help me please.
2007-05-19 17:59:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The Republican party split apart during the feud of Roosevelt and Taft leaving the door open for Democrat Wilson to take the election which he did.
2007-05-19 18:03:55 · answer #1 · answered by Jackie Oh! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of the Republican split of Taft and TR in 1912, Wilson's election was practically insured. Wilson received only 43% of the vote but TR received 28% and Taft 23 % and the Socialist Debs received 6%only . With the split in states that would have been close in a 2 man race , Wilson was able to exploit it to his advantage as the electoral college was not close. Wilson received 435 TR 88 and Taft 8.
2007-05-20 09:45:20 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the republican party split between Taft (23.2%) and TR (27.4%), this allowed a unified Democrats and Wilson to take the White House, (but not with a majority, as Wilson got 41.9%)
2007-05-20 01:09:53 · answer #3 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool all of the people some of the time."
Or are you not talking about Harold Wilson?
2007-05-20 08:17:17 · answer #4 · answered by turenneuk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