Why Taft win the Republican nomination

Why did Taft win the Republican nomination if Roosevelt was so popular?

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Southern delegates to the Republican convention were, thus, Taft delegates. Along with northeastern conservatives, they outnumbered the delegates Roosevelt won in the primaries. And so Taft won the Republican nomination even though Roosevelt was popular.

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