1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Country:	Minnesota
Flag Year:	1893
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Next Year:	1956
Election Date:	November 4, 1952
Image1:	Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg
Nominee1:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York^[1]
Running Mate1:	Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote1:	11
Popular Vote1:	763,211
Percentage1:	55.33%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	608,458
Percentage2:	44.11%
Map Size:	320px
President
Before Election:	Harry S. Truman
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Minnesota was won by the Republican candidate, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state over Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson by a margin of 154,753 votes, or 11.22%, which made Minnesota about 0.3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower went on to win the election nationally, with 442 electoral votes and a commanding 10.9% lead over Stevenson in the popular vote.

Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was the last president who was unaffected by the term limit imposed under the 22nd Amendment, but decided as early as 1950 that he would not seek another term. Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential nominee to win Minnesota (which had otherwise normally been a Democratic stronghold) since the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the first Republican elected to the presidency and to win Minnesota since Herbert Hoover did so in 1928. Until the 2016 presidential election, this was the last time that the state was more Republican than the national average. This was also the last time Swift County voted Republican until 2016. To this date, this is the last election in which a Republican presidential candidate won Minnesota by double digits, as well as the last time a non-incumbent Republican won Minnesota.

On March 18, 1952, Minnesota held a presidential primary for the first time since 1916.

Primary elections

Republican primary

The Republican primary took place on March 18, 1952. Harold Stassen and Edward C. Slettedahl were the two candidates on the ballot.

1952 Minnesota Republican presidential primary^[2] ! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%
Harold E. Stassen	129,076	44.40
Dwight D. Eisenhower (write-in)	108,692	37.39
Robert A. Taft (write-in)	24,093	8.29
Edward C. Slettedahl	21,712	7.47
Earl Warren (write-in)	5,365	1.85
Douglas MacArthur (write-in)	1,369	0.47
Estes Kefauver (write-in)	386	0.13
Total	290,693	100.0

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary took place on March 18, 1952. Senator Hubert Humphrey was the only candidate on the ballot.

1952 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary^[3] ! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%
Hubert Humphrey	102,527	80.04
Estes Kefauver (write-in)	20,182	15.76
Harry S. Truman (write-in)	3,634	2.84
Dwight D. Eisenhower (write-in)	1,753	1.37
Total	128,096	100.0

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower	763,211	55.33%	11
	Democratic (DFL)	Adlai Stevenson	608,458	44.11%	0
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan	2,666	0.19%	0
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	2,383	0.17%	0
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen	2,147	0.16%	0
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs	618	0.04%	0
Totals			1,379,483	100.00%	11

