William Howard Taft carried Minnesota R+26.2.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Minnesota, 1908. The state ran 16.6 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

330,253 votes counted

Bryan (D)

109,401

33.1%

Taft (R)

195,842

59.3%

All others

25,010

7.6%

Margin

R+26.2

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1908 presidential election

Minnesota, 1908

TaftR+26.2

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	59.3%	195,842
William J. BryanDemocratic	33.1%	109,401
OtherAll other candidates	7.6%	25,010

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−45.4%	389	1,205	1,798
Anoka County	R	−42.3%	610	1,577	2,286
Becker County	R	−41.6%	728	2,058	3,196
Beltrami County	R	−41.6%	648	1,882	2,969
Benton County	R	−12.8%	765	1,001	1,850
Big Stone County	R	−24.0%	565	965	1,670
Blue Earth County	R	−18.9%	2,191	3,297	5,867
Brown County	D	+0.5%	1,536	1,518	3,357
Carlton County	R	−41.1%	506	1,487	2,384
Carver County	R	−22.0%	1,101	1,739	2,897
Cass County	R	−32.1%	461	1,009	1,709
Chippewa County	R	−25.5%	799	1,409	2,389
Chisago County	R	−64.4%	408	2,107	2,637
Clay County	R	−23.1%	1,125	1,857	3,164
Clearwater County	R	−52.2%	164	779	1,179
Cook County	R	−65.1%	42	255	327
Cottonwood County	R	−37.9%	526	1,240	1,884
Crow Wing County	R	−36.1%	661	1,681	2,829
Dakota County	R	−15.6%	1,778	2,481	4,505
Dodge County	R	−45.1%	515	1,454	2,084
Douglas County	R	−29.4%	979	1,894	3,109
Faribault County	R	−34.0%	1,039	2,305	3,729
Fillmore County	R	−45.1%	1,153	3,259	4,666
Freeborn County	R	−36.9%	976	2,465	4,032
Goodhue County	R	−55.7%	1,147	4,482	5,985
Grant County	R	−46.1%	376	1,099	1,569
Hennepin County	R	−24.6%	16,169	27,787	47,313
Houston County	R	−37.8%	745	1,700	2,524
Hubbard County	R	−47.6%	401	1,288	1,864
Isanti County	R	−35.7%	466	1,198	2,049
Itasca County	R	−40.2%	684	1,883	2,982
Jackson County	R	−21.0%	1,013	1,575	2,672
Kanabec County	R	−48.6%	242	803	1,155
Kandiyohi County	R	−37.6%	947	2,312	3,634
Kittson County	R	−30.1%	499	969	1,559
Koochiching County	R	−27.5%	420	826	1,475
Lac qui Parle County	R	−45.0%	661	1,894	2,738
Lake County	R	−37.9%	152	584	1,140
Le Sueur County	R	−3.2%	1,699	1,819	3,801
Lincoln County	R	−12.5%	683	891	1,665
Lyon County	R	−20.1%	1,043	1,618	2,854
Mahnomen County	R	−24.7%	143	265	494
Marshall County	R	−33.4%	731	1,648	2,747
Martin County	R	−26.7%	1,054	1,922	3,255
McLeod County	R	−2.3%	1,506	1,579	3,197
Meeker County	R	−25.9%	1,111	1,928	3,149
Mille Lacs County	R	−38.3%	427	1,119	1,806
Morrison County	R	−11.6%	1,513	1,936	3,632
Mower County	R	−34.3%	1,206	2,629	4,143
Murray County	R	−24.8%	762	1,293	2,145
Nicollet County	R	−23.9%	832	1,392	2,348
Nobles County	R	−20.1%	925	1,432	2,522
Norman County	R	−26.6%	661	1,276	2,309
Olmsted County	R	−20.0%	1,621	2,472	4,260
Otter Tail County	R	−24.1%	2,320	3,964	6,826
Pine County	R	−27.2%	802	1,548	2,743
Pipestone County	R	−34.9%	491	1,057	1,624
Polk County	R	−23.1%	1,928	3,311	5,997
Pope County	R	−57.9%	442	1,794	2,334
Ramsey County	R	−16.3%	11,613	16,556	30,300
Red Lake County	R	−21.2%	856	1,428	2,694
Redwood County	R	−24.5%	1,076	1,821	3,042
Renville County	R	−24.1%	1,364	2,275	3,778
Rice County	R	−26.3%	1,614	2,821	4,590
Rock County	R	−38.6%	525	1,234	1,836
Roseau County	R	−25.8%	444	900	1,768
Scott County	D	+18.9%	1,548	1,045	2,660
Sherburne County	R	−43.1%	366	1,002	1,477
Sibley County	R	−18.3%	1,110	1,623	2,802
St. Louis County	R	−41.7%	4,464	12,076	18,274
Stearns County	D	+18.1%	3,835	2,614	6,745
Steele County	R	−18.5%	1,284	1,899	3,325
Stevens County	R	−19.5%	582	877	1,514
Swift County	R	−17.6%	921	1,343	2,391
Todd County	R	−25.3%	1,305	2,334	4,068
Traverse County	R	−13.7%	514	685	1,247
Wabasha County	R	−19.9%	1,416	2,150	3,684
Wadena County	R	−33.6%	467	991	1,559
Waseca County	R	−14.0%	1,085	1,455	2,646
Washington County	R	−40.4%	1,120	2,727	3,981
Watonwan County	R	−43.6%	537	1,411	2,003
Wilkin County	R	−11.2%	614	779	1,469
Winona County	D	+0.9%	3,072	3,014	6,249
Wright County	R	−32.1%	1,396	2,820	4,442
Yellow Medicine County	R	−35.8%	786	1,745	2,682