The 1912 United States presidential election in Delaware 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.
Delaware was won by Princeton University President and governor of New Jersey Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 46.48% of the popular vote, against the 27th president of the United States William Howard Taft (R–Ohio), running with Columbia University President Nicholas Murray Butler, with 32.85% of the popular vote and the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 18.25% of the popular vote.
Delaware was the only state where the Prohibition Party received fourth place with 1.28% of the popular vote which was ahead of the Socialist Eugene V. Debs who only received 1.14% of the vote. Woodrow Wilson became the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Delaware since Grover Cleveland in 1892, and the last until Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.
Results + General Election ResultsParty Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Spottswood Garland22,631 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson Irving Culver22,626 Democratic Party Woodrow Wilson James H. Hughes22,624 Republican Party William Howard Taft John Bancroft15,997 Republican Party William Howard Taft Daniel M. Wilson15,996 Republican Party William Howard Taft Harry V. Lyons15,995 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Francis I. du Pont8,886 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt Samuel H. Derby8,884 Progressive Party Theodore Roosevelt George W. Stradley8,881 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Hiram B. Hitch623 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin James D. West621 Prohibition Party Eugene W. Chafin Daniel Green620 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Hiram Handloser556 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Paul Scheuler556 Socialist Party Eugene V. Debs Morde Smith556Votes cast 48,693
Results by county County Woodrow WilsonDemocratic William Howard TaftRepublican Theodore RooseveltProgressive Eugene W. ChafinProhibition Eugene V. DebsSocialist Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # %Kent4,07151.30%3,19240.22%5677.14%971.22%90.11%87911.08%7,936New Castle13,00944.27%8,34028.38%7,09024.13%3981.35%5471.86%4,66915.89%29,384Sussex5,55148.81%4,46539.26%1,22910.81%1281.13%00.00%1,0869.55%11,373Totals22,63146.48%15,99732.85%8,88618.25%6231.28%5561.14%6,63413.6248,693
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Kent New Castle Sussex
See also United States presidential elections in Delaware
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