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson DFL		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Aitkin		3,384		55.93%		2,577		42.60%		89		1.47%		807		13.33%		6,050
	Anoka		7,425		44.09%		9,344		55.49%		70		0.42%		-1,919		-11.40%		16,839
	Becker		5,815		55.84%		4,539		43.59%		60		0.58%		1,276		12.25%		10,414
	Beltrami		4,817		53.75%		4,092		45.66%		53		0.59%		725		8.09%		8,962
	Benton		3,856		59.54%		2,587		39.95%		33		0.51%		1,269		19.59%		6,476
	Big Stone		2,260		51.46%		2,107		47.97%		25		0.57%		153		3.49%		4,392
	Blue Earth		11,867		70.34%		4,952		29.35%		51		0.30%		6,915		40.99%		16,870
	Brown		8,152		72.09%		3,129		27.67%		27		0.24%		5,023		44.42%		11,308
	Carlton		4,175		39.03%		6,432		60.12%		91		0.85%		-2,257		-21.09%		10,698
	Carver		6,674		75.43%		2,159		24.40%		15		0.17%		4,515		51.03%		8,848
	Cass		4,601		61.46%		2,818		37.64%		67		0.90%		1,783		23.82%		7,486
	Chippewa		4,411		57.90%		3,171		41.63%		36		0.47%		1,240		16.27%		7,618
	Chisago		3,892		60.25%		2,536		39.26%		32		0.50%		1,356		20.99%		6,460
	Clay		7,178		58.67%		5,036		41.16%		20		0.16%		2,142		17.51%		12,234
	Clearwater		1,971		47.89%		2,089		50.75%		56		1.36%		-118		-2.86%		4,116
	Cook		946		65.06%		503		34.59%		5		0.34%		443		30.47%		1,454
	Cottonwood		5,488		71.51%		2,130		27.76%		56		0.73%		3,358		43.75%		7,674
	Crow Wing		6,992		53.97%		5,883		45.41%		81		0.63%		1,109		8.56%		12,956
	Dakota		11,871		49.71%		11,890		49.79%		118		0.49%		-19		-0.08%		23,879
	Dodge		3,893		70.68%		1,582		28.72%		33		0.60%		2,311		41.96%		5,508
	Douglas		6,037		61.30%		3,768		38.26%		43		0.44%		2,269		23.04%		9,848
	Faribault		7,763		71.02%		3,120		28.55%		47		0.43%		4,643		42.47%		10,930
	Fillmore		8,405		76.02%		2,612		23.62%		40		0.36%		5,793		52.40%		11,057
	Freeborn		8,450		56.25%		6,525		43.44%		46		0.31%		1,925		12.81%		15,021
	Goodhue		10,422		67.26%		5,037		32.51%		35		0.23%		5,385		34.75%		15,494
	Grant		2,665		59.51%		1,791		40.00%		22		0.49%		874		19.51%		4,478
	Hennepin		180,338		53.49%		155,388		46.09%		1,415		0.42%		24,950		7.40%		337,141
	Houston		5,365		74.28%		1,830		25.34%		28		0.39%		3,535		48.94%		7,223
	Hubbard		3,099		68.97%		1,360		30.27%		34		0.76%		1,739		38.70%		4,493
	Isanti		2,682		52.16%		2,393		46.54%		67		1.30%		289		5.62%		5,142
	Itasca		6,573		41.65%		9,128		57.84%		81		0.51%		-2,555		-16.19%		15,782
	Jackson		4,558		62.08%		2,771		37.74%		13		0.18%		1,787		24.34%		7,342
	Kanabec		2,205		55.85%		1,714		43.41%		29		0.73%		491		12.44%		3,948
	Kandiyohi		6,370		49.97%		6,264		49.14%		113		0.89%		106		0.83%		12,747
	Kittson		1,837		43.08%		2,387		55.98%		40		0.94%		-550		-12.90%		4,264
	Koochiching		2,742		40.02%		4,078		59.52%		31		0.45%		-1,336		-19.50%		6,851
	Lac qui Parle		3,924		58.52%		2,753		41.06%		28		0.42%		1,171		17.46%		6,705
	Lake		1,451		33.83%		2,814		65.61%		24		0.56%		-1,363		-31.78%		4,289
	Lake of the Woods		898		44.30%		1,117		55.11%		12		0.59%		-219		-10.81%		2,027
	Le Sueur		5,776		63.19%		3,348		36.63%		16		0.18%		2,428		26.56%		9,140
	Lincoln		2,746		58.96%		1,892		40.63%		19		0.41%		854		18.33%		4,657
	Lyon		6,015		59.74%		4,030		40.02%		24		0.24%		1,985		19.72%		10,069
	Mahnomen		1,220		45.86%		1,436		53.98%		4		0.15%		-216		-8.12%		2,660
	Marshall		3,516		52.22%		3,132		46.52%		85		1.26%		384		5.70%		6,733
	Martin		9,411		77.63%		2,673		22.05%		39		0.32%		6,738		55.58%		12,123
	McLeod		7,246		72.11%		2,781		27.68%		21		0.21%		4,465		44.43%		10,048
