Was it possible for Wilson to lose in a three way race in 1912

[OSR stands with Israel]

Say the Campaign Trail Game adds that option, do you think it would be realistically possible for anyone but Wilson to win that election.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

The only way is if Taft completely tanks and somehow Teddy gets all the Debs vote, in my opinion.

[Orser67]

A lot of observers felt like Democrats were nearly guaranteed to win after the Republicans split and the Democrats nominated a progressive, thereby ensuring that Roosevelt wouldn't win over too many progressive Democrats. On the other hand, Roosevelt and Wilson both campaigned like Roosevelt actually had a chance of winning (no one thought Taft had a real chance). I don't think it's crazy to think that Roosevelt could have won by shoring up support among regular Republicans, winning over more Democrats, or even by winning some Debs voters.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

It was certainly possible that another Democrat might have lost, but Wilson was acceptable enough to both conservative & progressive and also to urban & rural wings of the party that he was going to be hard to beat with Republicans divided.

[Use Your Illusion]

I really doubt it. Anyone who wanted to vote Democrat did and that's all that was really needed. Teddy vs Taft was too great a rift for Wilson to do anything but win in a walkoff.

[morgankingsley]

Any democrat was virtually guaranteed a win the second the split happened

[W]

With Wilson himself? Probably not. If Debs wasn't in the mix I could see it happening for Roosevelt but Taft was DOA.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

With Wilson himself? Probably not. If Debs wasn't in the mix I could see it happening for Roosevelt but Taft was DOA.

Whether Wilson or TR would have benefited more from Debs not being in the race is an interesting question.