United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1952

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1952
Minnesota
November 4, 1952

 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 763,211 608,458
Percentage 55.3% 44.1%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1952 in Minnesota as part of the 1952 United States presidential election.

The Republican candidate, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state over Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson by a margin of 154,753 votes, or 11.22%. Eisenhower went on to win the election nationally, with 442 electoral votes and a commanding 10.9% lead over Stevenson in the popular vote.

Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was the last President who was unaffected by the term limit imposed under the 22nd Amendment, but decided as early as 1950 that he would not seek another term. Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential nominee to win Minnesota (which had otherwise normally been a Republican stronghold) since the Stock Market Crash of 1929, and the first Republican elected to the presidency since Herbert Hoover left office in 1933.

Results

United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1952[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 763,211 55.33% 11
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 608,458 44.11% 0
Progressive Vincent Hallinan 2,666 0.19% 0
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 2,383 0.17% 0
Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 2,147 0.16% 0
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 618 0.04% 0
Totals 1,379,483 100.00% 11

References

  1. "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. 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
  2. "1952 Presidential Election Results, 1952". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
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