akashic
1876–2024
Elections / 1912 · President

Woodrow Wilson defeated William Howard Taft.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R), with Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)

National popular vote
15,031,677 votes counted
Wilson (D)
6,419,817
42.7%
Taft (R)
3,481,954
23.2%
Roosevelt + others
5,255,643
35.0%
Margin
D+19.5
The county map
2,967 county-level results on record for 1912

Democrats carried 1,969 counties, Republicans 230, third-party candidates 766. 1,302 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Marin County, CA (D+88.2 swing) · Hughes County, SD (D+87.9 swing) · Scott County, TN (D+83.4 swing) · Calaveras County, CA (D+81.1 swing) · San Mateo County, CA (D+80.5 swing) · Humboldt County, CA (D+80.2 swing)

Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlabamaD
+61.7%
82,4389,717117,954
ArkansasD
+35.9%
68,87624,675123,036
ArizonaO
+30.8%
10,3243,02123,722
CaliforniaO
+41.8%
283,4360677,944
ColoradoD
+20.9%
114,23258,386266,880
ConnecticutD
+3.3%
74,55968,323190,395
DelawareD
+13.6%
22,63115,99848,694
FloridaD
+61.1%
35,3434,27950,837
GeorgiaD
+72.4%
93,0875,191121,470
IowaO
+13.3%
185,325119,805492,356
IdahoO
+1.1%
33,92132,810105,754
IllinoisO
+13.2%
405,048253,5931,146,173
IndianaD
+20.0%
281,889151,267654,695
KansasO
+18.8%
143,66374,845365,560
KentuckyD
+23.2%
219,584115,516448,330
LouisianaD
+72.0%
60,8723,83379,249
MassachusettsD
+3.6%
173,408155,948488,057
MarylandD
+79.1%
238,53354,956231,981
MaineO
+19.0%
51,11326,545129,640
MichiganO
−0.2%
150,201151,434547,971
MinnesotaO
+12.6%
106,42664,334334,219
MissouriD
+17.6%
330,746207,821698,566
MississippiD
+86.5%
57,4981,52164,722
MontanaO
+11.8%
27,94118,51279,826
North CarolinaD
+47.3%
144,40729,129243,809
North DakotaO
+7.5%
29,55523,09086,580
NebraskaD
+22.0%
109,00754,226249,482
New HampshireD
+2.0%
34,72432,92787,961
New JerseyD
+20.7%
178,63889,066433,663
New MexicoD
+5.5%
20,43717,73349,375
NevadaO
+23.8%
7,9863,19620,115
New YorkD
+12.6%
655,573455,4871,588,315
OhioD
+14.1%
424,834278,1681,037,114
OklahomaD
+11.2%
119,15890,792253,570
OregonO
+9.0%
47,06434,673137,040
PennsylvaniaO
+10.0%
395,637273,3601,217,736
Rhode IslandD
+3.5%
30,41227,70377,894
South CarolinaD
+95.9%
48,357050,405
South DakotaO
+42.1%
48,9420116,327
TennesseeD
+28.9%
133,02160,475251,101
TexasD
+63.2%
219,18528,514301,498
UtahR
−4.9%
36,57942,100112,386
VirginiaD
+48.9%
90,38023,327137,189
VermontO
−12.7%
15,35023,30362,805
WashingtonO
+5.1%
86,84070,445322,799
WisconsinD
+8.4%
164,230130,596399,975
West VirginiaD
+21.3%
113,09756,754264,211
WyomingD
+1.8%
15,31014,56042,296