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The Republicans lost the office after Theodore Roosevelt won as the progressive candidate.
The Republicans lost the office after Theodore Roosevelt won as the progressive candidate.
Woodrow Wilson lost the election to William Howard Taft.
Woodrow Wilson lost the election to William Howard Taft.
William Howard Taft lost the republican nomination to Theodore Roosevelt.
William Howard Taft lost the republican nomination to Theodore Roosevelt.
The Democrats won the presidency due to the split in the Republican Party.
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The statement that best describes the impact of the election of 1912 is:
The Democrats won the presidency due to the split in the Republican Party.
In this election, the Republican Party was divided between the incumbent president William Howard Taft and former president Theodore Roosevelt, who ran as a third-party candidate for the Progressive Party. This split allowed the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson, to win the presidency with a plurality of the vote.
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