Election of 1908 edit

1908 United States presidential election
 
← 1904 November 3, 1908 1912 →

483 members of the Electoral College
242 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout65.7%[1]   0.2 pp
 
Nominee Albert J. Beveridge William Jennings Bryan
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana Nebraska
Running mate James S. Sherman John W. Kern
Electoral vote 321 162
States carried 29 17
Popular vote 7,678,395 6,408,984
Percentage 51.6% 43.1%

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Presidential election results map. Red denotes those won by Beveridge/Sherman, blue denotes states won by Bryan/Kern. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Theodore Roosevelt
Republican

Elected President

Albert J. Beveridge
Republican

State population rankings edit

State Population[2] (2020) Change[2][a]
(2010–2020)
% of US population
(2020)
People per
electoral vote
(2020)[c]
% of Electoral College
(2020)
Absolute % Seats % of seats People per seat
  East Florida 20,441,225 2,976,242 14.56% 44 10.60% 464,573 10.54% 444,375 11.08%
  New York 20,201,249 823,147 4.25% 43 10.36% 776,971 6.029% 721,473 5.20%
  Pennsylvania 13,002,700 300,321 2.36% 28 6.75% 764,865 3.881% 684,353 3.53%
  Illinois 12,812,508 −18,124 −0.14% 27 3.91% 753,677 3.824% 674,343 3.53%
  Ohio 11,799,448 262,944 2.28% 23 3.45% 786,630 3.521% 694,085 3.16%
  Georgia 10,711,908 1,024,255 10.57% 14 3.22% 765,136 3.197% 669,494 2.97%
  North Carolina 10,439,388 903,905 9.48% 14 3.22% 745,671 3.116% 652,462 2.97%
  Michigan 10,077,331 193,691 1.96% 13 2.99% 775,179 3.008% 671,822 2.79%
  New Jersey 9,288,994 497,100 5.65% 12 2.76% 774,083 2.772% 663,500 2.60%
  Virginia 8,631,393 630,369 7.88% 11 2.53% 784,672 2.576% 663,953 2.42%
  Tennessee 6,910,840 564,735 8.90% 9 2.07% 767,871 2.062% 628,258 2.04%
  Massachusetts 7,029,917 482,288 7.37% 9 2.07% 781,102 2.098% 639,083 2.04%
  Indiana 6,785,528 301,726 4.65% 9 2.07% 753,948 2.025% 616,866 2.04%
  Maryland 6,177,224 403,672 6.99% 8 1.84% 772,153 1.844% 617,722 1.86%
  Wisconsin 5,893,718 206,732 3.64% 8 1.84% 736,715 1.759% 589,372 1.86%
  South Carolina 5,118,425 493,061 10.66% 7 1.61% 731,204 1.528% 568,714 1.67%
  Alabama 5,024,279 244,543 5.12% 7 1.61% 717,754 1.499% 558,253 1.67%
  West Florida 4,657,757 124,385 2.74% 6 1.38% 776,293 1.390% 582,220 1.49%
  Kentucky 4,505,836 166,469 3.84% 6 1.38% 750,973 1.345% 563,230 1.49%
  Connecticut 3,605,944 31,847 0.89% 5 1.15% 721,189 1.076% 515,135 1.30%
  Mississippi 2,961,279 −6,018 −0.20% 4 0.92% 740,320 0.884% 493,547 1.12%
  New Hampshire 1,377,529 61,059 4.66% 2 0.46% 688,765 0.411% 344,382 0.74%
  Maine 1,362,359 33,998 2.56% 2 0.46% 681,180 0.407% 340,590 0.74%
  Rhode Island 1,097,379 44,812 4.26% 2 0.46% 548,690 0.328% 274,345 0.74%
  Delaware 989,948 92,014 10.25% 1 0.23% 989,948 0.295% 329,983 0.56%
  Vermont 643,077 17,336 2.77% 1 0.23% 643,077 0.192% 214,359 0.56%
Total US population 193,864,325 13,570,502 7.10% 415 100% 100%
  1. ^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
  2. ^ a b "US Census Quickfacts, Population Estimates, July 2023" (PDF). Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved December 22, 2022.


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