1952 United States presidential election in California explained

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Election Name:	1952 United States presidential election in California
Country:	California
Flag Image:	Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1948 United States presidential election in California
Previous Year:	1948
Next Election:	1956 United States presidential election in California
Next Year:	1956
Turnout:	86.85% (of registered voters) 6.31 pp 74.07% (of eligible voters) 7.30 pp^[1]
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:	32
Popular Vote1:	2,897,310
Percentage1:	56.35%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	John Sparkman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	2,197,548
Percentage2:	42.74%
Map Size:	400px
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 California took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose 32 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

California voted for the Republican nominee, former Allied Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (with California Senator Richard Nixon as his running mate), in a landslide over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson., this is the last time that Yolo County has voted Republican in a presidential election, the longest Republican drought for any county in the state.

This was the first presidential election in which any nominee received over a million votes in Los Angeles County. Eisenhower was also the first Republican to secure the state since Herbert Hoover in 1928

Results

1952 United States presidential election in California^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower	2,897,310	56.35%	32
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	2,197,548	42.74%	0
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan	24,106	0.47%	0
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen	15,653	0.30%	0
	No party	Write-ins	3,249	0.06%	0
	Constitution		3,504	0.07%	0
	Socialist Labour		273	0.01%	0
	Socialist		206	0.00%	0
Invalid or blank votes					—
Totals			5,141,849	100.00%	32
Voter turnout					—

