1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut
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  1948 November 4, 1952 1956  
Turnout93.11% [1]
  Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York [2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote80
Popular vote611,012481,649
Percentage55.70%43.91%

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Connecticut Presidential Election Results 1952 by Municipality.svg

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, over the Democratic nominee, former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Eisenhower ran with Senator Richard Nixon of California, while Stevenson's running mate was Senator John Sparkman of Alabama.

Eisenhower won Connecticut by a margin of 11.79%.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut [3]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Dwight David Eisenhower of New York Richard Nixon of California 611,01255.70%8100.00%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois John Jackson Sparkman of Alabama 481,64943.91%00.00%
Socialist Darlington Hoopes of Pennsylvania Samuel H. Friedman of New York 2,2440.20%00.00%
Progressive Vincent Hallinan of California Charlotta Amanda Bass of New York 1,4660.13%00.00%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass of New York Stephen Emery of New York 5350.04%00.00%
N/AOthersOthers50.01%00.00%
Total 1,096,911100.00%8100.00%

By county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Fairfield 167,27860.72%106,40338.62%1,8120.66%60,87522.10%275,493
Hartford 150,33250.50%146,55149.23%8310.27%3,7811.27%297,714
Litchfield 35,73563.81%20,16336.00%1070.19%15,57227.81%56,005
Middlesex 22,15758.38%15,72241.43%730.19%6,43516.95%37,952
New Haven 165,91754.66%136,47644.96%1,1480.38%29,4419.70%303,541
New London 38,14854.76%31,37445.03%1480.21%6,7749.73%69,670
Tolland 13,46658.69%9,42541.08%520.23%4,04117.61%22,943
Windham 17,97953.53%15,53546.25%740.22%2,4447.28%33,588
Totals611,01255.70%481,64943.91%4,2500.39%129,36311.79%1,096,911

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. "Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1953". CT State Library.
  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 - Connecticut".