1952 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1952 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia presidential no 1948 United States presidential election in Virginia 1948 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia 1956 November 4, 1952 x200px Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) New Yorkhttp://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EAPPE0334&SID=2&DatabaseName=American+History+Online&InputText=%22presidential+election+1952%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=U.S.+presidential+election%2C+1952&TabRecordType=Subject+Entry&BioCountPass=0&SubCountPass=1&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=1&AmericanData=Set U.S. presidential election, 1952 Facts on File 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 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195323/http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EAPPE0334&SID=2&DatabaseName=American+History+Online&InputText=%22presidential+election+1952%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=U.S.+presidential+election%2C+1952&TabRecordType=Subject+Entry&BioCountPass=0&SubCountPass=1&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=1&AmericanData=Set October 29, 2013 dead Richard Nixon 12 349,037 56.32% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois John Sparkman 0 268,677 43.36% 435px 435px County and independent city results Eisenhower #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Stevenson #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) 1952 United States presidential election The 1952 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1952. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. For the previous five decades Virginia had almost completely disenfranchised its black and poor white populations through the use of a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests.Kousser J. Morgan The Shaping of Southern Politics: Suffrage Restriction and the Establishment of the One-Party South, 1880-1910 1974 Yale University Press 178–181 0-300-01696-4 So restricted was suffrage in this period that it has been calculated that a third of Virginia's electorate during the first half of the twentieth century comprised state employees and officeholders. This limited electorate allowed Virginian politics to be controlled for four decades by the Byrd Organization, as progressive "antiorganization" factions were rendered impotent by the inability of almost all their potential electorate to vote.Key Valdimer Orlando Southern Politics in State and Nation 1949 20–25 Historical fusion with the "Readjuster" Democrats,Heersink Boris Jenkins Jeffrey A. Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865-1968 March 19, 2020 217–221 Cambridge University Press 978-1107158436 defection of substantial proportions of the Northeast-aligned white electorate of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia over free silver,Moger Allen The Rift in Virginia Democracy in 1896 The Journal of Southern History 4 3 295–317 10.2307/2191291 2191291 and an early move towards a "lily white" Jim Crow party meant Republicans retained a small but permanent number of legislative seats and local offices in the western part of the state.Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority 193, 219 1969 Arlington House 0870000586 In 1928 a combination of growing middle-class Republicanism in the cities and anti-Catholicism against Al Smith in the TidewaterPhillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 195 allowed the GOP to carry Virginia and elect three Congressmen, including one representing the local district of emerging machine leader Byrd.Hawkes (junior) Robert T. The Emergence of a Leader: Harry Flood Byrd, Governor of Virginia, 1926-1930 July 1974 82 3 The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 259–281 However, from 1932 with the state severely affected by