1952 United States presidential election in California

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.

1952 United States presidential election in California

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Turnout	86.85% (of registered voters) 6.31 pp 74.07% (of eligible voters) 7.30 pp
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Home state New York Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman Electoral vote 32 0 Popular vote 2,897,310 2,197,548 Percentage 56.35% 42.74%
County Results Eisenhower   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Stevenson   40–50%   50–60%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican

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. As of the 2020 presidential election^[update], 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
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	Douglas MacArthur	3,504	0.07%	0
	Socialist Labour	Eric Hass	273	0.01%	0
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	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	3,035,587	56.35%	2,257,646	42.74%	48,352	0.91%	777,941	13.61%	5,341,585

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

See also

• United States presidential elections in California

References

1. "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
2. "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
3. "1952 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.