1952 United States presidential election in California

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1952 United States presidential election in California
← 1948 November 4, 1952 1956 →
Turnout86.85% (of registered voters) Increase 6.31 pp
74.07% (of eligible voters) Increase 7.30 pp[1]
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 32 0
Popular vote 2,897,310 2,197,548
Percentage 56.35% 42.74%
County Results
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The 1952 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose 32 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California voted for the Republican nominee, former Allied Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (with California Senator Richard Nixon as his running mate), in a landslide over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that Yolo County has voted Republican in a presidential election, the longest Republican drought for any county in the state.

This was the first presidential election in which any nominee received over a million votes in Los Angeles County. Eisenhower was also the first Republican to secure the state since Herbert Hoover in 1928

Results

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1952 United States presidential election in California[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 2,897,310 56.35% 32
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 2,197,548 42.74% 0
Progressive Vincent Hallinan 24,106 0.47% 0
Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 15,653 0.30% 0
No party Write-ins 3,249 0.06% 0
Constitution Douglas MacArthur 3,504 0.07% 0
Socialist Labour Eric Hass 273 0.01% 0
Socialist Darlington Hoopes 206 0.00% 0
Invalid or blank votes —
Totals 5,141,849 100.00% 32
Voter turnout —

Results by county

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County Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican 		Adlai Stevenson
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Alameda 201,976 52.69% 178,239 46.50% 3,079 0.81% 23,737 6.19% 383,294
Alpine 148 88.10% 20 11.90% 0 0.00% 128 76.20% 168
Amador 2,440 52.42% 2,169 46.60% 46 0.98% 271 5.82% 4,655
Butte 19,248 63.27% 10,913 35.87% 263 0.86% 8,335 27.40% 30,424
Calaveras 3,112 61.65% 1,890 37.44% 46 0.91% 1,222 24.21% 5,048
Colusa 2,824 59.81% 1,881 39.83% 17 0.36% 943 19.98% 4,722
Contra Costa 70,094 49.61% 70,416 49.84% 786 0.55% -322 -0.23% 141,296
Del Norte 2,938 63.44% 1,640 35.41% 35 1.15% 1,298 28.03% 4,613
El Dorado 5,203 60.51% 3,297 38.35% 98 1.14% 1,906 22.16% 8,598
Fresno 54,626 48.95% 56,135 50.30% 837 0.75% -1,509 -1.35% 111,598
Glenn 4,454 64.45% 2,422 35.05% 35 0.50% 2,032 29.40% 6,911
Humboldt 19,949 60.10% 12,949 39.01% 293 0.89% 7,000 21.09% 33,191
Imperial 11,044 62.13% 6,619 37.24% 112 0.63% 4,425 24.89% 17,775
Inyo 3,819 68.87% 1,698 30.62% 28 0.51% 2,121 38.25% 5,545
Kern 46,497 55.13% 37,240 44.16% 602 0.71% 9,257 10.97% 84,339
Kings 7,708 49.19% 7,850 50.09% 113 0.72% -142 -0.90% 15,671
