Election of 1912 Candidates

woodrow wilson

democrat: anti trust legislation to dismantle monopolies, tariff reduction, banking reform and establish federal reserve system

theodore roosevelt

progressive: social welfare programs to have health and job insurance, labor rights like 8 hour workdays and restrict child labor, regulation of corporations

william howard taft

republican: judicial reform, tariff revisions (gradual reduce), trust regulation

Eugene V. Debs

socialist: public (gov) ownership of major industries, labor empowerment (workers rights), social equality and no income inequality