1912 United States presidential election in Michigan
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The 1912 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1912, as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Following the
In the 1894 elections, the Democratic Party lost all but one seat in the Michigan legislature,[5] and the party would only make minor gains there for the next third of a century. Unlike the other states of the Upper Midwest, the Yankee influence on the culture of the Lower Peninsula was so strong that left-wing third parties did not provide significant opposition to the Republicans, nor was there more than a moderate degree of coordinated factionalism within the hegemonic Michigan Republican Party.[6]
The state was not seriously affected by the split within the nationally dominant Republican Party during
Analysis
Michigan was one only two states where Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson came in third behind former president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and the current president of the United States William Howard Taft — the only other such state being Vermont where Wilson finished a much more distant third. Since 1912 there has been only one occasion (Bill Clinton in Utah in 1992) where a winning presidential candidate finished third in any non-Confederate state.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Ottawa County, Sanilac County, and Missaukee County did not support the Republican candidate.[16][17] This was the first time since 1852 that Michigan voted for a non-Republican presidential candidate, and the only time Michigan ever voted for a third-party presidential candidate.
With 38.95 percent of the popular vote, Michigan would prove to be Roosevelt's third-strongest state in terms of popular vote percentage in the 1912 election after South Dakota (where Taft was not on the ballot) and California (where Taft was a write-in candidate).[18]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive
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Theodore Roosevelt | 214,584 | 38.95% | |
Republican | William Howard Taft (incumbent) | 152,244 | 27.63% | |
Democratic | Woodrow Wilson | 150,751 | 27.36% | |
Socialist | Eugene V. Debs | 23,211 | 4.21% | |
Prohibition | Eugene Chafin
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8,934 | 1.62% | |
Socialist Labor
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Arthur Reimer
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1,252 | 0.23% | |
Total votes | 550,976 | 100% |
Results by county
County | William Howard Taft Republican |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson Democratic |
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive |
Eugene Victor Debs Socialist |
Eugene Wilder Chafin Prohibition |
Arthur Elmer Reimer Socialist Labor |
Margin[a] | Total votes cast[19] | |||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alcona | 291 | 29.45% | 145 | 14.68% | 461 | 46.66% | 81 | 8.20% | 9 | 0.91% | 1 | 0.10% | -170 | -17.21% | 988 |
