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How did the rift between Taft and Roosevelt affect the 1912 presidential election?
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∙ 6y ago
Theodore Roosevelt's candidacy in the 1912 presidential election split the Republic Party vote between Roosevelt and William Taft. Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election defeating Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") candidate Theodore Roosevelt and Republican Party candidate incumbent President William Taft. In the 1912 presidential election Woodrow Wilson received 435 electoral votes, Theodore Roosevelt received 88 electoral votes, and William Taft received 8 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Wilson 6,293,152 (42%), Roosevelt 4,119,207 (27%), and Taft 3,483,922 (23%). Socialist Party candidate Eugene Debs received 901,551 (6%) popular votes and no electoral votes.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 6y agoFormer President Theodore Roosevelt created the Progressive Party (nicknamed the "Bull Moose Party") after he failed to receive the Republic nomination in the 1912 presidential election. Democratic Party candidate Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt and Republican Party candidate incumbent President William Taft. In the 1912 presidential election Woodrow Wilson received 435 electoral votes, Theodore Roosevelt received 88 electoral votes, and William Taft received 8 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Wilson 6,293,152 (42%), Roosevelt 4,119,207 (27%), and Taft 3,483,922 (23%). Socialist Party candidate Eugene Debs received 901,551 (6%) popular votes and no electoral votes.
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∙ 14y agoFormer Republican President Theodore Roosevelt ran for President in 1911 as a candidate for the Progressive Bull Moose Party...and lost.
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∙ 12y agoBy running in the election of 1912, Roosevelt effectively split the Republican vote between himself and Willaim Taft, leading the way for Woodrow Wilson to capture the White House.
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