1952 United States presidential election in Michigan explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in Michigan
Country:	Michigan
Flag Year:	1923
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in Michigan
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in Michigan
Next Year:	1956
Turnout:	66.7% ^[1]
Votes For Election:	All 20 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 4, 1952^[2]
Image1:	Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg
Nominee1:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York^[3]
Running Mate1:	Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote1:	20
Popular Vote1:	1,551,529
Percentage1:	55.44%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	1,230,657
Percentage2:	43.97%
President
Before Election:	Harry S. Truman
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)
Map Size:	375px

The 1952 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.^[4]

Michigan was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 55.44% of the popular vote, against Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson (Democratic), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 43.97% of the popular vote, making Michigan 0.6% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Gogebic or Iron Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Wayne County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

Results

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Stuart Hamblen Prohibition		Vincent Hallinan Progressive		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[5]
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Alcona		1,441		65.06%		766		34.58%		8		0.36%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		675		30.48%		2,215
	Alger		2,066		49.68%		2,058		49.48%		15		0.36%		18		0.43%		2		0.05%		8		0.20%		4,159
	Allegan		15,663		73.40%		5,437		25.48%		214		1.00%		13		0.06%		11		0.05%		10,226		47.92%		21,338
	Alpena		6,248		66.32%		3,134		33.27%		32		0.34%		2		0.02%		5		0.05%		3,114		33.05%		9,421
	Antrim		3,533		76.50%		1,046		22.65%		38		0.82%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		2,487		53.85%		4,618
	Arenac		2,753		67.74%		1,290		31.74%		10		0.25%		10		0.25%		1		0.02%		1,463		36.00%		4,064
	Baraga		2,103		57.29%		1,540		41.95%		4		0.11%		23		0.63%		1		0.03%		563		15.34%		3,671
	Barry		8,933		72.70%		3,230		26.29%		116		0.94%		5		0.04%		3		0.02%		5,703		46.41%		12,287
	Bay		20,087		58.40%		14,113		41.03%		173		0.50%		11		0.03%		12		0.03%		5,974		17.37%		34,396
	Benzie		2,752		73.04%		980		26.01%		30		0.80%		4		0.11%		2		0.05%		1,772		47.03%		3,768
	Berrien		32,932		62.94%		19,088		36.48%		212		0.41%		66		0.13%		22		0.04%		13,844		26.46%		52,320
	Branch		9,215		71.52%		3,564		27.66%		94		0.73%		5		0.04%		6		0.05%		5,651		43.86%		12,884
	Calhoun		31,941		62.09%		19,171		37.26%		286		0.56%		26		0.05%		23		0.04%		12,770		24.83%		51,447
	Cass		8,479		64.86%		4,500		34.42%		71		0.54%		13		0.10%		9		0.07%		3,979		30.44%		13,072
	Charlevoix		3,895		68.07%		1,778		31.07%		42		0.73%		4		0.07%		3		0.05%		2,117		37.00%		5,722
	Cheboygan		4,385		69.50%		1,900		30.12%		13		0.21%		5		0.08%		6		0.10%		2,485		39.38%		6,309
	Chippewa		7,075		62.12%		4,257		37.38%		34		0.30%		20		0.18%		3		0.03%		2,818		24.74%		11,389
	Clare		3,529		76.22%		1,059		22.87%		32		0.69%		4		0.09%		6		0.13%		2,470		53.35%		4,630
