R	−23.9%	1,005	1,645	2,683
Marion County	D	+22.5%	2,093	1,321	3,426
Marshall County	D	+20.1%	1,852	1,217	3,152
Martin County	R	−61.1%	240	1,042	1,313
Mason County	D	+11.0%	2,675	2,136	4,911
McCracken County	D	+15.9%	4,127	2,966	7,285
McLean County	D	+3.9%	1,430	1,319	2,871
Meade County	D	+19.6%	1,295	863	2,201
Menifee County	D	+29.7%	833	451	1,285
Mercer County	D	+5.3%	1,747	1,567	3,406
Metcalfe County	R	−14.8%	968	1,311	2,312
Monroe County	R	−41.1%	770	1,861	2,652
Montgomery County	D	+8.4%	1,549	1,305	2,894
Morgan County	D	+17.9%	2,013	1,400	3,431
Muhlenberg County	R	−5.4%	2,740	3,063	5,962
Nelson County	D	+25.8%	2,452	1,436	3,935
Nicholas County	D	+22.3%	1,723	1,085	2,863
Ohio County	R	−8.8%	2,785	3,337	6,301
Oldham County	D	+32.8%	1,259	625	1,933
Owen County	D	+57.3%	2,732	735	3,485
Owsley County	R	−68.9%	224	1,240	1,474
Pendleton County	D	+13.0%	1,543	1,177	2,820
Perry County	R	−41.1%	524	1,274	1,823
Pike County	R	−21.8%	2,208	3,467	5,769
Powell County	D	+2.7%	739	699	1,464
Pulaski County	R	−28.4%	2,460	4,483	7,121
Robertson County	D	+26.4%	688	398	1,100
Rockcastle County	R	−30.2%	962	1,816	2,830
Rowan County	R	−14.4%	757	1,017	1,807
Russell County	R	−24.7%	739	1,255	2,090
Scott County	D	+15.8%	2,476	1,794	4,313
Shelby County	D	+19.9%	2,742	1,823	4,607
Simpson County	D	+30.1%	1,714	913	2,660
Spencer County	D	+34.8%	1,175	563	1,761
Taylor County	D	+3.0%	1,294	1,218	2,573
Todd County	D	+10.1%	1,908	1,555	3,498
Trigg County	D	+10.6%	1,680	1,351	3,095
Trimble County	D	+57.5%	1,322	344	1,700
Union County	D	+34.7%	2,781	1,312	4,239
Warren County	D	+12.0%	3,742	2,929	6,795
Washington County	D	+3.2%	1,615	1,515	3,152
Wayne County	R	−14.6%	1,436	1,936	3,425
Webster County	D	+15.0%	2,491	1,828	4,415
Whitley County	R	−56.2%	1,111	4,023	5,184
Wolfe County	D	+14.5%	1,101	818	1,947
Woodford County	D	+10.4%	1,690	1,369	3,099