	Meeker		5,750		66.80%		2,833		32.91%		25		0.29%		2,917		33.89%		8,608
	Mille Lacs		3,766		58.42%		2,639		40.94%		41		0.64%		1,127		17.48%		6,446
	Morrison		6,050		56.87%		4,551		42.78%		38		0.36%		1,499		14.09%		10,639
	Mower		9,862		53.16%		8,551		46.09%		138		0.74%		1,311		7.07%		18,551
	Murray		4,054		65.15%		2,145		34.47%		24		0.39%		1,909		30.68%		6,223
	Nicollet		5,775		68.77%		2,584		30.77%		39		0.46%		3,191		38.00%		8,398
	Nobles		6,340		65.25%		3,351		34.49%		26		0.27%		2,989		30.76%		9,717
	Norman		3,069		55.07%		2,465		44.23%		39		0.70%		604		10.84%		5,573
	Olmsted		14,566		67.92%		6,792		31.67%		88		0.41%		7,774		36.25%		21,446
	Otter Tail		16,447		75.03%		5,388		24.58%		86		0.39%		11,059		50.45%		21,921
	Pennington		2,726		48.55%		2,802		49.90%		87		1.55%		-76		-1.35%		5,615
	Pine		4,255		52.94%		3,692		45.93%		91		1.13%		563		7.01%		8,038
	Pipestone		4,507		72.45%		1,701		27.34%		13		0.21%		2,806		45.11%		6,221
	Polk		8,326		53.09%		7,244		46.19%		113		0.72%		1,082		6.90%		15,683
	Pope		3,593		60.00%		2,381		39.76%		14		0.23%		1,212		20.24%		5,988
	Ramsey		76,093		44.40%		93,783		54.73%		1,494		0.87%		-17,690		-10.33%		171,370
	Red Lake		1,034		41.51%		1,431		57.45%		26		1.04%		-397		-15.94%		2,491
	Redwood		7,093		72.30%		2,695		27.47%		22		0.22%		4,398		44.83%		9,810
	Renville		6,742		63.45%		3,828		36.02%		56		0.53%		2,914		27.43%		10,626
	Rice		9,334		68.17%		4,330		31.62%		29		0.21%		5,004		36.55%		13,693
	Rock		3,774		74.48%		1,286		25.38%		7		0.14%		2,488		49.10%		5,067
	Roseau		2,596		45.33%		3,062		53.47%		69		1.20%		-466		-8.14%		5,727
	St. Louis		38,900		37.66%		63,032		61.03%		1,354		1.31%		-24,132		-23.37%		103,286
	Scott		4,277		56.23%		3,315		43.58%		14		0.18%		962		12.65%		7,606
	Sherburne		2,839		63.40%		1,630		36.40%		9		0.20%		1,209		27.00%		4,478
	Sibley		5,323		73.79%		1,871		25.94%		20		0.28%		3,452		47.85%		7,214
	Stearns		18,367		64.87%		9,907		34.99%		39		0.14%		8,460		29.88%		28,313
	Steele		6,956		70.95%		2,819		28.75%		29		0.30%		4,137		42.20%		9,804
	Stevens		3,288		67.39%		1,579		32.36%		12		0.25%		1,709		35.03%		4,879
	Swift		3,532		51.40%		3,291		47.90%		48		0.70%		241		3.50%		6,871
	Todd		6,731		65.92%		3,439		33.68%		41		0.40%		3,292		32.24%		10,211
	Traverse		1,809		50.63%		1,756		49.15%		8		0.22%		53		1.48%		3,573
	Wabasha		5,461		69.63%		2,356		30.04%		26		0.33%		3,105		39.59%		7,843
	Wadena		3,662		68.54%		1,665		31.16%		16		0.30%		1,997		37.38%		5,343
	Waseca		4,962		69.76%		2,132		29.97%		19		0.27%		2,830		39.79%		7,113
	Washington		9,408		54.57%		7,768		45.06%		64		0.37%		1,640		9.51%		17,240
	Watonwan		4,549		72.02%		1,752		27.74%		15		0.24%		2,797		44.28%		6,316
	Wilkin		2,979		65.39%		1,564		34.33%		13		0.29%		1,415		31.06%		4,556
	Winona		10,723		64.51%		5,834		35.10%		64		0.39%		4,889		29.41%		16,621
	Wright		8,089		64.64%		4,373		34.94%		52		0.42%		3,716		29.70%		12,514
	Yellow Medicine		4,322		57.73%		3,143		41.99%		21		0.28%		1,179		15.74%		7,486
Totals	763,211	55.33%	608,458	44.11%	7,814	0.57%	154,753	11.22%	1,379,483

See also

• United States presidential elections in Minnesota

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Web site: Presidential Primary Election Returns on Election Held March 18, 1952. August 15, 2022.
3. Web site: Presidential Primary Election Returns on Election Held March 18, 1952. August 15, 2022.
4. Web site: 1952 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota . 2016-10-04 . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.