Who won Indiana in the 1912 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Indiana in 1912, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Indiana have in 1912?

Indiana cast 15 electoral votes in the 1912 presidential election.

Did Indiana vote for the national winner in 1912?

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

Progressive EraIN · 15 EV

1912

Indiana: Wilson carries 15 EV.

Indiana cast its 15 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Indiana voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Indiana, 1912

In 1912, Indiana awarded its 15 electoral votes to Wilson of the Democratic party. Indiana ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

Wilson's win closed out Indiana's 4-election run of voting Republican. Indiana did not move alone — neighboring Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Michigan broke the same way in 1912. Across the 53 presidential elections Indiana has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 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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