	Clinton		10,510		77.47%		2,977		21.94%		75		0.55%		3		0.02%		1		0.01%		7,533		55.53%		13,566
	Crawford		1,331		72.53%		490		26.70%		12		0.65%		2		0.11%		0		0.00%		841		45.83%		1,835
	Delta		7,488		51.79%		6,921		47.87%		17		0.12%		23		0.16%		9		0.06%		567		3.92%		14,458
	Dickinson		6,045		51.18%		5,710		48.34%		33		0.28%		14		0.12%		9		0.08%		335		2.84%		11,811
	Eaton		13,723		72.42%		5,170		27.28%		33		0.17%		14		0.07%		9		0.05%		8,553		45.14%		18,949
	Emmet		5,113		72.90%		1,871		26.68%		26		0.37%		2		0.03%		2		0.03%		3,242		46.22%		7,014
	Genesee		62,220		51.97%		56,753		47.41%		544		0.45%		137		0.11%		58		0.05%		5,467		4.56%		119,712
	Gladwin		3,031		75.85%		936		23.42%		23		0.58%		5		0.13%		1		0.03%		2,095		52.43%		3,996
	Gogebic		6,195		47.47%		6,803		52.13%		12		0.09%		34		0.26%		7		0.05%		-608		-4.66%		13,051
	Grand Traverse		9,034		77.14%		2,639		22.53%		28		0.24%		6		0.05%		4		0.03%		6,395		54.61%		11,711
	Gratiot		10,034		77.06%		2,887		22.17%		92		0.71%		7		0.05%		1		0.01%		7,147		54.89%		13,021
	Hillsdale		10,680		75.51%		3,340		23.62%		118		0.83%		5		0.04%		0		0.00%		7,340		51.89%		14,143
	Houghton		10,563		59.57%		7,100		40.04%		28		0.16%		36		0.20%		6		0.03%		3,463		19.53%		17,733
	Huron		10,639		81.28%		2,421		18.50%		26		0.20%		2		0.02%		1		0.01%		8,218		62.78%		13,089
	Ingham		51,503		67.62%		24,125		31.68%		403		0.53%		75		0.10%		55		0.07%		27,378		35.94%		76,161
	Ionia		10,970		69.35%		4,722		29.85%		121		0.76%		4		0.03%		2		0.01%		6,248		39.50%		15,819
	Iosco		3,772		74.56%		1,274		25.18%		6		0.12%		3		0.06%		4		0.08%		2,498		49.38%		5,059
	Iron		4,564		49.52%		4,597		49.88%		33		0.36%		19		0.21%		3		0.03%		-33		-0.36%		9,216
	Isabella		8,222		73.54%		2,881		25.77%		71		0.64%		5		0.04%		1		0.01%		5,341		47.77%		11,180
	Jackson		32,810		68.20%		15,065		31.32%		192		0.40%		18		0.04%		20		0.04%		17,745		36.88%		48,105
	Kalamazoo		38,847		66.76%		18,967		32.60%		310		0.53%		42		0.07%		19		0.03%		19,880		34.16%		58,185
	Kalkaska		1,326		72.74%		483		26.49%		10		0.55%		4		0.22%		0		0.00%		843		46.25%		1,823
	Kent		79,467		62.02%		47,221		36.85%		1,259		0.98%		126		0.10%		62		0.05%		32,246		25.17%		128,135
	Keweenaw		801		51.38%		747		47.92%		2		0.13%		9		0.58%		0		0.00%		54		3.46%		1,559
	Lake		1,549		57.46%		1,127		41.80%		9		0.33%		10		0.37%		1		0.04%		422		15.66%		2,696
	Lapeer		9,940		72.79%		3,644		26.68%		55		0.40%		7		0.05%		10		0.07%		6,296		46.11%		13,656
	Leelanau		2,926		74.38%		999		25.39%		7		0.18%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		1,927		48.99%		3,934
	Lenawee		20,035		72.72%		7,397		26.85%		107		0.39%		5		0.02%		5		0.02%		12,638		45.87%		27,549
	Livingston		9,790		75.57%		3,086		23.82%		67		0.52%		8		0.06%		4		0.03%		6,704		51.75%		12,955
	Luce		1,603		74.25%		553		25.61%		2		0.09%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		1,050		48.64%		2,159
	Mackinac		3,058		70.23%		1,285		29.51%		10		0.23%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		1,773		40.72%		4,354
	Macomb		37,474		50.39%		36,544		49.14%		191		0.26%		67		0.09%		88		0.12%		930		1.25%		74,364
	Manistee		5,235		62.50%		3,114		37.18%		18		0.21%		6		0.07%		3		0.04%		2,121		25.32%		8,376
	Marquette		11,618		53.65%		9,949		45.94%		41		0.19%		40		0.18%		7		0.03%		1,669		7.71%		21,655
	Mason		6,179		64.65%		3,298		34.51%		43		0.45%		30		0.31%		8		0.08%		2,881		30.14%		9,558
	Mecosta		5,436		76.54%		1,587		22.35%		77		1.08%		2		0.03%		0		0.00%		3,849		54.19%		7,102
