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Why did Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson win the presidential election of 1912?
Wilson won the conservative Northern vote.
Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote.
Wilson won almost all the popular vote.
Taft and Roosevelt split the Democratic vote.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote.

Explanation: Former president Theodore Roosevelt ran as a Progressive (Bull Moose) candidate against incumbent Republican William Howard Taft, dividing the usual Republican electorate. That split allowed Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson to win a plurality of the popular vote and a large Electoral College majority.