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Elections in Kentucky |
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The 1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 10[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 49.91 percent of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 49.84 percent of the popular vote.[4] The race in Kentucky was the closest in the nation, with the candidates separated by a mere 700 votes, or 0.07 percent of the vote,[5] and in fact was the closest presidential election in any state since New Hampshire was won by Woodrow Wilson by fifty-six votes in 1916.
As of 2020, this is the last time a Republican won the presidency without carrying Kentucky, as well as the last time that a non-Southern Democrat would carry the state.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 495,729 | 49.91% | |
Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 495,029 | 49.84% | |
Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 1,161 | 0.12% | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 893 | 0.09% | |
Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 336 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 993,148 | 100% |
County[6] | Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Stuart Hamblen Prohibition |
Eric Hass Socialist Labor |
Vincent Hallinan Progressive |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 2,184 | 36.85% | 3,737 | 63.05% | 2 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,553 | -26.20% | 5,927 |
Allen | 1,750 | 37.10% | 2,946 | 62.45% | 18 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,196 | -25.35% | 4,717 |
Anderson | 2,153 | 59.69% | 1,445 | 40.06% | 7 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 708 | 19.63% | 3,607 |
Ballard | 2,910 | 77.25% | 851 | 22.59% | 4 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,059 | 54.66% | 3,767 |
Barren | 4,618 | 55.21% | 3,743 | 44.75% | 4 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 875 | 10.46% | 8,365 |
Bath | 2,400 | 57.94% | 1,737 | 41.94% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 663 | 16.00% | 4,142 |
Bell | 5,276 | 44.86% | 6,461 | 54.94% | 11 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,185 | -10.08% | 11,761 |
Boone | 2,620 | 52.97% | 2,309 | 46.68% | 12 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 311 | 6.29% | 4,946 |
Bourbon | 3,339 | 59.95% | 2,229 | 40.02% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,110 | 19.93% | 5,570 |
Boyd | 10,245 | 49.44% | 10,426 | 50.32% | 34 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.05% | -181 | -0.88% | 20,720 |
Boyle | 3,771 | 55.76% | 2,969 | 43.90% | 18 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.06% | 802 | 11.86% | 6,763 |
Bracken | 1,753 | 50.90% | 1,690 | 49.07% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 63 | 1.83% | 3,444 |
Breathitt | 3,383 | 71.01% | 1,381 | 28.99% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,002 | 42.02% | 4,764 |
Breckinridge | 2,828 | 47.75% | 3,078 | 51.98% | 9 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.02% | -250 | -4.23% | 5,922 |
Bullitt | 2,121 | 62.05% | 1,292 | 37.80% | 5 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 829 | 24.25% | 3,418 |
Butler | 1,157 | 27.78% | 2,996 | 71.93% | 5 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.07% | -1,839 | -44.15% | 4,165 |
Caldwell | 2,133 | 45.87% | 2,507 | 53.91% | 5 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | -374 | -8.04% | 4,650 |
Calloway | 5,434 | 74.69% | 1,829 | 25.14% | 4 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,605 | 49.55% | 7,275 |
Campbell | 12,976 | 42.25% | 17,705 | 57.64% | 12 | 0.04% | 15 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.03% | -4,729 | -15.39% | 30,716 |
Carlisle | 1,867 | 73.97% | 656 | 25.99% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,211 | 47.98% | 2,524 |
Carroll | 2,605 | 71.72% | 1,019 | 28.06% | 8 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,586 | 43.66% | 3,632 |
Carter | 3,019 | 41.57% | 4,221 | 58.12% | 11 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.07% | -1,202 | -16.55% | 7,262 |
