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1952 United States presidential election
1952 United States presidential election in California California Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder presidential no 1948 United States presidential election in California 1948 1956 United States presidential election in California 1956 86.85% (of registered voters) 6.31 pp 74.07% (of eligible voters) 7.30 ppHistorical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018 https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf California Secretary of State 2022-05-05 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 32 2,897,310 56.35% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois John Sparkman 0 2,197,548 42.74% 325px 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. 2020 11 As of the 2024 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
1952 United States presidential election in Californiahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1952&fips=6&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1952 Presidential General Election Results - California 2008-08-25 Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral 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
County Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic Various candidatesOther 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% 9,665Total3,035,58756.35%2,257,64642.74%48,3520.91%777,94113.61%5,341,585
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
20em
Alameda
Amador
Calaveras
Colusa
El Dorado
Humboldt
Los Angeles
Madera
Kern
Merced
Modoc
Placer
San Francisco
Sierra
Siskiyou
Shasta
Tulare
Ventura
Yuba
Yolo
Trinity
See also
United States presidential elections in California
References
California
1952
Presidential election in California