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] County Results
Eisenhower
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Stevenson
40-50%
50-60%
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 [update] , 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 . Eisenhower was also the first Republican to secure the state since Herbert Hoover in 1928
Results [ edit ] 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 —
Results by county [ edit ] County Eisenhower Votes Stevenson Votes Others Votes 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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