<Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> Other </Td> <Td> 4,556 </Td> <Td> 0.03% </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Other </Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> Total </Th> <Td> 15,048,834 </Td> <Td> 100% </Td> <Td> 531 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td> 531 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="5"> Needed to win </Th> <Td> 266 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> <Td> 266 </Td> </Tr> <P> Source (Popular Vote): Leip, David . "1912 Presidential Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . Retrieved July 28, 2005 . </P>

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