1952 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Country:	Pennsylvania
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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:	32
Popular Vote1:	2,415,789
Percentage1:	52.74%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	2,146,269
Percentage2:	46.85%
Map Size:	300px
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 Pennsylvania took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, war hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower won Pennsylvania by a margin of 5.89%.

Despite Thomas Dewey's relatively strong showing in Philadelphia County in 1948, Eisenhower became the first Republican ever to win the White House without carrying Allegheny or Philadelphia Counties, which had been Republican strongholds prior to the New Deal.

This was the first election since 1868 in which Pennsylvania voted more Democratic than the nation. It would continue to do so in every election thereafter until 2016.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower	2,415,789	52.74%	32
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	2,146,269	46.85%	0
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen	8,951	0.20%	0
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan	4,222	0.09%	0
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	2,698	0.06%	0
	Militant Workers	Farrell Dobbs	1,508	0.03%	0
	Industrial Government	Eric Hass	1,377	0.03%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	155	0.00%	0

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		11,016		65.82%		5,691		34.00%		30		0.18%		5,325		31.82%		16,737
	Allegheny		359,224		49.00%		370,945		50.60%		2,903		0.40%		-11,721		-1.60%		733,072
	Armstrong		16,955		55.90%		13,221		43.59%		153		0.50%		3,734		12.31%		30,329
	Beaver		31,700		45.18%		38,136		54.35%		334		0.48%		-6,436		-9.17%		70,170
	Bedford		9,419		63.93%		5,255		35.67%		60		0.41%		4,164		28.26%		14,734
	Berks		51,720		52.42%		45,874		46.49%		1,074		1.09%		5,846		5.93%		98,668
	Blair		32,113		65.44%		16,851		34.34%		106		0.22%		15,262		31.10%		49,070
	Bradford		15,894		76.02%		4,959		23.72%		55		0.26%		10,935		52.30%		20,908
	Bucks		40,753		62.38%		24,301		37.20%		275		0.42%		16,452		25.18%		65,329
	Butler		25,243		61.99%		15,295		37.56%		185		0.45%		9,948		24.43%		40,723
	Cambria		39,294		43.54%		50,774		56.26%		182		0.20%		-11,480		-12.72%		90,250
	Cameron		2,307		69.05%		1,020		30.53%		14		0.42%		1,287		38.52%		3,341
	Carbon		12,283		53.43%		10,571		45.98%		134		0.58%		1,712		7.45%		22,988
	Centre		14,700		66.31%		7,391		33.34%		77		0.35%		7,309		32.97%		22,168
	Chester		39,961		64.86%		21,490		34.88%		164		0.27%		18,471		29.98%		61,615
	Clarion		9,340		63.76%		5,212		35.58%		97		0.66%		4,128		28.18%		14,649
	Clearfield		16,045		54.25%		13,376		45.22%		156		0.53%		2,669		9.03%		29,577
	Clinton		8,125		58.29%		5,758		41.31%		55		0.39%		2,367		16.98%		13,938
	Columbia		13,008		57.67%		9,467		41.97%		79		0.35%		3,541		15.70%		22,554
	Crawford		19,079		65.49%		9,874		33.89%		181		0.62%		9,205		31.60%		29,134
	Cumberland		26,302		67.17%		12,762		32.59%		91		0.23%		13,540		34.58%		39,155
	Dauphin		58,385		65.12%		30,985		34.56%		286		0.32%		27,400		30.56%		89,656
	Delaware		129,743		61.56%		80,316		38.11%		689		0.33%		49,427		23.45%		210,748
	Elk		7,702		54.26%		6,448		45.42%		45		0.32%		1,254		8.84%		14,195
	Erie		48,836		56.89%		36,619		42.66%		391		0.46%		12,217		14.23%		85,846
