The 1952 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[4]
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All 20 Michigan votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 66.7%  [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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Michigan was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 55.44% of the popular vote, against Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson (Democratic), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 43.97% of the popular vote, making Michigan 0.6% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Gogebic or Iron Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Wayne County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1,551,529 | 55.44% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 1,230,657 | 43.97% | |
| Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 10,331 | 0.37% | |
| Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 3,922 | 0.14% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 1,495 | 0.05% | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 655 | 0.02% | |
| Write-in | 3 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 2,798,592 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Stuart Hamblen Prohibition |
Vincent Hallinan Progressive |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 1,441 | 65.06% | 766 | 34.58% | 8 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 675 | 30.48% | 2,215 |
| Alger | 2,066 | 49.68% | 2,058 | 49.48% | 15 | 0.36% | 18 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.20% | 4,159 |
| Allegan | 15,663 | 73.40% | 5,437 | 25.48% | 214 | 1.00% | 13 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.05% | 10,226 | 47.92% | 21,338 |
| Alpena | 6,248 | 66.32% | 3,134 | 33.27% | 32 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.05% | 3,114 | 33.05% | 9,421 |
| Antrim | 3,533 | 76.50% | 1,046 | 22.65% | 38 | 0.82% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,487 | 53.85% | 4,618 |
| Arenac | 2,753 | 67.74% | 1,290 | 31.74% | 10 | 0.25% | 10 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,463 | 36.00% | 4,064 |
| Baraga | 2,103 | 57.29% | 1,540 | 41.95% | 4 | 0.11% | 23 | 0.63% | 1 | 0.03% | 563 | 15.34% | 3,671 |
| Barry | 8,933 | 72.70% | 3,230 | 26.29% | 116 | 0.94% | 5 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.02% | 5,703 | 46.41% | 12,287 |
| Bay | 20,087 | 58.40% | 14,113 | 41.03% | 173 | 0.50% | 11 | 0.03% | 12 | 0.03% | 5,974 | 17.37% | 34,396 |
| Benzie | 2,752 | 73.04% | 980 | 26.01% | 30 | 0.80% | 4 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,772 | 47.03% | 3,768 |
| Berrien | 32,932 | 62.94% | 19,088 | 36.48% | 212 | 0.41% | 66 | 0.13% | 22 | 0.04% | 13,844 | 26.46% | 52,320 |
| Branch | 9,215 | 71.52% | 3,564 | 27.66% | 94 | 0.73% | 5 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.05% | 5,651 | 43.86% | 12,884 |
| Calhoun | 31,941 | 62.09% | 19,171 | 37.26% | 286 | 0.56% | 26 | 0.05% | 23 | 0.04% | 12,770 | 24.83% | 51,447 |
| Cass | 8,479 | 64.86% | 4,500 | 34.42% | 71 | 0.54% | 13 | 0.10% | 9 | 0.07% | 3,979 | 30.44% | 13,072 |
| Charlevoix | 3,895 | 68.07% | 1,778 | 31.07% | 42 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,117 | 37.00% | 5,722 |
| Cheboygan | 4,385 | 69.50% | 1,900 | 30.12% | 13 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.10% | 2,485 | 39.38% | 6,309 |
| Chippewa | 7,075 | 62.12% | 4,257 | 37.38% | 34 | 0.30% | 20 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,818 | 24.74% | 11,389 |
| Clare | 3,529 | 76.22% | 1,059 | 22.87% | 32 | 0.69% | 4 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.13% | 2,470 | 53.35% | 4,630 |
| Clinton | 10,510 | 77.47% | 2,977 | 21.94% | 75 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.01% | 7,533 | 55.53% | 13,566 |
| Crawford | 1,331 | 72.53% | 490 | 26.70% | 12 | 0.65% | 2 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 841 | 45.83% | 1,835 |
| Delta | 7,488 | 51.79% | 6,921 | 47.87% | 17 | 0.12% | 23 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.06% | 567 | 3.92% | 14,458 |
| Dickinson | 6,045 | 51.18% | 5,710 | 48.34% | 33 | 0.28% | 14 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.08% | 335 | 2.84% | 11,811 |
