Party. Based on the table, how did this split affect the election results?
1912 Presidential Election Results
Political Party Presidential Nominee Electoral College Popular Vote
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson
435
6,294,326
Progressive
Theodore Roosevelt
88
4.120.207
Republican
William Howard Taft
3,486.343
(1 point)
O The Progressive and Republican vote total prevented a Democratic win.
O
The split left the Democratic Party with enough support to win the election.
O The split left the Progressive Party with less support than the Republican Party.
O The strong Progressive vote prevented a win for Theodore Roosevelt.
1 answer
The correct interpretation based on the table provided is:
The split left the Democratic Party with enough support to win the election.
This is evident because, with the Republican votes split between Taft and Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson of the Democratic Party was able to secure a significant victory in both the electoral and popular votes. The division of Republican votes led to fewer votes for each of the Republican nominees, ultimately allowing Wilson to win.