	Menominee		6,147		55.54%		4,884		44.13%		27		0.24%		3		0.03%		7		0.06%		1,263		11.41%		11,068
	Midland		10,508		72.12%		3,945		27.08%		101		0.69%		8		0.05%		8		0.05%		6,563		45.04%		14,570
	Missaukee		2,525		80.01%		600		19.01%		31		0.98%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,925		61.00%		3,156
	Monroe		17,159		57.06%		12,758		42.42%		113		0.38%		22		0.07%		22		0.07%		4,401		14.64%		30,074
	Montcalm		9,946		71.42%		3,844		27.60%		117		0.84%		11		0.08%		8		0.06%		6,102		43.82%		13,926
	Montmorency		1,449		71.91%		544		27.00%		17		0.84%		4		0.20%		1		0.05%		905		44.91%		2,015
	Muskegon		25,967		51.47%		23,826		47.23%		481		0.95%		63		0.12%		109		0.22%		2,141		4.24%		50,446
	Newaygo		6,715		71.81%		2,541		27.17%		85		0.91%		8		0.09%		2		0.02%		4,174		44.64%		9,351
	Oakland		115,503		60.73%		73,871		38.84%		522		0.27%		155		0.08%		128		0.07%		41,632		21.89%		190,179
	Oceana		4,704		71.04%		1,799		27.17%		106		1.60%		10		0.15%		3		0.05%		2,905		43.87%		6,622
	Ogemaw		2,983		73.91%		1,030		25.52%		16		0.40%		5		0.12%		2		0.05%		1,953		48.39%		4,036
	Ontonagon		2,961		57.39%		2,134		41.36%		7		0.14%		52		1.01%		5		0.10%		827		16.03%		5,159
	Osceola		4,607		78.86%		1,160		19.86%		73		1.25%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		3,447		59.00%		5,842
	Oscoda		1,047		80.72%		246		18.97%		3		0.23%		1		0.08%		0		0.00%		801		61.75%		1,297
	Otsego		1,941		68.88%		865		30.70%		7		0.25%		3		0.11%		2		0.07%		1,076		38.18%		2,818
	Ottawa		22,328		72.83%		7,835		25.56%		454		1.48%		21		0.07%		19		0.06%		14,493		47.27%		30,657
	Presque Isle		2,982		61.84%		1,825		37.85%		15		0.31%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,157		23.99%		4,822
	Roscommon		2,547		78.64%		676		20.87%		11		0.34%		1		0.03%		4		0.12%		1,871		57.77%		3,239
	Saginaw		38,604		64.23%		20,983		34.91%		435		0.72%		34		0.06%		44		0.07%		17,621		29.32%		60,100
	Sanilac		11,181		82.47%		2,298		16.95%		66		0.49%		6		0.04%		6		0.04%		8,883		65.52%		13,557
	Schoolcraft		2,352		58.05%		1,692		41.76%		8		0.20%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		660		16.29%		4,052
	Shiawassee		13,562		68.41%		6,056		30.55%		184		0.93%		13		0.07%		9		0.05%		7,506		37.86%		19,824
	St. Clair		27,894		69.29%		12,268		30.47%		57		0.14%		29		0.07%		8		0.02%		15,626		38.82%		40,256
	St. Joseph		12,191		72.19%		4,509		26.70%		175		1.04%		5		0.03%		7		0.04%		7,682		45.49%		16,887
	Tuscola		11,788		77.97%		3,251		21.50%		69		0.46%		7		0.05%		4		0.03%		8,537		56.47%		15,119
	Van Buren		13,231		70.91%		5,309		28.45%		70		0.38%		36		0.19%		13		0.07%		7,922		42.46%		18,659
	Washtenaw		35,826		66.64%		17,671		32.87%		140		0.26%		88		0.16%		34		0.06%		18,155		33.77%		53,759
	Wayne		456,371		42.12%		622,236		57.43%		1,242		0.11%		2,347		0.22%		1,185		0.11%		-165,865		-15.31%		1,083,381
	Wexford		5,569		68.98%		2,407		29.82%		91		1.13%		6		0.07%		0		0.00%		3,162		39.16%		8,073
Totals	1,551,529	55.44%	1,230,657	43.97%	10,331	0.37%	3,922	0.14%	2,153	0.07%	320,872	11.47%	2,798,592

See also

• United States presidential elections in Michigan

Notes and References

1. Web site: SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics.
2. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica. July 25, 2017.
3. 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 .
4. Web site: 1952 Presidential Election Results Michigan.
5. Our Campaigns; MI US President 1952