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Growth of the Socialist Vote in the United States

Year Soc. Party S.L..P. Total
1888   2,068 2,068
1890   13,704 13,704
1892   21,512 21,512
1894   30,020 30,020
1896   36,275 36,274
1898   82,204 82,204
1900 96,931 33,405 130,336
1902 223,494 53,763 277,257
1904 408,230 33,546 441,776
1906 331,043 20,265 351,308
1908 424,488 14,021 438,509
1910 607,674 34,115 641,789

The growth of the socialist vote was especially noticeable in Ohio, where Debs received 33, 795 votes in 1908, and where in 1910 the socialist vote was 62,356

Source: Socialist Campaign Book (Chicago: Socialist Party, 1912): 34-35

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