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The 1908 United States presidential election in California took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. State voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California voted for the Republican nominee, former War Secretary William Howard Taft and his running mate James S. ShermanofNew York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former representative and the 1896 and 1900 nominee, William Jennings BryanofNebraska and his running with John W. Kern, a former Indiana state senator. Taft won the state by a margin of 22.48%.
Bryan had previously lost California to William McKinley in both 1896 and 1900.
| 1908 United States presidential election in California[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 214,398 | 55.46% | 10 | |
| Democratic | William Jennings Bryan | 127,492 | 32.98% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 28,659 | 7.41% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Eugene W. Chafin | 11,770 | 3.04% | 0 | |
| Independence League | Thomas L. Hisgen | 4,278 | 1.11% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
| Totals | 386,597 | 100.00% | 10 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
| County | William Howard Taft Republican |
William Jennings Bryan Democratic |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition |
Thomas Louis Hisgen Independence |
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| % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Alpine | 87.21% | 75 | 12.79% | 11 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 74.42% | 64 |
| Humboldt | 65.02% | 4,221 | 18.58% | 1,206 | 13.32% | 865 | 2.13% | 138 | 0.96% | 62 | 46.44% | 3,015 |
| Marin | 68.25% | 2,732 | 24.56% | 983 | 5.47% | 219 | 0.70% | 28 | 1.02% | 41 | 43.69% | 1,749 |
| Alameda | 64.24% | 21,380 | 21.36% | 7,110 | 10.40% | 3,462 | 1.83% | 608 | 2.17% | 723 | 42.88% | 14,270 |
| San Mateo | 62.91% | 2,865 | 28.85% | 1,314 | 6.61% | 301 | 0.64% | 29 | 0.99% | 45 | 34.06% | 1,551 |
| Riverside | 57.24% | 3,229 | 24.36% | 1,374 | 10.02% | 565 | 7.57% | 427 | 0.82% | 46 | 32.88% | 1,855 |
| Del Norte | 59.29% | 450 | 26.61% | 202 | 9.35% | 71 | 3.69% | 28 | 1.05% | 8 | 32.68% | 248 |
| San Diego | 57.56% | 5,412 | 25.45% | 2,393 | 14.27% | 1,342 | 2.25% | 212 | 0.47% | 44 | 32.11% | 3,019 |
| Contra Costa | 60.61% | 3,336 | 29.05% | 1,599 | 7.96% | 438 | 1.29% | 71 | 1.09% | 60 | 31.56% | 1,737 |
| Santa Clara | 58.88% | 7,950 | 28.41% | 3,836 | 6.54% | 883 | 5.15% | 696 | 1.01% | 137 | 30.47% | 4,114 |
| Mono | 59.89% | 224 | 32.35% | 121 | 6.68% | 25 | 0.00% | 0 | 1.07% | 4 | 27.54% | 103 |
| Los Angeles | 56.77% | 41,483 | 30.21% | 22,076 | 6.43% | 4,702 | 5.52% | 4,033 | 1.07% | 783 | 26.56% | 19,407 |
| Napa | 59.08% | 2,405 | 32.82% | 1,336 | 5.06% | 206 | 2.46% | 100 | 0.59% | 24 | 26.26% | 1,069 |
| Sonoma | 57.50% | 5,427 | 33.56% | 3,168 | 5.12% | 483 | 3.02% | 285 | 0.81% | 76 | 23.94% | 2,259 |
| Santa Cruz | 54.71% | 2,886 | 31.15% | 1,643 | 8.53% | 450 | 4.49% | 237 | 1.12% | 59 | 23.56% | 1,243 |
| Plumas | 57.91% | 659 | 34.71% | 395 | 5.18% | 59 | 1.05% | 12 | 1.14% | 13 | 23.20% | 264 |
| San Bernardino | 52.90% | 4,729 | 30.03% | 2,685 | 8.69% | 777 | 6.91% | 618 | 1.47% | 131 | 22.87% | 2,044 |
| Orange | 53.74% | 3,244 | 31.65% | 1,911 | 6.21% | 375 | 7.47% | 451 | 0.93% | 56 | 22.09% | 1,333 |
| Santa Barbara | 55.19% | 2,713 | 33.36% | 1,640 | 7.65% | 376 | 2.12% | 104 | 1.69% | 83 | 21.83% | 1,073 |
| Ventura | 56.57% | 1,864 | 35.84% | 1,181 | 4.80% | 158 | 1.46% | 48 | 1.34% | 44 | 20.73% | 683 |
| Calaveras | 55.54% | 1,323 | 34.97% | 833 | 7.01% | 167 | 0.71% | 17 | 1.76% | 42 | 20.57% | 490 |
