1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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The 1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Turnout	93.11%[1]
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Home state New York[2] Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman Electoral vote 8 0 Popular vote 611,012 481,649 Percentage 55.70% 43.91%
County Results Municipality Results Eisenhower   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Stevenson   50–60%   60–70% Tie   40–50%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Dwight Eisenhower Republican

Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, over the Democratic nominee, former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Eisenhower ran with Senator Richard Nixon of California, while Stevenson's running mate was Senator John Sparkman of Alabama.

Eisenhower won Connecticut by a margin of 11.79%.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut[3]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Dwight David Eisenhower of New York	Richard Nixon of California	611,012	55.70%	8	100.00%
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois	John Jackson Sparkman of Alabama	481,649	43.91%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes of Pennsylvania	Samuel H. Friedman of New York	2,244	0.20%	0	0.00%
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan of California	Charlotta Amanda Bass of New York	1,466	0.13%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass of New York	Stephen Emery of New York	535	0.04%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	5	0.01%	0	0.00%
Total				1,096,911	100.00%	8	100.00%

By county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Fairfield	167,278	60.72%	106,403	38.62%	1,812	0.66%	60,875	22.10%	275,493
Hartford	150,332	50.50%	146,551	49.23%	831	0.27%	3,781	1.27%	297,714
Litchfield	35,735	63.81%	20,163	36.00%	107	0.19%	15,572	27.81%	56,005
Middlesex	22,157	58.38%	15,722	41.43%	73	0.19%	6,435	16.95%	37,952
New Haven	165,917	54.66%	136,476	44.96%	1,148	0.38%	29,441	9.70%	303,541
New London	38,148	54.76%	31,374	45.03%	148	0.21%	6,774	9.73%	69,670
Tolland	13,466	58.69%	9,425	41.08%	52	0.23%	4,041	17.61%	22,943
Windham	17,979	53.53%	15,535	46.25%	74	0.22%	2,444	7.28%	33,588
Totals	611,012	55.70%	481,649	43.91%	4,250	0.39%	129,363	11.79%	1,096,911

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• New Haven
• New London
• Hartford
• Windham

See also

• United States presidential elections in Connecticut