1952 United States presidential election in Idaho
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All 4 Idaho votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 180,707 95,081
Percentage 65.42% 34.42%
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The 1952 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]

Idaho was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 65.42 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 34.42 percent of the popular vote.

Eisenhower became the first Republican since Herbert Hoover in 1928 to win Idaho in a presidential election.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Idaho[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 180,707 65.42%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 95,081 34.42%
Progressive Vincent Hallinan 443 0.16%
Total votes 695,059 100.00%

Results by county

County Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican 		Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic 		Vincent Hallinan
Progressive 		Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # %
Ada 27,415 72.65% 10,281 27.24% 40 0.11% 17,134 45.40% 37,736
Adams 933 64.26% 517 35.61% 2 0.14% 416 28.65% 1,452
Bannock 10,864 55.25% 8,771 44.61% 27 0.14% 2,093 10.64% 19,662
Bear Lake 2,300 64.35% 1,274 35.65% 0 0.00% 1,026 28.71% 3,574
Benewah 1,568 52.08% 1,436 47.69% 7 0.23% 132 4.38% 3,011
Bingham 6,114 66.87% 3,024 33.07% 5 0.05% 3,090 33.80% 9,143
Blaine 1,609 60.90% 1,033 39.10% 0 0.00% 576 21.80% 2,642
Boise 655 67.53% 309 31.86% 6 0.62% 346 35.67% 970
Bonner 4,309 56.36% 3,293 43.07% 43 0.56% 1,016 13.29% 7,645
Bonneville 10,252 68.38% 4,737 31.59% 4 0.03% 5,515 36.78% 14,993
Boundary 1,641 60.98% 1,040 38.65% 10 0.37% 601 22.33% 2,691
Butte 916 65.95% 473 34.05% 0 0.00% 443 31.89% 1,389
Camas 425 65.38% 224 34.46% 1 0.15% 201 30.92% 650
Canyon 17,065 71.28% 6,810 28.44% 67 0.28% 10,255 42.83% 23,942
Caribou 1,788 68.82% 809 31.14% 1 0.04% 979 37.68% 2,598
Cassia 4,481 72.76% 1,676 27.21% 2 0.03% 2,805 45.54% 6,159
Clark 382 75.20% 126 24.80% 0 0.00% 256 50.39% 508
Clearwater 1,494 44.91% 1,826 54.88% 7 0.21% -332 -9.98% 3,327
Custer 1,058 69.74% 452 29.80% 7 0.46% 606 39.95% 1,517
Elmore 1,653 52.59% 1,484 47.22% 6 0.19% 169 5.38% 3,143
Franklin 3,252 73.31% 1,181 26.62% 3 0.07% 2,071 46.69% 4,436
Fremont 2,710 64.32% 1,500 35.60% 3 0.07% 1,210 28.72% 4,213
Gem 2,568 62.21% 1,555 37.67% 5 0.12% 1,013 24.54% 4,128
Gooding 3,452 71.03% 1,404 28.89% 4 0.08% 2,048 42.14% 4,860
Idaho 3,054 57.30% 2,269 42.57% 7 0.13% 785 14.73% 5,330
Jefferson 2,970 66.80% 1,474 33.15% 2 0.04% 1,496 33.65% 4,446
Jerome 3,807 74.21% 1,318 25.69% 5 0.10% 2,489 48.52% 5,130
Kootenai 7,272 56.93% 5,414 42.38% 88 0.69% 1,858 14.55% 12,774
Latah 5,440 62.51% 3,254 37.39% 8 0.09% 2,186 25.12% 8,702
Lemhi 2,100 71.19% 848 28.75% 2 0.07% 1,252 42.44% 2,950
Lewis 1,004 44.04% 1,276 55.96% 0 0.00% -272 -11.93% 2,280
Lincoln 1,383 71.11% 562 28.89% 0 0.00% 821 42.21% 1,945
Madison 2,756 67.12% 1,348 32.83% 2 0.05% 1,408 34.29% 4,106
Minidoka 3,128 71.40% 1,253 28.60% 0 0.00% 1,875 42.80% 4,381
Nez Perce 5,659 50.39% 5,552 49.43% 20 0.18% 107 0.95% 11,231
Oneida 1,547 67.64% 739 32.31% 1 0.04% 808 35.33% 2,287
Owyhee 1,813 70.41% 759 29.48% 3 0.12% 1,054 40.93% 2,575
Payette 3,936 72.37% 1,491 27.41% 12 0.22% 2,445 44.95% 5,439
Power 1,308 68.45% 603 31.55% 0 0.00% 705 36.89% 1,911
Shoshone 5,119 51.91% 4,684 47.50% 59 0.60% 435 4.41% 9,862
Teton 964 66.25% 491 33.75% 0 0.00% 473 32.51% 1,455
Twin Falls 14,471 76.07% 4,548 23.91% 4 0.02% 9,923 52.16% 19,023
Valley 1,456 72.51% 552 27.49% 0 0.00% 904 45.02% 2,008
Washington 2,616 64.91% 1,411 35.01% 3 0.07% 1,205 29.90% 4,030
Totals 180,707 65.41% 95,081 34.42% 466 0.17% 85,626 31.00% 276,254

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  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. ^ a b "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  4. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 121 ISBN 0405077114
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