| Eaton | 13,723 | 72.42% | 5,170 | 27.28% | 33 | 0.17% | 14 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.05% | 8,553 | 45.14% | 18,949 |
| Emmet | 5,113 | 72.90% | 1,871 | 26.68% | 26 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,242 | 46.22% | 7,014 |
| Genesee | 62,220 | 51.97% | 56,753 | 47.41% | 544 | 0.45% | 137 | 0.11% | 58 | 0.05% | 5,467 | 4.56% | 119,712 |
| Gladwin | 3,031 | 75.85% | 936 | 23.42% | 23 | 0.58% | 5 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,095 | 52.43% | 3,996 |
| Gogebic | 6,195 | 47.47% | 6,803 | 52.13% | 12 | 0.09% | 34 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.05% | -608 | -4.66% | 13,051 |
| Grand Traverse | 9,034 | 77.14% | 2,639 | 22.53% | 28 | 0.24% | 6 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.03% | 6,395 | 54.61% | 11,711 |
| Gratiot | 10,034 | 77.06% | 2,887 | 22.17% | 92 | 0.71% | 7 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 7,147 | 54.89% | 13,021 |
| Hillsdale | 10,680 | 75.51% | 3,340 | 23.62% | 118 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,340 | 51.89% | 14,143 |
| Houghton | 10,563 | 59.57% | 7,100 | 40.04% | 28 | 0.16% | 36 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.03% | 3,463 | 19.53% | 17,733 |
| Huron | 10,639 | 81.28% | 2,421 | 18.50% | 26 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.01% | 8,218 | 62.78% | 13,089 |
| Ingham | 51,503 | 67.62% | 24,125 | 31.68% | 403 | 0.53% | 75 | 0.10% | 55 | 0.07% | 27,378 | 35.94% | 76,161 |
| Ionia | 10,970 | 69.35% | 4,722 | 29.85% | 121 | 0.76% | 4 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.01% | 6,248 | 39.50% | 15,819 |
| Iosco | 3,772 | 74.56% | 1,274 | 25.18% | 6 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,498 | 49.38% | 5,059 |
| Iron | 4,564 | 49.52% | 4,597 | 49.88% | 33 | 0.36% | 19 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.03% | -33 | -0.36% | 9,216 |
| Isabella | 8,222 | 73.54% | 2,881 | 25.77% | 71 | 0.64% | 5 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,341 | 47.77% | 11,180 |
| Jackson | 32,810 | 68.20% | 15,065 | 31.32% | 192 | 0.40% | 18 | 0.04% | 20 | 0.04% | 17,745 | 36.88% | 48,105 |
| Kalamazoo | 38,847 | 66.76% | 18,967 | 32.60% | 310 | 0.53% | 42 | 0.07% | 19 | 0.03% | 19,880 | 34.16% | 58,185 |
| Kalkaska | 1,326 | 72.74% | 483 | 26.49% | 10 | 0.55% | 4 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 843 | 46.25% | 1,823 |
| Kent | 79,467 | 62.02% | 47,221 | 36.85% | 1,259 | 0.98% | 126 | 0.10% | 62 | 0.05% | 32,246 | 25.17% | 128,135 |
| Keweenaw | 801 | 51.38% | 747 | 47.92% | 2 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 54 | 3.46% | 1,559 |
| Lake | 1,549 | 57.46% | 1,127 | 41.80% | 9 | 0.33% | 10 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.04% | 422 | 15.66% | 2,696 |
| Lapeer | 9,940 | 72.79% | 3,644 | 26.68% | 55 | 0.40% | 7 | 0.05% | 10 | 0.07% | 6,296 | 46.11% | 13,656 |
| Leelanau | 2,926 | 74.38% | 999 | 25.39% | 7 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,927 | 48.99% | 3,934 |
| Lenawee | 20,035 | 72.72% | 7,397 | 26.85% | 107 | 0.39% | 5 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.02% | 12,638 | 45.87% | 27,549 |
| Livingston | 9,790 | 75.57% | 3,086 | 23.82% | 67 | 0.52% | 8 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.03% | 6,704 | 51.75% | 12,955 |
| Luce | 1,603 | 74.25% | 553 | 25.61% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,050 | 48.64% | 2,159 |
| Mackinac | 3,058 | 70.23% | 1,285 | 29.51% | 10 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,773 | 40.72% | 4,354 |
| Macomb | 37,474 | 50.39% | 36,544 | 49.14% | 191 | 0.26% | 67 | 0.09% | 88 | 0.12% | 930 | 1.25% | 74,364 |
| Manistee | 5,235 | 62.50% | 3,114 | 37.18% | 18 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,121 | 25.32% | 8,376 |
| Marquette | 11,618 | 53.65% | 9,949 | 45.94% | 41 | 0.19% | 40 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.03% | 1,669 | 7.71% | 21,655 |
| Mason | 6,179 | 64.65% | 3,298 | 34.51% | 43 | 0.45% | 30 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.08% | 2,881 | 30.14% | 9,558 |