| Mendocino | 55.56% | 2,746 | 35.45% | 1,752 | 5.93% | 293 | 1.78% | 88 | 1.27% | 63 | 20.11% | 994 |
| San Francisco | 55.19% | 33,184 | 35.36% | 21,260 | 7.52% | 4,523 | 0.68% | 406 | 1.25% | 751 | 19.83% | 11,924 |
| Solano | 54.72% | 3,115 | 35.71% | 2,033 | 7.06% | 402 | 1.79% | 102 | 0.72% | 41 | 19.01% | 1,082 |
| Lassen | 54.61% | 551 | 35.78% | 361 | 8.03% | 81 | 0.89% | 9 | 0.69% | 7 | 18.83% | 190 |
| Monterey | 53.64% | 2,486 | 34.87% | 1,616 | 4.55% | 211 | 5.72% | 265 | 1.23% | 57 | 18.77% | 870 |
| Sierra | 55.40% | 600 | 37.86% | 410 | 4.99% | 54 | 1.02% | 11 | 0.74% | 8 | 17.54% | 190 |
| Sacramento | 55.15% | 6,515 | 38.37% | 4,533 | 5.15% | 608 | 0.90% | 106 | 0.44% | 52 | 16.78% | 1,982 |
| Butte | 52.74% | 3,094 | 36.58% | 2,146 | 6.55% | 384 | 3.39% | 199 | 0.73% | 43 | 16.16% | 948 |
| Yuba | 55.24% | 1,270 | 39.23% | 902 | 3.39% | 78 | 0.48% | 11 | 1.65% | 38 | 16.01% | 368 |
| San Luis Obispo | 50.76% | 2,008 | 34.91% | 1,381 | 9.35% | 370 | 3.89% | 154 | 1.09% | 43 | 15.85% | 627 |
| Kings | 53.22% | 1,198 | 38.16% | 859 | 4.98% | 112 | 3.11% | 70 | 0.53% | 12 | 15.06% | 339 |
| Sutter | 54.94% | 896 | 39.98% | 652 | 2.76% | 45 | 1.72% | 28 | 0.61% | 10 | 14.96% | 244 |
| San Benito | 53.57% | 937 | 39.11% | 684 | 3.60% | 63 | 2.97% | 52 | 0.74% | 13 | 14.46% | 253 |
| San Joaquin | 52.20% | 4,470 | 38.90% | 3,331 | 6.39% | 547 | 1.95% | 167 | 0.57% | 49 | 13.30% | 1,139 |
| Fresno | 50.89% | 6,384 | 37.81% | 4,743 | 6.92% | 868 | 4.05% | 508 | 0.33% | 42 | 13.08% | 1,641 |
| Nevada | 50.86% | 1,825 | 38.13% | 1,368 | 8.25% | 296 | 2.12% | 76 | 0.64% | 23 | 12.73% | 457 |
| Shasta | 47.61% | 1,891 | 34.97% | 1,389 | 14.53% | 577 | 1.74% | 69 | 1.16% | 46 | 12.64% | 502 |
| Imperial | 47.64% | 909 | 35.38% | 675 | 10.69% | 204 | 5.35% | 102 | 0.94% | 18 | 12.26% | 234 |
| Placer | 51.45% | 1,865 | 41.13% | 1,491 | 4.72% | 171 | 1.90% | 69 | 0.80% | 29 | 10.32% | 374 |
| Amador | 51.88% | 1,035 | 43.81% | 874 | 1.90% | 38 | 1.25% | 25 | 1.15% | 23 | 8.07% | 161 |
| Stanislaus | 46.45% | 1,663 | 38.83% | 1,390 | 5.08% | 182 | 8.80% | 315 | 0.84% | 30 | 7.62% | 273 |
| Tehama | 47.46% | 1,064 | 39.88% | 894 | 9.10% | 204 | 2.77% | 62 | 0.80% | 18 | 7.58% | 170 |
| Tulare | 47.95% | 2,742 | 40.73% | 2,329 | 8.15% | 466 | 2.50% | 143 | 0.66% | 38 | 7.22% | 413 |
| Trinity | 44.41% | 393 | 37.40% | 331 | 14.69% | 130 | 1.58% | 14 | 1.92% | 17 | 7.01% | 62 |
| Yolo | 49.01% | 1,707 | 44.59% | 1,553 | 3.65% | 127 | 2.12% | 74 | 0.63% | 22 | 4.42% | 154 |
| Siskiyou | 47.40% | 1,813 | 43.32% | 1,657 | 6.90% | 264 | 1.02% | 39 | 1.36% | 52 | 4.08% | 156 |
| Modoc | 49.92% | 620 | 46.22% | 574 | 1.93% | 24 | 0.97% | 12 | 0.97% | 12 | 3.70% | 46 |
| Tuolumne | 44.40% | 943 | 41.34% | 878 | 8.80% | 187 | 3.39% | 72 | 2.07% | 44 | 3.06% | 65 |
| Madera | 44.85% | 596 | 43.19% | 574 | 9.10% | 121 | 1.58% | 21 | 1.28% | 17 | 1.66% | 22 |
| Kern | 45.60% | 2,270 | 44.50% | 2,215 | 7.63% | 380 | 1.15% | 57 | 1.12% | 56 | 1.10% | 55 |
| Merced | 44.58% | 1,107 | 44.30% | 1,100 | 6.12% | 152 | 4.19% | 104 | 0.81% | 20 | 0.28% | 7 |
| Lake | 42.84% | 625 | 43.04% | 628 | 7.54% | 110 | 4.39% | 64 | 2.19% | 32 | -0.20% | -3 |
| El Dorado | 44.74% | 986 | 46.23% | 1,019 | 6.72% | 148 | 1.00% | 22 | 1.32% | 29 | -1.49% | -33 |
| Inyo | 40.94% | 583 | 43.40% | 618 | 11.10% | 158 | 2.60% | 37 | 1.97% | 28 | -2.46% | -35 |
| Glenn | 44.72% | 618 | 51.45% | 711 | 1.37% | 19 | 2.03% | 28 | 0.43% | 6 | -6.73% | -93 |
| Mariposa | 36.86% | 352 | 50.26% | 480 | 9.01% | 86 | 1.47% | 14 | 2.41% | 23 | -13.40% | -128 |
| Colusa | 38.58% | 730 | 56.24% | 1,064 | 2.75% | 52 | 1.74% | 33 | 0.69% | 13 | -17.66% | -334 |
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