The 1912 election presented candidates with opposing views on how to improve America. The Progressive, Democratic, and Socialist parties each supported the idea of ​​reform, while the Republican candidate proposed fewer reforms. Each candidate had a goal of making America better, but a different path to success. During the 1912 election, presidential candidates argued their opposing views on reforms and strategies that would benefit both the social and economic issues plaguing America in the early 1900s. During the 1908 election, retired President Theodore Roosevelt had entrusted and supported William Howard Taft as president; believing that Taft would continue with his reform ideas. Although once close, political tension grew between the two during Taft's presidency and turned these friends into enemies. Roosevelt disliked Taft's antitrust decisions and was particularly bitter toward the Payne-Aldrich bill. Equally annoying was the way Taft handled the conversation. His talent was comparable, if not greater, than Roosevelt's, but substantially diminished...