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Former President Theodore Roosevelt's decision to participate influenced the election and the Progressive Party in that another serious contender participated in the disputed election of 1912. US citizens had a pull of four candidates that polarized the election in which the winner was Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson.
Elected candidate Woodrow Wilson ended up with 435 electoral votes and 6,293,454 popular votes. Former US President Theodore Roosevelt finished in second place with 88 electoral votes and 4,119,207 popular votes.
One reason for this result was the fact that the Republicans faced a serious internal division in the party when Republicans decided that William Taft was going to be its candidate. That is why Roosevelt decided to compete for the Progressive party, taking with him many members and votes that formerly belonged to the Republican party.
There was poverty at home
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I think it is not led to spirit it is led to split.
The issue which led to split in the democratic party in the late 1850s is slavery.
Democratic Party was founded by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson in the year 1790s and it was a counter to Federalist Party and helped in promoting states’ rights. Democratic Party split and formed democratic which was with Andrew Jackson and the other part is Whig parties and this was caused by Monroe’s successor together with the dissolving of Federalist Party. Slavery issue also led to another split.
Democratic Party was well known in promoting social liberalism which resulted in health regulation in the wake of public outrage and better working conditions
The Second Great Awakening was a major religious movement in the U.S. that reached out to the unchurched and brought large numbers of people to a vivid experience of Christianity. They believed in the perfectibility of people and were highly moralistic in their endeavors.
