1952 United States presidential election in Idaho
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The 1952 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]
Idaho was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 65.42 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 34.42 percent of the popular vote.
Eisenhower became the first Republican since Herbert Hoover in 1928 to win Idaho in a presidential election.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 180,707 | 65.42% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 95,081 | 34.42% | |
| Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 443 | 0.16% | |
| Total votes | 276,231 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Vincent Hallinan Progressive | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Ada | 27,415 | 72.65% | 10,281 | 27.24% | 40 | 0.11% | 17,134 | 45.41% | 37,736 |
| Adams | 933 | 64.26% | 517 | 35.61% | 2 | 0.14% | 416 | 28.65% | 1,452 |
| Bannock | 10,864 | 55.25% | 8,771 | 44.61% | 27 | 0.14% | 2,093 | 10.64% | 19,662 |
| Bear Lake | 2,300 | 64.35% | 1,274 | 35.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,026 | 28.70% | 3,574 |
| Benewah | 1,568 | 52.08% | 1,436 | 47.69% | 7 | 0.23% | 132 | 4.39% | 3,011 |
| Bingham | 6,114 | 66.87% | 3,024 | 33.07% | 5 | 0.05% | 3,090 | 33.80% | 9,143 |
| Blaine | 1,609 | 60.90% | 1,033 | 39.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 576 | 21.80% | 2,642 |
| Boise | 655 | 67.53% | 309 | 31.86% | 6 | 0.62% | 346 | 35.67% | 970 |
| Bonner | 4,309 | 56.36% | 3,293 | 43.07% | 43 | 0.56% | 1,016 | 13.29% | 7,645 |
| Bonneville | 10,252 | 68.38% | 4,737 | 31.59% | 4 | 0.03% | 5,515 | 36.79% | 14,993 |
| Boundary | 1,641 | 60.98% | 1,040 | 38.65% | 10 | 0.37% | 601 | 22.33% | 2,691 |
| Butte | 916 | 65.95% | 473 | 34.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 443 | 31.90% | 1,389 |
| Camas | 425 | 65.38% | 224 | 34.46% | 1 | 0.15% | 201 | 30.92% | 650 |
| Canyon | 17,065 | 71.28% | 6,810 | 28.44% | 67 | 0.28% | 10,255 | 42.84% | 23,942 |
| Caribou | 1,788 | 68.82% | 809 | 31.14% | 1 | 0.04% | 979 | 37.68% | 2,598 |
| Cassia | 4,481 | 72.76% | 1,676 | 27.21% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,805 | 45.55% | 6,159 |
| Clark | 382 | 75.20% | 126 | 24.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 256 | 50.40% | 508 |
| Clearwater | 1,494 | 44.91% | 1,826 | 54.88% | 7 | 0.21% | -332 | -9.97% | 3,327 |
| Custer | 1,058 | 69.74% | 452 | 29.80% | 7 | 0.46% | 606 | 39.94% | 1,517 |
| Elmore | 1,653 | 52.59% | 1,484 | 47.22% | 6 | 0.19% | 169 | 5.37% | 3,143 |
| Franklin | 3,252 | 73.31% | 1,181 | 26.62% | 3 | 0.07% | 2,071 | 46.69% | 4,436 |
| Fremont | 2,710 | 64.32% | 1,500 | 35.60% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,210 | 28.72% | 4,213 |
| Gem | 2,568 | 62.21% | 1,555 | 37.67% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,013 | 24.54% | 4,128 |
| Gooding | 3,452 | 71.03% | 1,404 | 28.89% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,048 | 42.14% | 4,860 |
| Idaho | 3,054 | 57.30% | 2,269 | 42.57% | 7 | 0.13% | 785 | 14.73% | 5,330 |
| Jefferson | 2,970 | 66.80% | 1,474 | 33.15% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,496 | 33.65% | 4,446 |
| Jerome | 3,807 | 74.21% | 1,318 | 25.69% | 5 | 0.10% | 2,489 | 48.52% | 5,130 |
| Kootenai | 7,272 | 56.93% | 5,414 | 42.38% | 88 | 0.69% | 1,858 | 14.55% | 12,774 |
| Latah | 5,440 | 62.51% | 3,254 | 37.39% | 8 | 0.09% | 2,186 | 25.12% | 8,702 |
| Lemhi | 2,100 | 71.19% | 848 | 28.75% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,252 | 42.44% | 2,950 |
| Lewis | 1,004 | 44.04% | 1,276 | 55.96% | 0 | 0.00% | -272 | -11.92% | 2,280 |
| Lincoln | 1,383 | 71.11% | 562 | 28.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 821 | 42.22% | 1,945 |
| Madison | 2,756 | 67.12% | 1,348 | 32.83% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,408 | 34.29% | 4,106 |
| Minidoka | 3,128 | 71.40% | 1,253 | 28.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,875 | 42.80% | 4,381 |
| Nez Perce | 5,659 | 50.39% | 5,552 | 49.43% | 20 | 0.18% | 107 | 0.96% | 11,231 |
| Oneida | 1,547 | 67.64% | 739 | 32.31% | 1 | 0.04% | 808 | 35.33% | 2,287 |
| Owyhee | 1,813 | 70.41% | 759 | 29.48% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,054 | 40.93% | 2,575 |
| Payette | 3,936 | 72.37% | 1,491 | 27.41% | 12 | 0.22% | 2,445 | 44.96% | 5,439 |
| Power | 1,308 | 68.45% | 603 | 31.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 705 | 36.90% | 1,911 |
| Shoshone | 5,119 | 51.91% | 4,684 | 47.50% | 59 | 0.60% | 435 | 4.41% | 9,862 |
| Teton | 964 | 66.25% | 491 | 33.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 473 | 32.50% | 1,455 |
| Twin Falls | 14,471 | 76.07% | 4,548 | 23.91% | 4 | 0.02% | 9,923 | 52.16% | 19,023 |
| Valley | 1,456 | 72.51% | 552 | 27.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 904 | 45.02% | 2,008 |
| Washington | 2,616 | 64.91% | 1,411 | 35.01% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,205 | 29.90% | 4,030 |
| Totals | 180,707 | 65.41% | 95,081 | 34.42% | 466 | 0.17% | 85,626 | 30.99% | 276,254 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Adams
- Bannock
- Bear Lake
- Benewah
- Bingham
- Blaine
- Boise
- Bonner
- Bonneville
- Boundary
- Butte
- Caribou
- Custer
- Elmore
- Fremont
- Gem
- Idaho
- Jefferson
- Kootenai
- Latah
- Madison
- Minidoka
- Nez Perce
- Oneida
- Teton
- Shoshone
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "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
- ^ a b "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
