1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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All 8 West Virginia votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois New York[2]
Running mate John Sparkman Richard Nixon
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 453,578 419,970
Percentage 51.92% 48.08%
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Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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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.

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 the former Confederacy that were carried by the Democratic Party in 1952.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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

1952 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[6]
County Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic 		Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Barbour 4,489 49.92% 4,504 50.08% -15 -0.17% 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 0.87% 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 -44.99% 3,781
Fayette 22,307 70.82% 9,190 29.18% 13,117 41.65% 31,497
Gilmer 2,291 55.82% 1,813 44.18% 478 11.65% 4,104
Grant 674 17.04% 3,282 82.96% -2,608 -65.93% 3,956
Greenbrier 8,086 52.30% 7,374 47.70% 712 4.61% 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 8.41% 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 -30.21% 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 -31.19% 9,534
Lincoln 5,099 51.59% 4,784 48.41% 315 3.19% 9,883
Logan 19,302 67.85% 9,148 32.15% 10,154 35.69% 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 -22.95% 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 -41.57% 3,813
Nicholas 5,615 56.14% 4,386 43.86% 1,229 12.29% 10,001
Ohio 16,546 44.57% 20,575 55.43% -4,029 -10.85% 37,121
Pendleton 1,991 51.71% 1,859 48.29% 132 3.43% 3,850
Pleasants 1,632 46.21% 1,900 53.79% -268 -7.59% 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 -30.65% 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 -43.59% 5,903
Roane 3,603 42.26% 4,922 57.74% -1,319 -15.47% 8,525
Summers 4,463 56.07% 3,496 43.93% 967 12.15% 7,959
Taylor 3,752 44.33% 4,711 55.67% -959 -11.33% 8,463
Tucker 2,577 53.55% 2,235 46.45% 342 7.11% 4,812
Tyler 1,523 30.39% 3,488 69.61% -1,965 -39.21% 5,011
Upshur 2,234 27.34% 5,938 72.66% -3,704 -45.33% 8,172
Wayne 8,679 55.15% 7,059 44.85% 1,620 10.29% 15,738
Webster 3,767 62.83% 2,229 37.17% 1,538 25.65% 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 -16.91% 34,071
Wyoming 9,029 59.59% 6,124 40.41% 2,905 19.17% 15,153
Totals 453,578 51.92% 419,970 48.08% 33,608 3.85% 873,548

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. ^ "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  6. ^ "WV US President — November 04, 1952". Our Campaigns.
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