TABLE LI

The Socialist Vote for President by States from 1900 to 1920{1}



State1900
Debs
1904
Debs
1908
Debs
1912
Debs
1916
Benson
1920
Debs

Alabama9288531,3993,0291,9252,369
Arizona.........3,1633,174125
Arkansas271,8165,8428,1536,9995,111
California7,57229,53328,65979,20143,25964,076
Colorado6844,3047,97416,41810,0498,046
Connecticut1,0294,5435,11310,0565,17910,355
Delaware571462395564801,002
Florida6032,3373,7474,8065,3535,189
Georgia...1975841,026967465
Idaho...4,9546,40011,9608,06638
Illinois9,68769,22534,71181,27861,39474,747
Indiana2,37412,01313,47639,93121,85524,703
Iowa2,74214,8478,28716,96710,97616,981
Kansas1,60515,84912,42026,77924,68515,510
Kentucky7703,6024,18511,6474,7346,409
Louisiana...9952,5385,249292...
Maine8782,1061,7582,5412,1772,214
Maryland9082,2472,3233,9962,6748,876
Massachusetts9,71613,60410,78112,61611,05832,265
Michigan2,8269,04211,58623,21116,12028,947
Minnesota3,06511,69214,52727,50520,11756,106
Mississippi...3939782,0611,4841,639
Missouri6,12813,00915,43128,46614,61220,242
Montana7085,6765,85510,8859,564...
Nebraska8237,4123,52410,1747,1419,600
Nevada...9252,1033,3133,0651,864
New Hampshire7901,0901,2991,9801,3181,235
New Jersey4,2219,58810,24915,90010,46227,217
New Mexico.........2,8591,9992
New York12,86936,88338,45163,38145,944203,400
North Carolina...124345117490446
North Dakota5182,0172,4216,966...8,283
Ohio4,84736,26033,79590,14438,09257,147
Oklahoma......21,77941,67445,19025,638
Oregon1,4947,6197,33913,3439,7119,801
Pennsylvania4,83121,86333,91380,91545,63770,021
Rhode Island...9561,3652,0491,9144,351
South Carolina...2210116413528
South Dakota1693,1382,8464,6623,760...
Tennessee4131,3541,8703,4922,5422,239
Texas1,8462,7917,87024,89618,9638,194
Utah7175,7674,8909,0234,4603,159
Vermont371844...92879825
Virginia1452182558201,060807
Washington2,00610,02314,17740,13422,8008,913
West Virginia2681,5743,67915,3366,1405,618
Wisconsin7,04828,22028,16433,48127,84680,635
Wyoming......1,7152,7601,4531,234

Total96,116402,321420,973897,011585,113915,302

Total Socialist vote{2}408,230424,488901,062......
Socialist-Labor vote{2}33,54614,02130,344......


note 1: World Almanac, 1920.

note 2: Appeal Almanac, 1916.

This table is compiled from the World Almanac. The column for 1920, in particular, may be suspected of serious inaccuracy in detail. The figures for Idaho, for example, would appear to be absurd, in view of nearly 12,000 in 1912 and more than 8,000 in 1916. The Appeal Almanac for 1916 gives larger totals, and adds a surviving vote of the Socialist-Labor party. The World Almanac for 1921 adds a note regarding the 1920 election:

The total for the Socialist-Labor ticket approximated 20,896, but it is to be said that in a number of the states the Socialist-Labor electors were called Independent Labor, or Independent, or Industrial Labor, so that the true total is considerably above that named above.

In general, the table affords a sufficient basis for general comparisons and judgment as to tendency.

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