Alger | 290 | 26.56% | 263 | 24.08% | 469 | 42.95% | 53 | 4.85% | 17 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | -179 | -16.39% | 1,092 |
Allegan | 2,121 | 27.92% | 1,925 | 25.34% | 3,103 | 40.85% | 291 | 3.83% | 130 | 1.71% | 26 | 0.34% | -982 | -12.93% | 7,596 |
Alpena | 709 | 19.99% | 1,105 | 31.15% | 1,642 | 46.29% | 64 | 1.80% | 23 | 0.65% | 4 | 0.11% | -537 | -15.14% | 3,547 |
Antrim | 603 | 24.22% | 450 | 18.07% | 1,221 | 49.04% | 180 | 7.23% | 36 | 1.45% | 0 | 0.00% | -618 | -24.82% | 2,490 |
Arenac | 421 | 21.17% | 452 | 22.72% | 955 | 48.01% | 115 | 5.78% | 43 | 2.16% | 3 | 0.15% | -503[b] | -25.29% | 1,989 |
Baraga | 295 | 25.97% | 280 | 24.65% | 507 | 44.63% | 37 | 3.26% | 17 | 1.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -212 | -18.66% | 1,136 |
Barry | 1,585 | 28.84% | 1,800 | 32.75% | 1,880 | 34.21% | 105 | 1.91% | 121 | 2.20% | 5 | 0.09% | -80[b] | -1.46% | 5,496 |
Bay | 2,625 | 23.43% | 2,990 | 26.68% | 4,748 | 42.37% | 521 | 4.65% | 238 | 2.12% | 83 | 0.74% | -1,758[b] | -15.69% | 11,205 |
Benzie | 568 | 29.69% | 326 | 17.04% | 645 | 33.72% | 264 | 13.80% | 102 | 5.33% | 8 | 0.42% | -77 | -4.03% | 1,913 |
Berrien | 2,752 | 23.06% | 4,225 | 35.40% | 4,341 | 36.37% | 442 | 3.70% | 175 | 1.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -116[b] | -0.97% | 11,935 |
Branch | 1,865 | 30.11% | 2,185 | 35.28% | 1,840 | 29.71% | 170 | 2.75% | 125 | 2.02% | 8 | 0.13% | 320[b] | 5.17% | 6,193 |
Calhoun | 3,447 | 26.42% | 3,781 | 28.98% | 4,450 | 34.11% | 979 | 7.50% | 223 | 1.71% | 165 | 1.26% | -669[b] | -5.13% | 13,045 |
Cass | 1,462 | 27.14% | 2,076 | 38.54% | 1,433 | 26.60% | 343 | 6.37% | 73 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | -614[c] | -11.40% | 5,387 |
Charlevoix | 1,296 | 36.82% | 566 | 16.08% | 1,201 | 34.12% | 407 | 11.56% | 44 | 1.25% | 6 | 0.17% | 95 | 2.70% | 3,520 |
Cheboygan | 896 | 27.69% | 981 | 30.32% | 1,167 | 36.06% | 146 | 4.51% | 31 | 0.96% | 15 | 0.46% | -186[b] | -5.75% | 3,236 |
Chippewa | 889 | 23.31% | 879 | 23.05% | 1,599 | 41.92% | 192 | 5.03% | 248 | 6.50% | 7 | 0.18% | -710 | -18.62% | 3,814 |
Clare | 563 | 30.99% | 435 | 23.94% | 658 | 36.21% | 125 | 6.88% | 29 | 1.60% | 7 | 0.39% | -95 | -5.23% | 1,827 |
Clinton | 1,723 | 31.97% | 1,723 | 31.97% | 1,812 | 33.62% | 41 | 0.76% | 87 | 1.61% | 3 | 0.06% | -89[d] | -1.65% | 5,389 |
Crawford | 257 | 34.97% | 185 | 25.17% | 249 | 33.88% | 35 | 4.76% | 8 | 1.09% | 1 | 0.14% | 8 | 1.09% | 735 |
Delta | 1,111 | 25.38% | 1,066 | 24.35% | 1,913 | 43.70% | 244 | 5.57% | 44 | 1.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -802 | -18.32% | 4,378 |
Dickinson | 1,371 | 40.90% | 361 | 10.77% | 1,337 | 39.89% | 233 | 6.95% | 43 | 1.28% | 7 | 0.21% | 34 | 1.01% | 3,352 |
Eaton | 2,333 | 32.02% | 2,482 | 34.06% | 2,217 | 30.42% | 125 | 1.72% | 111 | 1.52% | 19 | 0.26% | 149[c] | 2.04% | 7,287 |
