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Elections / 1912 · President

Woodrow Wilson defeated William Howard Taft.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R), with Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)

1912 presidential election
WilsonD+19.5
1912 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1912 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · D+61.7 · 12 electoral votesAlaska · —Arizona · O+0.2 · 3 electoral votesColorado · D+20.9 · 6 electoral votesFlorida · D+61.1 · 6 electoral votesGeorgia · D+72.4 · 14 electoral votesIndiana · D+20.0 · 15 electoral votesKansas · O+0.9 · 10 electoral votesMaine · O+0.7 · 6 electoral votesMassachusetts · D+3.6 · 18 electoral votesMinnesota · O+17.1 · 12 electoral votesNew Jersey · D+20.7 · 14 electoral votesNorth Carolina · D+47.3 · 12 electoral votesNorth Dakota · O+5.1 · 5 electoral votesOklahoma · D+11.2 · 10 electoral votesPennsylvania · O+12.6 · 38 electoral votesSouth Dakota · O+15.9 · 5 electoral votesTexas · D+63.2 · 20 electoral votesWyoming · D+1.8 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · D+3.3 · 7 electoral votesMissouri · D+17.6 · 18 electoral votesWest Virginia · D+21.3 · 8 electoral votesIllinois · O+7.2 · 29 electoral votesNew Mexico · D+5.5 · 3 electoral votesArkansas · D+35.9 · 9 electoral votesCalifornia · O+16.4 · 13 electoral votesDelaware · D+13.6 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · —Hawaii · —Iowa · O+0.4 · 13 electoral votesKentucky · D+23.2 · 13 electoral votesMaryland · D+79.1 · 8 electoral votesMichigan · O+17.3 · 15 electoral votesMississippi · D+86.5 · 10 electoral votesMontana · O+6.8 · 4 electoral votesNew Hampshire · D+2.0 · 4 electoral votesNew York · D+12.6 · 45 electoral votesOhio · D+14.1 · 24 electoral votesOregon · O+6.0 · 5 electoral votesTennessee · D+28.9 · 12 electoral votesUtah · R+4.9 · 4 electoral votesVirginia · D+48.9 · 12 electoral votesWashington · O+24.4 · 7 electoral votesWisconsin · D+8.4 · 13 electoral votesNebraska · D+22.0 · 8 electoral votesSouth Carolina · D+95.9 · 9 electoral votesIdaho · O+4.8 · 4 electoral votesNevada · O+4.7 · 3 electoral votesVermont · O+1.4 · 4 electoral votesLouisiana · D+72.0 · 10 electoral votesRhode Island · D+3.5 · 5 electoral votes
1912presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1912 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTO+1.44 EVNHD+2.04 EVMAD+3.618 EVRID+3.55 EVCTD+3.37 EVNJD+20.714 EVDED+13.63 EVMDD+79.18 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Electoral college
531 electors · 266 for a majority

Wilson won 435 of 531 electoral votes.

Wilson435Taft8Roosevelt88
Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) took 88 electors, out-polling the incumbent Republican Taft (8).
National popular vote
15,031,677 votes counted
Wilson (D)
6,419,817
42.7%
Taft (R)
3,481,954
23.2%
Roosevelt + others
5,255,643
35.0%
Margin
D+19.5
The county map
2,967 county-level results on record for 1912

Democrats carried 1,969 counties, Republicans 230, third-party candidates 766. 1,302 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Marin County, CA (D+88.2 swing) · Hughes County, SD (D+87.9 swing) · Scott County, TN (D+83.4 swing) · Calaveras County, CA (D+81.1 swing) · San Mateo County, CA (D+80.5 swing) · Humboldt County, CA (D+80.2 swing)

Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlabamaD
+61.7%
82,4389,717117,954
ArkansasD
+35.9%
68,87624,675123,036
ArizonaO
+30.8%
10,3243,02123,722
CaliforniaO
+41.8%
283,4360677,944
ColoradoD
+20.9%
114,23258,386266,880
ConnecticutD
+3.3%
74,55968,323190,395
DelawareD
+13.6%
22,63115,99848,694
FloridaD
+61.1%
35,3434,27950,837
GeorgiaD
+72.4%
93,0875,191121,470
IowaO
+13.3%
185,325119,805492,356
IdahoO
+1.1%
33,92132,810105,754
IllinoisO
+13.2%
405,048253,5931,146,173
IndianaD
+20.0%
281,889151,267654,695
KansasO
+18.8%
143,66374,845365,560
KentuckyD
+23.2%
219,584115,516448,330
LouisianaD
+72.0%
60,8723,83379,249
MassachusettsD
+3.6%
173,408155,948488,057
MarylandD
+79.1%
238,53354,956231,981
MaineO
+19.0%
51,11326,545129,640
MichiganO
−0.2%
150,201151,434547,971
MinnesotaO
+12.6%
106,42664,334334,219
MissouriD
+17.6%
330,746207,821698,566
MississippiD
+86.5%
57,4981,52164,722
MontanaO
+11.8%
27,94118,51279,826
North CarolinaD
+47.3%
144,40729,129243,809
North DakotaO
+7.5%
29,55523,09086,580
NebraskaD
+22.0%
109,00754,226249,482
New HampshireD
+2.0%
34,72432,92787,961
New JerseyD
+20.7%
178,63889,066433,663
New MexicoD
+5.5%
20,43717,73349,375
NevadaO
+23.8%
7,9863,19620,115
New YorkD
+12.6%
655,573455,4871,588,315
OhioD
+14.1%
424,834278,1681,037,114
OklahomaD
+11.2%
119,15890,792253,570
OregonO
+9.0%
47,06434,673137,040
PennsylvaniaO
+10.0%
395,637273,3601,217,736
Rhode IslandD
+3.5%
30,41227,70377,894
South CarolinaD
+95.9%
48,357050,405
South DakotaO
+42.1%
48,9420116,327
TennesseeD
+28.9%
133,02160,475251,101
TexasD
+63.2%
219,18528,514301,498
UtahR
−4.9%
36,57942,100112,386
VirginiaD
+48.9%
90,38023,327137,189
VermontO
−12.7%
15,35023,30362,805
WashingtonO
+5.1%
86,84070,445322,799
WisconsinD
+8.4%
164,230130,596399,975
West VirginiaD
+21.3%
113,09756,754264,211
WyomingD
+1.8%
15,31014,56042,296