1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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

All 10 Louisiana 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 vote100
Popular vote345,027306,925
Percentage52.92%47.08%

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Parish Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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

Contents

Louisiana was won by Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 52.92% of the popular vote, against Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 47.08% of the popular vote. [4] [5] Eisenhowerʼs performance was nonetheless the best by a Republican in the state since Reconstruction.

As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Ouachita Parish, Union Parish, and LaSalle Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [6] This is the most recent election in which the Democratic nominee would carry the state without winning the presidency.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 345,027 52.92%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 306,92547.08%
Total votes651,952 100%

Results by parish

ParishAdlai Stevenson
Democratic
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%
Acadia 5,86358.45%4,16741.55%1,69616.90%10,030
Allen 3,75471.98%1,46128.02%2,29343.96%5,215
Ascension 3,59366.78%1,78733.22%1,80633.56%5,380
Assumption 1,64757.65%1,21042.35%43715.30%2,857
Avoyelles 4,40563.99%2,47936.01%1,92627.98%6,884
Beauregard 99655.80%78944.20%20711.60%1,785
Bienville 1,75446.90%1,98653.10%-232-6.20%3,740
Bossier 2,68342.19%3,67757.81%-994-15.62%6,360
Caddo 14,55434.32%27,85065.68%-13,296-31.36%42,404
Calcasieu 15,81458.75%11,10241.25%4,71217.50%26,916
Caldwell 1,16254.73%96145.27%2019.46%2,123
Cameron 1,00559.50%68440.50%32119.00%1,689
Catahoula 1,33660.18%88439.82%45220.36%2,220
Claiborne 1,53035.37%2,79664.63%-1,266-29.26%4,326
Concordia 1,25253.01%1,11046.99%1426.02%2,362
DeSoto 1,67842.15%2,30357.85%-625-15.70%3,981
East Baton Rouge 23,10553.99%19,69346.01%3,4127.98%42,798
East Carroll 91854.81%75745.19%1619.62%1,675
East Feliciana 1,01953.77%87646.23%1437.54%1,895
Evangeline 3,39858.16%2,44541.84%95316.32%5,843
Franklin 2,83363.71%1,61436.29%1,21927.42%4,447
Grant 2,64664.71%1,44335.29%1,20329.42%4,089
Iberia 4,04041.61%5,66958.39%-1,629-16.78%9,709
Iberville 3,49767.16%1,71032.84%1,78734.32%5,207
Jackson 2,81763.57%1,61436.43%1,20327.14%4,431
Jefferson 19,36553.12%17,09046.88%2,2756.24%36,455
Jefferson Davis 3,58450.97%3,44749.03%1371.94%7,031
Lafayette 6,44349.90%6,47050.10%-27-0.20%12,913
Lafourche 5,39659.07%3,73940.93%1,65718.14%9,135
LaSalle 2,00154.18%1,69245.82%3098.36%3,693
Lincoln 2,00939.52%3,07460.48%-1,065-20.96%5,083
Livingston 3,57871.36%1,43628.64%2,14242.72%5,014
Madison 69535.68%1,25364.32%-558-28.64%1,948
Morehouse 3,00653.94%2,56746.06%4397.88%5,573
Natchitoches 3,87655.53%3,10444.47%77211.06%6,980
Orleans 89,99951.26%85,57248.74%4,4272.52%175,571
Ouachita 9,77552.51%8,84247.49%9335.02%18,617
Plaquemines 2557.03%3,37092.97%-3,115-85.94%3,625
Pointe Coupee 1,38554.12%1,17445.88%2118.24%2,559
Rapides 13,57658.20%9,74941.80%3,82716.40%23,325
Red River 1,82270.18%77429.82%1,04840.36%2,596
Richland 2,49960.30%1,64539.70%85420.60%4,144
Sabine 3,28261.68%2,03938.32%1,24323.36%5,321
St. Bernard 2,11748.29%2,26751.71%-150-3.42%4,384
St. Charles 2,67971.16%1,08628.84%1,59342.32%3,765
St. Helena 89560.43%58639.57%30920.86%1,481
St. James 2,16561.54%1,35338.46%81223.08%3,518
St. John the Baptist 2,13276.53%65423.47%1,47853.06%2,786
St. Landry 4,76147.31%5,30352.69%-542-5.38%10,064
St. Martin 2,01256.42%1,55443.58%45812.84%3,566
St. Mary 4,24949.03%4,41750.97%-168-1.94%8,666
St. Tammany 4,46555.38%3,59844.62%86710.76%8,063
Tangipahoa 5,85053.10%5,16646.90%6846.20%11,016
Tensas 68849.46%70350.54%-15-1.08%1,391
Terrebonne 4,25252.49%3,84847.51%4044.98%8,100
Union 2,05552.04%1,89447.96%1614.08%3,949
Vermilion 5,26157.63%3,86842.37%1,39315.26%9,129
Vernon 3,83264.27%2,13035.73%1,70228.54%5,962
Washington 7,42075.31%2,43224.69%4,98850.62%9,852
Webster 4,54456.90%3,44243.10%1,10213.80%7,986
West Baton Rouge 1,28064.52%70435.48%57629.04%1,984
West Carroll 2,04059.34%1,39840.66%64218.68%3,438
West Feliciana 27935.68%50364.32%-224-28.64%782
Winn 2,20653.53%1,91546.47%2917.06%4,121
Totals345,02752.92%306,92547.08%38,1025.84%651,952

Parishes that flipped from Dixiecrat to Republican

Parishes that flipped from Dixiecrat to Democratic

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