History of the United States II / Unit 6 USH2 0786 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Election of 1912
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The idea
In nineteen twelve Roosevelt ran on the Progressive, or Bull Moose, ticket against Taft and the Democrat Woodrow Wilson, splitting the Republican vote.
In practice
Wilson winning with forty-two percent of the popular vote.
Where people slip
Digital History gives Roosevelt twenty-seven percent, still a record for a third-party candidate, and Taft twenty-three. Together they outpolled Wilson.
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