1952 United States presidential election in New York explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in New York
Country:	New York
Flag Image:	Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in New York
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in New York
Next Year:	1956
Turnout:	71.2%^[1] 6.2 pp
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^[2]
Running Mate1:	Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote1:	45
Popular Vote1:	3,952,815
Percentage1:	55.45%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Alliance2:	Liberal
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	3,104,601
Percentage2:	43.55%
Map Size:	440px
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 York took place on November 4, 1952. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 45 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New York was won by former Supreme Allied Commander and World War II hero, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was running against Democratic Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower ran with California Senator Richard Nixon as Vice President, and Stevenson ran with Alabama Senator John Sparkman.

Eisenhower carried New York with 55.45% of the vote to Stevenson's 43.55%, a victory margin of 11.90%. New York weighed in for this election as 1% more Republican than the national average.^[3] Eisenhower proved to be very popular in many of the Northern and Mid-West States, and took nearly every county in the State of New York, with the exception of a handful of counties conglomerate with New York City. The only counties in the state to vote for Stevenson were the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, allowing Stevenson to win New York City overall. Eisenhower ultimately won the election to the White House in 1952 as a war hero, a political outsider, and a moderate Republican who pledged to protect and support popular New Deal Democratic policies, ending twenty years of Democratic control of the White House.

Eisenhower won the election in New York (his home state in the election) by a decisive 12-point margin. National turnout for the presidential election of 1952 is evident of the contemporary, lingering Democratic stronghold in the Deep South, which was the only region to vote primarily for Stevenson. Eisenhower was the first presidential candidate in United States history (and largely, globally as well) who targeted a large portion of his campaign to women voters.^[4] Dwindling popularity for the administration of Truman^[5] during the months following the conflict in Korea, and coupled with the relatively progressive agenda and campaign strategy laid down by the Republican Party, contributed to Eisenhower's powerful rise across the country.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in New York
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower	3,952,815	55.45%	45
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	2,687,890	37.71%
	Liberal	Adlai Stevenson	416,711	5.85%
	Total	Adlai Stevenson	3,104,601	43.55%	0
	American Labor	Vincent Hallinan	64,211	0.90%	0
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	2,664	0.04%	0
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs	2,212	0.03%	0
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	1,560	0.02%	0
	Write-ins		178	<0.01%	0
Totals			7,128,241	100.0%	45

New York City results

1952 Presidential Election in New York City			Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Staten Island	Total
	Democratic- Liberal	Adlai Stevenson	446,727	392,477	656,229	331,217	28,280	1,854,930	54.37%
			58.38%	60.50%	58.42%	41.94%	33.42%
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower	300,284	241,898	446,708	450,610	55,993	1,495,493	43.84%
			39.24%	37.29%	39.77%	57.06%	66.18%
	American Labor	Vincent Hallinan	16,974	13,420	18,765	7,194	294	56,647	1.66%
			2.22%	2.07%	1.67%	0.91%	0.35%
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs	531	348	572	288	6	1,745	0.05%
			0.07%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%	0.01%
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	441	366	662	175	16	1,660	0.05%
			0.06%	0.06%	0.06%	0.02%	0.02%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	200	225	307	133	16	881	0.02%
			0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.02%
TOTAL			765,155	648,753	1,123,249	789,682	84,606	3,411,445	100.00%

