William Howard Taft carried Washington R+25.8.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Washington, 1908. The state ran 16.2 points more Republican than the nation (R+9.6 nationally).

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

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Washington result

183,879 votes counted

Bryan (D)

58,691

31.9%

Taft (R)

106,062

57.7%

All others

19,126

10.4%

Margin

R+25.8

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1908 presidential election

Washington, 1908

TaftR+25.8

How it voted

Share of the 1908 vote

William H. Taft ✓Republican	57.7%	106,062
William J. BryanDemocratic	31.9%	58,691
OtherAll other candidates	10.4%	19,126

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1908 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1908

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−17.2%	714	1,033	1,851
Asotin County	R	−26.0%	365	648	1,087
Benton County	R	−27.6%	465	891	1,543
Chelan County	R	−28.0%	871	1,639	2,745
Clallam County	R	−32.4%	428	938	1,574
Clark County	R	−28.4%	1,250	2,416	4,107
Columbia County	R	−19.5%	585	887	1,545
Cowlitz County	R	−39.9%	617	1,573	2,396
Douglas County	R	−10.8%	1,540	1,942	3,720
Ferry County	R	−7.5%	393	467	990
Franklin County	R	−13.0%	485	643	1,214
Garfield County	R	−23.5%	333	556	950
Grays Harbor County	R	−36.3%	1,248	3,128	5,183
Island County	R	−33.4%	192	450	773
Jefferson County	R	−32.5%	417	859	1,360
King County	R	−19.1%	14,644	22,297	39,993
Kitsap County	R	−29.9%	850	1,819	3,241
Kittitas County	R	−24.6%	985	1,752	3,116
Klickitat County	R	−33.1%	570	1,245	2,037
Lewis County	R	−33.5%	1,412	3,170	5,244
Lincoln County	R	−15.9%	1,443	2,025	3,669
Mason County	R	−24.1%	318	553	977
Okanogan County	R	−10.6%	1,074	1,368	2,779
Pacific County	R	−46.9%	483	1,492	2,153
Pierce County	R	−33.4%	4,936	10,935	17,974
San Juan County	R	−45.7%	178	581	881
Skagit County	R	−28.5%	1,449	2,924	5,183
Skamania County	R	−32.4%	143	310	516
Snohomish County	R	−26.4%	2,974	5,659	10,171
Spokane County	R	−25.8%	6,557	11,719	19,970
Stevens County	R	−20.1%	1,564	2,546	4,884
Thurston County	R	−28.8%	964	1,940	3,387
Wahkiakum County	R	−48.9%	150	485	685
Walla Walla County	R	−25.3%	1,660	2,843	4,681
Whatcom County	R	−29.7%	2,398	4,955	8,621
Whitman County	R	−15.4%	2,386	3,376	6,418
Yakima County	R	−37.5%	1,650	3,998	6,261