1912 Presidential General Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Vice Presidential
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Electoral Vote

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Marshall

Democratic

6,296,284

41.84%

435

81.9%

Theodore Roosevelt

Hiram Johnson

Progressive

4,122,721

27.40%

16.6%

William Taft

Nicholas Butler

Republican

3,486,242

23.17%

1.5%

Eugene Debs

Emil Seidel

Socialist

901,551

5.99%

0.0%

Eugene Chafin

Aaron Watkins

Prohibition

208,156

1.38%

0.0%

Other (+)

33,880

0.23%

0.0%

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Election Notes:

In California, the direct election of the thirteen presidential electors combined with the closeness of the race resulted in a split between the Democratic and Progressive electors: eleven for Roosevelt and two for Wilson. The elector whom received the most votes was an elector for Roosevelt.
Electoral Vote Map Note: there is no implied geographical significance as to the location of the shaded areas for California's split electoral votes.