1952 United States presidential election in New York

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.

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. 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. Dwindling popularity for the administration of TrumanTime: "The Corruption Issue: A Pandora's Box," September 24, 1956|accessdate=2013-05-17 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.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in New YorkPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 3,952,815 55.45% 45 Democratic Adlai Stevenson 2,687,890 37.71% Liberal Adlai Stevenson 416,711 5.85% Total Adlai Stevenson 3,104,601 43.55% 0 American Labor Vincent Hallinan 64,211 0.90% 0 Socialist Darlington Hoopes 2,664 0.04% 0 Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 2,212 0.03% 0 Socialist Labor Eric Hass 1,560 0.02% 0 Write-ins 178 <0.01% 0 Totals 7,128,241 100.0% 45

New York City results 1952 Presidential Election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal Democratic-LiberalAdlai Stevenson446,727392,477656,229331,21728,2801,854,93054.37%58.38%60.50%58.42%41.94%33.42% RepublicanDwight D. Eisenhower300,284241,898446,708450,61055,9931,495,49343.84%39.24%37.29%39.77%57.06%66.18% American LaborVincent Hallinan16,97413,42018,7657,19429456,6471.66%2.22%2.07%1.67%0.91%0.35% Socialist WorkersFarrell Dobbs53134857228861,7450.05%0.07%0.05%0.05%0.04%0.01% SocialistDarlington Hoopes441366662175161,6600.05%0.06%0.06%0.06%0.02%0.02% Socialist LaborEric Hass200225307133168810.02%0.03%0.03%0.03%0.02%0.02%TOTAL765,155648,7531,123,249789,68284,6063,411,445100.00%