Lake 4,367 67.52% 2,038 31.51% 63 0.97% 2,329 36.01% 6,468
Lassen 3,313 43.66% 4,237 55.83% 39 0.51% -924 -12.17% 7,589
Los Angeles 1,278,407 56.21% 971,408 42.71% 24,725 1.08% 306,999 13.50% 2,274,540
Madera 6,278 49.67% 6,244 49.40% 118 0.93% 34 0.27% 12,640
Marin 31,178 67.08% 14,824 31.90% 475 1.02% 16,354 35.18% 46,477
Mariposa 2,214 65.91% 1,102 32.81% 43 1.28% 1,112 33.10% 3,359
Mendocino 10,897 60.87% 6,813 38.06% 191 1.07% 4,084 22.81% 17,901
Merced 13,512 53.26% 11,639 45.88% 219 0.86% 1,873 7.38% 25,370
Modoc 2,634 61.36% 1,633 38.04% 26 0.60% 1,001 23.32% 4,293
Mono 891 76.61% 264 22.70% 8 0.69% 627 53.91% 1,163
Monterey 30,578 62.51% 18,051 36.90% 286 0.59% 12,527 25.61% 48,915
Napa 14,065 61.46% 8,655 37.82% 163 0.72% 5,410 23.64% 22,883
Nevada 6,819 64.04% 3,735 35.08% 94 0.88% 3,084 28.96% 10,648
Orange 80,994 70.29% 33,397 28.98% 844 0.73% 47,597 41.31% 115,235
Placer 9,841 50.59% 9,444 48.55% 168 0.86% 397 2.04% 19,453
Plumas 2,687 43.46% 3,435 55.56% 61 0.98% -748 -12.10% 6,183
Riverside 51,692 65.08% 26,948 33.93% 788 0.99% 24,744 31.15% 79,428
Sacramento 67,207 49.02% 69,066 50.37% 837 0.61% -1,859 -1.35% 137,110
San Benito 3,733 65.23% 1,968 34.39% 22 0.38% 1,765 30.84% 5,723
San Bernardino 77,718 57.34% 56,663 41.81% 1,153 0.85% 21,055 15.53% 135,534
San Diego 186,091 63.50% 105,255 35.92% 1,688 0.58% 80,836 27.58% 293,034
San Francisco 198,158 52.88% 172,312 45.99% 4,230 1.13% 25,846 6.89% 374,700
San Joaquin 45,512 55.82% 35,432 43.46% 587 0.72% 10,080 12.36% 81,531
San Luis Obispo 17,716 65.37% 9,174 33.85% 213 0.78% 8,542 31.52% 27,103
San Mateo 92,279 63.61% 52,149 35.95% 651 0.44% 40,130 27.66% 145,079
Santa Barbara 32,160 67.24% 15,490 32.39% 179 0.37% 16,670 34.85% 47,829
Santa Clara 91,940 59.74% 61,035 39.66% 932 0.60% 30,905 20.08% 153,907
Santa Cruz 24,353 67.13% 11,536 31.80% 391 1.07% 12,817 35.33% 36,280
Shasta 10,073 56.43% 7,656 42.89% 122 0.68% 2,417 13.54% 17,851
Sierra 822 53.76% 698 45.65% 9 0.59% 124 8.11% 1,529
Siskiyou 8,735 55.69% 6,800 43.35% 151 0.96% 1,935 12.34% 15,686
Solano 19,369 42.37% 26,130 57.16% 216 0.47% -6,761 -14.79% 45,715
Sonoma 35,605 66.09% 17,675 32.81% 594 1.10% 17,930 33.28% 53,874
Stanislaus 29,270 55.57% 22,837 43.35% 570 1.08% 6,433 12.22% 52,677
Sutter 7,053 67.31% 3,382 32.27% 44 0.42% 3,671 35.04% 10,479
Tehama 5,742 64.31% 3,110 34.83% 77 0.86% 2,632 29.48% 8,929
Trinity 1,697 57.14% 1,242 41.82% 31 1.04% 455 15.32% 2,970
Tulare 30,108 57.07% 22,208 42.10% 437 0.83% 7,900 14.97% 52,753
Tuolumne 4,050 59.18% 2,735 39.96% 59 0.86% 1,315 19.22% 6,844
Ventura 24,534 52.47% 21,967 46.98% 256 0.55% 2,567 5.49% 46,757
Yolo 9,375 53.17% 8,119 46.04% 139 0.79% 1,256 7.13% 17,633
Yuba 5,840 60.42% 3,762 38.92% 63 0.66% 2,078 21.50% 9,665
Total 2,897,310 56.35% 2,197,548 42.74% 46,991 0.91% 699,762 13.61% 5,141,849

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
  3. ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
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