the Depression, Republican strength declined below its low pre-1928 level, although Byrd himself became highly critical of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies as early as 1940.Davidson Chandler Grofman Bernard 1994 Quiet revolution in the South: the impact of the Voting rights act, 1965-1990 275–276 Princeton University Press 0691032475 Largely because of fear of losing several seats in the House to resurgent Republicans, Virginia's federal officeholders, although all firmly opposed to Harry S. Truman's civil rights bills, did not endorse Strom Thurmond in 1948.Guthrie Paul Daniel The Dixiecrat Movement of 1948 179–181 Bowling Green State University 144207 1955 However, Byrd became almost completely opposed to the Truman administration's policies during the ensuing presidential term,Sweeney J.R. 1978 Old Dominion University Revolt in Virginia: Harry Byrd and the 1952 presidential election Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 86 2 180–195 and after initially preferred nominee Richard Russell Jr. called for repealing the Taft–Hartley Act, the Byrd Organization refused to endorse any Democratic nominee, explicitly rejecting eventual nominees Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II and Alabama Senator John Sparkman.Grant Jr. Philip A. Eisenhower and the 1952 Republican Invasion of the South: The Case of Virginia Presidential Studies Quarterly Spring 1990 20 2 Eisenhower Centennial Issue 285–293 Campaign Following the end of Reconstruction Virginia voted for every Democratic presidential nominee except for Al Smith in the 1928 election.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 236 U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd opposed President Harry S. Truman's support for civil rights and chose to remain neutral in presidential elections. This allowed his political machine to support Republican presidential candidates while voting for Democratic candidates down ballot.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 236 Following this election Virginia would support every Republican presidential nominee from 1952 to 2004 except for Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1964 election. In 2008, the state voted for Democrat Barack Obama and has since remained a Democratic-leaning state, largely due to the huge growth of Northern Virginia and the D.C. suburbs.Skelley Geoffrey 2017-07-13 The New Dominion: Virginia's Ever-Changing Electoral Map https://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/the-new-dominion-virginias-ever-changing-electoral-map/ 2024-06-07 Sabato's Crystal Ball en-US By 2020, Joe Biden became the first Democrat to post a double-digit victory since Roosevelt himself in 1944. Virginia was the only southern state that Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter failed to win in the 1976 election.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 235-236 Despite polls being uncertain, Virginia would be comfortably won by Republican nominees, Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower, running with California Senator Richard Nixon. Polls SourceRatingAs ofLansing State JournalCornell Douglas B. September 17, 1952 Ike Given 50–50 Chance To Break into Solid South 7, 16 Lansing State Journal Lansing, MichiganTossupSeptember 17, 1952The Salt Lake TribuneCornell Douglas B. October 24, 1952 Journalists Bet 50–50 Ike Will Dent South 1–2 The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Cit]Tilt DOctober 24, 1952Lubbock Morning AvalancheCornell Douglas B. Most Southern States Continue to Back Demos Despite Sizeable Republican Inroads — GOP Has Even Chance to Carry Virginia, Texas, Florida Lubbock Morning Avalanche Lubbock, Texas 1952-10-24 11TossupOctober 24, 1952The Greeneville SunOctober 25, 1952 US Poll Shows — Eisenhower Leading Stevenson in Electoral Votes, but Governor Has More States in His Column 1, 8 The Greeneville Sun