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Alameda		201,976		52.69%		178,239		46.50%		3,079		0.81%		23,737		6.19%		383,294
	Alpine		148		88.10%		20		11.90%		0		0.00%		128		76.20%		168
	Amador		2,440		52.42%		2,169		46.60%		46		0.98%		271		5.82%		4,655
	Butte		19,248		63.27%		10,913		35.87%		263		0.86%		8,335		27.40%		30,424
	Calaveras		3,112		61.65%		1,890		37.44%		46		0.91%		1,222		24.21%		5,048
	Colusa		2,824		59.81%		1,881		39.83%		17		0.36%		943		19.98%		4,722
	Contra Costa		70,094		49.61%		70,416		49.84%		786		0.55%		-322		-0.23%		141,296
	Del Norte		2,938		63.44%		1,640		35.41%		35		1.15%		1,298		28.03%		4,613
	El Dorado		5,203		60.51%		3,297		38.35%		98		1.14%		1,906		22.16%		8,598
	Fresno		54,626		48.95%		56,135		50.30%		837		0.75%		-1,509		-1.35%		111,598
	Glenn		4,454		64.45%		2,422		35.05%		35		0.50%		2,032		29.40%		6,911
	Humboldt		19,949		60.10%		12,949		39.01%		293		0.89%		7,000		21.09%		33,191
	Imperial		11,044		62.13%		6,619		37.24%		112		0.63%		4,425		24.89%		17,775
	Inyo		3,819		68.87%		1,698		30.62%		28		0.51%		2,121		38.25%		5,545
	Kern		46,497		55.13%		37,240		44.16%		602		0.71%		9,257		10.97%		84,339
	Kings		7,708		49.19%		7,850		50.09%		113		0.72%		-142		-0.90%		15,671
	Lake		4,367		67.52%		2,038		31.51%		63		0.97%		2,329		36.01%		6,468
	Lassen		3,313		43.66%		4,237		55.83%		39		0.51%		-924		-12.17%		7,589
	Los Angeles		1,278,407		56.21%		971,408		42.71%		24,725		1.08%		306,999		13.50%		2,274,540
	Madera		6,278		49.67%		6,244		49.40%		118		0.93%		34		0.27%		12,640
	Marin		31,178		67.08%		14,824		31.90%		475		1.02%		16,354		35.18%		46,477
	Mariposa		2,214		65.91%		1,102		32.81%		43		1.28%		1,112		33.10%		3,359
	Mendocino		10,897		60.87%		6,813		38.06%		191		1.07%		4,084		22.81%		17,901
	Merced		13,512		53.26%		11,639		45.88%		219		0.86%		1,873		7.38%		25,370
	Modoc		2,634		61.36%		1,633		38.04%		26		0.60%		1,001		23.32%		4,293
	Mono		891		76.61%		264		22.70%		8		0.69%		627		53.91%		1,163
	Monterey		30,578		62.51%		18,051		36.90%		286		0.59%		12,527		25.61%		48,915
	Napa		14,065		61.46%		8,655		37.82%		163		0.72%		5,410		23.64%		22,883
	Nevada		6,819		64.04%		3,735		35.08%		94		0.88%		3,084		28.96%		10,648
	Orange		80,994		70.29%		33,397		28.98%		844		0.73%		47,597		41.31%		115,235
	Placer		9,841		50.59%		9,444		48.55%		168		0.86%		397		2.04%		19,453
	Plumas		2,687		43.46%		3,435		55.56%		61		0.98%		-748		-12.10%		6,183
	Riverside		51,692		65.08%		26,948		33.93%		788		0.99%		24,744		31.15%		79,428
	Sacramento		67,207		49.02%		69,066		50.37%		837		0.61%		-1,859		-1.35%		137,110
	San Benito		3,733		65.23%		1,968		34.39%		22		0.38%		1,765		30.84%		5,723
	San Bernardino		77,718		57.34%		56,663		41.81%		1,153		0.85%		21,055		15.53%		135,534
	San Diego		186,091		63.50%		105,255		35.92%		1,688		0.58%		80,836		27.58%		293,034
	San Francisco		198,158		52.88%		172,312		45.99%		4,230		1.13%		25,846		6.89%		374,700
	San Joaquin		45,512		55.82%		35,432		43.46%		587		0.72%		10,080		12.36%		81,531
	San Luis Obispo		17,716		65.37%		9,174		33.85%		213		0.78%		8,542		31.52%		27,103
	San Mateo		92,279		63.61%		52,149		35.95%		651		0.44%		40,130		27.66%		145,079
	Santa Barbara		32,160		67.24%		15,490		32.39%		179		0.37%		16,670		34.85%		47,829
	Santa Clara		91,940		59.74%		61,035		39.66%		932		0.60%		30,905		20.08%		153,907
	Santa Cruz		24,353		67.13%		11,536		31.80%		391		1.07%		12,817		35.33%		36,280
	Shasta		10,073		56.43%		7,656		42.89%		122		0.68%		2,417		13.54%		17,851
	Sierra		822		53.76%		698		45.65%		9		0.59%		124		8.11%		1,529
	Siskiyou		8,735		55.69%		6,800		43.35%		151		0.96%		1,935		12.34%		15,686
	Solano		19,369		42.37%		26,130		57.16%		216		0.47%		-6,761		-14.79%		45,715
	Sonoma		35,605		66.09%		17,675		32.81%		594		1.10%		17,930		33.28%		53,874
	Stanislaus		29,270		55.57%		22,837		43.35%		570		1.08%		6,433		12.22%		52,677
	Sutter		7,053		67.31%		3,382		32.27%		44		0.42%		3,671		35.04%		10,479
	Tehama		5,742		64.31%		3,110		34.83%		77		0.86%		2,632		29.48%		8,929
	Trinity		1,697		57.14%		1,242		41.82%		31		1.04%		455		15.32%		2,970
	Tulare		30,108		57.07%		22,208		42.10%		437		0.83%		7,900		14.97%		52,753
	Tuolumne		4,050		59.18%		2,735		39.96%		59		0.86%		1,315		19.22%		6,844
	Ventura		24,534		52.47%		21,967		46.98%		256		0.55%		2,567		5.49%		46,757
	Yolo		9,375		53.17%		8,119		46.04%		139		0.79%		1,256		7.13%		17,633
	Yuba		5,840		60.42%		3,762		38.92%		63		0.66%		2,078		21.50%		9,665
Total	2,897,310	56.35%	2,197,548	42.74%	46,991	0.91%	699,762	13.61%	5,141,849

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Alameda
• Amador
• Calaveras
• Colusa
• El Dorado
• Humboldt
• Los Angeles
• Madera
• Kern
• Merced
• Modoc
• Placer
• San Francisco
• Sierra
• Siskiyou
• Shasta
• Tulare
• Ventura
• Yuba
• Yolo
• Trinity

Notes and References

1. Web site: Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018 . California Secretary of State . 2022-05-05.
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 - California. 2008-08-25 . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.