1952 United States presidential election in Illinois explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in Illinois
Country:	Illinois
Flag Year:	1915
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in Illinois
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in Illinois
Next Year:	1956
Votes For Election:	All 27 Illinois votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 4, 1952^[1]
Image1:	Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg
Nominee1:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York^[2]
Running Mate1:	Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote1:	27
Popular Vote1:	2,457,327
Percentage1:	54.84%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	2,013,920
Percentage2:	44.94%
Map Size:	350px
President
Before Election:	Harry S. Truman
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)
Turnout:	84.49%

The 1952 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.^[3]

Illinois was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Kansas), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 54.84% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 44.94% of the popular vote. Despite Stevenson’s popularity as Governor of his home state, he would lose Illinois twice by double digits and even lose his home county (Cook) – which no Democrat since except George McGovern in 1972 has lost.^[4] Nonetheless, Illinois’ result was still 1% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential candidate ever to carry Dixie-leaning Union County,^[4] which alongside his triumphs in Indiana’s Brown County and Dubois County^[5] meant that every antebellum free state county had as of 1952 voted for a Republican presidential candidate at least once.

Primaries

Turnout

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices.^[6]

The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 1,872,435.^[6]

Turnout during the general election was 84.49%, with 4,481,058 votes cast.^{[6] [7] [8]} Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 8.^[6]

Democratic

Election Name:	1952 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Next Year:	1956
Type:	presidential
Country:	Illinois
Color1:	ffd12b
Candidate1:	Estes Kefauver
Home State1:	Tennessee
Popular Vote1:	526,301
Percentage1:	87.70%
Candidate2:	Adlai Stevenson
Home State2:	Illinois
Popular Vote2:	54,336
Percentage2:	9.05%
Map Size:	280px

The 1952 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 8, 1952, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1952 presidential election.

The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.^[6]

Estes Kefauver, the only declared candidate included in the Illinois primary, won in a landslide.

Incumbent president Harry S. Truman had already declared he would not be seeking reelection.

Adlai Stevenson II, the Governor of Illinois, was not a declared candidate at the time of the primary, and was, in fact, on the same day, running for renomination as Governor of Illinois.^[6] He would only become a candidate after being drafted at the Democratic National Convention. Nonetheless, he placed second in the Illinois primary.^[6]

1952 Illinois Democratic presidential primary! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%
Estes Kefauver	526,301	87.70
Adlai E. Stevenson	54,336	9.05
Harry S. Truman	9,024	1.50
Dwight Eisenhower	6,655	1.11
Write-ins	3,798	0.63
Total	600,114	100

Republican

Election Name:	1952 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Country:	Illinois
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 Illinois Republican presidential primary
Next Year:	1956
Candidate1:	Robert A. Taft
Home State1:	Ohio
Color1:	8080FF
Popular Vote1:	935,867
Percentage1:	73.56%
Candidate2:	Harold Stassen
Home State2:	Minnesota
Color2:	37C871
Popular Vote2:	155,041
Percentage2:	12.19%
Candidate3:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Color3:	FF8080
Home State3:	Kansas
Popular Vote3:	147,518
Percentage3:	11.59%
Map Size:	100px

The 1952 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 8, 1952, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1952 presidential election.

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.^[6]

1952 Illinois Republican presidential primary^[9] ! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%
Robert A. Taft	935,867	73.56
Harold E. Stassen	155,041	12.19
Dwight Eisenhower	147,518	11.59
Riley Alvin Bender	22,321	1.75
Douglas MacArthur	7,504	0.59
Earl Warren	2,841	0.22
Write-ins	1,229	0.10
Total	1,272,321	100