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Vincent Hallinan American Labor		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Albany		79,871		52.28%		72,633		47.54%		266		0.18%						7,238		4.74%		152,770
	Allegany		16,365		80.54%		3,943		19.41%		10		0.05%						12,422		61.13%		20,318
	Bronx		241,898		37.34%		392,477		60.59%		13,420		2.07%						-150,579		-23.25%		647,795
	Broome		64,738		71.38%		25,833		28.48%		119		0.13%						38,905		42.90%		90,690
	Cattaraugus		24,808		68.58%		11,333		31.33%		34		0.09%						13,509		37.25%		36,175
	Cayuga		25,037		68.08%		11,695		31.80%		46		0.12%						13,342		36.28%		36,778
	Chautauqua		42,043		64.14%		23,427		35.74%		79		0.12%						18,616		28.40%		65,549
	Chemung		30,188		68.57%		13,729		31.19%		79		0.18%						16,459		37.41%		43,996
	Chenango		16,062		79.66%		4,089		20.28%		13		0.06%						11,973		59.38%		20,164
	Clinton		14,535		64.50%		7,963		35.34%		37		0.16%						6,572		29.16%		22,535
	Columbia		17,539		74.16%		6,075		25.69%		35		0.15%						11,464		48.47%		23,649
	Cortland		13,985		77.32%		4,079		22.55%		24		0.13%						9,906		54.77%		18,088
	Delaware		17,737		81.10%		4,116		18.82%		18		0.08%						13,621		62.28%		21,871
	Dutchess		46,381		71.17%		18,644		28.61%		142		0.22%						27,737		42.56%		65,167
	Erie		253,927		56.32%		196,378		43.56%		550		0.12%						57,549		12.76%		450,855
	Essex		12,800		75.53%		4,130		24.37%		16		0.10%						8,670		51.16%		16,946
	Franklin		12,212		64.89%		6,591		35.02%		17		0.09%						5,621		29.87%		18,820
	Fulton		18,068		70.31%		7,570		29.46%		58		0.23%						10,498		40.85%		25,696
	Genesee		16,606		70.85%		6,819		29.10%		12		0.05%						9,787		41.75%		23,437
	Greene		12,907		74.07%		4,504		25.85%		15		0.08%						8,403		48.22%		17,426
	Hamilton		2,615		82.65%		546		17.26%		3		0.09%						2,069		65.39%		3,164
	Herkimer		20,980		64.26%		11,599		35.53%		70		0.21%						9,381		28.73%		32,649
	Jefferson		27,932		69.88%		12,026		30.09%		13		0.03%						15,906		39.79%		39,971
	Kings		446,708		39.82%		656,229		58.50%		18,765		1.68%						-209,521		-18.68%		1,121,702
	Lewis		7,622		72.14%		2,927		27.70%		17		0.16%						4,695		44.44%		10,566
	Livingston		14,760		71.37%		5,901		28.53%		19		0.09%						8,859		42.84%		20,680
	Madison		17,715		76.73%		5,353		23.19%		19		0.08%						12,362		53.54%		23,087
	Monroe		159,172		58.89%		110,723		40.97%		370		0.14%						48,449		17.92%		270,265
	Montgomery		19,554		60.13%		12,934		39.77%		31		0.10%						6,620		20.36%		32,519
	Nassau		305,900		69.87%		130,267		29.75%		1,669		0.38%						175,633		40.12%		437,836
	New York		300,284		39.30%		446,727		58.47%		16,974		2.23%						-146,443		-19.17%		763,985
	Niagara		54,843		59.97%		36,504		39.91%		108		0.12%						18,339		20.06%		91,455
	Oneida		69,652		60.98%		44,438		38.90%		134		0.12%						25,214		22.08%		114,224
	Onondaga		119,268		64.96%		64,022		34.87%		302		0.17%						55,246		30.09%		183,592
	Ontario		21,659		71.15%		8,763		28.79%		18		0.06%						12,896		42.36%		30,440
	Orange		51,217		71.23%		20,585		28.63%		98		0.14%						30,632		42.60%		71,900
	Orleans		11,686		74.97%		3,893		24.98%		8		0.05%						7,793		49.99%		15,587
	Oswego		27,609		70.66%		11,444		29.29%		19		0.05%						16,165		41.37%		39,072
	Otsego		20,304		76.78%		6,115		23.12%		27		0.10%						14,189		53.66%		26,446
	Putnam		11,038		68.57%		5,001		31.07%		58		0.36%						6,037		37.50%		16,097
	Queens		450,610		57.11%		331,217		41.98%		7,194		0.91%						119,393		15.13%		789,021
	Rensselaer		51,453		66.57%		25,734		33.29%		109		0.14%						25,719		33.28%		77,296
	Richmond		55,993		66.21%		28,280		33.44%		294		0.35%						27,713		32.77%		84,567
	Rockland		27,657		64.39%		15,084		35.12%		212		0.49%						12,573		29.27%		42,953
	Saratoga		29,712		72.17%		11,413		27.72%		43		0.11%						18,299		44.45%		41,168
	Schenectady		54,272		66.48%		27,157		33.27%		208		0.25%						27,115		33.21%		81,637
	Schoharie		8,972		71.78%		3,509		28.07%		18		0.15%						5,463		43.71%		12,499
	Schuyler		5,604		75.68%		1,784		24.09%		17		0.23%						3,820		51.59%		7,405
	Seneca		9,669		69.01%		4,328		30.89%		15		0.10%						5,341		38.12%		14,012
	St. Lawrence		28,036		68.27%		13,000		31.65%		32		0.08%						15,036		36.62%		41,068
	Steuben		32,123		74.14%		11,154		25.74%		49		0.12%						20,969		48.40%		43,326
	Suffolk		115,570		74.58%		39,120		25.25%		262		0.17%						76,450		49.33%		154,952
	Sullivan		14,926		63.26%		8,421		35.69%		247		1.05%						6,505		27.57%		23,594
	Tioga		11,799		78.19%		3,259		21.60%		32		0.21%						8,540		56.59%		15,090
	Tompkins		18,673		74.66%		6,285		25.13%		54		0.21%						12,388		49.53%		25,012
	Ulster		36,141		69.44%		15,733		30.23%		171		0.33%						20,408		39.21%		52,045
	Warren		17,046		77.06%		5,051		22.84%		22		0.10%						11,995		54.22%		22,119
	Washington		17,551		73.80%		6,210		26.11%		22		0.09%						11,341		47.69%		23,783
	Wayne		21,693		76.53%		6,621		23.36%		33		0.11%						15,072		53.17%		28,347
	Westchester		237,105		67.38%		113,358		32.21%		1,454		0.41%						123,747		35.17%		351,917
	Wyoming		12,154		75.05%		4,038		24.94%		2		0.01%						8,116		50.11%		16,194
	Yates		7,831		81.07%		1,820		18.84%		9		0.09%						6,011		62.23%		9,660
Totals	3,952,815	55.45%	3,104,601	43.55%	64,211	0.90%	6,614	0.09%	848,214	11.90%	7,128,241

See also

• United States presidential elections in New York
• History of nuclear weapons
• "I Like Ike"
• Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower
• The Korean War
• The McCarthy Era
• Women's Suffrage

Notes and References

1. Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072.
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 General Election Results - New York. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . 2013-07-14.
4. Web site: 1952: The Election of a Military Hero . https://web.archive.org/web/20090420132810/http://www.kennesaw.edu/pols/3380/pres/1952.html. 2009-04-20 . The Press and the Presidency . Kennesaw State University, Department of Political Science & International Affairs . 2013-05-14.
5. Time: "The Corruption Issue: A Pandora's Box," September 24, 1956|accessdate=2013-05-17