1952 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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The 1952 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Washington was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with California Senator Richard Nixon, with 54.33% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 44.69% of the popular vote.[4][5]
This was the last time the a Republican won a majority of the vote in Pacific County.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 599,107 | 54.33% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 492,845 | 45.69% | |
Constitution | Douglas MacArthur | 7,290 | 0.65% | |
Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 2,460 | 0.22% | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 633 | 0.06% | |
Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 254 | 0.02% | |
Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 119 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 1,102,708 | 100% |
Results by county
[edit]County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Douglas MacArthur Constitution |
Vincent Hallinan Progressive |
Eric Hass Socialist Labor |
Darlington Hoopes Socialist |
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 2,181 | 66.29% | 1,104 | 33.56% | 5 | 0.15% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1,077 | 32.73% | 3,290 |
Asotin | 2,722 | 55.62% | 2,160 | 44.14% | 10 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 562 | 11.48% | 4,894 |
Benton | 13,412 | 57.40% | 9,889 | 42.33% | 54 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0% | 3,523 | 15.07% | 23,364 |
Chelan | 11,164 | 61.73% | 6,867 | 37.97% | 32 | 0.18% | 12 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.02% | 4,297 | 23.76% | 18,084 |
Clallam | 6,442 | 53.96% | 5,390 | 45.15% | 37 | 0.31% | 53 | 0.44% | 10 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,052 | 8.81% | 11,938 |
Clark | 18,973 | 50.83% | 18,153 | 48.63% | 118 | 0.32% | 57 | 0.15% | 16 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.01% | 820 | 2.20% | 37,328 |
Columbia | 1,511 | 66.18% | 765 | 33.51% | 6 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 746 | 32.67% | 2,283 |
Cowlitz | 12,366 | 52.08% | 11,242 | 47.34% | 79 | 0.33% | 40 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.04% | 1 | 0% | 1,124 | 4.74% | 23,746 |
Douglas | 2,954 | 55.43% | 2,361 | 44.30% | 10 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 593 | 11.13% | 5,329 |
Ferry | 687 | 47.38% | 754 | 52.00% | 6 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.21% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -67 | -4.62% | 1,450 |
Franklin | 3,291 | 53.89% | 2,798 | 45.82% | 13 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 493 | 8.07% | 6,107 |
Garfield | 1,157 | 66.76% | 559 | 32.26% | 17 | 0.98% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 598 | 34.50% | 1,733 |
Grant | 4,512 | 50.61% | 4,381 | 49.14% | 16 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.06% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.01% | 131 | 1.47% | 8,915 |
Grays Harbor | 12,168 | 49.30% | 12,317 | 49.90% | 84 | 0.34% | 62 | 0.25% | 42 | 0.17% | 9 | 0.04% | 1 | 0% | -149 | -0.60% | 24,683 |
Island | 2,901 | 61.68% | 1,772 | 37.68% | 22 | 0.47% | 6 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1,129 | 24.00% | 4,703 |
Jefferson | 2,355 | 54.70% | 1,933 | 44.90% | 6 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.21% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0% | 422 | 9.80% | 4,305 |
King | 200,507 | 53.93% | 165,583 | 44.54% | 4,130 | 1.11% | 1,138 | 0.31% | 238 | 0.06% | 112 | 0.03% | 63 | 0.02% | 34,924 | 9.39% | 371,771 |
Kitsap | 16,876 | 44.89% | 20,531 | 54.61% | 122 | 0.32% | 41 | 0.11% | 16 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.01% | -3,655 | -9.72% | 37,596 |
