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.
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 County Results
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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 outside of the former Confederacy (though Kentucky also had a Confederate government that controlled half the state early on) carried by the Democratic Party in 1952.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 453,578 | 51.92% | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 419,970 | 48.08% | |
| Total votes | 873,548 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
edit| 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 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved 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
- ^ "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "WV US President — November 04, 1952". Our Campaigns.