Greeneville, Tennessee Princeton Research ServiceLean DOctober 25, 1952The New York TimesWhite William S. October 25, 1952 Eisenhower Edge Seen in Virginia, With Allegiance to Byrd Big Factor 1, 64 The New York TimesLean R flipOctober 25, 1952The Modesto BeeOctober 27, 1952 NY Times Survey Indicates Close Election Tuesday 8 The Modesto Bee Modesto, CaliforniaLean R flipOctober 27, 1952work=The New York TimesWhite William S. October 27, 1952 Stevenson Likely To Win in Virginia: Second Survey Finds States' Rights Bloc and Powell's Activity Hurt G.O.P. — Farmers Are Angry; Negro Votes Switching; Incident Widely Used A Subway in Jersey 1, 13 The New York TimesLean DOctober 27, 1952 Results 1952 United States presidential election in VirginiaStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1952election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 45PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Dwight Eisenhower 349,037 56.32% 12 Democratic Adlai Stevenson 268,677 43.36% 0 Socialist Labor Eric Hass 1,160 0.19% 0 Social Democrat Darlington Hoopes 504 0.08% 0 Progressive Vincent Hallinan 311 0.05% 0 Totals 619,689 100.00% 12 Results by county or independent city County orcityhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2747 Our Campaigns VA US President Race, November 04, 1952 Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic Eric HassSocialist Labor Darlington HoopesSocial Democrat Vincent HallinanProgressive Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Accomack 2,626 53.99% 2,220 45.64% 12 0.25% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 406 8.35% 4,864 Albemarle 2,523 60.32% 1,642 39.25% 8 0.19% 8 0.19% 2 0.05% 881 21.07% 4,183 Alexandria 8,579 56.92% 6,471 42.93% 8 0.15% 3 0.06% 1 0.02% 2,108 13.99% 15,072 Alleghany 2,564 52.88% 2,274 46.90% 7 0.14% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% 290 5.98% 4,849 Amelia 832 53.64% 703 45.33% 8 0.52% 5 0.32% 3 0.19% 129 8.31% 1,551 Amherst 1,407 40.20% 2,078 59.37% 11 0.31% 3 0.09% 1 0.03% -671 -19.17% 3,500 Appomattox 929 49.13% 957 50.61% 3 0.16% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% -28 -1.48% 1,891 Arlington 22,158 60.91% 14,032 38.57% 157 0.43% 5 0.01% 28 0.08% 8,126 22.34% 36,380 Augusta 3,414 69.97% 1,453 29.78% 6 0.15% 2 0.05% 4 0.10% 1,961 40.19% 4,879 Bath 765 62.65% 451 36.94% 2 0.16% 3 0.25% 0 0.00% 314 25.71% 1,221 Bedford 2,916 54.47% 2,426 45.32% 4 0.07% 5 0.09% 2 0.04% 490 9.15% 5,353 Bland 1,000 57.21% 743 42.51% 2 0.11% 1 0.06% 2 0.11% 257 14.70% 1,748 Botetourt 2,021 61.50% 1,264 38.47% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 757 23.03% 3,286 Bristol 1,574 52.31% 1,432 47.59% 12 0.45% 8 0.30% 0 0.00% 142 4.72% 3,009 Brunswick 1,098 39.97% 1,635 59.52% 5 0.18% 9 0.33% 0 0.00% -537 -19.55% 2,747 Buchanan 2,330 38.65% 3,613 59.93% 69 1.14% 11 0.18% 6 0.10% -1,283 -21.28% 6,029 Buckingham 811 46.58% 919 52.79% 5 0.29% 4 0.23% 2 0.11% -108 -6.21% 1,741 Buena Vista 513 56.62% 392 43.27% 9 0.06% 7 0.05% 6 0.04% 121 13.35% 906 Campbell 2,447 47.26% 2,713 52.39% 14 0.27% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% -266 -5.13% 5,178 Caroline 858 47.01% 954 52.27% 12 0.66% 1 0.05% 0 0.00% -96 -5.26% 1,825 Carroll 3,774 68.68% 1,711 31.14% 7 0.13% 1 0.02% 2 0.04% 2,063 37.54% 5,495 Charles City 342 40.24% 492 57.88% 8 0.94% 5 0.59% 3 0.35% -150 -17.64% 850 Charlotte 949 36.56% 1,630 62.79% 8 0.31% 7 0.27% 2 0.08% -681 -26.23% 2,596 Charlottesville 3,292 60.14% 2,174 39.72% 1 0.03% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,118 20.42% 5,474 Chesterfield 4,482 55.70% 3,546 44.07% 9 0.11% 5 0.06% 4 0.05% 936 11.63% 8,046 Clarke 809 52.88% 716 46.80% 4 0.26% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 93 6.08% 1,530 Clifton Forge 936 53.46% 811 46.32% 1 0.11% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 125 7.14% 1,751 Colonial Heights 896 51.73% 835 48.21% 2 0.04% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 