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Under each candidate (L » R): Pop. Vote Percentage - Electoral Points
----------------- T. Woodrow Theodore William H. Eugene V.
State | Electoral Wilson Roosevelt Taft Debs
| Votes Democrat Progressive Republican Socialist
Group D (1st priority - 5,000 pts each, 45,000 pts total)
31. North Carolina (12) 59.24% 2,975 28.36% 1,424 11.95% 601 0.40% ---
32. North Dakota (5) 34.14% 1,731 29.71% 1,507 26.67% 1,352 8.05% 410
33. Ohio (24) 40.96% 2,076 22.16% 1,123 26.82% 1,360 8.69% 441
34. Oklahoma (10) 46.95% 2,367 35.77% 1,804 16.42% 829
35. Oregon (5) 34.34% 1,773 27.44% 1,417 25.30% 1,307 9.74% 503
36. Pennsylvania (38) 32.49% 1,652 36.53% 1,857 22.45% 1,141 6.87% 350
37. Rhode Island (5) 39.04% 2,028 21.67% 1,125 35.56% 1,847 2.63% ---
38. South Carolina (9) ++1 95.94% 5,000 2.57% --- 1.06% --- 0.33% ---
39. South Dakota (5) 42.07% 2,271 50.56% 2,729 4.01% ---
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So Far (45,000) 21,873 11,182 9,412 2,533
Needed to Win - 70,510 Wilson-D Roosevelt-Prog Taft-R Debs-Soc
+++1 = South Carolina (Group D, above)
Wilson was the only named candidate with at least 5.00% of the state's total popular
vote, so he received all of South Carolina's 5,000 Electoral Points.
Group E (2nd priority - 4,000 pts each, 36,000 pts total)
40. Tennessee (12) 52.80% 2,150 21.45% 873 24.00% 977 1.41% ---
41. Texas (20) 72.62% 2,926 9.46% 381 8.77% 353 8.44% 340
42. Utah (5) 32.55% 1,308 21.51% 864 37.46% 1,505 8.03% 323
43. Vermont (4) 24.43% 1,009 35.22% 1,456 37.13% 1,535 1.48% ---
44. Virginia (12) 65.95% 2,669 15.90% 643 17.00% 688 0.60% ---
45. Washington (7) 26.90% 1,117 35.22% 1,462 21.82% 906 12.43% 515
46. West Virginia (8) 42.11% 1,713 29.43% 1,197 21.11% 859 5.67% 231
47. Wisconsin (13) 41.06% 1,681 15.61% 639 32.65% 1,337 8.37% 343
48. Wyoming (3) 36.20% 1,463 21.83% 882 34.42% 1,391 6.53% 264
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So Far (81,000) 37,909 19,579 18,963 4,549
Needed to Win - 70,510 Wilson-D Roosevelt-Prog Taft-R Debs-Soc
Group A (3rd priority - 3,000 pts each, 30,000 pts total)
1. Alabama (12) 69.89% 2,152 19.23% 592 8.31% 256 2.57% ---
2. Arizona (3) 43.52% 1,320 29.29% 889 12.74% 387 13.33% 404
3. Arkansas (9) 55.01% 1,662 17.30% 523 20.45% 618 6.52% 197
4. California (13) 41.81% 1,316 41.83% 1,316 00.58% --- 11.68% 368
5. Colorado (6) 42.80% 1,311 27.09% 830 21.88% 670 6.15% 189
6. Connecticut (7) 39.16% 1,196 17.92% 547 35.88% 1,096 5.28% 161
7. Delaware (3) 46.48% 1,429 18.25% 561 32.85% 1,010 1.14% ---
8. Florida (6) 69.52% 2,165 8.96% 279 8.42% 262 9.45% 294
9. Georgia (12) 76.63% 2,250 18.10% 750 4.27% --- 0.87% ---
10. Idaho (4) 32.08% 976 24.14% 735 31.02% 944 11.31% 345
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So Far (111,000) 53,686 26,601 24,206 6,507
Needed to Win - 70,510 Wilson-D Roosevelt-Prog Taft-R Debs-Soc
Group B (4th priority - 2,000 pts each, 20,000 pts total)
11. Illinois (29) 35.34% 719 33.72% 686 22.13% 450 7.09% 145
12. Indiana (15) 43.07% 892 24.75% 513 23.11% 479 5.64% 116
13. Iowa (13) 37.64% 794 32.87% 693 24.33% 513 3.45% ---
14. Kansas (10) 39.30% 786 32.88% 658 20.47% 409 7.33% 147
15. Kentucky (13) 48.48% 1,005 22.48% 466 25.52% 529 2.57% ---
16. Louisiana (10) 76.81% 1,500 11.71% 319 4.84% --- 6.64% 181
17. Maine (6) 39.43% 810 37.41% 769 20.48% 421 1.96% ---
18. Maryland (8) 48.57% 1,000 24.91% 513 23.69% 487 1.72% ---
19. Massachusetts (18) 35.53% 735 29.14% 604 31.95% 661 2.58% ---
20. Michigan (15) 27.36% 583 38.95% 829 27.63% 588 4.21% ---
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So Far (131,000) 62,510 32,651 28,743 7,096
