1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia
1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia
County Results
Stevenson
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Eisenhower
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
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] 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 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
Results by county
County[ 6]
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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
See also
References
^ "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.
