Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

1952 United States presidential election in New York

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1952 United States presidential election in New York
Remove ads

The 1952 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 4, 1952. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 45 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Quick facts Turnout, Nominee ...
Thumb
Much of Eisenhower's popularity as a politician was based on his role as Supreme Allied Commander during the end of World War II - shown here at the WWII victory parade in New York City.

New York was won by former Supreme Allied Commander and World War II hero, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was running against Democratic Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower ran with California Senator Richard Nixon as Vice President, and Stevenson ran with Alabama Senator John Sparkman.

Eisenhower carried New York with 55.45% of the vote to Stevenson's 43.55%, a victory margin of 11.90%. New York weighed in for this election as 1% more Republican than the national average.[3] Eisenhower proved to be very popular in many of the Northern and Mid-West States, and took nearly every county in the State of New York, with the exception of a handful of counties conglomerate with New York City. The only counties in the state to vote for Stevenson were the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, allowing Stevenson to win New York City overall. Eisenhower ultimately won the election to the White House in 1952 as a war hero, a political outsider, and a moderate Republican who pledged to protect and support popular New Deal Democratic policies, ending twenty years of Democratic control of the White House.

Eisenhower won the election in New York (his home state in the election) by a decisive 12-point margin. National turnout for the presidential election of 1952 is evident of the contemporary, lingering Democratic stronghold in the Deep South, which was the only region to vote primarily for Stevenson. Eisenhower was the first presidential candidate in United States history (and largely, globally as well) who targeted a large portion of his campaign to women voters.[4] Dwindling popularity for the administration of Truman[5] during the months following the conflict in Korea, and coupled with the relatively progressive agenda and campaign strategy laid down by the Republican Party, contributed to Eisenhower's powerful rise across the country.

Remove ads

Results

Summarize
Perspective
More information Party, Candidate ...

New York City results

1952 Presidential Election in New York City Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island Total
Democratic-
Liberal
Adlai Stevenson 446,727392,477656,229331,21728,2801,854,93054.37%
58.38%60.50%58.42%41.94%33.42%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 300,284241,898446,708450,61055,9931,495,49343.84%
39.24%37.29%39.77%57.06%66.18%
American Labor Vincent Hallinan 16,97413,42018,7657,19429456,6471.66%
2.22%2.07%1.67%0.91%0.35%
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 53134857228861,7450.05%
0.07%0.05%0.05%0.04%0.01%
Socialist Darlington Hoopes 441366662175161,6600.05%
0.06%0.06%0.06%0.02%0.02%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 200225307133168810.02%
0.03%0.03%0.03%0.02%0.02%
TOTAL 765,155648,7531,123,249789,68284,6063,411,445100.00%

Results by county

More information County, Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican ...

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Results by congressional district

Eisenhower won 29 out of 43 of New York's congressional districts while Stevenson won the other 14 congressional districts.[6]

More information District, Eisenhower ...
Remove ads

See also

Notes

  1. Although he ran under the “Progressive” label in other states, in New York Hallinan was endorsed by the American Labor Party and ran under that party’s banner.
  2. Not all counties recorded votes for candidates other than Eisenhower, Stevenson and Hallinan separately, so votes for the remaining three on-ballot candidates and scattered write-in candidates have been listed only as a state-wide total.

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads