1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Country:	West Virginia
Flag Year:	1929
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Next Year:	1956
Votes For Election:	All 8 West Virginia votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 4, 1952^[1]
Image1:	Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee1:	Adlai Stevenson
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Illinois
Running Mate1:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote1:	8
Popular Vote1:	453,578
Percentage1:	51.92%
Nominee2:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York^[2]
Running Mate2:	Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	419,970
Percentage2:	48.08%
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:	300px

The 1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

West Virginia was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 51.92 percent of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with California Senator Richard Nixon, with 48.08 percent of the popular vote.^{[4] [5]}

Even in the midst of a national landslide for Eisenhower, this was the first time a losing Democrat carried West Virginia since 1888, and the first time a Democrat who lost the popular vote carried West Virginia since 1880. West Virginia's Democratic tilt displayed the strong Democratic lean the state would have for the rest of the 20th century, voting Republican only three times between 1932 and 1996 (in the Republican landslides of 1956, 1972, and 1984).

West Virginia and Kentucky were the only states in the South outside the former Confederacy (though West Virginia was formerly part of the Confederacy and Kentucky also had a Confederate government that controlled half the state early on) that were carried by the Democratic Party in 1952.

Results

Results by county

County^[6]	Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%
	Barbour		4,489		49.92%		4,504		50.08%		-15		-0.16%		8,993
	Berkeley		7,111		46.60%		8,149		53.40%		-1,038		-6.80%		15,260
	Boone		8,209		66.69%		4,100		33.31%		4,109		33.38%		12,309
	Braxton		4,259		55.74%		3,382		44.26%		877		11.48%		7,641
	Brooke		7,591		59.94%		5,073		40.06%		2,518		19.88%		12,664
	Cabell		22,179		44.68%		27,461		55.32%		-5,282		-10.64%		49,640
	Calhoun		2,138		50.44%		2,101		49.56%		37		0.88%		4,239
	Clay		2,814		52.62%		2,534		47.38%		280		5.24%		5,348
	Doddridge		1,040		27.51%		2,741		72.49%		-1,701		-44.98%		3,781
	Fayette		22,307		70.82%		9,190		29.18%		13,117		41.64%		31,497
	Gilmer		2,291		55.82%		1,813		44.18%		478		11.64%		4,104
	Grant		674		17.04%		3,282		82.96%		-2,608		-65.92%		3,956
	Greenbrier		8,086		52.30%		7,374		47.70%		712		4.60%		15,460
	Hampshire		2,391		52.39%		2,173		47.61%		218		4.78%		4,564
	Hancock		9,772		59.98%		6,520		40.02%		3,252		19.96%		16,292
	Hardy		2,411		54.20%		2,037		45.80%		374		8.40%		4,448
	Harrison		20,527		49.20%		21,193		50.80%		-666		-1.60%		41,720
	Jackson		2,597		34.90%		4,845		65.10%		-2,248		-30.20%		7,442
	Jefferson		4,036		56.29%		3,134		43.71%		902		12.58%		7,170
	Kanawha		54,540		48.96%		56,861		51.04%		-2,321		-2.08%		111,401
	Lewis		3,280		34.40%		6,254		65.60%		-2,974		-31.20%		9,534
	Lincoln		5,099		51.59%		4,784		48.41%		315		3.18%		9,883
	Logan		19,302		67.85%		9,148		32.15%		10,154		35.70%		28,450
	Marion		19,890		57.04%		14,979		42.96%		4,911		14.08%		34,869
	Marshall		8,689		48.38%		9,271		51.62%		-582		-3.24%		17,960
	Mason		3,824		38.53%		6,102		61.47%		-2,278		-22.94%		9,926
	McDowell		24,657		69.81%		10,663		30.19%		13,994		39.62%		35,320
	Mercer		16,694		53.92%		14,267		46.08%		2,427		7.84%		30,961
	Mineral		4,545		44.81%		5,598		55.19%		-1,053		-10.38%		10,143
	Mingo		12,856		65.23%		6,852		34.77%		6,004		30.46%		19,708
	Monongalia		13,152		50.08%		13,111		49.92%		41		0.16%		26,263
	Monroe		2,856		45.31%		3,447		54.69%		-591		-9.38%		6,303
	Morgan		1,114		29.22%		2,699		70.78%		-1,585		-41.56%		3,813
	Nicholas		5,615		56.14%		4,386		43.86%		1,229		12.28%		10,001
	Ohio		16,546		44.57%		20,575		55.43%		-4,029		-10.86%		37,121
	Pendleton		1,991		51.71%		1,859		48.29%		132		3.42%		3,850
	Pleasants		1,632		46.21%		1,900		53.79%		-268		-7.58%		3,532
	Pocahontas		2,743		49.12%		2,841		50.88%		-98		-1.76%		5,584
	Preston		4,278		34.68%		8,059		65.32%		-3,781		-30.64%		12,337
	Putnam		4,802		49.27%		4,944		50.73%		-142		-1.46%		9,746
	Raleigh		22,704		61.85%		14,005		38.15%		8,699		23.70%		36,709
	Randolph		6,976		56.13%		5,452		43.87%		1,524		12.26%		12,428
	Ritchie		1,665		28.21%		4,238		71.79%		-2,573		-43.58%		5,903
	Roane		3,603		42.26%		4,922		57.74%		-1,319		-15.48%		8,525
	Summers		4,463		56.07%		3,496		43.93%		967		12.14%		7,959
	Taylor		3,752		44.33%		4,711		55.67%		-959		-11.34%		8,463
	Tucker		2,577		53.55%		2,235		46.45%		342		7.10%		4,812
	Tyler		1,523		30.39%		3,488		69.61%		-1,965		-39.22%		5,011
	Upshur		2,234		27.34%		5,938		72.66%		-3,704		-45.32%		8,172
	Wayne		8,679		55.15%		7,059		44.85%		1,620		10.30%		15,738
	Webster		3,767		62.83%		2,229		37.17%		1,538		25.66%		5,996
	Wetzel		4,375		49.43%		4,476		50.57%		-101		-1.14%		8,851
	Wirt		1,050		41.60%		1,474		58.40%		-424		-16.80%		2,524
	Wood		14,154		41.54%		19,917		58.46%		-5,763		-16.92%		34,071
	Wyoming		9,029		59.59%		6,124		40.41%		2,905		19.18%		15,153
Totals	453,578	51.92%	419,970	48.08%	33,608	3.84%	873,548

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica. July 25, 2017.
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 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57). July 25, 2017.
4. Web site: 1952 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia. July 25, 2017.
5. Web site: The American Presidency Project — Election of 1952. July 25, 2017.
6. Web site: Our Campaigns. WV US President — November 04, 1952.