1952 United States presidential election in California
1952 United States presidential election in California Turnout 86.85% (of registered voters) 6.31 pp 74.07% (of eligible voters) 7.30 pp [ 1]
County Results
Eisenhower
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Stevenson
40–50%
50–60%
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 .
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[ 3]
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
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Totals
5,141,849
100.00%
32
Voter turnout
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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
2,897,310
56.35%
2,197,548
42.74%
46,991
0.91%
699,762
13.61%
5,141,849
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References