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.
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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
edit| 1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
edit| 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
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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
- ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut".
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