United States Presidential Election, 1912 (Southern Victory)

The United States presidential election of 1912 proved to be a critical moment in the history of the United States. Continuing the politicial dominance of the Democratic Party and the Remembrance culture, 1912 saw the election of Theodore Roosevelt, one of the few U.S. heroes of the Second Mexican War. Just two years later, the U.S. was at war the Confederate States, a war which would see the U.S. finally regain its national honor.

The Fall Campaign
Roosevelt had made a name for himself since the Second Mexican War and after. His position as a war hero and a Democrat virtually guaranteed his election. Nonetheless, he faced a comparatively formidable opponent in Socialist Eugene V. Debs. Debs was the first Socialist to be elected to the United States Congress, and so had a level of recognition and public appeal that his predecessors lacked. Nonetheless, Debs's notions of economic equality just didn't resonate with the voters the way the concrete goals of Remembrance did.

Results
Roosevelt handily defeated Debs, continuing the Democratic monopoly on power. Within a two years, the country was at war with the C.S. and Canada, a war which Roosevelt eagerly and vigorously pursued, a war which the U.S. ultimately won under Roosevelt's leadership.

Roosevelt and Debs would face-off again in 1916, with the same result.