United States presidential election, 1912

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_presidential_election,_1912
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:book gptkb:Progressive_Party
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 5, 1912
gptkbp:electoralVotesForRoosevelt 88
gptkbp:electoralVotesForTaft 8
gptkbp:electoralVotesForWilson 435
gptkbp:fourthPlace gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkb:Socialist_Party_of_America
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Only election where a third-party candidate (Roosevelt) finished second
First election with all 48 contiguous states participating
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States presidential election, 1912
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Eugene_V._Debs
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:mapType Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Wilson, green by Roosevelt, red by Taft.
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:United_States_presidential_election,_1916
gptkbp:notableEvent First major third-party showing since Civil War
Rise of Progressive Party
Split in Republican Party
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByDebs 0
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByRoosevelt 6
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByTaft 2
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByWilson 40
gptkbp:popularVoteForDebs 901,551
gptkbp:popularVoteForRoosevelt 4,119,207
gptkbp:popularVoteForTaft 3,484,980
gptkbp:popularVoteForWilson 6,293,454
gptkbp:presidentAfterElection gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:United_States_presidential_election,_1908
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkbp:vicePresidentialCandidateForDebs gptkb:Emil_Seidel
gptkbp:vicePresidentialCandidateForRoosevelt gptkb:Hiram_Johnson
gptkbp:vicePresidentialCandidateForTaft gptkb:Nicholas_M._Butler
gptkbp:vicePresidentialCandidateForWilson gptkb:Thomas_R._Marshall
gptkbp:voterTurnout 58.8%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 531
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt_(1912)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7