Emmet | 830 | 25.00% | 920 | 27.71% | 1,100 | 33.13% | 417 | 12.56% | 53 | 1.60% | 0 | 0.00% | -180[b] | -5.42% | 3,320 |
Genesee | 3,426 | 25.73% | 3,005 | 22.57% | 5,934 | 44.57% | 659 | 4.95% | 255 | 1.92% | 34 | 0.26% | -2,508 | -18.84% | 13,313 |
Gladwin | 638 | 39.07% | 331 | 20.27% | 549 | 33.62% | 85 | 5.21% | 25 | 1.53% | 5 | 0.31% | 89 | 5.45% | 1,633 |
Gogebic | 818 | 26.92% | 572 | 18.82% | 1,360 | 44.75% | 124 | 4.08% | 146 | 4.80% | 19 | 0.63% | -542 | -17.83% | 3,039 |
Grand Traverse | 899 | 23.25% | 937 | 24.23% | 1,676 | 43.34% | 283 | 7.32% | 53 | 1.37% | 19 | 0.49% | -739[b] | -19.11% | 3,867 |
Gratiot | 1,809 | 30.64% | 1,835 | 31.08% | 2,130 | 36.07% | 45 | 0.76% | 83 | 1.41% | 3 | 0.05% | -295[b] | -5.00% | 5,905 |
Hillsdale | 1,437 | 20.68% | 2,229 | 32.08% | 3,047 | 43.85% | 59 | 0.85% | 171 | 2.46% | 6 | 0.09% | -818[b] | -11.77% | 6,949 |
Houghton | 3,571 | 29.18% | 2,385 | 19.49% | 5,460 | 44.62% | 443 | 3.62% | 369 | 3.02% | 10 | 0.08% | -1,889 | -15.44% | 12,238 |
Huron | 1,813 | 28.61% | 1,236 | 19.50% | 3,165 | 49.94% | 68 | 1.07% | 53 | 0.84% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,352 | -21.34% | 6,337 |
Ingham | 3,515 | 26.71% | 3,915 | 29.75% | 4,780 | 36.32% | 574 | 4.36% | 324 | 2.46% | 51 | 0.39% | -865[b] | -6.57% | 13,159 |
Ionia | 2,049 | 26.50% | 2,757 | 35.66% | 2,579 | 33.35% | 170 | 2.20% | 165 | 2.13% | 12 | 0.16% | 178[b] | 2.30% | 7,732 |
Iosco | 521 | 28.90% | 418 | 23.18% | 808 | 44.81% | 30 | 1.66% | 24 | 1.33% | 2 | 0.11% | -287 | -15.92% | 1,803 |
Iron | 1,031 | 45.24% | 218 | 9.57% | 871 | 38.22% | 108 | 4.74% | 24 | 1.05% | 27 | 1.18% | 160 | 7.02% | 2,279 |
Isabella | 1,417 | 29.71% | 1,389 | 29.13% | 1,754 | 36.78% | 141 | 2.96% | 64 | 1.34% | 4 | 0.08% | -337 | -7.07% | 4,769 |
Jackson | 2,456 | 18.68% | 4,283 | 32.58% | 5,801 | 44.13% | 375 | 2.85% | 198 | 1.51% | 32 | 0.24% | -1,518[b] | -11.55% | 13,145 |
Kalamazoo | 2,642 | 21.47% | 3,660 | 29.74% | 4,125 | 33.51% | 1,438 | 11.68% | 403 | 3.27% | 40 | 0.32% | -465[b] | -3.78% | 12,308 |
Kalkaska | 488 | 32.28% | 293 | 21.11% | 473 | 34.08% | 126 | 9.08% | 44 | 3.17% | 4 | 0.29% | -25 | -1.80% | 1,428 |
Kent | 6,498 | 20.35% | 9,412 | 29.48% | 13,610 | 42.63% | 1,899 | 5.95% | 447 | 1.40% | 60 | 0.19% | -4,198[b] | -13.15% | 31,926 |
Keweenaw | 495 | 44.80% | 59 | 5.34% | 500 | 45.25% | 33 | 2.99% | 17 | 1.54% | 1 | 0.09% | -5 | -0.45% | 1,105 |
Lake | 227 | 24.02% | 186 | 19.68% | 478 | 50.58% | 45 | 4.76% | 9 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | -251 | -26.56% | 945 |
Lapeer | 1,728 | 32.09% | 1,200 | 22.28% | 2,311 | 42.92% | 39 | 0.72% | 103 | 1.91% | 4 | 0.07% | -583 | -10.83% | 5,385 |
Leelanau | 621 | 35.42% | 344 | 19.62% | 678 | 38.68% | 84 | 4.79% | 21 | 1.20% | 5 | 0.29% | -57 | -3.25% | 1,753 |
Lenawee | 2,996 | 27.02% | 4,239 | 38.23% | 3,497 | 31.54% | 139 | 1.25% | 218 | 1.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 742[b] | 6.69% | 11,089 |