61 3.52% 1,732 Craig 425 46.45% 490 53.55% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -65 -7.10% 915 Culpeper 1,507 60.33% 987 39.51% 1 0.04% 2 0.08% 1 0.04% 520 20.82% 2,498 Cumberland 695 54.42% 574 44.95% 3 0.23% 5 0.39% 0 0.00% 121 9.47% 1,277 Danville 4,765 58.49% 3,323 40.79% 3 0.17% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,442 17.70% 8,146 Dickenson 2,913 47.41% 3,210 52.25% 17 0.28% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% -297 -4.84% 6,144 Dinwiddie 983 39.77% 1,462 59.14% 11 0.44% 11 0.44% 5 0.20% -479 -19.37% 2,472 Essex 610 52.45% 545 46.86% 6 0.52% 2 0.17% 0 0.00% 65 5.59% 1,163 Fairfax 13,020 60.90% 8,329 38.96% 7 0.03% 7 0.03% 16 0.07% 4,691 21.94% 21,379 Falls Church 1,386 59.82% 930 40.14% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 456 19.68% 2,317 Fauquier 2,068 56.27% 1,597 43.46% 8 0.22% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 471 12.81% 3,675 Floyd 1,626 71.69% 619 27.29% 17 0.75% 2 0.09% 4 0.18% 1,007 44.40% 2,268 Fluvanna 724 57.74% 519 41.39% 5 0.40% 5 0.40% 1 0.08% 205 16.35% 1,254 Franklin 1,976 49.08% 2,012 49.98% 13 0.32% 20 0.50% 5 0.12% -36 -0.90% 4,026 Frederick 1,803 57.53% 1,326 42.31% 4 0.13% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 477 15.22% 3,134 Fredericksburg 1,536 61.20% 970 38.65% 26 0.32% 26 0.32% 6 0.07% 566 22.55% 2,510 Giles 1,935 52.94% 1,717 46.98% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 218 5.96% 3,655 Gloucester 1,073 52.44% 961 46.97% 6 0.29% 4 0.20% 2 0.10% 112 5.47% 2,046 Goochland 714 46.12% 820 52.97% 10 0.65% 4 0.26% 0 0.00% -106 -6.85% 1,548 Grayson 4,449 61.78% 2,734 37.97% 10 0.14% 5 0.07% 3 0.04% 1,715 23.81% 7,201 Greene 537 67.80% 250 31.57% 3 0.38% 2 0.25% 0 0.00% 287 36.23% 792 Greensville 988 43.47% 1,259 55.39% 15 0.66% 6 0.26% 5 0.22% -271 -11.92% 2,273 Halifax 2,274 40.70% 3,296 58.99% 10 0.18% 6 0.11% 1 0.02% -1,022 -18.29% 5,587 Hampton 5,505 52.52% 4,946 47.19% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 559 5.33% 10,481 Hanover 2,257 59.76% 1,518 40.19% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 739 19.57% 3,777 Harrisonburg 2,238 77.82% 635 22.08% 2 0.08% 2 0.08% 0 0.00% 1,603 55.74% 2,876 Henrico 10,682 66.62% 5,339 33.30% 4 0.02% 7 0.04% 3 0.02% 5,343 33.32% 16,035 Henry 1,871 44.34% 2,323 55.05% 17 0.40% 8 0.19% 1 0.02% -452 -10.71% 4,220 Highland 696 62.25% 419 37.48% 2 0.18% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 277 24.77% 1,118 Hopewell 1,640 49.58% 1,657 50.09% 15 0.14% 9 0.09% 6 0.06% -17 -0.51% 3,308 Isle of Wight 996 44.52% 1,227 54.85% 9 0.40% 4 0.18% 1 0.04% -231 -10.33% 2,237 James City 527 60.23% 346 39.54% 2 0.23% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 181 20.69% 875 King and Queen 415 51.23% 387 47.78% 3 0.37% 3 0.37% 2 0.25% 28 3.45% 810 King George 577 52.94% 503 46.15% 5 0.46% 3 0.28% 2 0.18% 74 6.79% 1,090 King William 730 57.39% 533 41.90% 7 0.55% 2 0.16% 0 0.00% 197 15.49% 1,272 Lancaster 1,228 61.49% 753 37.71% 10 0.50% 6 0.30% 0 0.00% 475 23.78% 1,997 Lee 4,622 51.99% 4,242 47.71% 16 0.18% 4 0.04% 7 0.08% 380 4.28% 8,891 Loudoun 2,540 54.86% 2,075 44.82% 9 0.19% 3 0.06% 3 0.06% 465 10.04% 4,630 Louisa 1,135 52.26% 1,025 47.19% 6 0.28% 4 0.18% 2 0.09% 110 5.07% 2,172 Lunenburg 837 35.27% 1,528 64.39% 4 0.17% 3 0.13% 1 0.04% -691 -29.12% 2,373 Lynchburg 7,090 64.75% 3,848 35.14% 2 0.07% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 3,242 29.61% 10,949 Madison 1,012 64.96% 540 34.66% 3 0.19% 1 0.06% 2 0.13% 472 30.30% 1,558 Martinsville 1,772 55.83% 1,391 43.82% 5 0.15% 3 0.09% 3 0.09% 381 12.01% 3,174 Mathews 951 63.87% 533 35.80% 4 0.27% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 418 28.07% 1,489 Mecklenburg 1,891 42.46% 2,525 56.69% 20 0.45% 15 0.34% 3 0.07% -634 -14.23% 4,454 Middlesex 705 57.74% 507 41.52% 5 0.41% 3 0.25% 1 0.08% 198 16.22% 1,221 Montgomery 3,881 70.68% 1,600 29.14% 7 0.13% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% 