Casey | 1,522 | 28.36% | 3,831 | 71.39% | 4 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.04% | -2,309 | -43.03% | 5,366 |
Christian | 6,787 | 58.15% | 4,858 | 41.62% | 15 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.04% | 1,929 | 16.53% | 11,672 |
Clark | 3,620 | 58.27% | 2,592 | 41.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,028 | 16.54% | 6,212 |
Clay | 1,365 | 24.62% | 4,161 | 75.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 15 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.04% | -2,796 | -50.43% | 5,544 |
Clinton | 678 | 19.12% | 2,856 | 80.54% | 4 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.03% | -2,178 | -61.42% | 3,546 |
Crittenden | 1,427 | 36.46% | 2,471 | 63.13% | 8 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,044 | -26.67% | 3,914 |
Cumberland | 909 | 27.14% | 2,426 | 72.44% | 5 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.06% | -1,517 | -45.30% | 3,349 |
Daviess | 7,522 | 41.77% | 10,462 | 58.09% | 16 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.02% | -2,940 | -16.32% | 18,010 |
Edmonson | 992 | 30.31% | 2,279 | 69.63% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,287 | -39.32% | 3,273 |
Elliott | 2,074 | 76.73% | 629 | 23.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,445 | 53.46% | 2,703 |
Estill | 1,900 | 41.76% | 2,630 | 57.80% | 13 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | -730 | -16.04% | 4,550 |
Fayette | 14,275 | 44.91% | 17,376 | 54.66% | 31 | 0.10% | 86 | 0.27% | 21 | 0.07% | -3,101 | -9.75% | 31,789 |
Fleming | 2,446 | 48.44% | 2,592 | 51.33% | 3 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -146 | -2.89% | 5,050 |
Floyd | 8,940 | 67.78% | 4,238 | 32.13% | 7 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,702 | 35.65% | 13,189 |
Franklin | 7,309 | 70.20% | 3,097 | 29.75% | 4 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,212 | 40.45% | 10,411 |
Fulton | 2,673 | 67.81% | 1,266 | 32.12% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,407 | 35.69% | 3,942 |
Gallatin | 1,383 | 74.72% | 465 | 25.12% | 2 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 918 | 49.60% | 1,851 |
Garrard | 1,927 | 44.49% | 2,398 | 55.37% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | -471 | -10.88% | 4,331 |
Grant | 2,545 | 61.16% | 1,609 | 38.67% | 6 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 936 | 22.49% | 4,161 |
Graves | 9,592 | 76.55% | 2,925 | 23.34% | 4 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.04% | 6,667 | 53.21% | 12,530 |
Grayson | 2,341 | 36.80% | 4,011 | 63.05% | 4 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,670 | -26.25% | 6,362 |
Green | 1,857 | 40.01% | 2,773 | 59.75% | 7 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -916 | -19.74% | 4,641 |
Greenup | 4,716 | 51.95% | 4,354 | 47.96% | 3 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.02% | 362 | 3.99% | 9,078 |
Hancock | 1,177 | 46.61% | 1,341 | 53.11% | 2 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.12% | -164 | -6.50% | 2,525 |
Hardin | 4,599 | 53.74% | 3,914 | 45.73% | 35 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.04% | 685 | 8.01% | 8,558 |
Harlan | 10,025 | 57.85% | 7,284 | 42.03% | 7 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,741 | 15.82% | 17,330 |
Harrison | 3,367 | 64.26% | 1,866 | 35.61% | 2 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,501 | 28.65% | 5,240 |
Hart | 2,952 | 50.01% | 2,934 | 49.70% | 7 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.05% | 18 | 0.31% | 5,903 |
Henderson | 5,913 | 54.28% | 4,929 | 45.25% | 43 | 0.39% | 4 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.04% | 984 | 9.03% | 10,893 |
Henry | 3,468 | 68.51% | 1,584 | 31.29% | 8 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,884 | 37.22% | 5,062 |
Hickman | 1,988 | 69.39% | 871 | 30.40% | 3 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,117 | 38.99% | 2,865 |
Hopkins | 7,157 | 62.40% | 4,285 | 37.36% | 14 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.07% | 2,872 | 25.04% | 11,469 |
Jackson | 471 | 13.16% | 3,104 | 86.75% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,633 | -73.59% | 3,578 |
