taft defeated bryan by a two-to-one (321 to 162) margin in the electoral college and by a 52% to 43.5% margin in the popular vote. bryan did worse in 1908 than he did in both 1896 and 1900, carrying only the south, oklahoma, colorado, and nevada (bryan also won 6 of 8 electors in maryland while losing the state to taft by less than 0.30%). bryan won no crucial states and only won two large cities, kansas city and new orleans. taft did well in the more urban northeast, the midwest, and the pacific coast.