1952 United States presidential election in Utah
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Elections in Utah |
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The 1952 United States presidential election in Utah 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]
Utah was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 58.93 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 41.07 percent of the popular vote. This was the first time since 1928 that Utah backed a Republican in a presidential election.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 194,190 | 58.93% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 135,364 | 41.07% | |
Total votes | 329,554 | 100% |
Results by county
[edit]County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Beaver | 1,277 | 55.16% | 1,038 | 44.84% | 239 | 10.32% | 2,315 |
Box Elder | 5,850 | 66.22% | 2,984 | 33.78% | 2,866 | 32.44% | 8,834 |
Cache | 10,167 | 70.56% | 4,242 | 29.44% | 5,925 | 41.12% | 14,409 |
Carbon | 3,770 | 39.44% | 5,790 | 60.56% | -2,020 | -21.12% | 9,560 |
Daggett | 90 | 51.14% | 86 | 48.86% | 4 | 2.28% | 176 |
Davis | 9,067 | 60.34% | 5,960 | 39.66% | 3,107 | 20.68% | 15,027 |
Duchesne | 1,969 | 61.32% | 1,242 | 38.68% | 727 | 22.64% | 3,211 |
Emery | 1,552 | 56.79% | 1,181 | 43.21% | 371 | 13.58% | 2,733 |
Garfield | 1,065 | 69.07% | 477 | 30.93% | 588 | 38.14% | 1,542 |
Grand | 675 | 72.27% | 259 | 27.73% | 416 | 44.54% | 934 |
Iron | 3,175 | 66.55% | 1,596 | 33.45% | 1,579 | 33.10% | 4,771 |
Juab | 1,711 | 58.72% | 1,203 | 41.28% | 508 | 17.44% | 2,914 |
Kane | 943 | 85.19% | 164 | 14.81% | 779 | 70.38% | 1,107 |
Millard | 2,994 | 69.74% | 1,299 | 30.26% | 1,695 | 39.48% | 4,293 |
Morgan | 862 | 64.86% | 467 | 35.14% | 395 | 29.72% | 1,329 |
Piute | 531 | 71.95% | 207 | 28.05% | 324 | 43.90% | 738 |
Rich | 569 | 69.39% | 251 | 30.61% | 318 | 38.78% | 820 |
Salt Lake | 84,176 | 58.60% | 59,470 | 41.40% | 24,706 | 17.20% | 143,646 |
San Juan | 876 | 67.54% | 421 | 32.46% | 455 | 35.08% | 1,297 |
Sanpete | 4,146 | 65.12% | 2,221 | 34.88% | 1,925 | 30.24% | 6,367 |
Sevier | 3,996 | 73.44% | 1,445 | 26.56% | 2,551 | 46.88% | 5,441 |
Summit | 1,955 | 60.75% | 1,263 | 39.25% | 692 | 21.50% | 3,218 |
Tooele | 3,209 | 47.68% | 3,521 | 52.32% | -312 | -4.64% | 6,730 |
Uintah | 2,806 | 71.18% | 1,136 | 28.82% | 1,670 | 42.36% | 3,942 |
Utah | 20,913 | 57.71% | 15,327 | 42.29% | 5,586 | 15.42% | 36,240 |
Wasatch | 1,677 | 63.40% | 968 | 36.60% | 709 | 26.80% | 2,645 |
Washington | 2,941 | 73.21% | 1,076 | 26.79% | 1,865 | 46.42% | 4,017 |
Wayne | 536 | 66.09% | 275 | 33.91% | 261 | 32.18% | 811 |
Weber | 20,692 | 51.11% | 19,795 | 48.89% | 897 | 2.22% | 40,487 |
Totals | 194,190 | 58.93% | 135,364 | 41.07% | 58,826 | 17.86% | 329,554 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]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 – Utah". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.