Jefferson | 81,642 | 44.99% | 99,069 | 54.60% | 290 | 0.16% | 343 | 0.19% | 103 | 0.06% | -17,427 | -9.61% | 181,447 |
Jessamine | 2,578 | 53.80% | 2,193 | 45.76% | 17 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 385 | 8.04% | 4,792 |
Johnson | 2,654 | 33.78% | 5,199 | 66.18% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,545 | -32.40% | 7,856 |
Kenton | 19,457 | 50.26% | 19,200 | 49.60% | 25 | 0.06% | 15 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.03% | 257 | 0.66% | 38,709 |
Knott | 4,437 | 79.49% | 1,124 | 20.14% | 21 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,313 | 59.35% | 5,582 |
Knox | 2,766 | 33.52% | 5,470 | 66.28% | 16 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,704 | -32.76% | 8,253 |
LaRue | 2,161 | 55.96% | 1,701 | 44.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 460 | 11.92% | 3,862 |
Laurel | 2,263 | 28.11% | 5,776 | 71.74% | 4 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | -3,513 | -43.63% | 8,051 |
Lawrence | 2,597 | 48.98% | 2,696 | 50.85% | 5 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | -99 | -1.87% | 5,302 |
Lee | 1,100 | 41.08% | 1,572 | 58.70% | 1 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | -472 | -17.62% | 2,678 |
Leslie | 705 | 17.81% | 3,239 | 81.81% | 6 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.05% | -2,534 | -64.00% | 3,959 |
Letcher | 5,097 | 52.08% | 4,689 | 47.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 408 | 4.16% | 9,786 |
Lewis | 1,556 | 31.83% | 3,317 | 67.86% | 4 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.04% | -1,761 | -36.03% | 4,888 |
Lincoln | 2,910 | 47.60% | 3,186 | 52.11% | 12 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.03% | -276 | -4.51% | 6,114 |
Livingston | 1,554 | 58.49% | 1,102 | 41.48% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 452 | 17.01% | 2,657 |
Logan | 4,917 | 63.94% | 2,758 | 35.86% | 8 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,159 | 28.08% | 7,690 |
Lyon | 1,404 | 65.06% | 746 | 34.57% | 4 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.14% | 658 | 30.49% | 2,158 |
Madison | 5,901 | 49.94% | 5,886 | 49.82% | 21 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.03% | 15 | 0.12% | 11,815 |
Magoffin | 2,243 | 51.66% | 2,093 | 48.20% | 4 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 | 3.46% | 4,342 |
Marion | 3,159 | 58.19% | 2,262 | 41.67% | 5 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 897 | 16.52% | 5,429 |
Marshall | 3,445 | 69.82% | 1,474 | 29.87% | 8 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,971 | 39.95% | 4,934 |
Martin | 1,174 | 30.77% | 2,641 | 69.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,467 | -38.46% | 3,815 |
Mason | 3,614 | 50.00% | 3,606 | 49.89% | 1 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.11% | 7,228 |
McCracken | 12,302 | 66.95% | 6,051 | 32.93% | 13 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.02% | 6,251 | 34.02% | 18,375 |
McCreary | 937 | 21.75% | 3,360 | 77.98% | 3 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.09% | -2,423 | -56.23% | 4,309 |
McLean | 1,961 | 52.11% | 1,791 | 47.60% | 9 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 170 | 4.51% | 3,763 |
Meade | 2,040 | 61.63% | 1,265 | 38.22% | 4 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 775 | 23.41% | 3,310 |
Menifee | 1,219 | 65.43% | 638 | 34.25% | 3 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 581 | 31.18% | 1,863 |
Mercer | 2,740 | 51.58% | 2,545 | 47.91% | 18 | 0.34% | 3 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.11% | 195 | 3.67% | 5,312 |
Metcalfe | 1,848 | 45.78% | 2,176 | 53.90% | 4 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.02% | -328 | -8.12% | 4,037 |
Monroe | 1,084 | 22.78% | 3,675 | 77.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,591 | -54.44% | 4,759 |
Montgomery | 2,653 | 57.08% | 1,981 | 42.62% | 9 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 672 | 14.46% | 4,648 |
Morgan | 3,161 | 70.62% | 1,311 | 29.29% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,850 | 41.33% | 4,476 |
