The 1952 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming was won by the Republican candidate, Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower from New York, running with California Senator Richard Nixon, with 62.71 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic candidate, Adlai Stevenson from Illinois, running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 38.93 percent of the popular vote, a margin of victory of 25.6%. Eisenhower was able to easily carry the state despite the fact that it had voted for Harry Truman 4 years earlier in 1948, with the state trending to the right by almost 30 points in this election. Wyoming weighed in as 14.7% more Republican than the rest of the nation.
Stevenson only won one county, with that being the heavily unionized Sweetwater, which no Republican had won since Warren Harding in 1920. With the Republican victory in this race and the next two consecutive elections, Wyoming would begin its transition into a Republican stronghold, only voting for the Democratic presidential nominee one more time, in 1964. In fact, since 1964, Democrats haven't even managed to crack 40% of the statewide vote in an election.
Results
Results by county CountyDwight D. EisenhowerRepublicanAdlai StevensonDemocraticStuart HamblenProhibitionDarlington HoopesSocialistEric HassLaborMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % Albany 4,560 59.59% 3,082 40.28% 6 0.08% 4 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,478 19.31% 7,652 Big Horn 3,859 68.67% 1,755 31.23% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 2,104 37.44% 5,620 Campbell 1,823 73.10% 666 26.70% 4 0.16% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,157 46.40% 2,494 Carbon 3,403 51.09% 3,242 48.67% 5 0.08% 2 0.03% 9 0.14% 161 2.42% 6,661 Converse 2,056 70.51% 850 29.15% 10 0.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,206 41.36% 2,916 Crook 1,734 79.80% 423 19.47% 10 0.46% 3 0.14% 3 0.14% 1,311 60.33% 2,173 Fremont 5,881 72.94% 2,161 26.80% 17 0.21% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 3,720 46.14% 8,063 Goshen 3,396 67.14% 1,648 32.58% 9 0.18% 4 0.08% 1 0.02% 1,748 34.56% 5,058 Hot Springs 1,573 64.68% 856 35.20% 2 0.08% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 717 29.48% 2,432 Johnson 1,980 78.45% 543 21.51% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,437 56.94% 2,524 Laramie 10,785 56.61% 8,187 42.97% 59 0.31% 12 0.06% 8 0.04% 2,598 13.64% 19,051 Lincoln 2,321 57.59% 1,709 42.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 612 15.18% 4,030 Natrona 10,663 63.87% 6,021 36.06% 10 0.06% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% 4,642 27.81% 16,695 Niobrara 1,652 73.13% 588 26.03% 18 0.80% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,064 47.10% 2,259 Park 5,067 70.62% 2,084 29.05% 19 0.26% 3 0.04% 2 0.03% 2,983 41.57% 7,175 Platte 2,148 60.95% 1,364 38.71% 5 0.14% 5 0.14% 2 0.06% 784 22.24% 3,524 Sheridan 6,522 67.55% 3,124 32.36% 5 0.05% 4 0.04% 0 0.00% 3,398 35.19% 9,655 Sublette 1,013 74.54% 344 25.31% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% 669 49.23% 1,359 Sweetwater 3,567 38.05% 5,807 61.95% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -2,240 -23.90% 9,374 Teton 1,166 78.62% 317 21.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 849 57.24% 1,483 Uinta 1,801 55.45% 1,444 44.46% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 357 10.99% 3,248 Washakie 2,148 70.82% 880 29.01% 4 0.13% 1 0.03% 0 0.00% 1,268 41.81% 3,033Weston 1,931 69.61% 839 30.25% 3 0.11% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,092 39.36% 2,774Totals81,04762.71%47,93437.09%1940.15%400.03%360.03%33,11325.62%129,251
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Albany Carbon Hot Springs Laramie Lincoln Natrona Platte Sheridan Uinta
See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming
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