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President Theodore Roosevelt decided not to seek a second full term due to the promise he had made in 1904. He sought after Secretary of War William Howard Taft to be his successor. The Democrats decided, after their vast defeat in 1904, to nominate a less conservative candidate. For the third time, they chose William Jennings Bryan. Bryan ran a vigorous campaign against the business interests of his day, and was popular with liberals, especially in the Democratic Party. He also campaigned on women's suffrage, having an income tax, and temperance. He attacked the notion that the privileged should not run government. But Taft was able to swipe some of the support from Bryan by accepting some liberal positions. He also won the support of some of the Labor movement and the businesses. In the end, Taft won a comfortable victory riding in on Roosevelt's popularity.    UNITED STATES VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 7,678,174 52 321 Bryan/Kern 6,409,007 43 162 Debs/Hanford 420,852 3 0 Chafin/Watkins 254,087 2 0 Hisgen/Graves 82,574 1 0 Watson/Williams 28,862 0 0 Gillhaus/Munro 14,031 0 0 All Other Candidates 1,519 0 0 ALABAMA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 25,561 24 0 Bryan/Kern 74,391 71 11 ARKANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 56,624 37 0 Bryan/Kern 87,015 57 9 CALIFORNIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  214,398 55 10 Bryan/Kern 127,492 33 0 Debs/Hanford 28,659 7 0 COLORADO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 123,693 47 0 Bryan/Kern 126,644 48 5 CONNECTICUT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  112,915 59 7 Bryan/Kern 68,255 36 0 DELAWARE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  25,014 52 3 Bryan/Kern 22,055 46 0 FLORIDA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 10,654 22 0 Bryan/Kern 31,104 63 5 Debs/Hanford 3,747 8 0 GEORGIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 41,355 31 0 Bryan/Kern 72,350 55 13 Watson/Williams 16,687 13 0 IDAHO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  52,621 54 3 Bryan/Kern 36,162 37 0 Debs/Hanford 6,400 7 0 ILLINOIS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  629,932 55 27 Bryan/Kern 450,810 39 0 INDIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  348,993 48 15 Bryan/Kern 338,262 47 0 IOWA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  275,209 56 13 Bryan/Kern 200,771 41 0 KANSAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  197,216 52 10 Bryan/Kern 161,209 43 0 KENTUCKY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 235,711 48 0 Bryan/Kern 244,092 50 13 LOUISIANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 8,958 12 0 Bryan/Kern 63,568 85 9 MAINE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  66,987 63 6 Bryan/Kern 35,403 33 0 MARYLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  116,513 49 6 Bryan/Kern 115,908 49 2 MASSACHUSETTS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  265,966 58 16 Bryan/Kern 155,543 34 0 MICHIGAN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  335,580 62 14 Bryan/Kern 175,771 32 0 MINNESOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  195,843 59 12 Bryan/Kern 109,401 33 0 MISSISSIPPI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 4,363 7 0 Bryan/Kern 60,287 90 10 MISSOURI VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  347,203 49 18 Bryan/Kern 346,574 48 0 MONTANA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  32,333 47 3 Bryan/Kern 29,326 43 0 Debs/Hanford 5,855 9 0 NEBRASKA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 126,997 48 0 Bryan/Kern 131,009 49 8 NEVADA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 10,775 44 0 Bryan/Kern 11,212 46 3 Debs/Hanford 2,103 9 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  53,149 59 4 Bryan/Kern 33,655 38 0 NEW JERSEY VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  265,298 57 12 Bryan/Kern 182,522 39 0 NEW YORK VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  870,070 53 39 Bryan/Kern 667,468 41 0 NORTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 114,887 45 0 Bryan/Kern 136,928 54 12 NORTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  57,680 61 4 Bryan/Kern 32,885 35 0 OHIO VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  572,312 51 23 Bryan/Kern 502,721 45 0 OKLAHOMA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 110,474 43 0 Bryan/Kern 122,363 48 7 Debs/Hanford 21,734 9 0 OREGON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  62,530 56 4 Bryan/Kern 38,049 34 0 Debs/Hanford 7,339 7 0 PENNSYLVANIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  745,779 59 34 Bryan/Kern 448,782 35 0 RHODE ISLAND VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  43,942 61 4 Bryan/Kern 24,706 34 0 SOUTH CAROLINA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 3,945 6 0 Bryan/Kern 62,288 94 9 SOUTH DAKOTA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  67,536 59 4 Bryan/Kern 40,266 35 0 TENNESSEE VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 117,977 46 0 Bryan/Kern 135,608 53 12 TEXAS VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 65,666 22 0 Bryan/Kern 217,302 74 18 UTAH VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  61,028 56 3 Bryan/Kern 42,601 39 0 Debs/Hanford 4,895 5 0 VERMONT VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  39,552 75 4 Bryan/Kern 11,496 22 0 VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman + 52,572 38 0 Bryan/Kern 82,946 61 12 WASHINGTON VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  106,062 58 5 Bryan/Kern 58,691 32 0 Debs/Hanford 14,177 8 0 WEST VIRGINIA VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  137,869 53 7 Bryan/Kern 111,418 43 0 WISCONSIN VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  247,747 55 13 Bryan/Kern 166,662 37 0 Debs/Hanford 28,147 6 0 WYOMING VOTES PERCENT ELECTORAL VOTE Taft/Sherman +  20,846 55 3 Bryan/Kern 14,918 40 0 Debs/Hanford 1,715 5 0 SYMBOLS KEY Republican Democratic Prohibition Socialist Socialist Labor Communist Populist Other Winner * Incumbent + Incumbent Party