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1952 United States presidential election in Utah

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1952 United States presidential election in Utah

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All 4 Utah 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 4 0
Popular vote 194,190 135,364
Percentage 58.93% 41.07%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

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 (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 58.93 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), 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

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1952 United States presidential election in Utah[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 194,190 58.93%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 135,364 41.07%
Total votes 329,554 100%

Results by county

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County Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
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

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See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Utah". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.