1912 United States presidential election in Arizona
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. In Arizona, voters voted for electors individually instead of as a slate, as in the other states.
This was the first presidential election Arizona participated in, as it had been admitted as the 48th state on February 14 of the same year. The state was won by Democratic Governor of New Jersey
In 1912, more than 87% of Arizonans voted for one of three economically left-leaning candidates (Wilson, Roosevelt, Debs). Only 13% of the state sided with the conservative incumbent President Taft, who moved further to the right during his one term presidency. Arizona also voted in large numbers for two major third party candidates; Theodore Roosevelt and Eugene Debs, both of whom won a combined 43% of the popular vote, nearly the same as Wilson's vote total. Roosevelt's 29.29% remains the best-ever third-party presidential performance in Arizona history.
Party division among Republican voters helped Wilson carry every single county in Arizona, winning all but three of them with less than a majority.
Arizona was one of only 14 states in which the combined total of Roosevelt and Taft would not have defeated Wilson. The others were the 11 former states of the
Beginning with this election, Arizona voted for every presidential election winner until 1960.[2]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 10,324 | 43.52% | |
Progressive
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Theodore Roosevelt | 6,949 | 29.29% | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 3,163 | 13.33% | |
Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 3,021 | 12.74% | |
Prohibition | Eugene Wilder Chafin
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265 | 1.12% | |
Total votes | 23,722 | 100% |
Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
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Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | Wiley E. Jones | 10,324 | |
Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | V. T. Webb | 10,174 | |
Democratic Party | Woodrow Wilson | John R. Hampton | 10,130 | |
Progressive Party
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Theodore Roosevelt | E. S. Clark | 6,949 | |
Progressive Party
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Theodore Roosevelt | John C. Greenway | 6,879 | |
Progressive Party
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Theodore Roosevelt | Dwight B. Heard | 6,873 | |
Socialist Party of America | Eugene V. Debs | J. L. Brooks | 3,163 | |
Socialist Party of America | Eugene V. Debs | E. B. Simanton | 3,139 | |
Socialist Party of America | Eugene V. Debs | Paul E. White | 3,132 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Hoval A. Smith | 3,021 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Fred S. Breen | 2,986 | |
Republican Party | William Howard Taft | Walter Talbot | 2,975 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene Wilder Chafin
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Thomas F. Wilson | 265 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene Wilder Chafin
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J. Stanley Howard | 221 | |
Prohibition Party | Eugene Wilder Chafin
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Roy E. Sibley | 219 | |
Total votes | 23,722 |
Results by county
County | Thomas Woodrow Wilson[4] Democratic |
William Howard Taft[a] Republican |
Theodore Roosevelt[4] Progressive |
Eugene Victor Debs[5] Socialist |
Eugene Wilder Chafin[5] Prohibition |
Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Apache | 108 | 42.35% | 56 | 21.96% | 79 | 30.98% | 10 | 3.92% | 2 | 0.78% | 255 |
Cochise | 1,973 | 42.71% | 403[a] | 8.72% | 1,396 | 30.22% | 819 | 17.73% | 28 | 0.61% | 4,619 |
Coconino | 339 | 39.65% | 237[a] | 27.72% | 178 | 20.82% | 96 | 11.23% | 5 | 0.58% | 855 |
Gila | 779 | 38.09% | 210[a] | 10.27% | 542 | 26.50% | 501 | 24.50% | 13 | 0.64% | 2,045 |
Graham | 540 | 51.09% | 103[a] | 9.74% | 243 | 22.99% | 164 | 15.52% | 7 | 0.66% | 1,057 |
Greenlee | 652 | 55.54% | 109[a] | 9.28% | 287 | 24.45% | 122 | 10.39% | 4 | 0.34% | 1,174 |
Maricopa | 2,606 | 45.97% | 642[a] | 11.32% | 1,818 | 32.07% | 472 | 8.33% | 131 | 2.31% | 5,669 |
Mohave | 320 | 39.70% | 69[a] | 8.56% | 228 | 28.29% | 184 | 22.83% | 5 | 0.62% | 806 |
Navajo | 287 | 39.05% | 168[a] | 22.86% | 233 | 31.70% | 40 | 5.44% | 7 | 0.95% | 735 |
Pima | 693 | 38.41% | 353[a] | 19.57% | 615 | 34.09% | 109 | 6.04% | 34 | 1.88% | 1,804 |
Pinal | 352 | 43.73% | 80[a] | 9.94% | 311 | 38.63% | 61 | 7.58% | 1 | 0.12% | 805 |
Santa Cruz | 250 | 53.30% | 56 | 11.94% | 123 | 26.23% | 38 | 8.10% | 2 | 0.43% | 469 |
Yavapai | 1,001 | 42.38% | 445[a] | 18.84% | 537 | 22.73% | 358 | 15.16% | 21 | 0.89% | 2,362 |
Yuma | 424 | 39.74% | 90[a] | 8.43% | 359 | 33.65% | 189 | 17.71% | 5 | 0.47% | 1,067 |
Totals | 10,324 | 43.52% | 3,021[a] | 12.74% | 6,949 | 29.29% | 3,163 | 13.33% | 265 | 1.12% | 23,722 |
Notes
References
- ^ a b "1912 Presidential Election Results Arizona".
- ISBN 0313257957
- ^ General election returns, State of Arizona, November 5, 1912. State of Arizona official canvass.
- ^ a b Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote Archived 2018-06-13 at the Wayback Machine (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)