| Mecosta | 5,436 | 76.54% | 1,587 | 22.35% | 77 | 1.08% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,849 | 54.19% | 7,102 |
| Menominee | 6,147 | 55.54% | 4,884 | 44.13% | 27 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.06% | 1,263 | 11.41% | 11,068 |
| Midland | 10,508 | 72.12% | 3,945 | 27.08% | 101 | 0.69% | 8 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.05% | 6,563 | 45.04% | 14,570 |
| Missaukee | 2,525 | 80.01% | 600 | 19.01% | 31 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,925 | 61.00% | 3,156 |
| Monroe | 17,159 | 57.06% | 12,758 | 42.42% | 113 | 0.38% | 22 | 0.07% | 22 | 0.07% | 4,401 | 14.64% | 30,074 |
| Montcalm | 9,946 | 71.42% | 3,844 | 27.60% | 117 | 0.84% | 11 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.06% | 6,102 | 43.82% | 13,926 |
| Montmorency | 1,449 | 71.91% | 544 | 27.00% | 17 | 0.84% | 4 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.05% | 905 | 44.91% | 2,015 |
| Muskegon | 25,967 | 51.47% | 23,826 | 47.23% | 481 | 0.95% | 63 | 0.12% | 109 | 0.22% | 2,141 | 4.24% | 50,446 |
| Newaygo | 6,715 | 71.81% | 2,541 | 27.17% | 85 | 0.91% | 8 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,174 | 44.64% | 9,351 |
| Oakland | 115,503 | 60.73% | 73,871 | 38.84% | 522 | 0.27% | 155 | 0.08% | 128 | 0.07% | 41,632 | 21.89% | 190,179 |
| Oceana | 4,704 | 71.04% | 1,799 | 27.17% | 106 | 1.60% | 10 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,905 | 43.87% | 6,622 |
| Ogemaw | 2,983 | 73.91% | 1,030 | 25.52% | 16 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,953 | 48.39% | 4,036 |
| Ontonagon | 2,961 | 57.39% | 2,134 | 41.36% | 7 | 0.14% | 52 | 1.01% | 5 | 0.10% | 827 | 16.03% | 5,159 |
| Osceola | 4,607 | 78.86% | 1,160 | 19.86% | 73 | 1.25% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,447 | 59.00% | 5,842 |
| Oscoda | 1,047 | 80.72% | 246 | 18.97% | 3 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 801 | 61.75% | 1,297 |
| Otsego | 1,941 | 68.88% | 865 | 30.70% | 7 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,076 | 38.18% | 2,818 |
| Ottawa | 22,328 | 72.83% | 7,835 | 25.56% | 454 | 1.48% | 21 | 0.07% | 19 | 0.06% | 14,493 | 47.27% | 30,657 |
| Presque Isle | 2,982 | 61.84% | 1,825 | 37.85% | 15 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,157 | 23.99% | 4,822 |
| Roscommon | 2,547 | 78.64% | 676 | 20.87% | 11 | 0.34% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,871 | 57.77% | 3,239 |
| Saginaw | 38,604 | 64.23% | 20,983 | 34.91% | 435 | 0.72% | 34 | 0.06% | 44 | 0.07% | 17,621 | 29.32% | 60,100 |
| Sanilac | 11,181 | 82.47% | 2,298 | 16.95% | 66 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.04% | 8,883 | 65.52% | 13,557 |
| Schoolcraft | 2,352 | 58.05% | 1,692 | 41.76% | 8 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 660 | 16.29% | 4,052 |
| Shiawassee | 13,562 | 68.41% | 6,056 | 30.55% | 184 | 0.93% | 13 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.05% | 7,506 | 37.86% | 19,824 |
| St. Clair | 27,894 | 69.29% | 12,268 | 30.47% | 57 | 0.14% | 29 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.02% | 15,626 | 38.82% | 40,256 |
| St. Joseph | 12,191 | 72.19% | 4,509 | 26.70% | 175 | 1.04% | 5 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.04% | 7,682 | 45.49% | 16,887 |
| Tuscola | 11,788 | 77.97% | 3,251 | 21.50% | 69 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.03% | 8,537 | 56.47% | 15,119 |
| Van Buren | 13,231 | 70.91% | 5,309 | 28.45% | 70 | 0.38% | 36 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.07% | 7,922 | 42.46% | 18,659 |
| Washtenaw | 35,826 | 66.64% | 17,671 | 32.87% | 140 | 0.26% | 88 | 0.16% | 34 | 0.06% | 18,155 | 33.77% | 53,759 |
| Wayne | 456,371 | 42.12% | 622,236 | 57.43% | 1,242 | 0.11% | 2,347 | 0.22% | 1,185 | 0.11% | -165,865 | -15.31% | 1,083,381 |
| Wexford | 5,569 | 68.98% | 2,407 | 29.82% | 91 | 1.13% | 6 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,162 | 39.16% | 8,073 |
| Totals | 1,551,529 | 55.44% | 1,230,657 | 43.97% | 10,331 | 0.37% | 3,922 | 0.14% | 2,153 | 0.07% | 320,872 | 11.47% | 2,798,592 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".
- ^ "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 Election Results Michigan".
- ^ Our Campaigns; MI US President 1952