United States presidential election in Washington, 1952
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The 1952 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Washington voters chose nine[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Washington was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with California Senator Richard Nixon, with 54.33 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 44.69 percent of the popular vote.[4][5]
This was the last time the Republican Party carried Pacific County until Donald Trump did so in 2016.[6]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 599,107 | 54.33% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 492,845 | 45.69% | |
Constitution | Douglas MacArthur | 7,290 | 0.65% | |
Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 2,460 | 0.22% | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 633 | 0.06% | |
Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 254 | 0.02% | |
Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 119 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 1,102,708 | 100% |
Results by county
Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||
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County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Adams | 2,181 | 66.29% | 1,104 | 33.56% | 5 | 0.15% | 1,077 | 32.74% | 3,290 |
Asotin | 2,722 | 55.62% | 2,160 | 44.14% | 12 | 0.25% | 562 | 11.48% | 4,894 |
Benton | 13,412 | 57.40% | 9,889 | 42.33% | 63 | 0.27% | 3,523 | 15.08% | 23,364 |
Chelan | 11,164 | 61.73% | 6,867 | 37.97% | 53 | 0.29% | 4,297 | 23.76% | 18,084 |
Clallam | 6,442 | 53.96% | 5,390 | 45.15% | 106 | 0.89% | 1,052 | 8.81% | 11,938 |
Clark | 18,973 | 50.83% | 18,153 | 48.63% | 202 | 0.54% | 820 | 2.20% | 37,328 |
Columbia | 1,511 | 66.18% | 765 | 33.51% | 7 | 0.31% | 746 | 32.68% | 2,283 |
Cowlitz | 12,366 | 52.08% | 11,242 | 47.34% | 138 | 0.58% | 1,124 | 4.73% | 23,746 |
Douglas | 2,954 | 55.43% | 2,361 | 44.30% | 14 | 0.26% | 593 | 11.13% | 5,329 |
Ferry | 687 | 47.38% | 754 | 52.00% | 9 | 0.62% | -67 | -4.62% | 1,450 |
Franklin | 3,291 | 53.89% | 2,798 | 45.82% | 18 | 0.29% | 493 | 8.07% | 6,107 |
Garfield | 1,157 | 66.76% | 559 | 32.26% | 17 | 0.98% | 598 | 34.51% | 1,733 |
Grant | 4,512 | 50.61% | 4,381 | 49.14% | 22 | 0.25% | 131 | 1.47% | 8,915 |
Grays Harbor | 12,168 | 49.30% | 12,317 | 49.90% | 198 | 0.80% | -149 | -0.60% | 24,683 |
Island | 2,901 | 61.68% | 1,772 | 37.68% | 30 | 0.64% | 1,129 | 24.01% | 4,703 |
Jefferson | 2,355 | 54.70% | 1,933 | 44.90% | 17 | 0.39% | 422 | 9.80% | 4,305 |
King | 200,507 | 53.93% | 165,583 | 44.54% | 5,681 | 1.53% | 34,924 | 9.39% | 371,771 |
Kitsap | 16,876 | 44.89% | 20,531 | 54.61% | 189 | 0.50% | -3,655 | -9.72% | 37,596 |
Kittitas | 5,201 | 56.69% | 3,937 | 42.91% | 36 | 0.39% | 1,264 | 13.78% | 9,174 |
Klickitat | 2,845 | 56.78% | 2,140 | 42.71% | 26 | 0.52% | 705 | 14.07% | 5,011 |
Lewis | 12,287 | 62.78% | 7,115 | 36.35% | 169 | 0.86% | 5,172 | 26.43% | 19,571 |
Lincoln | 3,422 | 63.31% | 1,974 | 36.52% | 9 | 0.17% | 1,448 | 26.79% | 5,405 |
Mason | 3,827 | 49.70% | 3,830 | 49.74% | 43 | 0.56% | -3 | -0.04% | 7,700 |
Okanogan | 6,085 | 55.57% | 4,817 | 43.99% | 48 | 0.44% | 1,268 | 11.58% | 10,950 |
Pacific | 3,846 | 50.19% | 3,778 | 49.30% | 39 | 0.51% | 68 | 0.89% | 7,663 |
Pend Oreille | 1,566 | 52.87% | 1,380 | 46.59% | 16 | 0.54% | 186 | 6.28% | 2,962 |
Pierce | 56,515 | 49.66% | 56,132 | 49.32% | 1,164 | 1.02% | 383 | 0.34% | 113,811 |
San Juan | 1,133 | 64.16% | 619 | 35.05% | 14 | 0.79% | 514 | 29.11% | 1,766 |
Skagit | 11,446 | 57.37% | 8,321 | 41.71% | 185 | 0.93% | 3,125 | 15.66% | 19,952 |
Skamania | 1,072 | 52.29% | 978 | 47.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 94 | 4.59% | 2,050 |
Snohomish | 26,749 | 47.94% | 28,518 | 51.11% | 534 | 0.96% | -1,769 | -3.17% | 55,801 |
Spokane | 56,958 | 55.17% | 45,827 | 44.39% | 451 | 0.44% | 11,131 | 10.78% | 103,236 |
Stevens | 4,458 | 56.54% | 3,355 | 42.55% | 72 | 0.91% | 1,103 | 13.99% | 7,885 |
Thurston | 13,904 | 58.32% | 9,764 | 40.96% | 172 | 0.72% | 4,140 | 17.37% | 23,840 |
Wahkiakum | 815 | 46.31% | 928 | 52.73% | 17 | 0.97% | -113 | -6.42% | 1,760 |
Walla Walla | 11,987 | 67.28% | 5,738 | 32.21% | 92 | 0.52% | 6,249 | 35.07% | 17,817 |
Whatcom | 17,590 | 57.06% | 12,877 | 41.77% | 361 | 1.17% | 4,713 | 15.29% | 30,828 |
Whitman | 8,905 | 65.67% | 4,611 | 34.00% | 44 | 0.32% | 4,294 | 31.67% | 13,560 |
Yakima | 32,317 | 64.06% | 17,647 | 34.98% | 483 | 0.96% | 14,670 | 29.08% | 50,447 |
Totals | 599,107 | 54.33% | 492,845 | 44.69% | 10,756 | 0.98% | 106,262 | 9.64% | 1,102,708 |
References
- ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ↑ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. 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
- ↑ "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ↑ "1952 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ↑ http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20161108/pacific/
- ↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 491 ISBN 0405077114