Question
In 1912, voters sympathetic to Republicans split their vote between the Republican Party and the Progressive Party. Based on the table, how did this split affect the election results?
Democratic - Woodrow Wilson - 435 electoral college votes - popular vote 6,294,326
Progressive - Theodore Roosevelt - 88 electoral college vote - popular vote 4,120,207
Republican - William Howard Taft - 8 electoral college vote - popular vote 3,486,343
a. the split left the Progressive Party with less support than the Republican Party.
b. the Progressive and Republican vote total prevented a Democratic win.
c. the strong Progressive vote prevented a win for Theodore Roosevelt.
d. the split left the Democratic with enough support to win the election
Democratic - Woodrow Wilson - 435 electoral college votes - popular vote 6,294,326
Progressive - Theodore Roosevelt - 88 electoral college vote - popular vote 4,120,207
Republican - William Howard Taft - 8 electoral college vote - popular vote 3,486,343
a. the split left the Progressive Party with less support than the Republican Party.
b. the Progressive and Republican vote total prevented a Democratic win.
c. the strong Progressive vote prevented a win for Theodore Roosevelt.
d. the split left the Democratic with enough support to win the election
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The correct answer is:
d. the split left the Democratic with enough support to win the election.
In the 1912 election, the division of the Republican vote between the Progressive Party (Theodore Roosevelt) and the Republican Party (William Howard Taft) allowed the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, to secure a significant victory with the majority of the electoral votes and popular votes.
d. the split left the Democratic with enough support to win the election.
In the 1912 election, the division of the Republican vote between the Progressive Party (Theodore Roosevelt) and the Republican Party (William Howard Taft) allowed the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, to secure a significant victory with the majority of the electoral votes and popular votes.
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