1912 Democratic Party presidential primaries

The 1912 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1912 U.S. presidential election.^[1] New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1912 Democratic National Convention held from June 25 to July 2, 1912, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Campaign

The race was primarily a contest between Woodrow Wilson and Champ Clark. John Burke and Judson Harmon also ran, but they were favorite sons with little appeal outside of their home states.


State	Date	Woodrow Wilson	Champ Clark	Judson Harmon	John Burke
North Dakota	March 19	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
Wisconsin	April 2	55.7%	44.2%	0.0%	0.0%
Illinois	April 9	25.7%	74.3%	0.0%	0.0%
Pennsylvania	April 13	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Nebraska	April 19	27.9%	41.0%	24.3%	0.0%
Oregon	April 19	53.0%	43.4%	3.3%	0.0%
Massachusetts	April 30	29.9%	68.9%	0.0%	0.0%
Maryland	May 6	34.3%	54.4%	11.3%	0.0%
California	May 14	28.5%	71.5%	0.0%	0.0%
Ohio	May 21	45.7%	1.3%	51.7%	0.0%
New Jersey	May 28	98.9%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
South Dakota	June 4	35.2%	32.0%^{[notes 1]}	0.0%	0.0%

Legend:		1st place (popular vote)		2nd place (popular vote)		3rd place (popular vote)

^ The pro-Clark vote was split between two slates of delegates. The first one, labeled "Wilson-Clark-Bryan" received 32% while the second one, labeled "Champ Clark" received 20%. Clark's people accused the latter slate of being a scheme to split the vote. Only the votes received by the Wilson-Clark-Bryan slate are included in this total.

^ "Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books". Books.google.com. 2016-02-19. Retrieved 2016-02-19.