1912 United States presidential election in South Dakota

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1912
Roosevelt 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Wilson 40-50% 50-60% 70-80%
President before election; William Howard Taft; Republican	Elected President ; Woodrow Wilson; Democratic

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

South Dakota was won by the 26th president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt (P–New York), running with governor of California Hiram Johnson, with 50.56% of the popular vote against the Princeton University President Woodrow Wilson (D–Virginia), running with governor of Indiana Thomas R. Marshall, with 42.07% of the popular vote and the five-time candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States Eugene V. Debs (S–Indiana), running with the first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States Emil Seidel, with 4.01% of the popular vote.

South Dakota was the only state in the 1912 United States presidential election to not have the sitting U.S president William Howard Taft on the ballot or as a write in (as he was in California) which prevented the spoiler effect from happening which gave the state to Theodore Roosevelt. With 50. 56% of the popular vote, South Dakota was also the only state in which Roosevelt won a majority of the vote and the only state outside the solid south give a majority to any candidate as well as being his strongest state nationally^[1].

Results

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1912^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Theodore Roosevelt	58,811	50.56%
	Democratic	Woodrow Wilson	48,942	42.07%
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	4,662	4.01%
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen	3,910	3.36%
Total votes			116,325	100%

References

^ "1912 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
^ "1912 Presidential Election Results South Dakota". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[1] "1912 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

[2] "1912 Presidential Election Results South Dakota". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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