1952 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1952 United States presidential election in Iowa
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  1948 November 4, 1952 [1] 1956  

All 10 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
  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 vote100
Popular vote808,906451,513
Percentage63.75%35.59%

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County Results
Eisenhower
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%
  80–90%

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

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Iowa was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 63.75% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 35.59% of the popular vote. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last of only two presidential elections – alongside Warren G. Harding’s triumph in 1920 – in which a candidate won every county in Iowa.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Iowa [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 808,906 63.75%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 451,51335.59%
Progressive Vincent Hallinan 5,0850.40%
Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 2,8820.23%
Socialist Workers Darlington Hoopes 2190.02%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 1390.01%
Write-insWrite-ins290.00%
Total votes1,268,773 100%

Results by county

County [4] Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adair 4,49771.09%1,81728.72%120.19%2,68042.37%6,326
Adams 3,12969.06%1,38330.52%190.42%1,74638.54%4,531
Allamakee 6,08772.14%2,34127.74%100.12%3,74644.40%8,438
Appanoose 5,42955.38%4,27643.61%991.01%1,15311.77%9,804
Audubon 3,60561.85%2,22038.09%40.07%1,38523.76%5,829
Benton 6,31659.09%3,83135.84%5425.07%2,48523.25%10,689
Black Hawk 28,67162.01%17,36037.55%2030.44%11,31124.46%46,234
Boone 7,90161.03%4,89637.82%1501.16%3,00523.21%12,947
Bremer 6,80674.12%2,36325.73%140.15%4,44348.39%9,183
Buchanan 6,43167.81%3,01931.83%340.36%3,41235.98%9,484
Buena Vista 7,53969.72%3,25430.09%200.18%4,28539.63%10,813
Butler 6,36077.47%1,83622.36%140.17%4,52455.11%8,210
Calhoun 5,39167.68%2,41130.27%1642.06%2,98037.41%7,966
Carroll 7,47364.27%4,13935.60%160.14%3,33428.67%11,628
Cass 7,35575.61%2,34924.15%230.24%5,00651.46%9,727
Cedar 6,17671.48%2,44728.32%170.20%3,72943.16%8,640
Cerro Gordo 13,20761.12%8,35438.66%470.22%4,85322.46%21,608
Cherokee 6,01870.46%2,50229.29%210.25%3,51641.17%8,541
Chickasaw 5,02263.18%2,92136.75%60.08%2,10126.43%7,949
Clarke 3,21565.69%1,65333.78%260.53%1,56231.91%4,894
Clay 6,27172.57%2,25826.13%1121.30%4,01346.44%8,641
Clayton 7,66967.22%3,73032.70%90.08%3,93934.52%11,408
Clinton 15,37265.73%7,97534.10%380.16%7,39731.63%23,385
Crawford 5,64663.67%3,10735.04%1151.30%2,53928.63%8,868
Dallas 8,00863.51%4,50135.69%1010.80%3,50727.82%12,610
Davis 3,19558.14%2,28341.55%170.31%91216.59%5,495
Decatur 3,62158.71%2,52140.87%260.42%1,10017.84%6,168
Delaware 6,44973.20%2,35126.69%100.11%4,09846.51%8,810
Des Moines 12,18258.13%8,68641.45%890.42%3,49616.68%20,957
Dickinson 4,40171.05%1,74828.22%450.73%2,65342.83%6,194
Dubuque 18,07555.03%14,54244.27%2280.69%3,53310.76%32,845
Emmet 4,93571.48%1,94728.20%220.32%2,98843.28%6,904
Fayette 9,15267.35%4,40332.40%340.25%4,74934.95%13,589
Floyd 7,04270.04%2,99929.83%130.13%4,04340.21%10,054
Franklin 5,43272.72%1,94125.98%971.30%3,49146.74%7,470
Fremont 3,80264.51%2,08535.37%70.12%1,71729.14%5,894
Greene 5,37869.62%2,22828.84%1191.54%3,15040.78%7,725
Grundy 5,65278.98%1,48320.72%210.29%4,16958.26%7,156
Guthrie 5,37770.10%2,28129.74%130.17%3,09640.36%7,671
