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Under each candidate (L » R): Pop. Vote Percentage - Electoral Points
----------------- William H. William J. Eugene V. Thomas
State | Electoral Taft Bryan Debs Watson
| Votes Republican Democrat Socialist People's
Group C .. 1st priority - 5,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 Pts -- Minnesota, Nevada ... Total, Group-C: 47,000
19. Michigan (14) 61.93% 3,281 32.44% 1,719 2.14% 00 n/a
20. Minnesota (11) +++ 59.11% 3,850 33.02% 2,150 4.38% 00 n/a
21. Mississippi (10) 6.52% 1,250 90.11% 3,750 1.46% 00 1.91% 00
22. Missouri (18) 48.50% 2,502 48.41% 2,498 2.16% 00 0.16% 00
23. Montana (3) 46.98% 2,394 42.61% 2,172 8.51% 434 n/a
24. Nebraska (8) 47.60% 2,460 49.14% 2,540 1.32% 00 n/a
25. Nevada (3) +++ 45.71% 2,793 43.93% 2,684 8.57% 523 n/a
26. New Hampshire (4) 59.32% 3,062 37.56% 1,938 1.45% 00 n/a
27. New Jersey (12) 56.79% 2,962 39.08% 2,038 2.19% 00 n/a
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So Far (47,000) 24,554 21,489 957 000
Needed to Win - 74,010 Taft-R Bryan-D Debs-Soc Watson-Ppl's
Group D .. 2nd priority - 4,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- North Carolina, Pennsylvania ... Total, Group-D: 38,000
28. New York (39) 53.11% 2,264 40.74% 1,736 2.35% 00 n/a
29. North Carolina (12) +++ 45.49% 2,281 54.22% 2,719 0.15% 00 n/a
30. North Dakota (4) 61.02% 2,548 34.79% 1,452 2.56% 00 n/a
31. Ohio (23) 51.03% 2,130 44.82% 1,870 3.01% 00 n/a
32. Oklahoma (7) 43.33% 1,736 47.99% 1,923 8.52% 341 0.16% 00
33. Oregon (4) 56.39% 2,318 34.31% 1,410 6.62% 272 n/a
34. Pennsylvania (34) +++ 58.84% 3,121 35.41% 1,879 2.68% 00 n/a
35. Rhode Island (4) 60.76% 2,560 34.16% 1,440 1.89% 00 n/a
36. South Carolina (9) 5.94% 1,000 93.84% 3,000 0.15% 00 n/a
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So Far (85,000) 44,512 38,918 1,570 000
Needed to Win - 74,010 Taft-R Bryan-D Debs-Soc Watson-Ppl's
Group E .. 3rd priority - 3,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- Tennessee, Washington ... Total, Group-E: 32,000
37. South Dakota (4) 58.84% 1,879 35.08% 1,121 2.48% 00 n/a
38. Tennessee (12) +++ 45.87% 1,861 52.73% 2,139 0.73% 00 0.42% 00
39. Texas (18) 22.35% 750 73.97% 2,250 2.68% 00 0.34% 00
40. Utah (5) 56.19% 1,767 39.22% 1,233 4.51% 00 n/a
41. Vermont (4) 75.08% 2,250 21.82% 750 n/a n/a
42. Virginia (12) 38.36% 1,164 60.52% 1,836 0.19% 00 0.08% 00
43. Washington (5) +++ 57.68% 2,371 31.92% 1,312 7.71% 317 n/a
44. West Virginia (7) 53.42% 1,659 43.17% 1,341 1.43% 00 n/a
45. Wisconsin (13) 54.52% 1,680 36.67% 1,130 6.19% 190 n/a
46. Wyoming (3) 55.43% 1,749 39.67% 1,251 4.56% 00 n/a
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So Far (117,000) 61,642 53,281 2,077 000
Needed to Win - 74,010 Taft-R Bryan-D Debs-Soc Watson-Ppl's
Group A .. 4th priority - 2,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- Arkansas, Florida ... Total, Group-A: 20,000
1. Alabama (11) 24.18% 509 70.88% 1,491 1.38% 00 1.50% 00
2. Arkansas (9) +++ 37.30% 1,183 57.31% 1,817 3.85% 00 0.68% 00
3. California (10) 55.46% 1,157 32.98% 688 7.41% 155 n/a
4. Colorado (5) 46.88% 988 48.00% 1,012 3.02% 00 n/a
5. Connecticut (7) 59.43% 1,247 35.92% 753 2.69% 00 n/a
6. Delaware (3) 52.10% 1,063 45.94% 937 0.50% 00 n/a