Needed to Win - 70,510 Wilson-D Roosevelt-Prog Taft-R Debs-Soc
Group C (5th priority - 1,000 pts each, 10,000 pts total)
21. Minnesota (12) 31.84% 328 37.66% 388 19.25% 198 8.23% 86
22. Mississippi (10) 88.90% 750 5.50% 250 2.42% --- 3.18% ---
23. Missouri (18) 47.35% 499 17.80% 188 29.75% 313 4.07% ---
24. Montana (4) 35.00% 350 28.13% 281 23.19% 232 13.64% 137
25. Nebraska (8) 43.69% 462 29.13% 308 21.74% 230 4.08% ---
26. Nevada (3) 39.70% 397 27.94% 279 15.89% 159 16.47% 165
27. New Hampshire (4) 39.48% 406 20.23% 209 37.43% 385 2.25% ---
28. New Jersey (14) 41.20% 432 33.60% 352 20.53% 216 3.69% ---
29. New Mexico (3) 41.39% 414 16.90% 169 35.91% 359 5.79% 58
30. New York (45) 41.27% 437 24.56% 260 28.68% 303 3.69% ---
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TOTAL - 141,000 66,985 35,335 31,138 7,542
Needed to Win - 70,510 Wilson-D Roosevelt-Prog Taft-R Debs-Soc
Finish Order Leader-1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Percentage of Points 47.50709% 25.06028% 22.08369% 5.34894%
I. 1912 - Possible Run-off
No outright winner in the Electoral Points format. A run-off between Wilson and T. Roosevelt
would be scheduled for Tuesday December 17th, 1912, with the winner to be inaugurated on March
4th, 1913. The travel conditions and communications standards of the day dictate a six-week
gap between the initial election and the run-off.
Because of how close Wilson was to the need-to-win mark (3,525 points short) -AND- because
of how Roosevelt stood points-wise vs.Wilson, the chances of a run-off win were quite unlikely.
Roosevelt therefore would had have the option of voluntarily conceding the race to Wilson,
thereby canceling the run-off. If such a concession was declared, Wilson would have been given
3,535 of Roosevelt's points and be certified the 1912 election winner (70,520 to 31,800).
** NOTE ** --- In actual fact, Woodrow Wilson was the outright winner of the 1912 election.
II. Debs - The Forgotten 1912 Candidate
With the main focus of the election of 1912 on Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt and William
Taft, Socialist candidate Eugene V. Debs was only a mere footnote. However, the Electoral
Points System allows Debs' 4th place performance to be seen in a different light. Debs' total
of 7,542 points is the best-ever for a 4th place finisher in any election from 1912 to 2024.
The next closest 4th place total is a mere 1,356 points, achieved by Evan McMullin in the
2016 election.
Debs' 7,542 points would have exceeded any earned by third place finishers in all but six
elections from 1900 to the present. He had better than ten percent of the 1912 popular
vote in seven states, better than eight or nine percent in eight other states. Debs' best
states were Nevada, where he earned 16.47% of the popular vote, and Oklahoma, 16.42%.
Wilson-Roosevelt-Taft Difference Ratios
NOTE -- Electoral Points ratios assume a Roosevelt concession ...
»»» Electoral Points -- Wilson-Roosevelt: 1.895712-1 .. Wilson-Taft: 2.151230-1
»»» Electoral Votes --- Wilson-Roosevelt: 4.943182-1 .. Wilson-Taft: 54.375000-1
Electoral Votes (531) 435 (81.92090%) 88 (16.57250%) 8 (1.50659%) None ***
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|----- Actual (1912) Wilson-D Roosevelt-Prog Taft-R Debs-Soc
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Popular Votes (15,048,834) 6,296,284 4,122,721 3,486,242 901,551
Pctage of Pop. Votes 41.83902% 27.39562% 23.16619% 5.99084%
*** = In California, two faithless Bull Moose-Progressive electors chose Woodrow Wilson
instead of Theodore Roosevelt.
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