Kittitas | 5,201 | 56.69% | 3,937 | 42.91% | 27 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1,264 | 13.78% | 9,174 |
Klickitat | 2,845 | 56.78% | 2,140 | 42.71% | 15 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.16% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.02% | 705 | 14.07% | 5,011 |
Lewis | 12,287 | 62.78% | 7,115 | 36.35% | 120 | 0.61% | 36 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 5,172 | 26.43% | 19,571 |
Lincoln | 3,422 | 63.31% | 1,974 | 36.52% | 8 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1,448 | 26.79% | 5,405 |
Mason | 3,827 | 49.70% | 3,830 | 49.74% | 25 | 0.32% | 14 | 0.18% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | -3 | -0.04% | 7,700 |
Okanogan | 6,085 | 55.57% | 4,817 | 43.99% | 31 | 0.28% | 12 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 1,268 | 11.58% | 10,950 |
Pacific | 3,846 | 50.19% | 3,778 | 49.30% | 19 | 0.25% | 19 | 0.25% | 9 | 0% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 68 | 0.89% | 7,663 |
Pend Oreille | 1,566 | 52.87% | 1,380 | 46.59% | 10 | 0.34% | 5 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 186 | 6.28% | 2,962 |
Pierce | 56,515 | 49.66% | 56,132 | 49.32% | 679 | 0.60% | 316 | 0.28% | 107 | 0.09% | 44 | 0.04% | 18 | 0.02% | 383 | 0.34% | 113,811 |
San Juan | 1,133 | 64.16% | 619 | 35.05% | 3 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.11% | 514 | 29.11% | 1,766 |
Skagit | 11,446 | 57.37% | 8,321 | 41.71% | 97 | 0.49% | 73 | 0.37% | 14 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 3,125 | 15.66% | 19,952 |
Skamania | 1,072 | 52.29% | 978 | 47.71% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 94 | 4.58% | 2,050 |
Snohomish | 26,749 | 47.94% | 28,518 | 51.11% | 246 | 0.44% | 210 | 0.38% | 59 | 0.11% | 15 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.01% | -1,769 | -3.17% | 55,801 |
Spokane | 56,958 | 55.17% | 45,827 | 44.39% | 267 | 0.26% | 110 | 0.11% | 57 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.01% | 11,131 | 10.78% | 103,236 |
Stevens | 4,458 | 56.54% | 3,355 | 42.55% | 50 | 0.63% | 17 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.05% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,103 | 13.99% | 7,885 |
Thurston | 13,904 | 58.32% | 9,764 | 40.96% | 108 | 0.45% | 57 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.17% | 1 | 0% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,140 | 17.36% | 23,840 |
Wahkiakum | 815 | 46.31% | 928 | 52.73% | 4 | 0.23% | 5 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0% | -113 | -6.42% | 1,760 |
Walla Walla | 11,987 | 67.28% | 5,738 | 32.21% | 84 | 0.47% | 5 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 6,249 | 35.07% | 17,817 |
Whatcom | 17,590 | 57.06% | 12,877 | 41.77% | 256 | 0.83% | 88 | 0.29% | 12 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,713 | 15.29% | 30,828 |
Whitman | 8,905 | 65.67% | 4,611 | 34.00% | 33 | 0.24% | 7 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,294 | 31.67% | 13,560 |
Yakima | 32,317 | 64.06% | 17,647 | 34.98% | 441 | 0.87% | 29 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.01% | 2 | 0% | 14,670 | 29.08% | 50,447 |
Totals | 599,107 | 54.33% | 492,845 | 44.69% | 7,290 | 0.66% | 2,460 | 0.22% | 633 | 0.06% | 254 | 0.02% | 119 | 0.01% | 106,262 | 9.64% | 1,102,708 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Adams
- Benton
- Chelan
- Clallam
- Clark
- Cowlitz
- Douglas
- Franklin
- Grant
- Jefferson
- King
- Kittitas
- Klickitat
- Lincoln
- Okanogan
- Pacific
- Pend Oreille
- Pierce
- Skagit
- Skamania
- Spokane
- Stevens
- Thurston
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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 - Washington". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ a b Washington Secretary of State. "Presidential Candidates". Official Abstract of Votes State General Election November 4, 1952. Olympia, Washington. p. 5.