William Jennings Bryan carried Mississippi D+83.6. William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Mississippi, 1908. Mississippi held 10 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 93.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).
Elections › 1908 › President › Mississippi Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William Howard Taft (R)
Akashic Mississippi result
66,904 votes counted
Akashic 1908 presidential election
Mississippi, 1908
Bryan D+83.6
1908 presidential margin by county for Mississippi — 1908 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of Mississippi — 1908 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1908 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states. Louisiana Arkansas Alabama Tennessee Adams County, MS · D+77.5 Alcorn County, MS · D+86.0 Amite County, MS · D+94.4 Attala County, MS · D+81.9 Benton County, MS · D+88.8 Bolivar County, MS · D+50.3 Calhoun County, MS · D+82.2 Carroll County, MS · D+85.5 Chickasaw County, MS · D+81.4 Choctaw County, MS · D+75.2 Claiborne County, MS · D+96.6 Clarke County, MS · D+90.9 Clay County, MS · D+92.5 Coahoma County, MS · D+73.7 Copiah County, MS · D+94.1 Covington County, MS · D+82.7 DeSoto County, MS · D+96.0 Forrest County, MS · D+81.3 Franklin County, MS · D+75.7 Greene County, MS · D+77.8 Grenada County, MS · D+92.7 Hancock County, MS · D+64.0 Harrison County, MS · D+63.0 Hinds County, MS · D+90.4 Holmes County, MS · D+91.0 Issaquena County, MS · D+77.1 Itawamba County, MS · D+80.2 Jackson County, MS · D+69.2 Jasper County, MS · D+89.7 Jefferson County, MS · D+97.8 Jefferson Davis County, MS · D+61.8 Jones County, MS · D+66.4 Kemper County, MS · D+78.3 Lafayette County, MS · D+91.3 Lamar County, MS · D+61.5 Lauderdale County, MS · D+86.5 Lawrence County, MS · D+79.4 Leake County, MS · D+88.1 Lee County, MS · D+86.3 Leflore County, MS · D+93.0 Lincoln County, MS · D+67.0 Lowndes County, MS · D+97.4 Madison County, MS · D+82.5 Marion County, MS · D+68.6 Marshall County, MS · D+93.7 Monroe County, MS · D+92.2 Montgomery County, MS · D+94.7 Neshoba County, MS · D+78.6 Newton County, MS · D+91.7 Noxubee County, MS · D+96.1 Oktibbeha County, MS · D+92.5 Panola County, MS · D+94.1 Pearl River County, MS · D+85.9 Perry County, MS · D+60.4 Pike County, MS · D+90.6 Pontotoc County, MS · D+66.8 Prentiss County, MS · D+64.2 Quitman County, MS · D+71.6 Rankin County, MS · D+94.5 Scott County, MS · D+96.0 Sharkey County, MS · D+97.8 Simpson County, MS · D+80.9 Smith County, MS · D+88.8 Sunflower County, MS · D+95.9 Tallahatchie County, MS · D+99.1 Tate County, MS · D+88.2 Tippah County, MS · D+89.2 Tishomingo County, MS · D+64.6 Tunica County, MS · D+84.7 Union County, MS · D+82.0 Warren County, MS · D+76.6 Washington County, MS · D+81.7 Wayne County, MS · D+73.5 Webster County, MS · D+58.8 Wilkinson County, MS · D+98.9 Winston County, MS · D+86.9 Yalobusha County, MS · D+92.7 Yazoo County, MS · D+96.1 How it voted
Share of the 1908 vote
William J. Bryan ✓ Democratic 90.1% 60,287 William H. Taft Republican 6.5% 4,363 Other All other candidates 3.4% 2,254
78 counties, each filled by 1908 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Akashic Mississippi's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context
Mississippi's presidential margins Democratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −22.9% in 2024. flipped R · 1980 −22.9% D R 1892 2024 Mississippi's presidential margins Year Margin (D minus R) 1892 +73.3% 1896 +84.1% 1900 +77.6% 1904 +85.5% 1908 +83.6% 1912 +86.5% 1916 +88.4% 1920 +69.9% 1924 +81.8% 1928 +64.3% 1932 +92.4% 1936 +94.3% 1940 +91.5% 1944 +87.1% 1948 +7.5% 1952 +20.9% 1956 +33.8% 1960 +11.7% 1964 −74.3% 1968 +9.5% 1972 −58.6% 1976 +1.9% 1980 −1.3% 1984 −24.5% 1988 −20.8% 1992 −8.9% 1996 −5.1% 2000 −16.9% 2004 −19.7% 2008 −13.2% 2012 −11.5% 2016 −17.8% 2020 −16.5% 2024 −22.9%
Akashic County results — 1908
78 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
Akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Adams County D 712 85 809 Alcorn County D 761 48 829 Amite County D 1,026 15 1,071 Attala County D 1,101 98 1,225 Benton County D 549 32 582 Bolivar County D 639 207 858 Calhoun County D 927 63 1,051 Carroll County D 626 31 696 Chickasaw County D 763 63 860 Choctaw County D 554 48 673 Claiborne County D 433 7 441 Clarke County D 1,088 39 1,154 Clay County D 685 19 720 Coahoma County D 383 58 441 Copiah County D 1,344 21 1,406 Covington County D 773 64 857 DeSoto County D 736 13 753 Forrest County D 832 59 951 Franklin County D 309 20 382 Greene County D 332 41 374 Grenada County D 523 12 551 Hancock County D 269 57 331 Harrison County D 1,399 278 1,778 Hinds County D 1,748 66 1,860 Holmes County D 987 31 1,050 Issaquena County D 85 11 96 Itawamba County D 859 67 988 Jackson County D 648 118 766 Jasper County D 754 20 818 Jefferson County D 409 4 414 Jefferson Davis County D 406 89 513 Jones County D 1,176 167 1,520 Kemper County D 703 45 840 Lafayette County D 1,028 43 1,079 Lamar County D 311 67 397 Lauderdale County D 2,036 72 2,270 Lawrence County D 397 43 446 Leake County D 1,004 30 1,105 Lee County D 1,334 70 1,465 Leflore County D 631 20 657 Lincoln County D 1,066 205 1,286 Lowndes County D 877 9 891 Madison County D 659 60 726 Marion County D 530 89 643 Marshall County D 913 29 943 Monroe County D 1,529 48 1,606 Montgomery County D 698 6 731 Neshoba County D 910 60 1,082 Newton County D 1,333 14 1,439 Noxubee County D 624 7 642 Oktibbeha County D 783 21 824 Panola County D 901 13 944 Pearl River County D 324 20 354 Perry County D 144 31 187 Pike County D 1,283 52 1,358 Pontotoc County D 879 156 1,083 Prentiss County D 715 149 882 Quitman County D 199 33 232 Rankin County D 756 13 786 Scott County D 721 9 742 Sharkey County D 220 2 223 Simpson County D 716 59 812 Smith County D 712 31 767 Sunflower County D 522 11 533 Tallahatchie County D 681 2 685 Tate County D 861 50 919 Tippah County D 1,018 56 1,079 Tishomingo County D 538 112 659 Tunica County D 185 14 202 Union County D 1,086 100 1,202 Warren County D 1,310 155 1,507 Washington County D 760 72 842 Wayne County D 430 58 506 Webster County D 802 189 1,043 Wilkinson County D 530 1 535 Winston County D 728 40 792 Yalobusha County D 1,085 33 1,135 Yazoo County D 979 13 1,005
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