Elections / 1952 · President

Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Adlai Stevenson.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

1952 presidential election

EisenhowerR+10.8

1952presidential margin

D+60

R+60

Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1952 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.

Smaller states, enlarged

VTR+43.23 EV NHR+21.84 EV MAR+8.816 EV RIR+1.84 EV CTR+11.88 EV NJR+14.816 EV DER+3.93 EV MDR+11.59 EV

Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.

Electoral college

531 electors · 266 for a majority

Eisenhower won 442 of 531 electoral votes.

Stevenson89Eisenhower442

National popular vote

61,550,799 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

27,314,982

44.4%

Eisenhower (R)

33,936,228

55.1%

All others

299,587

0.5%

Margin

R+10.8

The county map

3,093 county-level results on record for 1952

Democrats carried 994 counties, Republicans 2,099. 1,112 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Ochiltree County, TX (R+109.5 swing) · Hansford County, TX (R+107.1 swing) · Lipscomb County, TX (R+100.3 swing) · Parmer County, TX (R+95.9 swing) · Swisher County, TX (R+93.1 swing) · Motley County, TX (R+91.2 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	+29.5%	275,075	149,231	426,120
Arkansas	D	+12.1%	226,300	177,155	404,800
Arizona	R	−16.7%	108,528	152,042	260,570
California	R	−13.6%	2,197,548	2,897,310	5,141,849
Colorado	R	−21.3%	245,504	379,782	630,103
Connecticut	R	−11.8%	481,639	610,994	1,096,879
Delaware	R	−3.9%	83,315	90,059	174,025
Florida	R	−10.0%	444,950	544,036	988,986
Georgia	D	+39.3%	456,823	198,961	655,785
Iowa	R	−28.2%	451,513	808,906	1,268,773
Idaho	R	−31.0%	95,081	180,707	276,231
Illinois	R	−9.9%	2,013,920	2,457,327	4,481,058
Indiana	R	−17.1%	801,530	1,136,259	1,955,325
Kansas	R	−38.3%	273,296	616,302	896,166
Kentucky	D	+0.1%	495,729	495,029	993,148
Louisiana	D	+5.8%	345,027	306,925	651,952
Massachusetts	R	−8.8%	1,083,525	1,292,325	2,383,398
Maryland	R	−11.5%	395,337	499,424	902,074
Maine	R	−32.3%	118,806	232,353	351,786
Michigan	R	−11.5%	1,230,657	1,551,529	2,798,592
Minnesota	R	−11.2%	608,458	763,211	1,379,483
Missouri	R	−1.6%	929,830	959,429	1,892,062
Mississippi	D	+20.9%	172,566	112,966	285,532
Montana	R	−19.3%	106,213	157,394	265,037
North Carolina	D	+7.8%	652,803	558,117	1,210,920
North Dakota	R	−42.6%	76,694	191,712	270,127
Nebraska	R	−38.3%	188,057	421,603	609,660
New Hampshire	R	−21.8%	106,663	166,287	272,950
New Jersey	R	−14.8%	1,015,902	1,373,613	2,418,554
New Mexico	R	−11.1%	105,661	132,170	238,608
Nevada	R	−22.9%	31,688	50,502	82,190
New York	R	−11.9%	3,104,601	3,952,815	7,128,241
Ohio	R	−13.5%	1,600,367	2,100,391	3,700,758
Oklahoma	R	−9.2%	430,939	518,045	948,984
Oregon	R	−21.6%	270,579	420,815	695,059
Pennsylvania	R	−5.9%	2,146,269	2,415,789	4,580,969
Rhode Island	R	−1.8%	203,293	210,935	414,498
South Carolina	D	+1.4%	173,004	168,082	341,086
South Dakota	R	−38.5%	90,426	203,857	294,283
Tennessee	R	−0.3%	443,710	446,147	892,553
Texas	R	−6.4%	969,228	1,102,878	2,075,946
Utah	R	−17.9%	135,364	194,190	329,554
Virginia	R	−13.0%	268,677	349,037	619,689
Vermont	R	−43.2%	43,355	109,717	153,557
Washington	R	−9.6%	492,845	599,107	1,102,708
Wisconsin	R	−22.2%	622,175	979,744	1,607,370
West Virginia	D	+3.8%	453,578	419,970	873,548
Wyoming	R	−25.6%	47,934	81,049	129,253