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1952 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1952 United States presidential election in Nevada

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All 3 Nevada votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 50,502 31,688
Percentage 61.45% 38.55%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]

Nevada was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 61.45% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 38.55% of the popular vote. Eisenhower's vote share was the highest achieved in Nevada by any Republican presidential candidate to that point, although Richard Nixon in 1972 and Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984 would eventually exceed Eisenhower's 61.45% vote share. This was the last time that Clark County, home to Las Vegas, did not cast the most votes of any county in a presidential election in Nevada.

Results

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1952 United States presidential election in Nevada[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 50,502 61.45%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 31,688 38.55%
Total votes 82,190 100%

Results by county

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County Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # %
Churchill 1,948 68.33% 903 31.67% 1,045 36.66% 2,851
Clark 13,333 52.93% 11,855 47.07% 1,478 5.86% 25,188
Douglas 948 84.27% 177 15.73% 771 68.54% 1,125
Elko 3,104 63.88% 1,755 36.12% 1,349 27.76% 4,859
Esmeralda 174 55.59% 139 44.41% 35 11.18% 313
Eureka 379 70.71% 157 29.29% 222 41.42% 536
Humboldt 1,398 66.92% 691 33.08% 707 33.84% 2,089
Lander 501 67.89% 237 32.11% 264 35.78% 738
Lincoln 903 48.97% 941 51.03% -38 -2.06% 1,844
Lyon 1,453 71.61% 576 28.39% 877 43.22% 2,029
Mineral 1,297 48.65% 1,369 51.35% -72 -2.70% 2,666
Nye 1,037 64.65% 567 35.35% 470 29.30% 1,604
Ormsby 1,653 74.06% 579 25.94% 1,074 48.12% 2,232
Pershing 919 63.78% 522 36.22% 397 27.56% 1,441
Storey 206 58.03% 149 41.97% 57 16.06% 355
Washoe 19,044 68.18% 8,888 31.82% 10,156 36.36% 27,932
White Pine 2,205 50.25% 2,183 49.75% 22 0.50% 4,388
Totals 50,502 61.45% 31,688 38.55% 18,814 22.90% 82,190

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "1952 Presidential Election Results Nevada".
  4. ^ a b Official Returns of the General Election of 1952. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 37.