William Howard Taft carried North Dakota R+26.2.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in North Dakota, 1908. The state ran 16.7 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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North Dakota result

94,524 votes counted

Bryan (D)

32,884

34.8%

Taft (R)

57,680

61.0%

All others

3,960

4.2%

Margin

R+26.2

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1908 presidential election

North Dakota, 1908

TaftR+26.2

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	61.0%	57,680
William J. BryanDemocratic	34.8%	32,884
OtherAll other candidates	4.2%	3,960

D+60

R+60

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

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North Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

North Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.5%
1896	−11.9%
1900	−26.6%
1904	−54.7%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+7.5%
1916	+1.5%
1920	−59.6%
1924	−40.7%
1928	−10.3%
1932	+41.6%
1936	+33.0%
1940	−10.9%
1944	−8.4%
1948	−8.8%
1952	−42.6%
1956	−23.6%
1960	−10.9%
1964	+16.1%
1968	−17.7%
1972	−26.3%
1976	−5.9%
1980	−38.0%
1984	−31.0%
1988	−13.1%
1992	−12.0%
1996	−6.8%
2000	−27.6%
2004	−27.4%
2008	−8.6%
2012	−19.6%
2016	−35.7%
2020	−33.3%
2024	−36.4%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−45.9%	201	577	819
Barnes County	R	−27.4%	996	1,786	2,878
Benson County	R	−40.3%	553	1,363	2,010
Billings County	R	−51.1%	236	768	1,042
Bottineau County	R	−24.5%	1,146	1,951	3,282
Bowman County	R	−35.5%	209	451	682
Burleigh County	R	−34.2%	660	1,375	2,089
Cass County	R	−28.6%	2,000	3,681	5,887
Cavalier County	R	−12.2%	1,190	1,528	2,775
Dickey County	R	−24.6%	633	1,062	1,742
Dunn County	R	−39.3%	160	373	542
Eddy County	R	−18.5%	368	540	931
Emmons County	R	−20.9%	618	951	1,593
Foster County	R	−13.3%	434	569	1,016
Grand Forks County	R	−20.7%	1,750	2,740	4,773
Griggs County	R	−9.6%	493	605	1,167
Hettinger County	R	−50.4%	181	568	768
Kidder County	R	−49.7%	242	769	1,060
LaMoure County	R	−32.3%	553	1,104	1,705
Logan County	R	−65.1%	143	711	873
McHenry County	R	−15.1%	1,296	1,772	3,155
McIntosh County	R	−73.4%	140	927	1,072
McKenzie County	R	−43.1%	212	574	839
McLean County	R	−40.2%	927	2,273	3,351
Mercer County	R	−63.0%	96	430	530
Morton County	R	−38.6%	873	2,021	2,976
Nelson County	R	−31.7%	616	1,225	1,920
Oliver County	R	−28.1%	179	325	520
Pembina County	R	−7.7%	1,185	1,389	2,643
Pierce County	R	−17.8%	610	884	1,541
Ramsey County	R	−15.4%	1,072	1,480	2,653
Ransom County	R	−37.5%	581	1,308	1,937
Richland County	R	−10.5%	1,502	1,864	3,441
Rolette County	R	−19.2%	529	811	1,466
Sargent County	R	−26.5%	576	1,012	1,646
Stark County	R	−29.5%	496	922	1,446
Steele County	R	−40.2%	366	881	1,282
Stutsman County	R	−13.6%	1,344	1,777	3,192
Towner County	R	−13.3%	655	867	1,600
Traill County	R	−39.2%	490	1,207	1,828
Walsh County	R	−3.1%	1,641	1,751	3,540
Ward County	R	−23.1%	3,163	5,286	9,210
Wells County	R	−38.8%	535	1,243	1,826
Williams County	R	−28.8%	1,034	1,979	3,276