Muhlenberg | 5,037 | 51.34% | 4,761 | 48.52% | 2 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.02% | 276 | 2.82% | 9,812 |
Nelson | 3,417 | 52.62% | 3,064 | 47.18% | 8 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.03% | 353 | 5.44% | 6,494 |
Nicholas | 1,819 | 61.06% | 1,156 | 38.80% | 4 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 663 | 22.26% | 2,979 |
Ohio | 2,700 | 37.80% | 4,428 | 62.00% | 13 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,728 | -24.20% | 7,142 |
Oldham | 1,735 | 49.91% | 1,723 | 49.57% | 13 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.34% | 3,476 |
Owen | 3,174 | 79.35% | 819 | 20.48% | 4 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,355 | 58.87% | 4,000 |
Owsley | 419 | 17.55% | 1,954 | 81.86% | 2 | 0.08% | 12 | 0.50% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,535 | -64.31% | 2,387 |
Pendleton | 1,993 | 51.21% | 1,895 | 48.69% | 2 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 98 | 2.52% | 3,892 |
Perry | 5,538 | 51.46% | 5,210 | 48.41% | 3 | 0.03% | 9 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.02% | 328 | 3.05% | 10,762 |
Pike | 12,761 | 56.50% | 9,778 | 43.29% | 11 | 0.05% | 21 | 0.09% | 14 | 0.06% | 2,983 | 13.21% | 22,585 |
Powell | 1,218 | 55.04% | 992 | 44.83% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 226 | 10.21% | 2,213 |
Pulaski | 4,032 | 29.42% | 9,651 | 70.41% | 13 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.04% | -5,619 | -40.99% | 13,707 |
Robertson | 827 | 57.00% | 623 | 42.94% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 204 | 14.06% | 1,451 |
Rockcastle | 1,326 | 27.39% | 3,503 | 72.35% | 8 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,177 | -44.96% | 4,842 |
Rowan | 2,220 | 52.66% | 1,985 | 47.08% | 7 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 235 | 5.58% | 4,216 |
Russell | 1,171 | 28.60% | 2,913 | 71.14% | 3 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.10% | -1,742 | -42.54% | 4,095 |
Scott | 3,171 | 60.27% | 2,077 | 39.48% | 8 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.08% | 1,094 | 20.79% | 5,261 |
Shelby | 4,076 | 62.12% | 2,474 | 37.70% | 7 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,602 | 24.42% | 6,562 |
Simpson | 2,724 | 67.43% | 1,310 | 32.43% | 4 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,414 | 35.00% | 4,040 |
Spencer | 1,283 | 63.93% | 723 | 36.02% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 560 | 27.91% | 2,007 |
Taylor | 2,439 | 43.62% | 3,126 | 55.90% | 23 | 0.41% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | -687 | -12.28% | 5,592 |
Todd | 2,995 | 67.82% | 1,401 | 31.73% | 15 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,594 | 36.09% | 4,416 |
Trigg | 2,585 | 69.40% | 1,134 | 30.44% | 4 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,451 | 38.96% | 3,725 |
Trimble | 1,855 | 82.81% | 370 | 16.52% | 15 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,485 | 66.29% | 2,240 |
Union | 3,445 | 63.54% | 1,967 | 36.28% | 3 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,478 | 27.26% | 5,422 |
Warren | 7,106 | 49.32% | 7,267 | 50.44% | 22 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.03% | -161 | -1.12% | 14,407 |
Washington | 2,114 | 47.88% | 2,290 | 51.87% | 8 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -176 | -3.99% | 4,415 |
Wayne | 2,461 | 41.99% | 3,396 | 57.94% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -935 | -15.95% | 5,861 |
Webster | 3,516 | 65.28% | 1,858 | 34.50% | 6 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,658 | 30.78% | 5,386 |
Whitley | 2,958 | 29.55% | 7,030 | 70.22% | 7 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.05% | -4,072 | -40.67% | 10,011 |
Wolfe | 1,557 | 63.94% | 876 | 35.98% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 681 | 27.96% | 2,435 |
Woodford | 2,319 | 55.60% | 1,845 | 44.23% | 3 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 474 | 11.37% | 4,171 |
Totals | 495,729 | 49.91% | 495,029 | 49.84% | 1,161 | 0.12% | 893 | 0.09% | 336 | 0.03% | 700 | 0.07% | 993,148 |
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