	Fayette		27,348		38.12%		43,921		61.22%		476		0.66%		-16,573		-23.10%		71,745
	Forest		1,511		69.92%		627		29.01%		23		1.06%		884		40.91%		2,161
	Franklin		16,474		64.82%		8,868		34.89%		74		0.29%		7,606		29.93%		25,416
	Fulton		2,127		55.12%		1,718		44.52%		14		0.36%		409		10.60%		3,859
	Greene		6,964		40.68%		10,125		59.14%		30		0.18%		-3,161		-18.46%		17,119
	Huntingdon		9,580		68.61%		4,318		30.93%		64		0.46%		5,262		37.68%		13,962
	Indiana		16,673		58.63%		11,620		40.86%		147		0.52%		5,053		17.77%		28,440
	Jefferson		11,833		64.61%		6,365		34.75%		116		0.63%		5,468		29.86%		18,314
	Juniata		3,863		58.63%		2,705		41.05%		21		0.32%		1,158		17.58%		6,589
	Lackawanna		61,644		48.65%		64,926		51.24%		147		0.12%		-3,282		-2.59%		126,717
	Lancaster		64,193		69.23%		28,146		30.36%		382		0.41%		36,047		38.87%		92,721
	Lawrence		23,319		52.12%		21,164		47.31%		255		0.57%		2,155		4.81%		44,738
	Lebanon		20,726		63.83%		11,611		35.76%		135		0.42%		9,115		28.07%		32,472
	Lehigh		45,143		57.52%		33,033		42.09%		303		0.39%		12,110		15.43%		78,479
	Luzerne		88,967		54.83%		72,579		44.73%		715		0.44%		16,388		10.10%		162,261
	Lycoming		25,753		61.60%		15,870		37.96%		184		0.44%		9,883		23.64%		41,807
	McKean		15,256		73.43%		5,373		25.86%		147		0.71%		9,883		47.57%		20,776
	Mercer		26,424		55.59%		20,770		43.69%		343		0.72%		5,654		11.90%		47,537
	Mifflin		8,620		59.22%		5,889		40.46%		47		0.32%		2,731		18.76%		14,556
	Monroe		9,502		62.09%		5,760		37.64%		42		0.27%		3,742		24.45%		15,304
	Montgomery		115,899		66.62%		57,701		33.17%		373		0.21%		58,198		33.45%		173,973
	Montour		3,725		62.12%		2,264		37.76%		7		0.12%		1,461		24.36%		5,996
	Northampton		39,131		50.99%		36,993		48.21%		614		0.80%		2,138		2.78%		76,738
	Northumberland		28,861		61.71%		17,789		38.04%		119		0.25%		11,072		23.67%		46,769
	Perry		6,733		68.76%		3,042		31.07%		17		0.17%		3,691		37.69%		9,792
	Philadelphia		396,874		41.40%		557,352		58.15%		4,321		0.45%		-160,478		-16.75%		958,547
	Pike		3,810		73.21%		1,383		26.58%		11		0.21%		2,427		46.63%		5,204
	Potter		5,117		71.78%		1,974		27.69%		38		0.53%		3,143		44.09%		7,129
	Schuylkill		51,437		59.39%		34,987		40.40%		186		0.21%		16,450		18.99%		86,610
	Snyder		6,836		80.00%		1,686		19.73%		23		0.27%		5,150		60.27%		8,545
	Somerset		18,589		58.42%		13,167		41.38%		64		0.20%		5,422		17.04%		31,820
	Sullivan		2,011		61.82%		1,239		38.09%		3		0.09%		772		23.73%		3,253
	Susquehanna		10,529		73.97%		3,653		25.66%		52		0.37%		6,876		48.31%		14,234
	Tioga		11,203		78.65%		3,006		21.10%		35		0.25%		8,197		57.55%		14,244
	Union		6,558		80.16%		1,610		19.68%		13		0.16%		4,948		60.48%		8,181
	Venango		17,006		72.16%		6,356		26.97%		204		0.87%		10,650		45.19%		23,566
	Warren		11,555		71.55%		4,442		27.50%		153		0.95%		7,113		44.05%		16,150
	Washington		36,041		39.16%		55,725		60.55%		270		0.29%		-19,684		-21.39%		92,036
	Wayne		9,623		78.96%		2,530		20.76%		34		0.28%		7,093		58.20%		12,187
	Westmoreland		58,923		42.24%		80,068		57.40%		503		0.36%		-21,145		-15.16%		139,494
	Wyoming		5,772		75.72%		1,815		23.81%		36		0.47%		3,957		51.91%		7,623
	York		44,489		52.74%		39,508		46.84%		354		0.42%		4,981		5.90%		84,351
Totals	2,415,789	52.74%	2,146,269	46.85%	18,911	0.41%	269,520	5.89%	4,580,969

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

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: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1952 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania. 2018-03-25.