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Eugene V. Debs vs William Howard Taft

Eugene V. Debs vs William Howard Taft in 1912: electoral votes, popular vote and every state, side by side.

Eugene V. Debs

Elections
1 (1912)
Won
0
Electoral votes, all runs
0
Best popular vote
6.0% in 1912
Parties
Socialist
vs

William Howard Taft

Elections
2 (1908, 1912)
Won
1
Electoral votes, all runs
329
Best popular vote
51.6% in 1908
Parties
Republican

1912

Eugene V. Debs states
0
William Howard Taft states
2
Popular vote
6.0% – 23.2%
Alabama: another candidateAlaskaArizona: another candidateArkansas: another candidateCalifornia: another candidateColorado: another candidateConnecticut: another candidateDelaware: another candidateDistrict of ColumbiaFlorida: another candidateGeorgia: another candidateHawaiiIdaho: another candidateIllinois: another candidateIndiana: another candidateIowa: another candidateKansas: another candidateKentucky: another candidateLouisiana: another candidateMaine: another candidateMaryland: another candidateMassachusetts: another candidateMichigan: another candidateMinnesota: another candidateMississippi: another candidateMissouri: another candidateMontana: another candidateNebraska: another candidateNevada: another candidateNew Hampshire: another candidateNew Jersey: another candidateNew Mexico: another candidateNew York: another candidateNorth Carolina: another candidateNorth Dakota: another candidateOhio: another candidateOklahoma: another candidateOregon: another candidatePennsylvania: another candidateRhode Island: another candidateSouth Carolina: another candidateSouth Dakota: another candidateTennessee: another candidateTexas: another candidateUtah: William Howard TaftVermont: William Howard TaftVirginia: another candidateWashington: another candidateWest Virginia: another candidateWisconsin: another candidateWyoming: another candidateVermont: William Howard TaftNew Hampshire: another candidateMassachusetts: another candidateRhode Island: another candidateConnecticut: another candidateNew Jersey: another candidateDelaware: another candidateMaryland: another candidateDistrict of Columbia
Every state, 1912
StateEugene V. DebsWilliam Howard TaftGap (pts)EV
Alabama 2.6% 8.3% -5.7 12
Arizona 13.4% 12.6% 0.8 3
Arkansas 6.5% 20.5% -14.0 9
California 11.7% 0.6% 11.1 13
Colorado 6.2% 22.0% -15.8 6
Connecticut 5.3% 35.9% -30.6 7
Delaware 1.1% 32.9% -31.8 3
Florida 9.3% 8.2% 1.1 6
Georgia 0.9% 4.3% -3.4 14
Idaho 11.3% 31.0% -19.7 4
Illinois 7.1% 22.1% -15.0 29
Indiana 5.6% 23.1% -17.5 15
Iowa 3.4% 24.3% -20.9 13
Kansas 7.3% 20.5% -13.2 10
Kentucky 2.6% 25.5% -22.9 13
Louisiana 6.6% 4.8% 1.8 10
Maine 2.0% 20.5% -18.5 6
Maryland 1.7% 23.7% -22.0 8
Massachusetts 2.6% 32.0% -29.4 18
Michigan 4.2% 27.6% -23.4 15
Minnesota 8.2% 19.2% -11.0 12
Mississippi 3.2% 2.4% 0.8 10
Missouri 4.1% 29.7% -25.6 18
Montana 13.5% 23.1% -9.6 4
Nebraska 4.1% 21.7% -17.6 8
Nevada 16.5% 15.9% 0.6 3
New Hampshire 2.3% 37.4% -35.1 4
New Jersey 3.7% 20.5% -16.8 14
New Mexico 5.9% 35.2% -29.3 3
New York 4.0% 28.7% -24.7 45
North Carolina 0.4% 11.9% -11.5 12
North Dakota 8.1% 26.6% -18.5 5
Ohio 8.7% 26.8% -18.1 24
Oklahoma 16.4% 35.8% -19.4 10
Oregon 9.7% 25.3% -15.6 5
Pennsylvania 6.9% 22.4% -15.5 38
Rhode Island 2.6% 35.6% -33.0 5
South Carolina 0.3% 1.1% -0.8 9
South Dakota 4.0% 0.0% 4.0 5
Tennessee 1.4% 24.0% -22.6 12
Texas 8.3% 9.4% -1.1 20
Utah 8.0% 37.4% 4 -29.4 4
Vermont 1.5% 37.1% 4 -35.6 4
Virginia 0.6% 17.0% -16.4 12
Washington 12.4% 21.8% -9.4 7
West Virginia 5.7% 21.1% -15.4 8
Wisconsin 8.4% 32.7% -24.3 13
Wyoming 6.5% 34.4% -27.9 3

Questions and answers

Who won between Eugene V. Debs and William Howard Taft in 1912?

Neither won the presidency. Electoral votes: Eugene V. Debs 0, William Howard Taft 8. Popular vote: Eugene V. Debs 6.0%, William Howard Taft 23.2%.

How many states did Eugene V. Debs and William Howard Taft each win in 1912?

Eugene V. Debs carried 0 and William Howard Taft carried 2.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data