Livingston | 1,408 | 28.49% | 1,960 | 39.66% | 1,455 | 29.44% | 14 | 0.28% | 104 | 2.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 505[b] | 10.22% | 4,942 |
Luce | 234 | 37.38% | 102 | 16.29% | 271 | 43.29% | 11 | 1.76% | 8 | 1.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -37 | -5.91% | 626 |
Mackinac | 612 | 34.63% | 730 | 41.31% | 395 | 22.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 28 | 1.58% | 2 | 0.11% | -118[c] | -6.68% | 1,767 |
Macomb | 2,508 | 34.45% | 2,829 | 38.85% | 1,800 | 24.72% | 28 | 0.38% | 110 | 1.51% | 6 | 0.08% | -321[c] | -4.41% | 7,281 |
Manistee | 1,240 | 26.27% | 1,790 | 37.92% | 1,312 | 27.79% | 289 | 6.12% | 76 | 1.61% | 14 | 0.30% | 478[b] | 10.12% | 4,721 |
Marquette | 2,603 | 33.28% | 997 | 12.75% | 3,607 | 46.11% | 490 | 6.26% | 103 | 1.32% | 22 | 0.28% | -1,004 | -12.84% | 7,822 |
Mason | 844 | 21.51% | 1,073 | 27.34% | 1,726 | 43.99% | 174 | 4.43% | 104 | 2.65% | 3 | 0.08% | -653[b] | -16.64% | 3,924 |
Mecosta | 1,059 | 26.84% | 958 | 24.28% | 1,637 | 41.50% | 201 | 5.10% | 85 | 2.15% | 5 | 0.13% | -578 | -14.65% | 3,945 |
Menominee | 1,191 | 26.94% | 1,195 | 27.03% | 1,810 | 40.94% | 191 | 4.32% | 30 | 0.68% | 4 | 0.09% | -615[b] | -13.91% | 4,421 |
Midland | 902 | 29.09% | 671 | 21.64% | 1,440 | 46.44% | 44 | 1.42% | 43 | 1.39% | 1 | 0.03% | -538 | -17.35% | 3,101 |
Missaukee | 671 | 32.88% | 347 | 17.00% | 899 | 44.05% | 83 | 4.07% | 33 | 1.62% | 8 | 0.39% | -228 | -11.17% | 2,041 |
Monroe | 2,253 | 30.88% | 2,995 | 41.04% | 1,881 | 25.78% | 69 | 0.95% | 89 | 1.22% | 10 | 0.14% | -742[c] | -10.17% | 7,297 |
Montcalm | 1,874 | 28.80% | 1,373 | 21.10% | 2,843 | 43.68% | 288 | 4.43% | 112 | 1.72% | 18 | 0.28% | -969 | -14.89% | 6,508 |
Montmorency | 325 | 43.62% | 163 | 21.88% | 238 | 31.95% | 16 | 2.15% | 3 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 87 | 11.68% | 745 |
Muskegon | 1,523 | 18.47% | 1,678 | 20.35% | 4,314 | 52.32% | 633 | 7.68% | 70 | 0.85% | 28 | 0.34% | -2,636[b] | -31.97% | 8,246 |
Newaygo | 964 | 24.59% | 776 | 19.80% | 1,850 | 47.19% | 247 | 6.30% | 74 | 1.89% | 9 | 0.23% | -886 | -22.60% | 3,920 |
Oakland | 4,083 | 35.46% | 3,668 | 31.86% | 3,296 | 28.63% | 213 | 1.85% | 249 | 2.16% | 4 | 0.03% | 415[c] | 3.60% | 11,513 |
Oceana | 857 | 23.00% | 796 | 21.36% | 1,827 | 49.03% | 119 | 3.19% | 116 | 3.11% | 11 | 0.30% | -970 | -26.03% | 3,726 |
Ogemaw | 541 | 31.64% | 319 | 18.65% | 724 | 42.34% | 77 | 4.50% | 43 | 2.51% | 6 | 0.35% | -183 | -10.70% | 1,710 |
Ontonagon | 719 | 41.13% | 359 | 20.54% | 513 | 29.35% | 137 | 7.84% | 20 | 1.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 206 | 11.78% | 1,748 |
Osceola | 1,306 | 37.03% | 609 | 17.27% | 1,408 | 39.92% | 104 | 2.95% | 94 | 2.67% | 6 | 0.17% | -102 | -2.89% | 3,527 |
Oscoda | 110 | 32.45% | 66 | 19.47% | 158 | 46.61% | 3 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.29% | -48 | -14.16% | 339 |
Otsego | 448 | 42.79% | 194 | 18.53% | 378 | 36.10% | 12 | 1.15% | 15 | 1.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 70 | 6.69% | 1,047 |
