1912 Presidential Election Results

Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) won the 1912 presidential election with 435 of 531 electoral votes, defeating Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive, 88) and William Howard Taft (Republican, 8). Wilson also won the popular vote with 42.5%. Theodore Roosevelt ran on the Progressive ("Bull Moose") ticket after losing the Republican nomination to Taft, splitting the Republican vote.

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Results by state

State	EV	Wilson	Roosevelt	Taft	Debs	Votes cast
Alabama	12	69.9%82,43812 EV	19.2%22,680	8.3%9,807	2.6%3,029	117,954
Arkansas	9	55.4%68,8149 EV	17.4%21,644	20.6%25,585	6.6%8,153	124,196
Arizona	3	44.1%10,3243 EV	29.7%6,949	12.8%2,986	13.5%3,163	23,422
California	13	43.6%283,4362 EV	43.6%283,61011 EV	0.6%3,847	12.2%79,201	650,094
Colorado	6	43.7%113,9126 EV	27.6%71,752	22.4%58,386	6.3%16,366	260,416
Connecticut	7	39.9%74,5617 EV	18.2%34,129	36.5%68,324	5.4%10,056	187,070
Delaware	3	47.1%22,6313 EV	18.5%8,886	33.3%15,997	1.2%556	48,070
Florida	6	72.8%36,4176 EV	9.1%4,555	8.6%4,279	9.6%4,806	50,057
Georgia	14	76.7%93,08714 EV	18.1%21,985	4.3%5,191	0.9%1,058	121,321
Iowa	13	38.3%185,32213 EV	33.4%161,819	24.8%119,805	3.5%16,967	483,913
Idaho	4	32.6%33,9214 EV	24.5%25,527	31.5%32,810	11.5%11,960	104,218
Illinois	29	36.0%405,04829 EV	34.3%386,478	22.5%253,593	7.2%81,278	1,126,397
Indiana	15	44.6%281,89015 EV	25.6%162,007	23.9%151,267	5.8%36,931	632,095
Kansas	10	39.3%143,66310 EV	32.9%120,210	20.5%74,845	7.3%26,779	365,497
Kentucky	13	48.9%219,58513 EV	22.9%102,766	25.7%115,520	2.6%11,647	449,518
Louisiana	10	76.8%60,87110 EV	11.7%9,283	4.8%3,833	6.6%5,261	79,248
Massachusetts	18	35.8%173,40818 EV	29.4%142,228	32.2%155,948	2.6%12,616	484,200
Maryland	8	49.1%112,6748 EV	25.2%57,789	24.0%54,956	1.7%3,996	229,415
Maine	6	39.7%51,1136 EV	37.7%48,495	20.6%26,545	2.0%2,541	128,694
Michigan	15	27.9%150,201	39.6%213,24315 EV	28.2%151,434	4.3%23,060	537,938
Minnesota	12	32.8%106,426	38.8%125,85612 EV	19.9%64,334	8.5%27,505	324,121
Missouri	18	47.8%330,74618 EV	18.0%124,375	30.1%207,821	4.1%28,466	691,408
Mississippi	10	88.9%57,32410 EV	5.5%3,549	2.4%1,560	3.2%2,050	64,483
Montana	4	35.1%28,1294 EV	28.3%22,709	23.2%18,575	13.5%10,811	80,224
North Carolina	12	59.3%144,40712 EV	28.4%69,135	12.0%29,129	0.4%987	243,658
North Dakota	5	34.7%29,5495 EV	30.2%25,726	27.0%22,990	8.2%6,966	85,231
Nebraska	8	44.3%109,0088 EV	29.5%72,681	22.0%54,226	4.1%10,185	246,100
New Hampshire	4	39.7%34,7244 EV	20.4%17,794	37.7%32,927	2.3%1,981	87,426
New Jersey	14	41.6%178,63814 EV	33.9%145,679	20.8%89,066	3.7%15,948	429,331
New Mexico	3	41.9%20,4373 EV	17.1%8,347	35.2%17,164	5.9%2,859	48,807
Nevada	3	39.7%7,9863 EV	27.9%5,620	15.9%3,196	16.5%3,313	20,115
New York	45	41.9%655,57345 EV	24.9%390,093	29.1%455,487	4.1%63,434	1,564,587
Ohio	24	41.5%424,83424 EV	22.5%229,807	27.2%278,168	8.8%90,164	1,022,973
Oklahoma	10	47.4%119,14310 EV	–	36.1%90,726	16.6%41,630	251,499
Oregon	5	35.5%47,0645 EV	28.3%37,600	26.1%34,673	10.1%13,343	132,680
Pennsylvania	38	33.0%395,637	37.2%444,89438 EV	22.8%273,360	7.0%83,614	1,197,505
Rhode Island	5	39.5%30,4125 EV	21.9%16,878	36.0%27,703	2.7%2,049	77,042
South Carolina	9	96.0%48,3559 EV	2.6%1,293	1.1%536	0.3%164	50,348
South Dakota	5	43.5%48,942	52.3%58,8115 EV	–	4.2%4,664	112,417
Tennessee	12	53.0%133,02112 EV	21.5%54,041	24.1%60,475	1.4%3,564	251,101
Texas	20	73.3%218,92120 EV	8.9%26,715	9.5%28,310	8.3%24,884	298,830
Utah	4	32.7%36,576	21.6%24,174	37.6%42,0134 EV	8.1%8,999	111,762
Virginia	12	66.3%90,33212 EV	16.0%21,776	17.1%23,288	0.6%820	136,216
Vermont	4	24.9%15,350	35.9%22,129	37.8%23,3034 EV	1.5%928	61,710
Washington	7	27.9%86,840	36.6%113,6987 EV	22.6%70,445	12.9%40,134	311,117
Wisconsin	13	42.0%164,23013 EV	16.0%62,448	33.4%130,596	8.6%33,476	390,750
West Virginia	8	42.8%113,0978 EV	29.9%79,112	21.5%56,754	5.8%15,248	264,211
Wyoming	3	36.6%15,3103 EV	22.1%9,232	34.8%14,560	6.6%2,760	41,862

Popular vote shares are of the votes for the candidates listed in the source. A dash under Votes cast means the state legislature chose the electors. Sources: the National Archives (electoral votes), the American Presidency Project and the Clerk of the House (popular vote).