1912 United States presidential election in Montana
The 1912 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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In this four-way contest election, Montana voted for the Democratic nominee New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson over the Progressive nominee former President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Republican nominee President William Howard Taft, and Socialist Party of America nominee union leader Eugene V. Debs. Wilson won Montana by a margin of 6.87%.
Results
| 1912 United States presidential election in Montana[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 27,941 | 35.00% | 4 | |
| Progressive | Theodore Roosevelt | 22,456 | 28.13% | 0 | |
| Republican | William Howard Taft | 18,512 | 23.19% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 10,885 | 13.64% | 0 | |
| Write-in[lower-alpha 1] | Eugene Chafin | 32 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Totals | 79,826 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county
| County | Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[2] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive |
Eugene Debs[4] Socialist |
Eugene Chafin[4] Write-in |
Margin[lower-alpha 2] | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaverhead | 713 | 38.50% | 708 | 38.23% | 320 | 17.28% | 110 | 5.94% | 1 | 0.05% | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0.27% | 1,852 |
| Blaine | 352 | 30.06% | 204 | 17.42% | 507 | 43.30% | 108 | 9.22% | -155 | -13.24% | 1,171 | ||
| Broadwater | 451 | 48.34% | 205 | 21.97% | 197 | 21.11% | 80 | 8.57% | 246[lower-alpha 3] | 26.37% | 933 | ||
| Carbon | 796 | 30.66% | 646 | 24.88% | 766 | 29.51% | 388 | 14.95% | 30 | 1.16% | 2,596 | ||
| Cascade | 1,633 | 35.88% | 1,079 | 23.71% | 1,001 | 22.00% | 838 | 18.41% | 554[lower-alpha 3] | 12.17% | 4,551 | ||
| Chouteau | 402 | 29.56% | 561 | 41.25% | 265 | 19.49% | 129 | 9.49% | 3 | 0.22% | -159[lower-alpha 3] | -11.69% | 1,360 |
| Custer | 1,068 | 33.34% | 695 | 21.70% | 1,192 | 37.22% | 247 | 7.71% | 1 | 0.03% | -124 | -3.87% | 3,203 |
| Dawson | 719 | 25.84% | 678 | 24.37% | 1,165 | 41.88% | 220 | 7.91% | -446 | -16.03% | 2,782 | ||
| Deer Lodge | 1,197 | 41.85% | 1,060 | 37.06% | 464 | 16.22% | 139 | 4.86% | 137[lower-alpha 3] | 4.79% | 2,860 | ||
| Fergus | 1,393 | 38.03% | 745 | 20.34% | 1,104 | 30.14% | 421 | 11.49% | 289 | 7.89% | 3,663 | ||
| Flathead | 1,164 | 33.70% | 493 | 14.27% | 1,351 | 39.11% | 446 | 12.91% | -187 | -5.41% | 3,454 | ||
| Gallatin | 1,407 | 43.41% | 683 | 21.07% | 929 | 28.66% | 212 | 6.54% | 10 | 0.31% | 478 | 14.75% | 3,241 |
| Granite | 346 | 38.92% | 195 | 21.93% | 256 | 28.80% | 92 | 10.35% | 90 | 10.12% | 889 | ||
| Hill | 624 | 30.77% | 536 | 26.43% | 545 | 26.87% | 323 | 15.93% | 79 | 3.90% | 2,028 | ||
| Jefferson | 479 | 39.88% | 247 | 20.57% | 299 | 24.90% | 176 | 14.65% | 180 | 14.99% | 1,201 | ||
| Lewis and Clark | 1,505 | 34.72% | 1,062 | 24.50% | 1,375 | 31.72% | 391 | 9.02% | 2 | 0.05% | 130 | 3.00% | 4,335 |
| Lincoln | 348 | 34.56% | 218 | 21.65% | 206 | 20.46% | 235 | 23.34% | 113[lower-alpha 4] | 11.22% | 1,007 | ||
| Madison | 822 | 41.47% | 506 | 25.53% | 576 | 29.06% | 78 | 3.94% | 246 | 12.41% | 1,982 | ||
| Meagher | 473 | 39.45% | 321 | 26.77% | 327 | 27.27% | 75 | 6.26% | 3 | 0.25% | 146 | 12.18% | 1,199 |
| Missoula | 1,523 | 32.70% | 589 | 12.64% | 1,773 | 38.06% | 773 | 16.60% | -250 | -5.37% | 4,658 | ||
| Musselshell | 470 | 29.97% | 483 | 30.80% | 400 | 25.51% | 215 | 13.71% | -13[lower-alpha 3] | -0.83% | 1,568 | ||
| Park | 759 | 31.70% | 664 | 27.74% | 718 | 29.99% | 253 | 10.57% | 41 | 1.71% | 2,394 | ||
| Powell | 545 | 37.72% | 335 | 23.18% | 418 | 28.93% | 147 | 10.17% | 127 | 8.79% | 1,445 | ||
| Ravalli | 858 | 36.36% | 316 | 13.39% | 896 | 37.97% | 282 | 11.95% | 8 | 0.34% | -38 | -1.61% | 2,360 |
| Rosebud | 313 | 27.08% | 392 | 33.91% | 368 | 31.83% | 80 | 6.92% | 3 | 0.26% | 24[lower-alpha 5] | 2.08% | 1,156 |
| Sanders | 414 | 34.30% | 257 | 21.29% | 375 | 31.07% | 161 | 13.34% | 39 | 3.23% | 1,207 | ||
| Silver Bow | 4,542 | 38.45% | 2,232 | 18.89% | 1,802 | 15.25% | 3,238 | 27.41% | 1,304[lower-alpha 4] | 11.04% | 11,814 | ||
| Sweet Grass | 278 | 29.48% | 181 | 19.19% | 424 | 44.96% | 60 | 6.36% | -146 | -15.48% | 943 | ||
| Teton | 646 | 32.45% | 612 | 30.74% | 446 | 22.40% | 287 | 14.41% | 34[lower-alpha 3] | 1.71% | 1,991 | ||
| Valley | 696 | 26.92% | 668 | 25.84% | 858 | 33.19% | 362 | 14.00% | 1 | 0.04% | -162 | -6.27% | 2,585 |
| Yellowstone | 1,193 | 31.17% | 1,004 | 26.23% | 1,386 | 36.21% | 245 | 6.40% | -193 | -5.04% | 3,828 | ||
| Totals | 28,129 | 35.05% | 18,575 | 23.14% | 22,709 | 28.30% | 10,811 | 13.47% | 32 | 0.04% | 5,420 | !6.75% | 80,256 |
Notes
- Chafin was not on the ballot in Montana, but was nationally the candidate of the Prohibition Party
- Because Roosevelt finished ahead of Taft in Montana as a whole, all margins give are Wilson minus Roosevelt unless stated in the total for the county in question.
- In this county where Roosevelt did run third behind both Wilson and Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Taft vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Taft percentage.
- In this county where Debs ran second behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Wilson vote minus Debs vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Debs percentage.
- In this county where Wilson ran third behind both Taft and Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
References
- David Leip. "1912 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
- Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote Archived 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (.xlsx file for €15)
- Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)
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