Election in California
Main article: 1952 United States presidential election
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]
Nominee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Party
Republican
Democratic
Home state
New York [2]
Illinois
Running mate
Richard Nixon
John Sparkman
Electoral vote
32
0
Popular vote
3,035,587
2,257,646
Percentage
56.83%
42.27%
County Results
Eisenhower
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Stevenson
40-50%
50-60%
President before election
Harry S. Truman
Democratic
Elected President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
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 , in a landslide over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson . As of the 2020 presidential election , 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 .
Results [ ]
1952 United States presidential election in California[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower
3,035,587
56.83%
32
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson
2,257,646
42.27%
0
Progressive
Vincent Hallinan
24,692
0.46%
0
Prohibition
Stuart Hamblen
16,117
0.30%
0
No party
Write-ins
3,578
0.07%
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
—
Totals
5,341,603
100.00%
32
Voter turnout
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Results by county [ ]
Alpine
88.10%
148
11.90%
20
0.00%
0
Mono
76.61%
891
22.70%
264
0.69%
8
Orange
70.29%
80,994
28.98%
33,397
0.73%
844
Inyo
68.87%
3,819
30.62%
1,698
0.50%
28
Lake
67.52%
4,367
31.51%
2,038
0.97%
63
Sutter
67.31%
7,053
32.27%
3,382
0.42%
44
Santa Barbara
67.24%
32,160
32.39%
15,490
0.37%
179
Santa Cruz
67.13%
24,353
31.80%
11,536
1.08%
391
Marin
67.08%
31,178
31.90%
14,824
1.02%
475
Sonoma
66.09%
35,605
32.81%
17,675
1.10%
594
Mariposa
65.91%
2,214
32.81%
1,102
1.28%
43
San Luis Obispo
65.37%
17,716
33.85%
9,174
0.79%
213
San Benito
65.23%
3,733
34.39%
1,968
0.38%
22
Riverside
65.08%
51,692
33.93%
26,948
0.99%
788
Glenn
64.45%
4,454
35.05%
2,422
0.51%
35
Tehama
64.31%
5,742
34.83%
3,110
0.86%
77
Nevada
64.04%
6,819
35.08%
3,735
0.88%
94
San Mateo
63.61%
92,279
35.95%
52,149
0.45%
651
San Diego
63.50%
186,091
35.92%
105,255
0.58%
1,688
Del Norte
63.44%
2,938
35.41%
1,640
1.14%
53
Butte
63.27%
19,248
35.87%
10,913
0.86%
263
Monterey
62.51%
30,578
36.90%
18,051
0.58%
286
Imperial
62.13%
11,044
37.24%
6,619
0.63%
112
Calaveras
61.65%
3,112
37.44%
1,890
0.91%
46
Napa
61.46%
14,065
37.82%
8,655
0.71%
163
Modoc
61.36%
2,634
38.04%
1,633
0.61%
26
Mendocino
60.87%
10,897
38.06%
6,813
1.07%
191
El Dorado
60.51%
5,203
38.35%
3,297
1.14%
98
Yuba
60.42%
5,840
38.92%
3,762
0.65%
63
Humboldt
60.10%
19,949
39.01%
12,949
0.88%
293
Colusa
59.81%
2,824
39.83%
1,881
0.36%
17
Santa Clara
59.74%
91,940
39.66%
61,035
0.61%
932
Tuolumne
59.18%
4,050
39.96%
2,735
0.86%
59
San Bernardino
57.34%
77,718
41.81%
56,663
0.85%
1,153
Trinity
57.14%
1,697
41.82%
1,242
1.04%
31
Tulare
57.07%
30,108
42.10%
22,208
0.83%
437
Shasta
56.43%
10,073
42.89%
7,656
0.68%
122
Los Angeles
56.21%
1,278,407
42.71%
971,408
1.09%
24,725
San Joaquin
55.82%
45,512
43.46%
35,432
0.72%
587
Siskiyou
55.69%
8,735
43.35%
6,800
0.96%
151
Stanislaus
55.57%
29,270
43.35%
22,837
1.08%
570
Kern
55.13%
46,497
44.16%
37,240
0.71%
602
Sierra
53.76%
822
45.65%
698
0.59%
9
Merced
53.26%
13,512
45.88%
11,639
0.86%
219
Yolo
53.17%
9,375
46.04%
8,119
0.79%
139
San Francisco
52.88%
198,158
45.99%
172,312
1.13%
4,230
Alameda
52.69%
201,976
46.50%
178,239
0.80%
3,079
Ventura
52.47%
24,534
46.98%
21,967
0.55%
256
Amador
52.42%
2,440
46.60%
2,169
0.99%
46
Placer
50.59%
9,841
48.55%
9,444
0.86%
168
Madera
49.67%
6,278
49.40%
6,244
0.93%
118
Contra Costa
49.61%
70,094
49.84%
70,416
0.56%
786
Kings
49.19%
7,708
50.09%
7,850
0.72%
113
Sacramento
49.02%
67,207
50.37%
69,066
0.61%
837
Fresno
48.95%
54,626
50.30%
56,135
0.75%
837
Lassen
43.66%
3,313
55.83%
4,237
0.51%
39
Plumas
43.46%
2,687
55.56%
3,435
0.99%
61
Solano
42.37%
19,369
57.16%
26,130
0.47%
216
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