Who won Utah in the 1912 presidential election?

Wilson (Democratic) carried Utah in 1912, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 1912?

Utah cast 4 electoral votes in the 1912 presidential election.

Did Utah vote for the national winner in 1912?

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

Progressive EraUT · 4 EV

1912

Utah: Wilson carries 4 EV.

Utah cast its 4 electoral votes for Wilson (Democratic). National winner: Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) — Utah voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Utah, 1912

In 1912, Utah awarded its 4 electoral votes to Wilson of the Democratic party. Utah ended up on the winning side — Woodrow Wilson captured the White House that year.

Wilson's win closed out Utah's 2-election run of voting Republican. Utah did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada broke the same way in 1912. Across the 33 presidential elections Utah has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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