1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Country:	New Mexico
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico
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:	4
Popular Vote1:	132,170
Percentage1:	55.39%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	105,661
Percentage2:	44.28%
Map Size:	265px
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 New Mexico took place on November 4, 1952. All 48 States were part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

New Mexico was won by World War II hero and supreme allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower by a wide 11 percentage point margin. Running against Eisenhower was Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson, who carried only the majority of the American South during his two runs for the presidency.^[2] Starting with this election, Valencia County would back the national winner in every election until 2020.

This was the last election in which voters in New Mexico chose presidential electors directly. Starting in 1956, the state adopted the modern "short ballot" where voters could only choose between the actual candidates' names, with the understanding that a vote for a candidate was a vote for their party's entire slate of electors.

Results

+ General Election Results^[3] ^[4] ^[5]	Party		Pledged to	Elector	Votes
	Republican Party	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Mrs. Luis E. Armijo	132,170
	Republican Party	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Louis A. McRae	131,515
	Republican Party	Dwight D. Eisenhower	C. C. Bacon	131,112
	Republican Party	Dwight D. Eisenhower	W. Fields Walker	131,110
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Adlai Stevenson II	Mike F. Apodaca	105,661
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Adlai Stevenson II	W. W. Nichols	105,435
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Adlai Stevenson II	Mary J. Sweeney	105,386
bgcolor=		Democratic Party	Adlai Stevenson II	Alice Woolston	104,914
bgcolor=		Prohibition Party	Stuart Hamblen	Lewis A. Myers	297
bgcolor=		Prohibition Party	Stuart Hamblen	Luther B. Mitchell	287
bgcolor=		Prohibition Party	Stuart Hamblen	Sadie E. Evans	273
bgcolor=		Prohibition Party	Stuart Hamblen	Mrs. Forrest E. Wilson	271
bgcolor=		Progressive Party	Vincent Hallinan	Vincente B. Becerra	225
bgcolor=		Christian Nationalist Party	Douglas MacArthur	Everyl G. Gore	220
bgcolor=		Christian Nationalist Party	Douglas MacArthur	Florence Porterfield	217
bgcolor=		Christian Nationalist Party	Douglas MacArthur	Oralee Porter	215
bgcolor=		Christian Nationalist Party	Douglas MacArthur	J. Earl Syling	215
bgcolor=		Progressive Party	Vincent Hallinan	Virginia L. Chacon	212
bgcolor=		Progressive Party	Vincent Hallinan	Ruth S. Young	212
bgcolor=		Progressive Party	Vincent Hallinan	Helen Mallery	199
bgcolor=		Socialist Labor Party	Eric Hass	Paris W. Linam	35
bgcolor=		Socialist Labor Party	Eric Hass	Jeannete Reynolds	34
bgcolor=		Socialist Labor Party	Eric Hass	James William Peach	34
bgcolor=		Socialist Labor Party	Eric Hass	Dallas Reynolds	32
Votes cast				238,608

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Bernalillo		33,964		59.38%		23,164		40.50%		72		0.12%		10,800		18.88%		57,200
	Catron		741		61.49%		464		38.51%		0		0.00%		277		22.98%		1,205
	Chaves		7,018		63.92%		3,880		35.34%		81		0.74%		3,138		28.58%		10,979
	Colfax		3,397		51.58%		3,184		48.34%		5		0.08%		213		3.24%		6,586
	Curry		5,023		59.38%		3,422		40.45%		14		0.17%		1,601		18.93%		8,459
	De Baca		782		57.25%		581		42.53%		3		0.22%		201		14.72%		1,366
	Dona Ana		5,902		56.33%		4,556		43.48%		20		0.19%		1,346		12.85%		10,478
	Eddy		6,041		44.45%		7,495		55.15%		55		0.40%		-1,454		-10.70%		13,591
	Grant		3,421		43.18%		4,315		54.47%		186		2.35%		-894		-11.29%		7,922
	Guadalupe		1,575		53.90%		1,347		46.10%		0		0.00%		228		7.80%		2,922
	Harding		760		63.49%		436		36.42%		1		0.09%		324		27.07%		1,197
	Hidalgo		781		50.58%		757		49.03%		6		0.39%		24		1.55%		1,544
	Lea		4,738		47.52%		5,204		52.19%		29		0.29%		-466		-4.67%		9,971
	Lincoln		2,004		64.52%		1,095		35.25%		7		0.23%		909		29.27%		3,106
	Los Alamos		2,226		49.30%		2,281		50.52%		8		0.18%		-55		-1.22%		4,515
	Luna		1,729		55.86%		1,332		43.04%		34		1.10%		397		12.82%		3,095
	McKinley		3,091		49.80%		3,097		49.90%		19		0.30%		-6		-0.10%		6,207
	Mora		1,849		56.61%		1,413		43.26%		4		0.13%		436		13.35%		3,266
	Otero		2,456		53.16%		2,162		46.80%		2		0.04%		294		6.36%		4,620
	Quay		2,711		53.00%		2,375		46.43%		29		0.57%		336		6.57%		5,115
	Rio Arriba		4,336		48.69%		4,564		51.25%		5		0.06%		-228		-2.56%		8,905
	Roosevelt		3,030		56.74%		2,298		43.03%		12		0.23%		732		13.71%		5,340
	San Juan		3,864		69.73%		1,659		29.94%		18		0.33%		2,205		39.79%		5,541
	San Miguel		5,360		54.59%		4,451		45.34%		7		0.07%		909		9.25%		9,818
	Sandoval		1,795		52.06%		1,647		47.77%		6		0.17%		148		4.29%		3,448
	Santa Fe		9,011		56.62%		6,786		42.64%		119		0.74%		2,225		13.98%		15,916
	Sierra		2,033		63.61%		1,158		36.23%		5		0.16%		875		27.38%		3,196
	Socorro		2,224		55.52%		1,777		44.36%		5		0.12%		447		11.16%		4,006
	Taos		2,763		48.94%		2,877		50.96%		6		0.10%		-114		-2.02%		5,646
	Torrance		1,747		54.99%		1,422		44.76%		8		0.25%		325		10.23%		3,177
	Union		1,988		63.39%		1,142		36.42%		6		0.19%		846		26.97%		3,136
	Valencia		3,810		53.47%		3,310		46.46%		5		0.07%		500		7.01%		7,125
Totals	132,170	55.39%	105,661	44.28%	777	0.33%	26,509	11.11%	238,608

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Bernalillo
• Catron
• Chaves
• Colfax
• Curry
• De Baca
• Doña Ana
• Harding
• Hidalgo
• Luna
• Otero
• Quay
• Roosevelt
• San Miguel
• Sandoval
• Sierra
• Union

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: 1952 Presidential General Election Results - New Mexico . Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-02-14.
3. New Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Canvass of Returns of General Election Held November 4, 1952 - State of New Mexico
4. Book: New Mexico Secretary of State. Official Returns of the 1952 Elections. 1. Santa Fe, New Mexico .
5. Book: New Mexico Secretary of State. New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969. Santa Fe, New Mexico.