1952 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

1952 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
All 9 Washington votes to the Electoral College
Eisenhower 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%	Stevenson 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Washington was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with California Senator Richard Nixon, with 54.33% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 44.69% of the popular vote.^[4]^[5]

This was the last time the Republican Party carried Pacific County until Donald Trump did so in 2016,^[6] and the last time that a Republican won a majority of the vote in Pacific County, as Trump only received pluralities in 2016 and 2020.

^ "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
^ "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ "Pacific County November 8, 2016 General Election".

[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] "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[4] "1952 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[5] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[6] "Pacific County November 8, 2016 General Election".

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1952 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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