1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Flag of Arkansas (1924-2011).svg
  1948 November 4, 1952 [1] 1956  

All 8 Arkansas votes to the Electoral College
  Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois New York [2]
Running mate John Sparkman Richard Nixon
Electoral vote80
Popular vote226,300177,155
Percentage55.9%43.8%

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1952 U.S. Presidential Election Results in Arkansas by Congressional District.svg

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight [3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Arkansas was won by Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 55.90% of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 43.76% of the popular vote. [4] [5]

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 226,300 55.90%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 177,15543.76%
Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 8860.22%
Christian Nationalist Douglas MacArthur 4580.11%
Write-inEric Hass10.00%
Total votes404,800 100%

Results by county

CountyAdlai Stevenson
Democratic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Arkansas 2,64849.42%2,69750.34%130.24%-49-0.92%5,358
Ashley 3,47173.40%1,24926.41%90.19%2,22246.99%4,729
Baxter 1,38849.70%1,38749.66%180.64%10.04%2,793
Benton 3,55830.94%7,91668.83%260.23%-4,358-37.89%11,500
Boone 2,78645.26%3,36154.61%80.13%-575-9.35%6,155
Bradley 2,41773.31%86926.36%110.33%1,54846.95%3,297
Calhoun 1,33282.89%27216.93%30.19%1,06065.96%1,607
Carroll 1,49335.06%2,75264.63%130.31%-1,259-29.57%4,258
Chicot 2,45867.10%1,19132.51%140.38%1,26734.59%3,663
Clark 2,96363.76%1,67936.13%50.11%1,28427.63%4,647
Clay 2,27751.66%2,10547.75%260.59%1723.91%4,408
Cleburne 1,04553.02%91846.58%80.41%1276.44%1,971
Cleveland 1,24872.22%47727.60%30.17%77144.62%1,728
Columbia 3,35963.39%1,93136.44%90.17%1,42826.95%5,299
Conway 3,17459.70%2,13340.12%100.19%1,04119.58%5,317
Craighead 5,97558.57%4,19941.16%280.27%1,77617.41%10,202
Crawford 2,47747.01%2,78252.80%100.19%-305-5.79%5,269
Crittenden 2,98261.31%1,86538.34%170.35%1,11722.97%4,864
Cross 2,34461.41%1,46138.28%120.31%88323.13%3,817
Dallas 2,20274.80%73725.03%50.17%1,46549.77%2,944
Desha 3,15075.14%1,03724.74%50.12%2,11350.40%4,192
Drew 2,26168.39%1,04031.46%50.15%1,22136.93%3,306
Faulkner 3,46163.27%1,99536.47%140.26%1,46626.80%5,470
Franklin 1,76259.09%1,21540.74%50.17%54718.35%2,982
Fulton 1,04854.08%89045.92%00.00%1588.16%1,938
Garland 5,16539.53%7,84860.07%520.40%-2,683-20.54%13,065
Grant 1,48769.65%63729.84%110.52%85039.81%2,135
Greene 3,57165.43%1,87534.35%120.22%1,69631.08%5,458
Hempstead 2,77156.70%2,11543.28%10.02%65613.42%4,887
Hot Spring 3,47465.17%1,84234.55%150.28%1,63230.62%5,331
Howard 1,49261.07%94438.64%70.29%54822.43%2,443
Independence 2,48549.67%2,49949.95%190.38%-14-0.28%5,003
Izard 1,08563.27%62936.68%10.06%45626.59%1,715
Jackson 4,40174.38%1,51625.62%00.00%2,88548.76%5,917
Jefferson 8,30058.24%5,92541.57%270.19%2,37516.67%14,252
Johnson 2,02153.68%1,72845.90%160.42%2937.78%3,765
Lafayette 1,63768.61%73330.72%160.67%90437.89%2,386
Lawrence 2,20657.39%1,57040.84%681.77%63616.55%3,844
Lee 1,92364.36%1,05435.27%110.37%86929.09%2,988
Lincoln 1,87175.69%59524.07%60.24%1,27651.62%2,472
Little River 1,52265.94%78333.93%30.13%73932.01%2,308
Logan 2,56754.75%2,10344.85%190.41%4649.90%4,689
Lonoke 3,51769.04%1,57030.82%70.14%1,94738.22%5,094
Madison 2,11042.31%2,86857.51%90.18%-758-15.20%4,987
Marion 1,09956.07%84443.06%170.87%25513.01%1,960
Miller 5,33762.72%3,13736.87%350.41%2,20025.85%8,509
Mississippi 6,96860.24%4,58639.65%130.11%2,38220.59%11,567
Monroe 1,83465.95%94734.05%00.00%88731.90%2,781
Montgomery 80749.75%81550.25%00.00%-8-0.50%1,622
Nevada 1,97265.43%1,03734.41%50.17%93531.02%3,014
Newton 1,10739.01%1,72860.89%30.11%-621-21.88%2,838
Ouachita 5,93672.96%2,17126.68%290.36%3,76546.28%8,136
Perry 80261.22%50238.32%60.46%30022.90%1,310
Phillips 3,74159.01%2,59240.88%70.11%1,14918.13%6,340
Pike 1,16360.01%74238.29%331.70%42121.72%1,938
Poinsett 4,30368.07%2,01031.80%80.13%2,29336.27%6,321
Polk 1,37943.90%1,75655.91%60.19%-377-12.01%3,141
Pope 3,03657.65%2,22642.27%40.08%81015.38%5,266
Prairie 1,66465.49%87134.28%60.24%79331.21%2,541
Pulaski 24,44850.63%23,46048.59%3780.78%9882.04%48,286
Randolph 1,94159.65%1,30240.01%110.34%63919.64%3,254
St. Francis 2,46657.90%1,79242.08%10.02%67415.82%4,259
Saline 4,04568.99%1,76630.12%520.89%2,27938.87%5,863
Scott 1,19756.97%89342.50%110.52%30414.47%2,101
Searcy 1,00733.52%1,99666.44%10.03%-989-32.92%3,004
Sebastian 7,80243.48%10,11456.36%280.16%-2,312-12.88%17,944
Sevier 1,67359.64%1,13040.29%20.07%54319.35%2,805
Sharp 1,03961.23%65538.60%30.18%38422.63%1,697
Stone 57344.98%70054.95%10.08%-127-9.97%1,274
Union 7,51558.67%5,26641.11%290.23%2,24917.56%12,810
Van Buren 1,55950.26%1,53049.32%130.42%290.94%3,102
Washington 4,92336.17%8,65063.55%380.28%-3,727-27.38%13,611
White 4,17959.11%2,88440.79%70.10%1,29518.32%7,070
Woodruff 2,01771.05%81828.81%40.14%1,19942.24%2,839
Yell 1,88459.92%1,24339.54%170.54%64120.38%3,144
Totals226,30055.90%177,15543.76%1,3450.33%49,14512.14%404,800

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Dixiecrat to Democratic

See also

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. 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
  3. "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)" . Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas" . Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1952" . Retrieved July 25, 2017.