Results

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		19,652		59.60%		13,301		40.34%		21		0.06%		6,351		19.26%		32,974
	Alexander		5,219		54.63%		4,305		45.06%		29		0.30%		914		9.57%		9,553
	Bond		4,565		62.03%		2,776		37.72%		18		0.24%		1,789		24.31%		7,359
	Boone		6,628		74.21%		2,287		25.60%		17		0.19%		4,341		48.61%		8,932
	Brown		2,137		57.77%		1,557		42.09%		5		0.14%		580		15.68%		3,699
	Bureau		14,300		69.76%		6,173		30.12%		25		0.12%		8,127		39.64%		20,498
	Calhoun		1,915		56.81%		1,454		43.13%		2		0.06%		461		13.68%		3,371
	Carroll		6,978		72.87%		2,584		26.98%		14		0.15%		4,394		45.89%		9,576
	Cass		4,152		54.88%		3,405		45.01%		8		0.11%		747		9.87%		7,565
	Champaign		27,188		65.91%		13,951		33.82%		112		0.27%		13,237		32.09%		41,251
	Christian		9,906		50.11%		9,844		49.80%		17		0.09%		62		0.31%		19,767
	Clark		5,700		61.12%		3,621		38.83%		5		0.05%		2,079		22.29%		9,326
	Clay		5,254		60.38%		3,432		39.44%		15		0.17%		1,822		20.94%		8,701
	Clinton		6,760		58.18%		4,853		41.76%		7		0.06%		1,907		16.42%		11,620
	Coles		12,660		61.59%		7,876		38.31%		20		0.10%		4,784		23.28%		20,556
	Cook		1,188,973		50.21%		1,172,454		49.51%		6,512		0.28%		16,519		0.70%		2,367,939
	Crawford		6,768		63.11%		3,947		36.81%		9		0.08%		2,821		26.30%		10,724
	Cumberland		3,302		59.88%		2,200		39.90%		12		0.22%		1,102		19.98%		5,514
	DeKalb		14,807		74.23%		5,110		25.62%		30		0.15%		9,697		48.61%		19,947
	DeWitt		5,212		61.78%		3,221		38.18%		3		0.04%		1,991		23.60%		8,436
	Douglas		5,530		67.10%		2,706		32.84%		5		0.06%		2,824		34.26%		8,241
	DuPage		71,134		75.80%		22,489		23.97%		217		0.23%		48,645		51.83%		93,840
	Edgar		8,323		64.56%		4,558		35.36%		10		0.08%		3,765		29.20%		12,891
	Edwards		3,502		75.01%		1,162		24.89%		5		0.11%		2,340		50.12%		4,669
	Effingham		6,530		57.79%		4,745		41.99%		25		0.22%		1,785		15.80%		11,300
	Fayette		7,028		56.96%		5,299		42.95%		12		0.10%		1,729		14.01%		12,339
	Ford		6,216		74.49%		2,121		25.42%		8		0.10%		4,095		49.07%		8,345
	Franklin		11,723		49.33%		11,981		50.41%		62		0.26%		-258		-1.08%		23,766
	Fulton		13,302		61.13%		8,414		38.67%		44		0.20%		4,888		22.46%		21,760
	Gallatin		2,300		51.56%		2,153		48.26%		8		0.18%		147		3.30%		4,461
	Greene		5,019		54.96%		4,106		44.96%		7		0.08%		913		10.00%		9,132
	Grundy		7,347		70.12%		3,118		29.76%		13		0.12%		4,229		40.36%		10,478
	Hamilton		4,047		60.25%		2,662		39.63%		8		0.12%		1,385		20.62%		6,717
	Hancock		9,181		66.14%		4,681		33.72%		19		0.14%		4,500		32.42%		13,881
	Hardin		1,984		55.84%		1,563		43.99%		6		0.17%		421		11.85%		3,553
	Henderson		2,839		65.98%		1,458		33.88%		6		0.14%		1,381		32.10%		4,303
	Henry		16,301		65.49%		8,558		34.38%		33		0.13%		7,743		31.11%		24,892
	Iroquois		12,456		72.81%		4,634		27.09%		17		0.10%		7,822		45.72%		17,107
	Jackson		10,193		57.67%		7,457		42.19%		24		0.14%		2,736		15.48%		17,674
	Jasper		3,753		57.82%		2,728		42.03%		10		0.15%		1,025		15.79%		6,491
	Jefferson		9,841		53.03%		8,698		46.87%		19		0.10%		1,143		6.16%		18,558
