(629 votes) Maryland, 0.25% (605 votes) Margin of victory less than 5% (46 electoral votes): Colorado, 1.12% (2,951 votes) Indiana, 1.49% (10,731 votes) Nebraska, 1.54% (4,102 votes) Kentucky, 1.71% (8,381 votes) Nevada, 1.78% (437 votes) Montana, 4.37% (3,007 votes) Oklahoma, 4.66% (11,889 votes) Margin of victory between 5% and 10% (60 electoral votes): Delaware, 6.16% (2,959 votes) Tennessee, 6.86% (17,631 votes) Ohio, 6.20% (69,591 votes) North Carolina, 8.73% (22,041 votes) Kansas, 9.58% (36,007 votes) Tipping point state: West Virginia, 10.25% (26,451 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Leslie County, Kentucky 92.96% Unicoi County, Tennessee 92.77% Sevier County, Tennessee 91.44% Keweenaw County, Michigan 90.56% Johnson County, Tennessee 90.21% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Hampton County, South Carolina 100.00% King County, Texas 100.00% Garza County, Texas 100.00% Loving County, Texas 100.00% Wilcox County, Alabama 99.81% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Other) Terry County, Texas 100.00% Glascock County, Georgia 69.97% McDuffie County, Georgia 64.31% Lincoln County, Georgia 61.65% Oconee County, Georgia 56.21% Campaign memorabilia See also President of the United States History of the United States (1865–1918) 1908 United States House of Representatives elections 1908–09 United States Senate elections Inauguration of William Howard Taft Notes References Further reading Coletta, Paolo E. The Presidency of William Howard Taft (1973) pp. 1–21. Coletta, Paolo E. "The Election of 1908" in Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and Fred L Israel, eds., History of American Presidential Elections: 1789-1968 (1971) 3: 2049–2131. online Coletta, Paolo E. William Jennings Bryan. I: Political Evangelist, 1860-1908 (U of Nebraska Press, 1964) Fahey, James J. "Building Populist Discourse: An Analysis of Populist Communication in American Presidential Elections, 1896–2016." Social Science Quarterly 102.4 (2021): 1268-1288. online Glad, Paul W. The trumpet soundeth; William Jennings Bryan and his democracy, 1896–1912 (1960) online Korzi, Michael J., "William Howard Taft, the 1908 Election, and the Future of the American Presidency," Congress and the Presidency, 43 (May–August 2016), 227–54. Mowry, George E. The Era of Theodore Roosevelt, 1900-1912 (1958). online Sarasohn, David. The Party of Reform: Democrats in the Progressive Era (UP of Mississippi, 1989), 35–58. Primary sources Chester, Edward W A guide to political platforms (1977) online Porter, Kirk H. and Donald Bruce Johnson, eds. National party platforms, 1840-1964 (1965) online 1840-1956 External links Presidential Election of 1908: A Resource Guide from the Library of Congress The Republican Campaign Textbook 1908 Tim Davenport, "Red Special Across America," The Debs Project blog,