Socialist Party of America
Presidential tickets

Election year
Result
Nominees
Nominees
Election year
Result
President
Vice President
1900
87,945 votes (0.6%), lost
Journalist and orator Eugene V. Debs
Utopian socialist Job Harriman
1904
402,810 votes (3.0%), lost
Journalist and orator Eugene V. Debs
Journalist Benjamin Hanford
1908
420,793 votes (2.8%), lost
Journalist and orator Eugene V. Debs
Journalist Benjamin Hanford
1912
901,551 votes (6.0%), lost
Journalist and orator Eugene V. Debs
Mayor of Milwaukee Emil Seidel
1916
590,524 votes (3.2%), lost
Newspaper editor Allan L. Benson
Political activist George R. Kirkpatrick
1920
913,693 votes (3.4%), lost
Journalist and orator Eugene V. Debs
Civil liberties lawyer Seymour Stedman
1924
4,831,706 votes (16.6%), lost
Wisconsin Senator Robert M. La Follette
Montana Senator Burton K. Wheeler
1928
267,478 votes (0.7%), lost
Pacifist Norman Thomas
Trade unionist James H. Maurer
1932
884,885 votes (2.2%), lost
Pacifist Norman Thomas
Trade unionist James H. Maurer
1936
187,910 votes (0.4%), lost
Pacifist Norman Thomas
Dairy farmer George A. Nelson
1940
116,599 votes (0.2%), lost
Pacifist Norman Thomas
Economics professor Maynard C. Krueger
1944
79,017 votes (0.2%), lost
Pacifist Norman Thomas
Former Pennsylvania Representative Darlington Hoopes
1948
139,569 votes (0.3%), lost
Pacifist Norman Thomas
Economics professor Tucker P. Smith
1952
20,065 votes (<0.1%), lost
Former Pennsylvania Representative Darlington Hoopes
Journalist Samuel H. Friedman
1956
2,044 votes (<0.1%), lost
Former Pennsylvania Representative Darlington Hoopes
Journalist Samuel H. Friedman

Question: How man total votes were casted?
Answer: The socialist ticket in 1912, Debs gained 901,551 votes, or 6% of the vote.