William Howard Taft carried South Dakota R+23.8.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in South Dakota, 1908. The state ran 14.2 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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South Dakota result

114,775 votes counted

Bryan (D)

40,266

35.1%

Taft (R)

67,536

58.8%

All others

6,973

6.1%

Margin

R+23.8

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1908 presidential election

South Dakota, 1908

TaftR+23.8

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	58.8%	67,536
William J. BryanDemocratic	35.1%	40,266
OtherAll other candidates	6.1%	6,973

D+60

R+60

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

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

South Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−36.5%
1896	+0.2%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−49.4%
1908	−23.8%
1912	+42.1%
1916	+3.9%
1920	−41.0%
1924	−36.3%
1928	−21.0%
1932	+29.2%
1936	+11.5%
1940	−14.8%
1944	−16.7%
1948	−4.8%
1952	−38.5%
1956	−16.8%
1960	−16.4%
1964	+11.2%
1968	−11.3%
1972	−8.6%
1976	−1.5%
1980	−28.8%
1984	−26.5%
1988	−6.3%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−3.5%
2000	+22.7%
2004	−21.3%
2008	−8.4%
2012	−18.0%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−26.2%
2024	−29.2%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	D	+0.6%	694	686	1,432
Beadle County	R	−22.1%	1,105	1,776	3,036
Bon Homme County	R	−12.9%	1,014	1,324	2,396
Brookings County	R	−41.6%	588	1,697	2,669
Brown County	R	−18.5%	1,772	2,646	4,731
Brule County	D	+4.4%	823	753	1,609
Buffalo County	R	−20.2%	69	105	178
Butte County	R	−26.5%	915	1,636	2,717
Campbell County	R	−54.2%	175	627	834
Charles Mix County	R	−14.2%	1,391	1,863	3,334
Clark County	R	−35.3%	557	1,234	1,917
Clay County	R	−22.7%	803	1,291	2,154
Codington County	R	−30.8%	831	1,618	2,556
Custer County	R	−6.0%	428	487	986
Davison County	R	−7.8%	1,081	1,276	2,506
Day County	R	−29.4%	813	1,616	2,729
Deuel County	R	−37.8%	425	1,022	1,578
Douglas County	R	−12.7%	647	836	1,493
Edmunds County	R	−4.7%	658	726	1,448
Fall River County	R	−20.6%	466	726	1,260
Faulk County	R	−31.0%	421	835	1,335
Grant County	R	−26.4%	628	1,122	1,874
Gregory County	R	−9.7%	1,266	1,550	2,934
Hamlin County	R	−41.4%	434	1,095	1,597
Hand County	R	−11.9%	655	851	1,650
Hanson County	R	−2.8%	630	668	1,372
Hughes County	R	−37.4%	349	795	1,193
Hutchinson County	R	−40.7%	619	1,507	2,183
Hyde County	R	−34.4%	212	455	706
Jerauld County	R	−16.4%	403	582	1,092
Kingsbury County	R	−29.1%	799	1,537	2,532
Lake County	R	−36.1%	636	1,415	2,157
Lawrence County	R	−21.8%	1,564	2,735	5,377
Lincoln County	R	−43.7%	699	1,887	2,719
Lyman County	R	−11.9%	1,183	1,524	2,869
Marshall County	R	−28.6%	453	874	1,470
McCook County	R	−18.1%	826	1,209	2,121
McPherson County	R	−65.5%	157	785	959
Meade County	R	−8.7%	792	953	1,860
Miner County	R	−11.1%	720	906	1,680
Minnehaha County	R	−33.8%	1,948	4,125	6,438
Moody County	R	−32.5%	623	1,275	2,008
Pennington County	R	−18.3%	1,160	1,702	2,966
Potter County	R	−20.2%	400	614	1,057
Roberts County	R	−30.7%	777	1,562	2,560
Sanborn County	R	−22.8%	513	847	1,468
Spink County	R	−23.2%	1,121	1,847	3,130
Stanley County	R	−17.5%	1,598	2,313	4,092
Sully County	R	−39.7%	154	368	539
Turner County	R	−36.9%	793	1,792	2,708
Union County	R	−15.6%	1,009	1,392	2,458
Walworth County	R	−39.0%	351	825	1,214
Yankton County	R	−18.2%	1,118	1,644	2,894