Who won South Carolina in the 1908 presidential election?

Bryan (Democratic) carried South Carolina in 1908, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did South Carolina have in 1908?

South Carolina cast 9 electoral votes in the 1908 presidential election.

Did South Carolina vote for the national winner in 1908?

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

Progressive EraSC · 9 EV

1908

South Carolina: Bryan carries 9 EV.

South Carolina cast its 9 electoral votes for Bryan (Democratic). National winner: William Howard Taft (Republican) — South Carolina voted against the national winner this cycle.

South Carolina in 1908

The 1908 contest saw South Carolina line up behind Bryan, delivering 9 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — William Howard Taft (Republican) won the presidency, leaving South Carolina among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 8th consecutive election in which South Carolina backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1880. South Carolina did not move alone — neighboring Georgia and North Carolina broke the same way in 1908. Across the 59 presidential elections South Carolina 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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