Who won Georgia in the 1908 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried Georgia in 1908, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1908?

Georgia cast 13 electoral votes in the 1908 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1908?

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

Progressive EraGA · 13 EV

1908

Georgia: Bryan carries 13 EV.

Georgia cast its 13 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William Howard Taft (Republican) — Georgia voted against the national winner this cycle.

Georgia in 1908

The 1908 contest saw Georgia line up behind Bryan, delivering 13 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — William Howard Taft (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Georgia among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 11th consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1868. Georgia did not move alone — neighboring Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1908. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 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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