1908 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

The 1908 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 3, 1908. All contemporary 46 states were part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

1908 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

November 3, 1908
 
Nominee William Howard Taft William Jennings Bryan Eugene V. Debs
Party Republican Democratic Socialist
Home state Ohio Nebraska Indiana
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern Benjamin Hanford
Electoral vote 5 0 0
Popular vote 106,062 58,691 14,177
Percentage 57.68% 31.92% 7.71%

County Results
Taft
  40-50%
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%


President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

William Howard Taft
Republican

Washington had been established earlier in the 1900s as a one-party Republican bastion, which it would remain at a Presidential level apart from the 1910s GOP split until Franklin D. Roosevelt rose to power in 1932, and more or less continuously at state level during this era.[1] Democratic representation in the Washington legislature would during this period at times be countable on one hand,[2] and no Democrat other than Woodrow Wilson in 1916 would henceforth carry even one county in the state before Catholic Al Smith carried German-settled Ferry County in 1928. Republican primaries would take over as the chief mode of political competition when introduced later in the decade.[3]

Roosevelt's great popularity in the state ensured his handpicked successor William Howard Taft would win Washington without difficulty, although because Bryan retained some popularity from previous campaigns in this radical state Taft could not equal Roosevelt's huge win from four years earlier.

Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan had previously won the state against William McKinley in 1896 but would later lose the state to McKinley in 1900.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Washington[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican William Howard Taft 106,062 57.68% 5
Democratic William Jennings Bryan 58,691 31.92% 0
Social Democratic Eugene Debs 14,177 7.71% 0
Prohibition Eugene Chafin 4,700 2.56% 0
Independence Thomas Hisgen 249 0.14% 0
Totals 183,879 100.00% 5
Voter turnout

Results by county

County William Howard Taft[5]
Republican
William Jennings Bryan[5]
Democratic
Eugene Victor Debs[5]
Socialist
Eugene Wilder Chafin[5]
Prohibition
Thomas Hisgen[5]
Independence
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,033 55.75% 716 38.64% 58 3.13% 45 2.43% 1 0.05% 317 17.11% 1,853
Asotin 648 59.83% 361 33.33% 36 3.32% 38 3.51% 0 0.00% 287 26.50% 1,083
Benton 891 57.86% 462 30.00% 151 9.81% 34 2.21% 2 0.13% 429 27.86% 1,540
Chehalis 3,128 60.55% 1,233 23.87% 712 13.78% 86 1.66% 7 0.14% 1,895 36.68% 5,166
Chelan 1,639 59.88% 863 31.53% 160 5.85% 66 2.41% 9 0.33% 776 28.35% 2,737
Clallam 938 57.87% 420 25.91% 187 11.54% 11 0.68% 65 4.01% 518 31.96% 1,621
Clark 2,416 59.10% 1,233 30.16% 335 8.19% 104 2.54% 0 0.00% 1,183 28.94% 4,088
Columbia 887 55.33% 587 36.62% 25 1.56% 48 2.99% 56 3.49% 300 18.71% 1,603
Cowlitz 1,573 65.13% 616 25.51% 172 7.12% 28 1.16% 26 1.08% 957 39.63% 2,415
Douglas 1,942 52.35% 1,534 41.35% 191 5.15% 43 1.16% 0 0.00% 408 11.00% 3,710
Ferry 467 47.41% 388 39.39% 115 11.68% 11 1.12% 4 0.41% 79 8.02% 985
Franklin 643 53.27% 481 39.85% 56 4.64% 27 2.24% 0 0.00% 162 13.42% 1,207
Garfield 556 56.50% 353 35.87% 40 4.07% 13 1.32% 22 2.24% 203 20.63% 984
Island 450 58.75% 189 24.67% 99 12.92% 28 3.66% 0 0.00% 261 34.07% 766
Jefferson 859 62.47% 415 30.18% 66 4.80% 11 0.80% 24 1.75% 444 32.29% 1,375
King 22,297 55.81% 14,599 36.54% 2,173 5.44% 836 2.09% 44 0.11% 7,698 19.27% 39,949
Kitsap 1,819 56.35% 837 25.93% 494 15.30% 74 2.29% 4 0.12% 982 30.42% 3,228
Kittitas 1,752 56.35% 978 31.46% 314 10.10% 64 2.06% 1 0.03% 774 24.90% 3,109
Klickitat 1,245 61.45% 558 27.54% 173 8.54% 46 2.27% 4 0.20% 687 33.91% 2,026
Lewis 3,170 60.44% 1,412 26.92% 528 10.07% 120 2.29% 15 0.29% 1,758 33.52% 5,245
Lincoln 2,025 55.45% 1,426 39.05% 124 3.40% 73 2.00% 4 0.11% 599 16.40% 3,652
Mason 553 56.72% 316 32.41% 80 8.21% 22 2.26% 4 0.41% 237 24.31% 975
Okanogan 1,368 49.46% 1,061 38.36% 307 11.10% 22 0.80% 8 0.29% 307 11.10% 2,766
Pacific 1,492 69.49% 477 22.22% 153 7.13% 21 0.98% 4 0.19% 1,015 47.28% 2,147
Pierce 10,935 60.94% 4,906 27.34% 1,626 9.06% 463 2.58% 14 0.08% 6,029 33.60% 17,944
San Juan 581 66.40% 172 19.66% 111 12.69% 10 1.14% 1 0.11% 409 46.74% 875
Skagit 2,924 56.40% 1,443 27.84% 690 13.31% 113 2.18% 14 0.27% 1,481 28.57% 5,184
Skamania 310 60.31% 141 27.43% 54 10.51% 7 1.36% 2 0.39% 169 32.88% 514
Snohomish 5,659 55.69% 2,964 29.17% 958 9.43% 567 5.58% 13 0.13% 2,695 26.52% 10,161
Spokane 11,719 58.73% 6,540 32.78% 1,184 5.93% 496 2.49% 15 0.08% 5,179 25.95% 19,954
Stevens 2,546 52.29% 1,549 31.81% 646 13.27% 120 2.46% 8 0.16% 997 20.48% 4,869
Thurston 1,940 57.28% 963 28.43% 367 10.84% 110 3.25% 7 0.21% 977 28.85% 3,387
Wahkiakum 485 71.22% 146 21.44% 46 6.75% 3 0.44% 1 0.15% 339 49.78% 681
Walla Walla 2,843 60.86% 1,650 35.32% 102 2.18% 71 1.52% 5 0.11% 1,193 25.54% 4,671
Whatcom 4,955 57.63% 2,376 27.63% 963 11.20% 296 3.44% 8 0.09% 2,579 30.00% 8,598
Whitman 3,376 52.72% 2,373 37.05% 337 5.26% 315 4.92% 3 0.05% 1,003 15.66% 6,404
Yakima 3,998 63.92% 1,645 26.30% 344 5.50% 258 4.12% 10 0.16% 2,353 37.62% 6,255
Totals106,06257.73%58,38331.78%14,1777.72%4,7002.56%4050.22%47,67925.95%183,727

Notes

    References

    1. Burnham, Walter Dean; ‘The System of 1896’, in Kleppner, Paul (editor), The Evolution of American Electoral Systems, pp. 176-179 ISBN 0313213798
    2. Schattschneider, Elmer Eric; The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America, pp. 76-84 ISBN 0030133661
    3. Murray, Keith; ‘Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics, 1889-1950’, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 3 (July 1950), pp. 213-233
    4. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas; 1908 Presidential General Election Results — Washington
    5. Géoelections; Popular Vote at the Presidential Election for 1908 (.xlsx file for €30 including full minor party figures)
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