1952 United States presidential election in Iowa

1952 United States presidential election in Iowa

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All 10 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 808,906 451,513
Percentage 63.75% 35.59%

County Results
Eisenhower
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%


President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]

Iowa was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 63.75% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 35.59% of the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last of only two presidential elections – alongside Warren G. Harding’s triumph in 1920 – in which a candidate won every county in Iowa.

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "1952 Presidential Election Results – Iowa". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.

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