1912 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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The1912 United States presidential election in Wyomingtook place onNovember5,1912,as part of the1912 United States presidential election.State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College,who voted forpresidentandvice president.
Wyomingwas won byPrinceton University PresidentWoodrow Wilson(D–Virginia), running withgovernor of IndianaThomas R. Marshall,with 36.20 percent of the popular vote, against the27th president of the United StatesWilliam Howard Taft(R–Ohio), running withColumbia University PresidentNicholas Murray Butler,with 34.42 percent of the popular vote, the26th president of the United StatesTheodore Roosevelt(P–New York), running withgovernor of CaliforniaHiram Johnson,with 21.83 percent of the popular vote and thefive-time candidateof theSocialist Party of AmericaforPresident of the United StatesEugene V. Debs(S–Indiana), running with the firstSocialistmayor of a major city in theUnited StatesEmil Seidel,with 6.53 percent of the popular vote.[1]
Despite having a member of the Progressive Party (Joseph M. Carey) as thegovernor of the state,Theodore Roosevelt came in third and Wyoming was one of the areas Roosevelt received lower levels of support.
Results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 15,310 | 36.20% | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft(incumbent) | 14,560 | 34.42% | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 9,232 | 21.83% | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 2,760 | 6.53% | |
| Prohibition | Eugene Chafin | 434 | 1.03% | |
| Total votes | 42,296 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county[edit]
| County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[2] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive |
Eugene Victor Debs[4] Socialist |
Eugene Wilder Chafin[4] Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 1,044 | 38.77% | 882 | 32.75% | 531 | 19.72% | 177 | 6.57% | 59 | 2.19% | 162 | 6.02% | 2,693 |
| Big Horn | 691 | 30.83% | 794 | 35.43% | 594 | 26.51% | 136 | 6.07% | 26 | 1.16% | -103 | -4.60% | 2,241 |
| Campbell | 361 | 48.78% | 186 | 25.14% | 163 | 22.03% | 19 | 2.57% | 11 | 1.49% | 175 | 23.64% | 740 |
| Carbon | 957 | 33.88% | 1,106 | 39.15% | 489 | 17.31% | 258 | 9.13% | 15 | 0.53% | -149 | -5.27% | 2,825 |
| Converse | 436 | 31.62% | 540 | 39.16% | 349 | 25.31% | 40 | 2.90% | 14 | 1.02% | -104 | -7.54% | 1,379 |
| Crook | 726 | 38.78% | 505 | 26.98% | 461 | 24.63% | 166 | 8.87% | 14 | 0.75% | 221 | 11.80% | 1,872 |
| Fremont | 993 | 40.45% | 811 | 33.03% | 511 | 20.81% | 131 | 5.34% | 9 | 0.37% | 182 | 7.42% | 2,455 |
| Goshen | 318 | 35.41% | 292 | 32.52% | 235 | 26.17% | 23 | 2.56% | 30 | 3.34% | 26 | 2.89% | 898 |
| Hot Springs | 343 | 34.10% | 273 | 27.14% | 298 | 29.62% | 80 | 7.95% | 12 | 1.19% | 45[a] | 4.48% | 1,006 |
| Johnson | 524 | 37.54% | 522 | 37.39% | 327 | 23.42% | 21 | 1.50% | 2 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.15% | 1,396 |
| Laramie | 1,923 | 40.03% | 1,871 | 38.95% | 835 | 17.38% | 131 | 2.73% | 44 | 0.92% | 52 | 1.08% | 4,804 |
| Lincoln | 1,028 | 30.43% | 1,430 | 42.33% | 580 | 17.17% | 334 | 9.89% | 6 | 0.18% | -402 | -11.90% | 3,378 |
| Natrona | 447 | 31.79% | 640 | 45.52% | 262 | 18.63% | 52 | 3.70% | 5 | 0.36% | -193 | -13.73% | 1,406 |
| Niobrara | 282 | 27.84% | 500 | 49.36% | 142 | 14.02% | 30 | 2.96% | 59 | 5.82% | -218 | -21.52% | 1,013 |
| Park | 672 | 37.50% | 534 | 29.80% | 470 | 26.23% | 88 | 4.91% | 28 | 1.56% | 138 | 7.70% | 1,792 |
| Platte | 785 | 44.48% | 500 | 28.33% | 353 | 20.00% | 87 | 4.93% | 40 | 2.27% | 285 | 16.15% | 1,765 |
| Sheridan | 1,649 | 38.82% | 862 | 20.29% | 1,305 | 30.72% | 398 | 9.37% | 34 | 0.80% | 344[a] | 8.10% | 4,248 |
| Sweetwater | 916 | 36.89% | 888 | 35.76% | 390 | 15.71% | 279 | 11.24% | 10 | 0.40% | 28 | 1.13% | 2,483 |
| Uinta | 535 | 27.84% | 717 | 37.30% | 463 | 24.09% | 207 | 10.77% | 0 | 0.00% | -182 | -9.46% | 1,922 |
| Washakie | 221 | 32.74% | 258 | 38.22% | 168 | 24.89% | 23 | 3.41% | 5 | 0.74% | -37 | -5.48% | 675 |
| Weston | 459 | 35.17% | 449 | 34.41% | 306 | 23.45% | 80 | 6.13% | 11 | 0.84% | 10 | 0.76% | 1,305 |
| Totals | 15,310 | 36.20% | 14,560 | 34.42% | 9,232 | 21.83% | 2,760 | 6.53% | 434 | 1.03% | 750 | 1.78% | 42,296 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ab"1912 Presidential Election Results Wyoming".
- ^abRobinson, Edgar Eugene;The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932(second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
- ^Géoelections;1912 Presidential Election Popular VoteArchived2018-06-13 at theWayback Machine(.xlsx file for €15)
- ^abGéoelections;1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs(.xlsx file for €15)
