Who won Missouri in the 1912 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Missouri in 1912, winning its 18 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Missouri have in 1912?

Missouri cast 18 electoral votes in the 1912 presidential election.

Did Missouri vote for the national winner in 1912?

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

Progressive EraMO · 18 EV

1912

Missouri: Wilson carries 18 EV.

Missouri cast its 18 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Missouri voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1912 result in Missouri

Missouri backed Wilson (Democratic) in the 1912 presidential election, casting 18 electoral votes for the ticket. That placed Missouri with the eventual winner: Woodrow Wilson went on to take the presidency, and Missouri was part of his column.

Missouri stayed in the Democratic column for the 11th straight cycle, extending a run that began in 1872. Missouri did not move alone — neighboring Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska broke the same way in 1912. Over its 52 recorded presidential cycles, Missouri has backed the Democratic party more than any other — 33 times in all. The vote fell within the Progressive Era — Trust-busting, suffrage, and World War I.

Nationally, Woodrow Wilson finished with 435 of the 531 electoral votes to 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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