7. Florida (5) +++ 21.58% 702 63.01% 2,051 7.59% 247 3.94% 00
8. Georgia (13) 31.21% 634 54.60% 1,110 0.44% 00 12.59% 256
9. Idaho (3) 54.09% 1,116 37.17% 760 6.58% 124 n/a
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So Far (137,000) 70,241 63,900 2,603 256
Needed to Win - 74,010 Taft-R Bryan-D Debs-Soc Watson-Ppl's
Group B .. 5th priority - 1,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 pts -- Indiana, Maine ... Total, Group-B: 11,000
10. Illinois (27) 54.53% 583 39.02% 417 3.00% 00 0.05% 00
11. Indiana (15) +++ 48.40% 1,016 46.91% 984 1.87% 00 0.17% 00
12. Iowa (13) 55.62% 579 40.58% 421 1.67% 00 0.05% 00
13. Kansas (10) 52.46% 550 42.88% 450 3.30% 00 n/a
14. Kentucky (13) 48.03% 491 49.74% 509 0.83% 00 0.07% 00
15. Louisiana (9) 11.93% 250 84.63% 750 3.35% 00 n/a
16. Maine (6) +++ 63.00% 1,309 33.29% 691 1.65% 00 n/a
17. Maryland (8) 48.85% 501 48.59% 499 0.97% 00 n/a
18. Massachusetts (16) 58.21% 631 34.04% 369 2.36% 00 n/a
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TOTAL - 148,000 76,151 68,990 2,603 256
Needed to Win - 74,010 Taft-R Bryan-D Debs-Soc Watson-Ppl's
Finish Order Winner Runner-up Third Fourth
Percentage of Points 51.45338% 46.61486% 1.758783% 0.172972%
»» First-Second Electoral Points: 1.103797-1
First-Second Electoral Votes: 1.981481-1
1908 - Actual Fact (and, where mentioned, E.P.P.) Notes
Once again, as was the case in 1904, Maryland's eight Presidential electors were chosen in an
odd fashion. Even though Republican William Taft held a 48.85% to 48.59% popular vote edge
over Democrat William Jennings Bryan, six of the electors were pledged to the Democrat ticket
and voted for Bryan, while the other two were pledged to the Republicans and voted for Taft.
Eugene Debs, the Socialist party's candidate, took third place in the popular standings just
as he did in 1904, finishing with 420,856 votes. He topped 8.50% in three states, was over
7.00% in three more states, and cracked 6.00% in another three states.
Eugene Chafin, running as the Prohibition Party's candidate, took fourth place in the national
popular vote with a total of 254,081. Chafin topped the 3.00% mark in four states, and bettered
2.00% in nine more states.
Thomas Hisgen, the Independence party's candidate, finished fifth in the national popular vote
with a total of 82,580. He earned 4.21% of the popular vote in Massachussetts and 2.19% in New
York. Otherwise, he never cracked the 2.00% mark in other states where his name was on ballots.
Thomas Watson, candidate of the People's Party, finished sixth in the overall national popular
vote with a total of 28,861. Outside of his 12.59% showing in Georgia, Watson's best performance
came in neighboring Florida, where he captured 3.94% of that state's popular vote. Elsewhere,
Watson was never better than 1.91%, and had virtually no returns in thirty-two (32) states.
Electoral Votes (483) 321 (66.45963%) 162 (33.54037%) 00 00
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|----- Actual (1908) Taft-R Bryan-D Debs-Soc Watson-Ppl's
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Popular Votes (14,889,109) 7,678,174 6,409,007 420,856 28,861
Pctage of Pop. Votes 51.56906% 43.04493% 2.826603% 0.193840%
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