1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Home state New York [1] Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 210,935 203,293 Percentage 50.89% 49.05%

County results Municipality results Eisenhower   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Stevenson   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Dwight Eisenhower Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 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 four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island by a very narrow margin of 1.85%. As a result of this, he became the first Republican candidate since Calvin Coolidge in 1924 to win the state. This is the last time that a non incumbent Republican won Rhode Island.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Dwight David Eisenhower of New York	Richard Nixon of California	210,935	50.89%	4	100.00%
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois	John Jackson Sparkman of Alabama	203,293	49.05%	0	0.00%
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan of California	Charlotta Amanda Bass of New York	187	0.05%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass of New York	Stephen Emery of New York	83	0.02%	0	0.00%
Total				414,498	100.00%	4	100.00%

By county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Bristol	8,468	50.44%	8,313	49.51%	8	0.05%	155	0.93%	16,789
Kent	27,745	60.85%	17,824	39.09%	24	0.06%	9,921	21.76%	45,593
Newport	15,136	57.63%	11,116	42.33%	10	0.04%	4,020	15.30%	26,262
Providence	146,197	48.09%	157,592	51.84%	219	0.07%	-11,395	-3.75%	304,008
Washington	13,389	61.29%	8,448	38.67%	9	0.04%	4,941	22.62%	21,846
Totals	210,935	50.89%	203,293	49.05%	270	0.06%	7,642	1.84%	414,498

Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Bristol

See also

• United States presidential elections in Rhode Island

References

1. "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
2. "1952 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island" . Retrieved February 15, 2024.