2,281 41.54% 5,491 Nansemond 1,168 32.87% 2,360 66.42% 12 0.34% 12 0.34% 1 0.03% -1,192 -33.55% 3,553 Nelson 740 37.56% 1,222 62.03% 5 0.25% 2 0.10% 1 0.05% -482 -24.47% 1,970 New Kent 455 52.78% 400 46.40% 5 0.58% 1 0.12% 1 0.12% 55 6.38% 862 Newport News 2,769 40.46% 4,051 59.20% 6 0.05% 2 0.02% 3 0.03% -1,282 -18.74% 6,843 Norfolk 5,614 45.30% 6,766 54.60% 8 0.06% 3 0.02% 1 0.01% -1,152 -9.30% 12,392 Norfolk City 14,166 54.33% 11,862 45.49% 6 0.19% 3 0.09% 2 0.06% 2,304 8.84% 26,074 Northampton 1,307 50.12% 1,289 49.42% 6 0.23% 6 0.23% 0 0.00% 18 0.70% 2,608 Northumberland 1,230 68.11% 573 31.73% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 1 0.06% 657 36.38% 1,806 Nottoway 1,454 51.02% 1,381 48.46% 7 0.25% 4 0.14% 4 0.14% 73 2.56% 2,850 Orange 1,525 62.17% 916 37.34% 5 0.20% 5 0.20% 2 0.08% 609 24.83% 2,453 Page 2,649 64.59% 1,441 35.14% 10 0.24% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,208 29.45% 4,101 Patrick 1,314 45.75% 1,554 54.11% 4 0.14% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -240 -8.36% 2,872 Petersburg 2,822 54.49% 2,342 45.22% 12 0.18% 5 0.07% 6 0.09% 480 9.27% 5,179 Pittsylvania 2,893 41.93% 3,976 57.62% 16 0.23% 10 0.14% 5 0.07% -1,083 -15.69% 6,900 Portsmouth 3,621 36.74% 6,188 62.79% 16 0.06% 13 0.05% 17 0.07% -2,567 -26.05% 9,855 Powhatan 558 52.49% 498 46.85% 29 0.29% 10 0.10% 7 0.07% 60 5.64% 1,063 Prince Edward 1,359 59.34% 926 40.44% 4 0.38% 1 0.09% 2 0.19% 433 18.90% 2,290 Prince George 541 46.40% 612 52.49% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% 1 0.04% -71 -6.09% 1,166 Prince William 1,619 49.14% 1,653 50.17% 11 0.94% 2 0.17% 0 0.00% -34 -1.03% 3,295 Princess Anne 3,180 51.04% 3,037 48.75% 14 0.42% 3 0.09% 6 0.18% 143 2.29% 6,230 Pulaski 2,815 62.03% 1,715 37.79% 4 0.06% 5 0.08% 4 0.06% 1,100 24.24% 4,538 Radford 1,523 57.73% 1,108 42.00% 9 0.17% 5 0.10% 1 0.02% 415 15.73% 2,638 Rappahannock 619 54.35% 518 45.48% 6 0.13% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 101 8.87% 1,139 Richmond 727 68.91% 326 30.90% 2 0.18% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 401 38.01% 1,055 Richmond City 29,300 60.28% 19,235 39.57% 1 0.04% 4 0.15% 2 0.08% 10,065 20.71% 48,610 Roanoke 6,017 68.95% 2,689 30.82% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 3,328 38.13% 8,726 Roanoke City 15,673 66.00% 8,042 33.87% 31 0.06% 22 0.05% 22 0.05% 7,631 32.13% 23,747 Rockbridge 2,068 65.90% 1,059 33.75% 9 0.10% 5 0.06% 6 0.07% 1,009 32.15% 3,138 Rockingham 4,350 73.11% 1,591 26.74% 9 0.29% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 2,759 46.37% 5,950 Russell 2,937 47.33% 3,253 52.42% 4 0.07% 3 0.05% 2 0.03% -316 -5.09% 6,206 Scott 4,703 61.13% 2,990 38.87% 11 0.18% 3 0.05% 2 0.03% 1,713 22.26% 7,693 Shenandoah 4,284 71.12% 1,734 28.78% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,550 42.34% 6,024 Smyth 3,694 64.98% 1,972 34.69% 3 0.05% 2 0.03% 1 0.02% 1,722 30.29% 5,685 South Norfolk 1,098 37.90% 1,782 61.51% 14 0.06% 7 0.03% 11 0.05% -684 -23.61% 2,897 Southampton 1,166 36.70% 2,000 62.95% 15 0.26% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% -834 -26.25% 3,177 Spotsylvania 1,174 48.98% 1,194 49.81% 11 0.38% 3 0.10% 3 0.10% -20 -0.83% 2,397 Stafford 1,411 56.35% 1,077 43.01% 5 0.16% 4 0.13% 2 0.06% 334 13.34% 2,504 Staunton 2,578 73.07% 945 26.79% 4 0.11% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 1,633 46.28% 3,528 Suffolk 1,622 57.17% 1,209 42.62% 2 0.07% 3 0.11% 1 0.04% 413 14.55% 2,837 Surry 414 41.15% 572 56.86% 21 0.88% 5 0.21% 3 0.13% -158 -15.71% 1,006 Sussex 888 47.97% 956 51.65% 9 0.36% 4 0.16% 3 0.12% -68 -3.68% 1,851 Tazewell 3,232 55.83% 2,527 43.65% 9 0.89% 11 1.09% 0 0.00% 705 12.18% 5,789 Virginia Beach 1,310 59.79% 881 40.