	Jersey		4,031		54.03%		3,424		45.89%		6		0.08%		607		8.14%		7,461
	Jo Daviess		7,132		71.30%		2,858		28.57%		13		0.13%		4,274		42.73%		10,003
	Johnson		3,327		67.25%		1,614		32.63%		6		0.12%		1,713		34.62%		4,947
	Kane		50,801		67.78%		24,058		32.10%		96		0.13%		26,743		35.68%		74,955
	Kankakee		20,279		61.44%		12,636		38.29%		90		0.27%		7,643		23.15%		33,005
	Kendall		4,982		77.11%		1,476		22.84%		3		0.05%		3,506		54.27%		6,461
	Knox		18,569		64.16%		10,354		35.78%		17		0.06%		8,215		28.38%		28,940
	Lake		54,929		62.83%		32,353		37.01%		145		0.17%		22,576		25.82%		87,427
	LaSalle		32,857		60.54%		21,321		39.28%		99		0.18%		11,536		21.26%		54,277
	Lawrence		6,207		61.54%		3,875		38.42%		4		0.04%		2,332		23.12%		10,086
	Lee		11,941		71.71%		4,700		28.23%		10		0.06%		7,241		43.48%		16,651
	Livingston		14,095		71.45%		5,612		28.45%		20		0.10%		8,483		43.00%		19,727
	Logan		9,162		64.39%		5,048		35.48%		19		0.13%		4,114		28.91%		14,229
	Macon		25,744		53.56%		22,277		46.35%		45		0.09%		3,467		7.21%		48,066
	Macoupin		12,336		48.67%		12,944		51.07%		68		0.27%		-608		-2.40%		25,348
	Madison		36,206		41.60%		50,734		58.29%		99		0.11%		-14,528		-16.69%		87,039
	Marion		10,804		53.64%		9,317		46.26%		19		0.09%		1,487		7.38%		20,140
	Marshall		4,850		67.35%		2,343		32.54%		8		0.11%		2,507		34.81%		7,201
	Mason		4,982		61.91%		3,061		38.04%		4		0.05%		1,921		23.87%		8,047
	Massac		4,212		60.78%		2,711		39.12%		7		0.10%		1,501		21.66%		6,930
	McDonough		10,126		72.06%		3,922		27.91%		5		0.04%		6,204		44.15%		14,053
	McHenry		20,975		74.23%		7,218		25.54%		64		0.23%		13,757		48.69%		28,257
	McLean		24,494		64.75%		13,296		35.15%		36		0.10%		11,198		29.60%		37,826
	Menard		3,307		62.92%		1,946		37.02%		3		0.06%		1,361		25.90%		5,256
	Mercer		6,416		70.53%		2,679		29.45%		2		0.02%		3,737		41.08%		9,097
	Monroe		4,528		65.07%		2,430		34.92%		1		0.01%		2,098		30.15%		6,959
	Montgomery		10,014		54.95%		8,195		44.97%		16		0.09%		1,819		9.98%		18,225
	Morgan		10,405		61.04%		6,637		38.94%		4		0.02%		3,768		22.10%		17,046
	Moultrie		3,880		59.12%		2,675		40.76%		8		0.12%		1,205		18.36%		6,563
	Ogle		13,351		77.79%		3,796		22.12%		16		0.09%		9,555		55.67%		17,163
	Peoria		49,245		59.09%		33,955		40.74%		139		0.17%		15,290		18.35%		83,339
	Perry		6,580		55.19%		5,340		44.79%		3		0.03%		1,240		10.40%		11,923
	Piatt		4,701		67.82%		2,220		32.03%		11		0.16%		2,481		35.79%		6,932
	Pike		6,382		54.97%		5,219		44.95%		10		0.09%		1,163		10.02%		11,611
	Pope		1,947		67.53%		933		32.36%		3		0.10%		1,014		35.17%		2,883
	Pulaski		3,447		58.88%		2,397		40.95%		10		0.17%		1,050		17.93%		5,854
	Putnam		1,691		62.56%		1,010		37.37%		2		0.07%		681		25.19%		2,703
	Randolph		8,427		54.59%		6,998		45.33%		13		0.08%		1,429		9.26%		15,438
	Richland		5,569		68.42%		2,565		31.51%		5		0.06%		3,004		36.91%		8,139
	Rock Island		32,933		54.07%		27,879		45.77%		100		0.16%		5,054		8.30%		60,912
	Saline		9,206		54.13%		7,771		45.70%		29		0.17%		1,435		8.43%		17,006
