Presidential Election Results, 1912 Candidate/Political Party Woodrow Wilson/Democrat Theodore Roosevelt/Progressive William H. Taft/Republican Eugene V. Debs/Socialist C. d. Electoral Votes Popular Votes | States Carried 0 4,120,207- 3,486,343 900,370 15. Based on the chart, the creation of the Progressive Party affected the 1912 election by? a. Proved that a Progressive Party candidate could win b. Proved that 3rd parties could not win a state election Contributed to a Democratic win by splitting the Republicans Forced Democrats to adopt issues that Progressives supported​