1952 United States presidential election in California

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1952 United States presidential election in California

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Turnout	86.85% (of registered voters) 6.31 pp 74.07% (of eligible voters) 7.30 pp [1]
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Home state New York [2] Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman Electoral vote 32 0 Popular vote 3,035,587 2,257,646 Percentage 56.83% 42.27%
County Results Eisenhower   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Stevenson   40-50%   50-60%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican

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, in a landslide over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update] , 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 California [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower	3,035,587	56.83%	32
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	2,257,646	42.27%	0
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan	24,692	0.46%	0
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen	16,117	0.30%	0
	No party	Write-ins	3,578	0.07%	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			5,341,603	100.00%	32
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Eisenhower	Votes	Stevenson	Votes	Others	Votes
Alpine	88.10%	148	11.90%	20	0.00%	0
Mono	76.61%	891	22.70%	264	0.69%	8
Orange	70.29%	80,994	28.98%	33,397	0.73%	844
Inyo	68.87%	3,819	30.62%	1,698	0.50%	28
Lake	67.52%	4,367	31.51%	2,038	0.97%	63
Sutter	67.31%	7,053	32.27%	3,382	0.42%	44
Santa Barbara	67.24%	32,160	32.39%	15,490	0.37%	179
Santa Cruz	67.13%	24,353	31.80%	11,536	1.08%	391
Marin	67.08%	31,178	31.90%	14,824	1.02%	475
Sonoma	66.09%	35,605	32.81%	17,675	1.10%	594
Mariposa	65.91%	2,214	32.81%	1,102	1.28%	43
San Luis Obispo	65.37%	17,716	33.85%	9,174	0.79%	213
San Benito	65.23%	3,733	34.39%	1,968	0.38%	22
Riverside	65.08%	51,692	33.93%	26,948	0.99%	788
Glenn	64.45%	4,454	35.05%	2,422	0.51%	35
Tehama	64.31%	5,742	34.83%	3,110	0.86%	77
Nevada	64.04%	6,819	35.08%	3,735	0.88%	94
San Mateo	63.61%	92,279	35.95%	52,149	0.45%	651
San Diego	63.50%	186,091	35.92%	105,255	0.58%	1,688
Del Norte	63.44%	2,938	35.41%	1,640	1.14%	53
Butte	63.27%	19,248	35.87%	10,913	0.86%	263
Monterey	62.51%	30,578	36.90%	18,051	0.58%	286
Imperial	62.13%	11,044	37.24%	6,619	0.63%	112
Calaveras	61.65%	3,112	37.44%	1,890	0.91%	46
Napa	61.46%	14,065	37.82%	8,655	0.71%	163
Modoc	61.36%	2,634	38.04%	1,633	0.61%	26
Mendocino	60.87%	10,897	38.06%	6,813	1.07%	191
El Dorado	60.51%	5,203	38.35%	3,297	1.14%	98
Yuba	60.42%	5,840	38.92%	3,762	0.65%	63
Humboldt	60.10%	19,949	39.01%	12,949	0.88%	293
Colusa	59.81%	2,824	39.83%	1,881	0.36%	17
Santa Clara	59.74%	91,940	39.66%	61,035	0.61%	932
Tuolumne	59.18%	4,050	39.96%	2,735	0.86%	59
San Bernardino	57.34%	77,718	41.81%	56,663	0.85%	1,153
Trinity	57.14%	1,697	41.82%	1,242	1.04%	31
Tulare	57.07%	30,108	42.10%	22,208	0.83%	437
Shasta	56.43%	10,073	42.89%	7,656	0.68%	122
Los Angeles	56.21%	1,278,407	42.71%	971,408	1.09%	24,725
San Joaquin	55.82%	45,512	43.46%	35,432	0.72%	587
Siskiyou	55.69%	8,735	43.35%	6,800	0.96%	151
Stanislaus	55.57%	29,270	43.35%	22,837	1.08%	570
Kern	55.13%	46,497	44.16%	37,240	0.71%	602
Sierra	53.76%	822	45.65%	698	0.59%	9
Merced	53.26%	13,512	45.88%	11,639	0.86%	219
Yolo	53.17%	9,375	46.04%	8,119	0.79%	139
San Francisco	52.88%	198,158	45.99%	172,312	1.13%	4,230
Alameda	52.69%	201,976	46.50%	178,239	0.80%	3,079
Ventura	52.47%	24,534	46.98%	21,967	0.55%	256
Amador	52.42%	2,440	46.60%	2,169	0.99%	46
Placer	50.59%	9,841	48.55%	9,444	0.86%	168
Madera	49.67%	6,278	49.40%	6,244	0.93%	118
Contra Costa	49.61%	70,094	49.84%	70,416	0.56%	786
Kings	49.19%	7,708	50.09%	7,850	0.72%	113
Sacramento	49.02%	67,207	50.37%	69,066	0.61%	837
Fresno	48.95%	54,626	50.30%	56,135	0.75%	837
Lassen	43.66%	3,313	55.83%	4,237	0.51%	39
Plumas	43.46%	2,687	55.56%	3,435	0.99%	61
Solano	42.37%	19,369	57.16%	26,130	0.47%	216

References

1. "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.