Talk:1912 United States presidential election/Archive 1

Electoral picture peculiarity
Why is the graphic depiction of electoral votes skewed? Rarely nowadays does one see democratic votes colored red and and republican votes blue. --maru (talk) Contribs 20:53, 15 January 2006 (UTC)


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 * — DLJessup (talk) 21:47, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Eugene Debs
Why is there no mention of third party socialist candidate Eugene Debs? I don't have enough expertise to update the article, but it seems like that should be adressed. -- 66.193.73.85 18:14, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Hard to get to
This page is hard to get to. If I type in "U.S. Presidential Election of 1912", no articles come up. But if I type in the same thing in Google, then the article does come up. Which is good, but the same thing should happen in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.251.26.253 (talk) 21:10, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Assassination attempt

 * While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, TR was shot by saloonkeeper John Schrank in a failed assassination attempt on October 14, 1912. With the bullet lodged in his chest, Roosevelt delivered his scheduled speech. He was not seriously wounded (the bullet's progress was slowed by hitting a copy of the speech he was carrying in his jacket), although his doctors thought it too dangerous to attempt to remove the bullet; Roosevelt carried it with him until he died.

This should be in the main text, but I'm not sure where to put it. Any thoughts? Calbaer 16:30, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect Popular Vote % for Wilson
The popular vote totals are listed accurately at both the header graphic and table and the more complete table, but the % for candidate Wilson is improperly listed as 31.8%, when it was in the low 40's.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.194.72.10 (talk) 23:36, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Richard M. Johnson
Aricle says Sherman was the first VP to be renominated (for reelection) since Richard M. Johnson (in 1840). However, Johnson wasn't renominated, the Democrats in 1840 left their vice presidential nomination vacant. GoodDay (talk) 19:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Debs campaign.jpg
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International Harvester
I have converted the text "International Harvester" into a link to the article about that corporation, but I find nothing there supporting assertions made in this article. Somebody should check. --Nyelvmark (talk) 00:58, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Not the only election...
Why does this page say that this is "the only election between 1892 and 1932 in which a Democrat was elected President"? Wasn't Wilson still a Democrat when he was re-elected in 1916? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.213.222.13 (talk) 04:34, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

What If?
Right now, the article says this: "...Roosevelt was to the left of Wilson on many issues; had Roosevelt not been in the race, it is doubtful that Wilson would have defeated Taft. Many Roosevelt supporters undoubtedly would have preferred Taft to Wilson." I have three problems with this:
 * 1) It's pure opinion.
 * 2) There's no source, no citation, no facts, no polling, no studies, and NOTHING else to back it up. If you feel that way, fine. But tell us WHAT led you to this conclusion.
 * 3) It doesn't even make sense. If Roosevelt is to Wilson's left, and Roosevelt wasn't in the race, why would Roosevelt's liberal supporters leapfrog over Wilson and support Taft, the most conservative person in the race? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.131.142.97 (talk) 05:29, 14 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, new questions/comments here are best added to the bottom of the page. Also, please sign your comments (easily accomplished by adding ~ to the end of your comment). Thanks, Richard Myers (talk) 17:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)


 * i thought the same thing when i cam across this paragraph, something doesn't smell right about it. There are also a few other comments in the text which betray a bias against Roosevelt, calling his entry into the election a "vendetta" against Taft as well.
 * The begining of chapter 10 (pg189) of Colonel Roosevelt by Edmund Morris says
 * " Ideologically there was less difference between Wilson and Roosevelt than between any of the republican candidates. The governors success in bestowing a raft of progressive reforms upon NJ had helped Roosevelt to his big win there> But it also bolstered Wilson's own campaign for Dem nomination."
 * That paragraph certinally contradicts the idea of Taft picking up Roosevelts votes.
 * Dexcel (talk) 07:52, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Eugene Debs
Does anyone have any issue adding Debs? He finished with 6% of the vote, enough to warrant addition to the template. Also, he gained more votes in some states (California, Arizona) than the GOP candidate.  Toa   Nidhiki  05  01:01, 22 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure why he isn't already in the box. By all means, add him. Recognizance (talk) 02:17, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Was Taft on the ballot in California?
He came in fifth there, the worst showing of any president in history. Were these write-ins?Ericl (talk) 15:25, 25 April 2012 (UTC)