1912 United States presidential election in Montana explained

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The 1912 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 5, 1912 as part of the 1912 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

In this four-way contest election, Montana voted for the Democratic nominee New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson over the Progressive nominee former President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Republican nominee President William Howard Taft, and Socialist Party of America nominee union leader Eugene V. Debs. Wilson won the state by a margin of 6.87%.

Results

1912 United States presidential election in Montana[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	27,941	35.00%	4
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	22,456	28.13%	0
	Republican	William Howard Taft (incumbent)	18,512	23.19%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	10,885	13.64%	0
	Write-in	Eugene Chafin	32	0.04%	0
Totals			79,826	100.00%	4

Results by county

County	Woodrow Wilson[2] Democratic		William Howard Taft Republican		Theodore Roosevelt[3] Progressive "Bull Moose"		Eugene Debs[4] Socialist		Eugene Chafin Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Beaverhead		713		38.50%		708		38.23%		320		17.28%		110		5.94%		1		0.05%		5		0.27%		1,852
	Blaine		352		30.06%		204		17.42%		507		43.30%		108		9.22%						-155		-13.24%		1,171
	Broadwater		451		48.34%		205		21.97%		197		21.11%		80		8.57%						246		26.37%		933
	Carbon		796		30.66%		646		24.88%		766		29.51%		388		14.95%						30		1.16%		2,596
	Cascade		1,633		35.88%		1,079		23.71%		1,001		22.00%		838		18.41%						554		12.17%		4,551
	Chouteau		402		29.56%		561		41.25%		265		19.49%		129		9.49%		3		0.22%		-159		-11.69%		1,360
	Custer		1,068		33.34%		695		21.70%		1,192		37.22%		247		7.71%		1		0.03%		-124		-3.87%		3,203
	Dawson		719		25.84%		678		24.37%		1,165		41.88%		220		7.91%						-446		-16.03%		2,782
	Deer Lodge		1,197		41.85%		1,060		37.06%		464		16.22%		139		4.86%						137		4.79%		2,860
	Fergus		1,393		38.03%		745		20.34%		1,104		30.14%		421		11.49%						289		7.89%		3,663
	Flathead		1,164		33.70%		493		14.27%		1,351		39.11%		446		12.91%						-187		-5.41%		3,454
	Gallatin		1,407		43.41%		683		21.07%		929		28.66%		212		6.54%		10		0.31%		478		14.75%		3,241
	Granite		346		38.92%		195		21.93%		256		28.80%		92		10.35%						90		10.12%		889
	Hill		624		30.77%		536		26.43%		545		26.87%		323		15.93%						79		3.90%		2,028
	Jefferson		479		39.88%		247		20.57%		299		24.90%		176		14.65%						180		14.99%		1,201
	Lewis and Clark		1,505		34.72%		1,062		24.50%		1,375		31.72%		391		9.02%		2		0.05%		130		3.00%		4,335
	Lincoln		348		34.56%		218		21.65%		206		20.46%		235		23.34%						113		11.22%		1,007
	Madison		822		41.47%		506		25.53%		576		29.06%		78		3.94%						246		12.41%		1,982
	Meagher		473		39.45%		321		26.77%		327		27.27%		75		6.26%		3		0.25%		146		12.18%		1,199
	Missoula		1,523		32.70%		589		12.64%		1,773		38.06%		773		16.60%						-250		-5.37%		4,658
	Musselshell		470		29.97%		483		30.80%		400		25.51%		215		13.71%						-13		-0.83%		1,568
	Park		759		31.70%		664		27.74%		718		29.99%		253		10.57%						41		1.71%		2,394
	Powell		545		37.72%		335		23.18%		418		28.93%		147		10.17%						127		8.79%		1,445
	Ravalli		858		36.36%		316		13.39%		896		37.97%		282		11.95%		8		0.34%		-38		-1.61%		2,360
	Rosebud		313		27.08%		392		33.91%		368		31.83%		80		6.92%		3		0.26%		24		2.08%		1,156
	Sanders		414		34.30%		257		21.29%		375		31.07%		161		13.34%						39		3.23%		1,207
	Silver Bow		4,542		38.45%		2,232		18.89%		1,802		15.25%		3,238		27.41%						1,304		11.04%		11,814
	Sweet Grass		278		29.48%		181		19.19%		424		44.96%		60		6.36%						-146		-15.48%		943
	Teton		646		32.45%		612		30.74%		446		22.40%		287		14.41%						34		1.71%		1,991
	Valley		696		26.92%		668		25.84%		858		33.19%		362		14.00%		1		0.04%		-162		-6.27%		2,585
	Yellowstone		1,193		31.17%		1,004		26.23%		1,386		36.21%		245		6.40%						-193		-5.04%		3,828
Totals	28,129	35.05%	18,575	23.14%	22,709	28.30%	10,811	13.47%	32	0.04%	5,420	!6.75%	80,256

See also

• United States presidential elections in Montana

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1912 Presidential General Election Results – Montana. 2018-03-19.
2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote; 1896-1932 (second edition); pp. 226-227 Published 1947 by Stanford University Press
3. Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
4. Géoelections; 1912 Presidential Election Popular Vote for Eugene Debs (.xlsx file for €15)