Who won Florida in the 1908 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Florida in 1908, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Florida have in 1908?

Florida cast 5 electoral votes in the 1908 presidential election.

Did Florida vote for the national winner in 1908?

No. Florida backed Bryan, while William Howard Taft won the presidency nationally.

Progressive EraFL · 5 EV

1908

Florida: Bryan carries 5 EV.

Florida cast its 5 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William Howard Taft (Republican) — Florida voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1908 result in Florida

Florida backed Bryan (Democratic) in the 1908 presidential election, casting 5 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — William Howard Taft (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Florida among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which Florida backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. Florida did not move alone — neighboring Alabama and Georgia broke the same way in 1908. Across the 45 presidential elections Florida has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 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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