1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina 1885 presidential no 1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1948 1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1956 All 14 North Carolina votes to the Electoral College November 4, 1952https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1952 United States Presidential election of 1952 Encyclopædia Britannica July 25, 2017 x200px Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois John Sparkman 14 652,803 53.91% 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 0 558,107 46.09% 400px County results 400px Congressional district results Stevenson #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% Eisenhower #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% 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 North Carolina took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 14https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1953_1957.html#1952 1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57) July 25, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. As a former Confederate state, North Carolina had a history of Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party in state politics. However, unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party had sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain one-third of the statewide vote total in most general elections,Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority November 23, 2014 978-0-691-16324-6 210, 242 Princeton University Press where turnout was higher than elsewhere in the former Confederacy due substantially to the state's early abolition of the poll tax in 1920.Key Valdimer Orlando Southern Politics in State and Nation Alfred A. Knopf 1949 502 Like Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide white primaries, although certain counties did use the white primary.Klarman Michael J. 2001 The White Primary Rulings: A Case Study in the Consequences of Supreme Court Decision-Making Florida State University Law Review 29 55–107 This persistent local Republican threat from mountain Unionist descendants meant that there was never any question of the state Democratic party bolting to support Strom Thurmond in 1948.Ader Emile B. August 1953 Why the Dixiecrats Failed The Journal of Politics 15 3 356–369 10.2307/2126102 2126102 Guthrie Paul Daniel The Dixiecrat Movement of 1948 Bowling Green State University August 1955 144207 183 Additionally, the greatest support for Thurmond was found in middle- and upper-class urban areas of the Piedmont,Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 297 so that the best Dixiecrat counties correlated strongly with the largest urban areas.See Strong Donald S. August 1955 The Presidential Election in the South, 1952 The Journal of Politics 17 3 343–389 10.1017/S0022381600091064 During Truman's second term, there was little satisfaction in North Carolina with the President, due to unresolved Civil Rights struggles, strikes, and evidence of corruption in the Democratic Party.Grayson A.G. December 1975 North Carolina and Harry Truman, 1944–1948 Journal of American Studies 9 3 283–300 10.1017/S0021875800003005 At the beginning of the presidential campaign, though, there was no indication that the state would not back new Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson, and all state Democrats endorsed him.August 3, 1952 Dixie Sun Smiles on Eisenhower: Ike Could Win 79 Votes in South C41 Daily Boston Globe Stevenson began his campaign in North Carolina in late July,July 27, 1952 Democrats Expect To Win the South: Leaders Believe Sparkman Will Offset Eisenhower's Appeal to Dixie Bloc 38 The New York Times but did not return to the state as it was felt by September that Republican nominee and Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower had less chance than in Florida, Texas or the Dixiecrat states of Louisiana and South Carolina.September 18, 1952 South not so Solid, Press Poll Hints: Survey by the A.P. Indicates Eisenhower Might "Pull" 3 to 5 States to G.O.P. 19 The New York Times Associated Press Stevenson was helped by the fact that, much more than in other Southern States, North Carolina's press largely endorsed him over Eisenhower, although in mid-October one of the two largest papers was endorsing the Republican.October 12, 1952 Nominees Share 2 Papers: One in North Carolina Endorses Eisenhower, One Stevenson 78 The New York Times Nonetheless, polls ten days before the election suggested Stevenson was very likely to carry the state due to the party loyalty created by viable mountain and northwest Piedmont Republican opposition.Popham John N. October 24, 1952 Party Fealty Firm in North Carolina: State Has Remained Regular During Fair Deal and Seems Likely to Do So No 18 The New York Times Because the Black Belt of the state, unlike the economically conservative Black Belts of the Deep South, was economically more liberal than the Piedmont region where the establishment Democratic faction led since 1929 by O. Max Gardner was based,Key. Southern Politics in State and Nation, pp. 215-217 its entirely white electorate stayed exceedingly loyal to Stevenson – much more so than the Black Belts of other Outer South states. This Democratic loyalty extended to the Outer Banks, which had been a center of anti-Catholic voting when Herbert Hoover carried the state in 1928, so that apart from a seven-vote win in Brunswick County, every county Eisenhower carried was in the urban Piedmont or traditionally GOP mountains. Thus, unlike Texas, Florida and Virginia, urban middle-class Republican voting was inadequate to carry the state for Eisenhower. North Carolina was ultimately won by Governor Stevenson with 53.91 percent of the popular vote, against Eisenhower with 46.09 percent of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=37&year=1952 1952 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina July 25, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1952 The American Presidency Project – Election of 1952 July 25, 2017 Stevenson ran with Alabama Senator John Sparkman and Eisenhower with California Senator Richard Nixon. Results 1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) 652,803 53.91% Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) 558,107 46.09% 1,210,910 100% Results by county CountyOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2728 NC US President Race, November 04, 1952Adlai StevensonDemocraticDwight D. EisenhowerRepublicanMarginTotal # % # % # % Alamance 13,402 54.06% 11,388 45.94% 2,014 8.12% 24,790 Alexander 2,665 42.56% 3,597 57.44% -932 -14.88% 6,262 Alleghany 1,809 50.28% 1,789 49.72% 20 0.56% 3,598 Anson 4,143 69.21% 1,843 30.79% 2,300 38.42% 5,986 Ashe 4,536 49.85% 4,563 50.15% -27 -0.30% 9,099 Avery 964 20.56% 3,725 79.44% -2,761 -58.88% 4,689 Beaufort 5,429 69.31% 2,404 30.69% 3,025 38.62% 7,833 Bertie 3,557 90.26% 384 9.74% 3,173 80.52% 3,941 Bladen 3,506 67.22% 1,710 32.78% 1,796 34.44% 5,216 Brunswick 2,951 49.94% 2,958 50.06% -7 -0.12% 5,909 Buncombe 22,425 47.85% 24,444 52.15% -2,019 -4.30% 46,869 Burke 7,732 41.03% 11,113 58.97% -3,381 -17.94% 18,845 Cabarrus 9,140 37.78% 15,053 62.22% -5,913 -24.44% 24,193 Caldwell 7,533 45.13% 9,160 54.87% -1,627 -9.74% 16,693 Camden 996 74.55% 340 25.45% 656 49.10% 1,336 Carteret 4,280 59.06% 2,967 40.94% 1,313 18.12% 7,247 Caswell 2,597 72.75% 973 27.25% 1,624 45.50% 3,570 Catawba 11,554 40.73% 16,814 59.27% -5,260 -18.54% 28,368 Chatham 4,303 54.41% 3,606 45.59% 697 8.82% 7,909 Cherokee 3,363 51.02% 3,228 48.98% 135 2.04% 6,591 Chowan 1,448 72.95% 537 27.05% 911 45.90% 1,985 Clay 1,439 49.93% 1,443 50.07% -4 -0.14% 2,882 Cleveland 9,709 56.07% 7,606 43.93% 2,103 12.14% 17,315 Columbus 6,941 69.81% 3,001 30.19% 3,940 39.62% 9,942 Craven 6,092 68.34% 2,822 31.66% 3,270 36.68% 8,914 Cumberland 8,839 54.18% 7,474 45.82% 1,365 8.36% 16,313 Currituck 1,471 78.04% 414 21.96% 1,057 56.08% 1,885 Dare 959 55.56% 767 44.44% 192 11.12% 1,726 Davidson 10,931 43.33% 14,299 56.67% -3,368 -13.34% 25,230 Davie 2,406 37.50% 4,010 62.50% -1,604 -25.00% 