Ottawa | 1,825 | 20.87% | 2,036 | 23.28% | 4,411 | 50.43% | 333 | 3.81% | 125 | 1.43% | 16 | 0.18% | -2,375[b] | -27.16% | 8,746 |
Presque Isle | 729 | 37.42% | 259 | 13.30% | 890 | 45.69% | 59 | 3.03% | 10 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.05% | -161 | -8.26% | 1,948 |
Roscommon | 134 | 22.60% | 150 | 25.30% | 273 | 46.04% | 30 | 5.06% | 5 | 0.84% | 1 | 0.17% | -123[b] | -20.74% | 593 |
Saginaw | 5,032 | 27.94% | 5,845 | 32.46% | 5,664 | 31.45% | 1,291 | 7.17% | 175 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 181[b] | 1.01% | 18,007 |
Sanilac | 2,166 | 32.19% | 1,161 | 17.26% | 3,215 | 47.79% | 69 | 1.03% | 113 | 1.68% | 4 | 0.06% | -1,049 | -15.59% | 6,728 |
Schoolcraft | 595 | 37.95% | 337 | 21.49% | 570 | 36.35% | 49 | 3.13% | 14 | 0.89% | 3 | 0.19% | 25 | 1.59% | 1,568 |
Shiawassee | 2,309 | 30.05% | 1,957 | 25.47% | 2,892 | 37.64% | 249 | 3.24% | 263 | 3.42% | 13 | 0.17% | -583 | -7.59% | 7,683 |
St. Clair | 2,958 | 27.48% | 3,008 | 27.95% | 4,423 | 41.09% | 241 | 2.24% | 113 | 1.05% | 21 | 0.20% | -1,415[b] | -13.15% | 10,764 |
St. Joseph | 1,224 | 19.03% | 2,388 | 37.13% | 2,395 | 37.24% | 325 | 5.05% | 90 | 1.40% | 10 | 0.16% | -7[b] | -0.11% | 6,432 |
Tuscola | 2,559 | 34.65% | 1,255 | 16.99% | 3,353 | 45.40% | 59 | 0.80% | 148 | 2.00% | 11 | 0.15% | -794 | -10.75% | 7,385 |
Van Buren | 2,101 | 29.01% | 1,994 | 27.53% | 2,809 | 38.79% | 250 | 3.45% | 88 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -708 | -9.78% | 7,242 |
Washtenaw | 2,495 | 23.64% | 4,164 | 39.45% | 3,642 | 34.50% | 118 | 1.12% | 121 | 1.15% | 16 | 0.15% | 522[b] | 4.95% | 10,556 |
Wayne | 26,599 | 30.08% | 22,678 | 25.65% | 34,680 | 39.22% | 3,657 | 4.14% | 547 | 0.62% | 260 | 0.29% | -8,081 | -9.14% | 88,421 |
Wexford | 1,075 | 26.52% | 817 | 20.15% | 1,710 | 42.18% | 310 | 7.65% | 126 | 3.11% | 16 | 0.39% | -635 | -15.66% | 4,054 |
Totals | 152,244 | 27.63% | 150,751 | 27.36% | 214,584 | 38.95% | 23,211 | 4.21% | 8,934 | 1.62% | 1,252 | 0.23% | -62,340 | -11.31% | 550,976 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Because Roosevelt finished first in Michigan as a whole, and Taft was second and the first-finished major party nominee, margin given is Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Roosevelt percentage unless noted otherwise for the county in question.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab In this county where Wilson finished second ahead of Taft, margin given is Wilson vote minus Roosevelt vote and percentage margin Wilson percentage minus Roosevelt percentage.
- ^ a b c d e f In this county where both Wilson and Taft finished ahead of state winner Roosevelt, margin given is Taft vote minus Wilson vote and percentage margin Taft percentage minus Wilson percentage.
- ^ In this county Wilson and Taft tied for second position, margin given is as usual Taft vote minus Roosevelt vote.
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