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 429 19.58% 2,191 Warren 1,888 57.90% 1,362 41.77% 5 0.27% 1 0.05% 1 0.05% 526 16.13% 3,261 Warwick 3,307 54.00% 2,806 45.82% 3 0.05% 5 0.08% 3 0.05% 501 8.18% 6,124 Washington 3,810 57.74% 2,778 42.10% 22 0.38% 3 0.05% 5 0.09% 1,032 15.64% 6,599 Waynesboro 1,680 69.62% 730 30.25% 2 0.08% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 950 39.37% 2,413 Westmoreland 1,117 59.51% 754 40.17% 8 0.25% 3 0.09% 0 0.00% 363 19.34% 1,877 Williamsburg 797 62.12% 483 37.65% 1 0.08% 2 0.16% 0 0.00% 314 24.47% 1,283 Winchester 2,375 69.20% 1,055 30.74% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 1,320 38.46% 3,432 Wise 3,911 45.16% 4,729 54.61% 10 0.15% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -818 -9.45% 8,660 Wythe 3,580 68.24% 1,654 31.53% 4 0.21% 2 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,926 36.71% 5,246 York 1,335 50.53% 1,287 48.71% 14 0.16% 4 0.05% 2 0.02% 48 1.82% 2,642Totals349,03756.32%268,67743.36%1,1600.19%5040.08%3110.05%80,36012.96%619,689 Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican 15em Accomack Albemarle Alleghany Amelia Alexandria Bedford Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Clarke Clifton Forge Culpeper Cumberland Danville Fauquier Essex Frederick Fluvanna Giles Gloucester Fredericksburg Hanover Henrico Hampton James City Lancaster Loudoun King William Louisa Lynchburg Martinsville Middlesex New Kent Norfolk Northampton Nottoway Orange Petersburg Powhatan Prince Edward Princess Anne Rappahannock Richmond Suffolk Warren Waynesboro York Counties and independent cities that flipped from Dixiecrat to Democratic Halifax Analysis Eisenhower won Virginia by a 12.97 point margin, making this the first time Virginia voted for a Republican since it was won by Herbert Hoover in 1928, and the best Republican performance in Virginia to this point. Virginia was Eisenhower's strongest state in the old Confederacy, marking a shift from Virginia being previously regarded as a safe blue state to more of a red state. Eisenhower ultimately won the national election with 55.18 percent of the vote, making Virginia two points more Republican than the nation at-large. This was the first occasion any Confederate State voted more Republican than the nation since Virginia itself in 1888 voted 0.30 points more Republican while its blacks remained enfranchised and large numbers of white Readjusters had joined the GOP. The key to Eisenhower's win was gains from the large in-migration to Northern Virginia, where the many new voters were not tied to the Democratic Party as Virginia's older generation was, with the result that Eisenhower gained four-fifths of approximately two hundred thousand new voters since 1948. Like the rest of the former Confederacy, Eisenhower also gained from transfer of 1948 Thurmond votes and from increasing upper-class Republican voting in cites such as Richmond.Strong Donald S. The Presidential Election in the South, 1952 The Journal of Politics August 1955 17 3 343–389 University of Chicago Press 10.1017/S0022381600091064 Nevertheless, the basis of Republican strength remained the old Readjuster and pro-gold standard regions of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia. This was also the first election after Colonial Heights was incorporated as an independent city. Eisenhower won Colonial Heights by a close margin of roughly three points. In the decades since, Colonial Heights has established itself as one of the most Republican-leaning independent cities in Virginia, and has yet to be won by a Democratic presidential candidate. Eisenhower's 1952 and 1956 victories in Colonial Heights of three points and four points remain the two lowest margins of victory for a Republican presidential candidate 2024 11 as of the 2024 election. See also United States presidential elections in Virginia References Works cited Moreland Laurence Steed Robert Baker Tod The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics Praeger Publishers 1991 https://archive.org/details/1988presidential0000unse 0275931455 expanded Virgin 1952 Category:1952 Virginia elections