Results by county County Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic/Liberal Vincent HallinanAmerican Labor Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Albany79,87152.28%72,63347.54%2660.18%7,2384.74%152,770 Allegany16,36580.54%3,94319.41%100.05%12,42261.13%20,318 Bronx241,89837.34%392,47760.59%13,4202.07%-150,579-23.25%647,795 Broome64,73871.38%25,83328.48%1190.13%38,90542.90%90,690 Cattaraugus24,80868.58%11,33331.33%340.09%13,50937.25%36,175 Cayuga25,03768.08%11,69531.80%460.12%13,34236.28%36,778 Chautauqua42,04364.14%23,42735.74%790.12%18,61628.40%65,549 Chemung30,18868.57%13,72931.19%790.18%16,45937.41%43,996 Chenango16,06279.66%4,08920.28%130.06%11,97359.38%20,164 Clinton14,53564.50%7,96335.34%370.16%6,57229.16%22,535 Columbia17,53974.16%6,07525.69%350.15%11,46448.47%23,649 Cortland13,98577.32%4,07922.55%240.13%9,90654.77%18,088 Delaware17,73781.10%4,11618.82%180.08%13,62162.28%21,871 Dutchess46,38171.17%18,64428.61%1420.22%27,73742.56%65,167 Erie253,92756.32%196,37843.56%5500.12%57,54912.76%450,855 Essex12,80075.53%4,13024.37%160.10%8,67051.16%16,946 Franklin12,21264.89%6,59135.02%170.09%5,62129.87%18,820 Fulton18,06870.31%7,57029.46%580.23%10,49840.85%25,696 Genesee16,60670.85%6,81929.10%120.05%9,78741.75%23,437 Greene12,90774.07%4,50425.85%150.08%8,40348.22%17,426 Hamilton2,61582.65%54617.26%30.09%2,06965.39%3,164 Herkimer20,98064.26%11,59935.53%700.21%9,38128.73%32,649 Jefferson27,93269.88%12,02630.09%130.03%15,90639.79%39,971 Kings446,70839.82%656,22958.50%18,7651.68%-209,521-18.68%1,121,702 Lewis7,62272.14%2,92727.70%170.16%4,69544.44%10,566 Livingston14,76071.37%5,90128.53%190.09%8,85942.84%20,680 Madison17,71576.73%5,35323.19%190.08%12,36253.54%23,087 Monroe159,17258.89%110,72340.97%3700.14%48,44917.92%270,265 Montgomery19,55460.13%12,93439.77%310.10%6,62020.36%32,519 Nassau305,90069.87%130,26729.75%1,6690.38%175,63340.12%437,836 New York300,28439.30%446,72758.47%16,9742.23%-146,443-19.17%763,985 Niagara54,84359.97%36,50439.91%1080.12%18,33920.06%91,455 Oneida69,65260.98%44,43838.90%1340.12%25,21422.08%114,224 Onondaga119,26864.96%64,02234.87%3020.17%55,24630.09%183,592 Ontario21,65971.15%8,76328.79%180.06%12,89642.36%30,440 Orange51,21771.23%20,58528.63%980.14%30,63242.60%71,900 Orleans11,68674.97%3,89324.98%80.05%7,79349.99%15,587 Oswego27,60970.66%11,44429.29%190.05%16,16541.37%39,072 Otsego20,30476.78%6,11523.12%270.10%14,18953.66%26,446 Putnam11,03868.57%5,00131.07%580.36%6,03737.50%16,097 Queens450,61057.11%331,21741.98%7,1940.91%119,39315.13%789,021 Rensselaer51,45366.57%25,73433.29%1090.14%25,71933.28%77,296 Richmond55,99366.21%28,28033.44%2940.35%27,71332.77%84,567 Rockland27,65764.39%15,08435.12%2120.49%12,57329.27%42,953 Saratoga29,71272.17%11,41327.72%430.11%18,29944.45%41,168 Schenectady54,27266.48%27,15733.27%2080.25%27,11533.21%81,637 Schoharie8,97271.78%3,50928.07%180.15%5,46343.71%12,499 Schuyler5,60475.68%1,78424.09%170.23%3,82051.59%7,405 Seneca9,66969.01%4,32830.89%150.10%5,34138.12%14,012 St. Lawrence28,03668.27%13,00031.65%320.08%15,03636.62%41,068 Steuben32,12374.14%11,15425.74%490.12%20,96948.40%43,326 Suffolk115,57074.58%39,12025.25%2620.17%76,45049.33%154,952 Sullivan14,92663.26%8,42135.69%2471.05%6,50527.57%23,594 Tioga11,79978.19%3,25921.60%320.21%8,54056.59%15,090 Tompkins18,67374.66%6,28525.13%540.21%12,38849.53%25,012 Ulster36,14169.44%15,73330.23%1710.33%20,40839.21%52,045 Warren17,04677.06%5,05122.84%220.10%11,99554.22%22,119 Washington17,55173.80%6,21026.11%220.09%11,34147.69%23,783 Wayne21,69376.53%6,62123.36%330.11%15,07253.17%28,347 Westchester237,10567.38%113,35832.21%1,4540.41%123,74735.17%351,917 Wyoming12,15475.05%4,03824.94%20.01%8,11650.11%16,194 Yates7,83181.07%1,82018.84%90.09%6,01162.23%9,660Totals3,952,81555.45%3,104,60143.55%64,2110.90%6,6140.09%848,21411.90%7,128,241

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Albany Erie Monroe Oneida

Results by congressional district Eisenhower won 29 out of 43 of New York's congressional districts while Stevenson won the other 14 congressional districts. DistrictEisenhowerStevenson1st74.5%25.5%2nd71.3%28.7%3rd68.6%31.4%4th63.6%36.4%5th61.7%38.3%6th51.6%48.4%7th56.8%43.2%8th38.8%61.2%9th41.2%58.8%10th32.2%67.8%11th26.1%73.9%12th55.4%44.6%13th31.6%68.4%14th42.2%57.8%15th67.7%32.3%16th17.4%82.6%17th58.4%41.6%18th44.5%55.5%19th34.7%65.3%20th41.1%58.9%21st37.7%62.3%22nd29.1%70.9%23rd23%77%24th37.5%62.5%25th57.9%42.1%26th67.8%32.2%27th67.6%32.4%28th69.8%30.2%29th71.6%28.4%30th54.6%45.4%31st72.4%27.6%32nd67.9%32.1%33rd69.2%30.8%34th63.8%36.2%35th65.1%34.9%36th73.4%26.6%37th72%28%38th60.9%39.1%39th64.6%35.4%40th59.2%40.8%41st54.9%45.1%42nd56.8%43.2%43rd68.7%31.3%

See also United States presidential elections in New York History of nuclear weapons "I Like Ike" Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower The Korean War The McCarthy Era Women's Suffrage

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