Who won Connecticut in the 1912 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Connecticut in 1912, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1912?

Connecticut cast 7 electoral votes in the 1912 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1912?

Yes. Connecticut backed Woodrow Wilson, who won the presidency that year.

Progressive EraCT · 7 EV

1912

Connecticut: Wilson carries 7 EV.

Connecticut cast its 7 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1912 result in Connecticut

Connecticut backed Wilson (Democratic) in the 1912 presidential election, casting 7 electoral votes for the ticket. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

Wilson's win closed out Connecticut's 4-election run of voting Republican. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 1912. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

In the national count, Woodrow Wilson took 435 of the 531 electoral votes, against Theodore Roosevelt's 88. Woodrow Wilson led the national popular vote with 41.84% of the ballots cast.

The 1912 national map

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