Hamilton 7,00671.29%2,78828.37%340.35%4,21842.92%9,828
Hancock 5,11571.26%2,05328.60%100.14%3,06242.66%7,178
Hardin 7,88070.79%3,20528.79%470.42%4,67542.00%11,132
Harrison 5,97263.76%3,37035.98%240.26%2,60227.78%9,366
Henry 6,42471.93%2,43827.30%690.77%3,98644.63%8,931
Howard 4,30562.56%2,56437.26%120.17%1,74125.30%6,881
Humboldt 4,53467.94%2,12431.82%160.24%2,41036.12%6,674
Ida 3,80070.14%1,60329.59%150.28%2,19740.55%5,418
Iowa 5,62567.27%2,51430.06%2232.67%3,11137.21%8,362
Jackson 5,86764.28%3,07433.68%1862.04%2,79330.60%9,127
Jasper 9,61058.37%6,75641.03%990.60%2,85417.34%16,465
Jefferson 5,63069.09%2,47030.31%490.60%3,16038.78%8,149
Johnson 11,23158.04%8,06741.69%520.27%3,16416.35%19,350
Jones 6,07066.90%2,99132.97%120.13%3,07933.93%9,073
Keokuk 5,71264.20%3,13535.24%500.56%2,57728.96%8,897
Kossuth 7,76564.15%4,33035.77%100.08%3,43528.38%12,105
Lee 12,28958.61%8,62541.13%550.26%3,66417.48%20,969
Linn 31,38358.72%21,81840.83%2400.45%9,56517.89%53,441
Louisa 3,67568.45%1,67331.16%210.39%2,00237.29%5,369
Lucas 3,92163.09%2,21735.67%771.24%1,70427.42%6,215
Lyon 4,89378.59%1,32421.27%90.14%3,56957.32%6,226
Madison 4,96769.48%2,13129.81%510.71%2,83639.67%7,149
Mahaska 7,36963.95%3,74532.50%4093.55%3,62431.45%11,523
Marion 7,16557.25%5,19641.51%1551.24%1,96915.74%12,516
Marshall 11,13565.93%5,31431.46%4412.61%5,82134.47%16,890
Mills 4,02869.04%1,79230.72%140.24%2,23638.32%5,834
Mitchell 5,05069.78%2,17530.05%120.17%2,87539.73%7,237
Monona 4,84962.29%2,91837.49%170.22%1,93124.80%7,784
Monroe 3,21953.28%2,78546.09%380.63%4347.19%6,042
Montgomery 6,07472.88%2,23526.82%250.30%3,83946.06%8,334
Muscatine 9,36161.60%5,77237.98%630.41%3,58923.62%15,196
O'Brien 7,13076.18%2,19223.42%380.41%4,93852.76%9,360
Osceola 3,57371.73%1,39628.03%120.24%2,17743.70%4,981
Page 8,84076.52%2,66923.10%440.38%6,17153.42%11,553
Palo Alto 4,59560.48%2,99339.40%90.12%1,60221.08%7,597
Plymouth 8,14074.29%2,76825.26%490.45%5,37249.03%10,957
Pocahontas 4,47261.73%2,51734.74%2563.53%1,95526.99%7,245
Polk 60,93454.03%50,86745.10%9820.87%10,0678.93%112,783
Pottawattamie 18,89461.24%11,89738.56%630.20%6,99722.68%30,854
Poweshiek 6,10564.28%3,31834.93%750.79%2,78729.35%9,498
Ringgold 3,44270.66%1,40828.91%210.43%2,03441.75%4,871
Sac 6,41772.15%2,45127.56%260.29%3,96644.59%8,894
Scott 29,71961.88%17,80737.08%5001.04%11,91224.80%48,026
Shelby 5,13564.68%2,76234.79%420.53%2,37329.89%7,939
Sioux 10,27583.21%2,05016.60%240.19%8,22566.61%12,349
Story 13,85771.81%5,29927.46%1400.73%8,55844.35%19,296
Tama 7,06163.30%4,07636.54%170.15%2,98526.76%11,154
Taylor 4,60871.74%1,78427.78%310.48%2,82443.96%6,423
Union 5,74268.92%2,56630.80%240.29%3,17638.12%8,332
Van Buren 3,87070.62%1,57728.78%330.60%2,29341.84%5,480
Wapello 11,57152.24%10,44947.17%1300.59%1,1225.07%22,150
Warren 5,91165.55%3,04233.74%640.71%2,86931.81%9,017
Washington 6,94672.47%2,60427.17%350.37%4,34245.30%9,585
Wayne 3,99561.23%2,49738.27%330.51%1,49822.96%6,525
Webster 12,33657.69%8,68140.59%3681.72%3,65517.10%21,385
Winnebago 4,57470.38%1,90529.31%200.31%2,66941.07%6,499
Winneshiek 7,15466.64%3,56033.16%220.20%3,59433.48%10,736
Woodbury 27,51858.36%19,47441.30%1590.34%8,04417.06%47,151
Worth 3,31561.34%2,07538.40%140.26%1,24022.94%5,404
Wright 6,56667.12%3,18632.57%310.32%3,38034.55%9,783
Totals808,90663.75%451,51335.59%8,3540.66%357,39328.16%1,268,773

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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. 1 2 "1952 Presidential Election Results – Iowa". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  4. "IA US President Race, November 04, 1952". Our Campaigns.