Who won Colorado in the 1908 presidential election?

Taft (Republican) carried Colorado in 1908, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Colorado have in 1908?

Colorado cast 5 electoral votes in the 1908 presidential election.

Did Colorado vote for the national winner in 1908?

Yes. Colorado backed William Howard Taft, who won the presidency that year.

Progressive EraCO · 5 EV

1908

Colorado: Taft carries 5 EV.

Colorado cast its 5 electoral votes for Taft (Republican). National winner: William Howard Taft (Republican) — Colorado voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1908 result in Colorado

Colorado backed Taft (Republican) in the 1908 presidential election, casting 5 electoral votes for the ticket. Colorado ended up on the winning side — William Howard Taft captured the White House that year.

Taft's win closed out Colorado's 3-election run of voting Democratic. The region divided — Wyoming, Kansas, and Utah joined Colorado for the Republican ticket, while Nebraska and Oklahoma did not. Across the 37 presidential elections Colorado has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (19 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, William Howard Taft took 321 of the 483 electoral votes, against William Jennings Bryan's 162. William Howard Taft led the national popular vote with 51.57% of the ballots cast.

The 1908 national map

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