Who won the 1952 presidential election?

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) won the 1952 presidential election with 442 electoral votes and 54.7% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1952?

The 1952 Electoral College result was 87 Democratic to 442 Republican (535 total electoral votes, 268 needed to win).

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1952

Presidential Election · 1952

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republicandefeating Adlai Stevenson II

Stevenson

Electoral

Votes

268 to win

442

Eisenhower

87 EV268 needed to win442 EV

Popular Vote

Eisenhower(REP)54.7%

Stevenson(DEM)43.5%

Other(OTH)1.8%

National margin:R+11.2%

61,743,476 total votes cast

View state-by-state results →

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Stevenson: 9 states · 87 EV|Eisenhower: 39 states · 442 EV

	State ▲	EV	Stevenson %	Votes	Eisenhower %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	11	64.5%	275,075	35.0%	149,231	—	D+29.5	↓ R+4.3
▶	Arizona	4	41.6%	108,528	58.4%	152,042	—	R+16.7	↓ R+26.7
▶	Arkansas	6	55.9%	226,300	43.8%	177,155	—	D+12.1	↓ R+28.6
▶	California	32	42.7%	2,197,548	56.3%	2,897,310	—	R+13.6	↓ R+14.1
▶	Colorado	6	39.0%	245,504	60.3%	379,782	—	R+21.3	↓ R+26.7
▶	Connecticut	8	43.9%	481,649	55.7%	611,012	—	R+11.8	↓ R+10.2
▶	Delaware	3	43.5%	69,766	56.1%	90,059	—	R+12.7	↓ R+11.4
▶	Florida	10	45.0%	444,950	55.0%	544,036	—	R+10.0	↓ R+25.2
▶	Georgia	12	69.7%	456,823	30.3%	198,961	—	D+39.3	↓ R+3.2
▶	Idaho	4	34.4%	95,081	65.4%	180,707	—	R+31.0	↓ R+33.7
▶	Illinois	27	44.9%	2,013,920	54.8%	2,457,327	—	R+9.9	↓ R+10.7
▶	Indiana	13	41.0%	801,530	58.1%	1,136,259	—	R+17.1	↓ R+16.3
▶	Iowa	10	35.6%	451,513	63.8%	808,906	—	R+28.2	↓ R+30.9
▶	Kansas	8	30.5%	273,296	68.8%	616,302	—	R+38.3	↓ R+29.3
▶	Kentucky	10	49.9%	495,729	49.8%	495,029	—	D+0.1	↓ R+15.2
▶	Louisiana	10	52.9%	345,027	47.1%	306,925	—	D+5.8	↓ R+9.5
▶	Maine	5	33.8%	118,806	66.2%	232,353	—	R+32.3	↓ R+17.8
▶	Maryland	9	43.8%	395,337	55.4%	499,424	—	R+11.5	↓ R+13.4
▶	Massachusetts	16	45.5%	1,083,525	54.2%	1,292,325	—	R+8.8	↓ R+20.3
▶	Michigan	20	44.0%	1,230,657	55.4%	1,551,529	—	R+11.5	↓ R+9.8
▶	Minnesota	11	44.1%	608,458	55.3%	763,211	—	R+11.2	↓ R+28.5
▶	Mississippi	8	60.5%	172,836	39.5%	112,966	—	D+20.9	↑ D+13.5
▶	Missouri	13	44.2%	929,830	45.6%	959,429	10.2%	R+1.4	↓ R+16.8
▶	Montana	4	40.1%	106,213	59.4%	157,394	—	R+19.3	↓ R+29.3
▶	Nebraska	6	30.9%	188,057	69.2%	421,603	—	R+38.3	↓ R+30.0
▶	Nevada	3	38.5%	31,688	61.5%	50,502	—	R+22.9	↓ R+26.0
▶	New Hampshire	4	39.1%	106,663	60.9%	166,287	—	R+21.8	↓ R+16.1
▶	New Jersey	16	42.0%	1,015,902	56.8%	1,373,613	—	R+14.8	↓ R+10.4
▶	New Mexico	4	44.3%	105,404	55.7%	132,645	—	R+11.4	↓ R+24.2
▶	New York	45	37.7%	2,687,890	55.5%	3,952,815	6.8%	R+17.8	↓ R+13.2
▶	North Carolina	14	53.9%	652,803	46.1%	558,107	—	D+7.8	↓ R+17.5
▶	North Dakota	4	28.4%	76,694	71.0%	191,712	—	R+42.6	↓ R+33.8
▶	Ohio	25	43.2%	1,600,367	56.8%	2,100,391	—	R+13.5	↓ R+13.8
▶	Oklahoma	8	45.4%	430,939	54.6%	518,045	—	R+9.2	↓ R+34.7
▶	Oregon	6	38.9%	270,579	60.5%	420,815	—	R+21.6	↓ R+18.2
▶	Pennsylvania	32	46.9%	2,146,269	52.7%	2,415,789	—	R+5.9	↓ R+1.9
▶	Rhode Island	4	49.0%	203,293	50.9%	210,935	—	R+1.8	↓ R+18.0
▶	South Carolina	8	50.7%	172,957	2.9%	9,793	46.4%	D+47.9	↑ D+27.5
▶	South Dakota	4	30.7%	90,426	69.3%	203,857	—	R+38.5	↓ R+33.7
▶	Tennessee	11	49.7%	443,710	50.0%	446,147	—	R+0.3	↓ R+12.5
▶	Texas	24	46.7%	969,227	53.1%	1,102,818	—	R+6.4	↓ R+48.1
▶	Utah	4	41.1%	135,364	58.9%	194,190	—	R+17.9	↓ R+26.8
▶	Vermont	3	28.2%	43,299	71.5%	109,717	—	R+43.3	↓ R+18.7
▶	Virginia	12	43.3%	265,871	56.4%	345,730	—	R+13.0	↓ R+19.9
▶	Washington	9	44.7%	492,845	54.3%	599,107	—	R+9.6	↓ R+19.6
▶	West Virginia	8	51.9%	453,578	48.1%	419,970	—	D+3.9	↓ R+11.2
▶	Wisconsin	12	38.7%	622,175	61.0%	979,744	—	R+22.3	↓ R+26.7
▶	Wyoming	3	37.1%	47,934	62.7%	81,049	—	R+25.6	↓ R+30.0

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1948 margin. Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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