Abstract
In the presidential election of 1912 Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive), Woodrow Wilson (Democrat), and Eugene Debs (Socialist) compete for the same constituencies: farmers, laborers, and immigrants. Roosevelt endorses minimum-wage legislation and corporate regulation, the agenda of social progressives. Wilson, pushed by Roosevelt's social justice agenda and the AFL's political planks, also attempts to court upper middle-class voters. The strong third-party candidates upset the balance between two major parties and bring issues to the fore. President Taft (Republican), resigned to defeat, barely campaigns. A would-be assassin sidelines Roosevelt weeks before election, and Wilson wins a plurality of the vote. However, Roosevelt garners more votes than any third-party candidate in history.
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presidential election of 1812, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Eugene Debs, competing for same constituency, Roosevelt's platform, Wilson's strategy, balance upset by third-party candidates, William Howard Taft, assassination attempt against Roosevelt, Wilson's plurality victory, Presidents of the Early 1900s
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American Government, American History, American Studies, American Presidency, Unfinished Nation, The
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00:03:01 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
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