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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 8 3,486,343
Question
Use the table to answer the 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?

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Responses

The split left the Democratic Party with enough support to win the election.
The split left the Democratic Party with enough support to win the election.

The split left the Progressive Party with less support than the Republican Party.
The split left the Progressive Party with less support than the Republican Party.

The Progressive and Republican vote total prevented a Democratic win.
The Progressive and Republican vote total prevented a Democratic win.

The strong Progressive vote prevented a win for Theodore Roosevelt.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The split left the Democratic Party with enough support to win the election.

Because Republican-leaning voters divided between Taft and Roosevelt, Wilson won a plurality of the popular vote and a large Electoral College majority (435 EV). If the Republican and Progressive votes had been united, they would have outpolled Wilson (4,120,207 + 3,486,343 > 6,294,326).