6,416 Duplin 6,392 75.14% 2,115 24.86% 4,277 50.28% 8,507 Durham 18,897 62.58% 11,301 37.42% 7,596 25.16% 30,198 Edgecombe 8,504 81.53% 1,927 18.47% 6,577 63.06% 10,431 Forsyth 24,535 48.14% 26,436 51.86% -1,901 -3.72% 50,971 Franklin 5,376 87.90% 740 12.10% 4,636 75.80% 6,116 Gaston 17,781 48.14% 19,157 51.86% -1,376 -3.72% 36,938 Gates 1,247 77.41% 364 22.59% 883 54.82% 1,611 Graham 1,590 53.54% 1,380 46.46% 210 7.08% 2,970 Granville 4,583 79.72% 1,166 20.28% 3,417 59.44% 5,749 Greene 2,976 94.12% 186 5.88% 2,790 88.24% 3,162 Guilford 29,028 46.57% 33,310 53.43% -4,282 -6.86% 62,338 Halifax 8,807 79.94% 2,210 20.06% 6,597 59.88% 11,017 Harnett 7,595 63.82% 4,306 36.18% 3,289 27.64% 11,901 Haywood 8,761 58.86% 6,124 41.14% 2,637 17.72% 14,885 Henderson 3,803 30.25% 8,768 69.75% -4,965 -39.50% 12,571 Hertford 2,859 83.16% 579 16.84% 2,280 66.32% 3,438 Hoke 1,761 74.08% 616 25.92% 1,145 48.16% 2,377 Hyde 919 69.36% 406 30.64% 513 38.72% 1,325 Iredell 8,580 42.09% 11,804 57.91% -3,224 -15.82% 20,384 Jackson 4,296 53.86% 3,680 46.14% 616 7.72% 7,976 Johnston 9,997 64.81% 5,429 35.19% 4,568 29.62% 15,426 Jones 1,673 83.48% 331 16.52% 1,342 66.96% 2,004 Lee 4,688 69.01% 2,105 30.99% 2,583 38.02% 6,793 Lenoir 6,723 75.07% 2,233 24.93% 4,490 50.14% 8,956 Lincoln 5,389 46.39% 6,228 53.61% -839 -7.22% 11,617 Macon 3,396 50.51% 3,327 49.49% 69 1.02% 6,723 Madison 3,666 43.55% 4,751 56.45% -1,085 -12.90% 8,417 Martin 5,493 92.98% 415 7.02% 5,078 85.96% 5,908 McDowell 4,755 50.24% 4,710 49.76% 45 0.48% 9,465 Mecklenburg 33,044 42.70% 44,334 57.30% -11,290 -14.60% 77,378 Mitchell 1,236 23.57% 4,009 76.43% -2,773 -52.86% 5,245 Montgomery 3,176 49.96% 3,181 50.04% -5 -0.08% 6,357 Moore 5,066 48.21% 5,442 51.79% -376 -3.58% 10,508 Nash 10,424 79.82% 2,636 20.18% 7,788 59.64% 13,060 New Hanover 10,330 52.54% 9,330 47.46% 1,000 5.08% 19,660 Northampton 4,334 88.14% 583 11.86% 3,751 76.28% 4,917 Onslow 4,275 77.22% 1,261 22.78% 3,014 54.44% 5,536 Orange 5,156 57.49% 3,813 42.51% 1,343 14.98% 8,969 Pamlico 1,428 61.26% 903 38.74% 525 22.52% 2,331 Pasquotank 3,579 63.01% 2,101 36.99% 1,478 26.02% 5,680 Pender 2,029 63.78% 1,152 36.22% 877 27.56% 3,181 Perquimans 1,245 65.91% 644 34.09% 601 31.82% 1,889 Person 4,266 75.64% 1,374 24.36% 2,892 51.28% 5,640 Pitt 11,271 83.65% 2,203 16.35% 9,068 67.30% 13,474 Polk 2,741 51.70% 2,561 48.30% 180 3.40% 5,302 Randolph 8,975 41.93% 12,429 58.07% -3,454 -16.14% 21,404 Richmond 7,340 68.59% 3,361 31.41% 3,979 37.18% 10,701 Robeson 9,311 69.29% 4,127 30.71% 5,184 38.58% 13,438 Rockingham 12,423 64.34% 6,885 35.66% 5,538 28.68% 19,308 Rowan 11,296 39.18% 17,535 60.82% -6,239 -21.64% 28,831 Rutherford 7,755 48.04% 8,387 51.96% -632 -3.92% 16,142 Sampson 6,956 51.89% 6,449 48.11% 507 3.78% 13,405 Scotland 2,912 64.68% 1,590 35.32% 1,322 29.36% 4,502 Stanly 7,202 41.64% 10,093 58.36% -2,891 -16.72% 17,295 Stokes 4,504 54.29% 3,792 45.71% 712 8.58% 8,296 Surry 8,206 51.95% 7,591 48.05% 615 3.90% 15,797 Swain 1,949 53.71% 1,680 46.29% 269 7.42% 3,629 Transylvania 3,641 47.36% 4,047 52.64% -406 -5.28% 7,688 Tyrrell 916 70.41% 385 29.59% 531 40.82% 1,301 Union 7,416 66.18% 3,790 33.82% 3,626 32.36% 11,206 Vance 5,697 76.80% 1,721 23.20% 3,976 53.60% 7,418 Wake 23,393 60.84% 15,057 39.16% 8,336 21.68% 38,450 Warren 2,960 81.68% 664 18.32% 2,296 63.36% 3,624 Washington 1,974 71.83% 774 28.17% 1,200 43.66% 2,748 Watauga 3,600 44.30% 4,527 55.70% -927 -11.40% 8,127 Wayne 7,281 60.96% 4,662 39.04% 2,619 21.92% 11,943 Wilkes 7,143 38.43% 11,446 61.57% -4,303 -23.14% 18,589 Wilson 8,684 77.17% 2,569 22.83% 6,115 54.34% 11,253 Yadkin 2,786 33.46% 5,540 66.54% -2,754 -33.08% 8,326 Yancey 3,693 55.57% 2,953 44.43% 740 11.14% 6,646Totals652,80353.91%558,10746.09%94,6967.82%1,210,910 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Ashe Buncombe Brunswick Caldwell Clay Cabarrus Forsyth Guilford Gaston Iredell Mecklenburg Montgomery Moore Rowan Rutherford Transylvania See also United States presidential elections in North Carolina References North Carolina 1952 Category:1952 North Carolina elections