William Jennings Bryan carried Virginia D+22.2.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Virginia, 1908. The state ran 31.7 points more Democratic than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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Virginia result

136,979 votes counted

Bryan (D)

82,936

60.5%

Taft (R)

52,568

38.4%

All others

1,479

1.1%

Margin

D+22.2

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1908 presidential election

Virginia, 1908

BryanD+22.2

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William J. Bryan ✓Democratic	60.5%	82,936
William H. TaftRepublican	38.4%	52,568
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	1,479

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+65.9%	1,748	337	2,141
Albemarle County	D	+44.0%	999	380	1,406
Alexandria city	D	+65.9%	1,218	247	1,473
Alleghany County	D	+13.7%	824	616	1,515
Amelia County	D	+54.0%	247	73	322
Amherst County	D	+67.5%	849	164	1,015
Appomattox County	D	+68.6%	633	117	752
Arlington County	D	+36.2%	354	165	522
Augusta County	D	+17.7%	1,435	987	2,537
Bath County	D	+18.4%	340	232	586
Bedford County	D	+45.3%	1,275	463	1,793
Bland County	R	−7.8%	339	397	740
Botetourt County	D	+1.0%	808	792	1,611
Bristol city	D	+36.4%	405	187	599
Brunswick County	D	+60.5%	507	123	635
Buchanan County	R	−23.3%	395	635	1,030
Buckingham County	D	+33.9%	676	333	1,011
Buena Vista city	D	+26.0%	137	80	219
Campbell County	D	+55.5%	624	174	811
Caroline County	D	+20.3%	494	326	827
Carroll County	R	−27.8%	859	1,521	2,380
Charles City County	D	+8.1%	99	84	185
Charlotte County	D	+37.6%	537	242	784
Charlottesville city	D	+66.8%	428	82	518
Chesapeake city	D	+8.7%	879	739	1,618
Chesterfield County	D	+55.5%	608	167	794
Clarke County	D	+73.6%	517	74	602
Craig County	D	+23.6%	364	224	593
Culpeper County	D	+60.9%	962	233	1,197
Cumberland County	D	+69.2%	374	68	442
Danville city	D	+63.7%	963	206	1,189
Dickenson County	R	−9.8%	551	671	1,228
Dinwiddie County	D	+47.8%	445	157	603
Essex County	D	+49.5%	364	123	487
Fairfax County	D	+47.4%	1,143	404	1,560
Fauquier County	D	+57.5%	1,354	363	1,723
Floyd County	R	−49.2%	390	1,149	1,543
Fluvanna County	D	+53.8%	451	135	587
Franklin County	D	+5.0%	1,218	1,101	2,320
Frederick County	D	+41.1%	866	354	1,245
Fredericksburg city	D	+6.1%	285	252	539
Giles County	D	+7.5%	705	605	1,327
Gloucester County	D	+66.7%	477	94	574
Goochland County	D	+8.8%	294	246	546
Grayson County	R	−19.3%	841	1,243	2,084
Greene County	R	−18.4%	252	366	618
Greensville County	D	+55.1%	273	77	356
Halifax County	D	+32.0%	1,268	650	1,932
Hampton city	D	+44.9%	673	251	939
Hanover County	D	+43.2%	522	204	736
Henrico County	D	+48.7%	627	215	846
Henry County	D	+3.0%	761	716	1,489
Highland County	R	−2.1%	292	305	618
Isle of Wight County	D	+45.4%	530	199	729
James City County	D	+35.7%	132	62	196
King and Queen County	D	+31.6%	349	181	532
King George County	D	+19.8%	296	198	495
King William County	D	+9.4%	276	228	508
Lancaster County	D	+57.7%	468	122	600
Lee County	R	−24.7%	805	1,334	2,143
Loudoun County	D	+53.7%	1,570	447	2,092
Louisa County	D	+40.6%	692	290	991
Lunenburg County	D	+59.3%	414	105	521
Lynchburg city	D	+33.7%	962	473	1,449
Madison County	D	+20.8%	466	305	773
Mathews County	D	+73.4%	577	86	669
Mecklenburg County	D	+59.3%	1,000	252	1,262
Middlesex County	D	+43.2%	413	164	577
Montgomery County	R	−3.9%	734	795	1,547
Nelson County	D	+41.1%	742	308	1,056
New Kent County	D	+9.6%	193	159	354
Newport News city	D	+22.5%	889	556	1,478
Norfolk city	D	+38.9%	2,271	991	3,292
Northampton County	D	+58.2%	673	174	858
Northumberland County	D	+37.7%	410	185	597
Nottoway County	D	+59.5%	481	118	610
Orange County	D	+49.1%	587	198	793
Page County	D	+0.1%	804	802	1,627
Patrick County	R	−20.3%	723	1,092	1,818
Petersburg city	D	+62.8%	905	205	1,115
Pittsylvania County	D	+20.8%	1,471	962	2,444
Portsmouth city	D	+47.6%	1,154	407	1,570
Powhatan County	D	+27.1%	255	146	402
Prince Edward County	D	+65.2%	561	117	681
Prince George County	D	+32.0%	171	88	259
Prince William County	D	+56.7%	738	200	949
Pulaski County	R	−4.4%	714	780	1,505
Radford city	D	+17.8%	204	141	353
Rappahannock County	D	+46.4%	433	158	593
Richmond city	D	+56.0%	4,505	1,249	5,817
Richmond County	D	+24.4%	338	205	544
Roanoke city	D	+40.6%	1,408	593	2,006
Roanoke County	D	+25.8%	732	426	1,187
Rockbridge County	D	+10.4%	1,000	810	1,824
Rockingham County	D	+4.6%	1,736	1,580	3,427
Russell County	R	−17.2%	827	1,173	2,012
Scott County	R	−21.7%	1,145	1,781	2,929
Shenandoah County	R	−5.6%	1,294	1,449	2,770
Smyth County	R	−19.6%	906	1,350	2,261
Southampton County	D	+59.0%	818	206	1,037
Spotsylvania County	D	+10.0%	346	282	642
Stafford County	R	−7.7%	406	474	884
Staunton city	D	+18.2%	514	347	919
Suffolk city	D	+51.2%	857	272	1,142
Surry County	D	+52.8%	269	82	354
Sussex County	D	+56.4%	412	115	527
Tazewell County	R	−26.5%	809	1,398	2,224
Virginia Beach city	D	+60.6%	403	99	502
Warren County	D	+45.0%	562	209	784
Washington County	R	−5.5%	1,558	1,741	3,321
Westmoreland County	D	+37.4%	353	161	514
Williamsburg city	D	+42.4%	120	48	170
Winchester city	D	+24.6%	449	266	744
Wise County	R	−21.1%	993	1,527	2,534
Wythe County	R	−22.0%	950	1,487	2,437
York County	D	+54.3%	214	61	282