	Sangamon		39,392		53.99%		33,526		45.95%		50		0.07%		5,866		8.04%		72,968
	Schuyler		3,295		61.30%		2,076		38.62%		4		0.07%		1,219		22.68%		5,375
	Scott		2,298		60.36%		1,506		39.56%		3		0.08%		792		20.80%		3,807
	Shelby		7,189		57.65%		5,268		42.25%		12		0.10%		1,921		15.40%		12,469
	St. Clair		39,713		39.51%		60,311		60.01%		479		0.48%		-20,598		-20.50%		100,503
	Stark		3,398		75.51%		1,100		24.44%		2		0.04%		2,298		51.07%		4,500
	Stephenson		14,446		68.51%		6,605		31.32%		35		0.17%		7,841		37.19%		21,086
	Tazewell		20,763		55.14%		16,862		44.78%		28		0.07%		3,901		10.36%		37,653
	Union		4,658		51.97%		4,296		47.93%		9		0.10%		362		4.04%		8,963
	Vermilion		25,367		57.36%		18,771		42.44%		88		0.20%		6,596		14.92%		44,226
	Wabash		4,246		61.38%		2,661		38.47%		10		0.14%		1,585		22.91%		6,917
	Warren		8,020		72.88%		2,973		27.02%		11		0.10%		5,047		45.86%		11,004
	Washington		5,546		66.17%		2,824		33.70%		11		0.13%		2,722		32.47%		8,381
	Wayne		6,495		62.34%		3,911		37.54%		12		0.12%		2,584		24.80%		10,418
	White		6,141		58.87%		4,284		41.07%		6		0.06%		1,857		17.80%		10,431
	Whiteside		17,294		73.28%		6,238		26.43%		67		0.28%		11,056		46.85%		23,599
	Will		38,533		56.34%		29,749		43.50%		110		0.16%		8,784		12.84%		68,392
	Williamson		13,348		55.10%		10,838		44.74%		37		0.15%		2,510		10.36%		24,223
	Winnebago		43,468		57.95%		31,409		41.88%		127		0.17%		12,059		16.07%		75,004
	Woodford		8,022		70.94%		3,273		28.94%		13		0.11%		4,749		42.00%		11,308
Totals	2,457,327	54.84%	2,013,920	44.94%	9,811	0.22%	443,407	9.90%	4,481,058

See also

• 1952 Illinois elections
• United States presidential elections in Illinois

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica. July 25, 2017.
2. Web site: U.S. presidential election, 1952 . Facts on File . 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195323/http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EAPPE0334&SID=2&DatabaseName=American+History+Online&InputText=%22presidential+election+1952%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=U.S.+presidential+election%2C+1952&TabRecordType=Subject+Entry&BioCountPass=0&SubCountPass=1&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=1&AmericanData=Set . October 29, 2013 . dead .
3. Web site: 1952 Presidential Election Results Illinois.
4. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 180-187
5. Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 187-192
6. Web site: OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION, NOVEMBER 4, 1952 JUDICIAL ELECTION, 1951 • PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 8 1952 . Illinois State Board of Elections . 11 July 2020 .
7. Web site: OFFICIAL VOTE Cast at the GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 2, 1982 . www.elections.il.gov . Illinois State Board of Elections . 4 July 2020 .
8. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 132-133
9. Book: Illinois Blue Book 1953-1952. Illinois Secretary of State . 756 . 31 March 2020.