United States presidential election, 1912

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United States presidential election political event

The United States presidential election of 1912 was a landmark four-way contest in which Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the presidency amid a split in the Republican Party between incumbent William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt, reshaping the American political landscape.

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Label	Occurrences
United States presidential election, 1912 canonical	5
1912 United States presidential election	1
United States presidential election 1912	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States presidential election ⓘ political event ⓘ
campaignIssue	direct democracy and political reform ⓘ progressive reforms ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ trust-busting and regulation of corporations ⓘ
candidate	Eugene V. Debs ⓘ Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ Thomas E. Watson ⓘ President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
candidateParty	Eugene V. Debs ⓘ surface form: Eugene V. Debs; Socialist Party of America Progressive Party (Bull Moose) of 1912 ⓘ surface form: Theodore Roosevelt; Progressive Party (United States, 1912) Thomas E. Watson; Populist Party ⓘ President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft; Republican Party (United States) Woodrow Wilson ⓘ surface form: Woodrow Wilson; Democratic Party (United States)
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1912-11-05 ⓘ
electoralCollegeSize	531 ⓘ
electoralVotes	Theodore Roosevelt; 88 ⓘ President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft; 8 Woodrow Wilson ⓘ surface form: Woodrow Wilson; 435
electoralVotesNeeded	266 ⓘ
electoralVoteWinner	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
followedBy	United States presidential election, 1916 ⓘ
follows	United States presidential election, 1908 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the most successful third-party presidential campaigns in U.S. history ⓘ reshaped the American political landscape ⓘ
incumbentParty	Republican Party ⓘ surface form: Republican Party (United States)
incumbentPresident	President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
mainOpponent	Eugene V. Debs ⓘ Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
notableFeature	four-way presidential race ⓘ rise of the Progressive Party ⓘ split in the Republican Party ⓘ strong third-party performance by Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
officeContested	President of the United States ⓘ Vice President of the United States ⓘ
partOf	United States presidential election ⓘ surface form: United States presidential elections
popularVote	Eugene V. Debs ⓘ surface form: Eugene V. Debs; 901,551 Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Theodore Roosevelt; 4,122,721 William Howard Taft; 3,486,242 ⓘ Woodrow Wilson ⓘ surface form: Woodrow Wilson; 6,296,284
popularVoteShare	Eugene V. Debs ⓘ surface form: Eugene V. Debs; 6.0% Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Theodore Roosevelt; 27.4% William Howard Taft; 23.2% ⓘ Woodrow Wilson ⓘ surface form: Woodrow Wilson; 41.8%
popularVoteWinner	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
resultedIn	election of Woodrow Wilson as 28th President of the United States ⓘ
runningMate	Eugene V. Debs ⓘ surface form: Eugene V. Debs; Emil Seidel Theodore Roosevelt; Hiram Johnson ⓘ Thomas E. Watson; G. W. F. E. Kirby ⓘ William Howard Taft; Nicholas Murray Butler ⓘ Woodrow Wilson ⓘ surface form: Woodrow Wilson; Thomas R. Marshall
voterTurnout	58.8% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChange	-3.0 percentage points ⓘ
winner	Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
winningParty	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

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Woodrow Wilson administration → election → United States presidential election, 1912 ⓘ

Thomas R. Marshall → election → United States presidential election, 1912 ⓘ

Progressive Party → notableElection → United States presidential election, 1912 ⓘ

subject surface form: Progressive Party (United States, 1912)

this entity surface form: United States presidential election 1912

United States presidential election, 1916 → previousElection → United States presidential election, 1912 ⓘ

United States presidential election, 1908 → followedBy → United States presidential election, 1912 ⓘ

United States presidential election, 1908 → nextElection → United States presidential election, 1912 ⓘ

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism → depicts → United States presidential election, 1912 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1912 United States presidential election