1952 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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

Iowa was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 63.75% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 35.59% of the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last of only two presidential elections – alongside Warren G. Harding’s triumph in 1920 – in which a candidate won every county in Iowa.

Results

Results by county

County[4]	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		4,497		71.09%		1,817		28.72%		12		0.19%		2,680		42.37%		6,326
	Adams		3,129		69.06%		1,383		30.52%		19		0.42%		1,746		38.54%		4,531
	Allamakee		6,087		72.14%		2,341		27.74%		10		0.12%		3,746		44.40%		8,438
	Appanoose		5,429		55.38%		4,276		43.61%		99		1.01%		1,153		11.77%		9,804
	Audubon		3,605		61.85%		2,220		38.09%		4		0.07%		1,385		23.76%		5,829
	Benton		6,316		59.09%		3,831		35.84%		542		5.07%		2,485		23.25%		10,689
	Black Hawk		28,671		62.01%		17,360		37.55%		203		0.44%		11,311		24.46%		46,234
	Boone		7,901		61.03%		4,896		37.82%		150		1.16%		3,005		23.21%		12,947
	Bremer		6,806		74.12%		2,363		25.73%		14		0.15%		4,443		48.39%		9,183
	Buchanan		6,431		67.81%		3,019		31.83%		34		0.36%		3,412		35.98%		9,484
	Buena Vista		7,539		69.72%		3,254		30.09%		20		0.18%		4,285		39.63%		10,813
	Butler		6,360		77.47%		1,836		22.36%		14		0.17%		4,524		55.11%		8,210
	Calhoun		5,391		67.68%		2,411		30.27%		164		2.06%		2,980		37.41%		7,966
	Carroll		7,473		64.27%		4,139		35.60%		16		0.14%		3,334		28.67%		11,628
	Cass		7,355		75.61%		2,349		24.15%		23		0.24%		5,006		51.46%		9,727
	Cedar		6,176		71.48%		2,447		28.32%		17		0.20%		3,729		43.16%		8,640
	Cerro Gordo		13,207		61.12%		8,354		38.66%		47		0.22%		4,853		22.46%		21,608
	Cherokee		6,018		70.46%		2,502		29.29%		21		0.25%		3,516		41.17%		8,541
	Chickasaw		5,022		63.18%		2,921		36.75%		6		0.08%		2,101		26.43%		7,949
	Clarke		3,215		65.69%		1,653		33.78%		26		0.53%		1,562		31.91%		4,894
	Clay		6,271		72.57%		2,258		26.13%		112		1.30%		4,013		46.44%		8,641
	Clayton		7,669		67.22%		3,730		32.70%		9		0.08%		3,939		34.52%		11,408
	Clinton		15,372		65.73%		7,975		34.10%		38		0.16%		7,397		31.63%		23,385
	Crawford		5,646		63.67%		3,107		35.04%		115		1.30%		2,539		28.63%		8,868
	Dallas		8,008		63.51%		4,501		35.69%		101		0.80%		3,507		27.82%		12,610
	Davis		3,195		58.14%		2,283		41.55%		17		0.31%		912		16.59%		5,495
	Decatur		3,621		58.71%		2,521		40.87%		26		0.42%		1,100		17.84%		6,168
	Delaware		6,449		73.20%		2,351		26.69%		10		0.11%		4,098		46.51%		8,810
	Des Moines		12,182		58.13%		8,686		41.45%		89		0.42%		3,496		16.68%		20,957
	Dickinson		4,401		71.05%		1,748		28.22%		45		0.73%		2,653		42.83%		6,194
	Dubuque		18,075		55.03%		14,542		44.27%		228		0.69%		3,533		10.76%		32,845
	Emmet		4,935		71.48%		1,947		28.20%		22		0.32%		2,988		43.28%		6,904
	Fayette		9,152		67.35%		4,403		32.40%		34		0.25%		4,749		34.95%		13,589
	Floyd		7,042		70.04%		2,999		29.83%		13		0.13%		4,043		40.21%		10,054
	Franklin		5,432		72.72%		1,941		25.98%		97		1.30%		3,491		46.74%		7,470
	Fremont		3,802		64.51%		2,085		35.37%		7		0.12%		1,717		29.14%		5,894
	Greene		5,378		69.62%		2,228		28.84%		119		1.54%		3,150		40.78%		7,725
	Grundy		5,652		78.98%		1,483		20.72%		21		0.29%		4,169		58.26%		7,156
	Guthrie		5,377		70.10%		2,281		29.74%		13		0.17%		3,096		40.36%		7,671
	Hamilton		7,006		71.29%		2,788		28.37%		34		0.35%		4,218		42.92%		9,828
	Hancock		5,115		71.26%		2,053		28.60%		10		0.14%		3,062		42.66%		7,178
	Hardin		7,880		70.79%		3,205		28.79%		47		0.42%		4,675		42.00%		11,132
	Harrison		5,972		63.76%		3,370		35.98%		24		0.26%		2,602		27.78%		9,366
	Henry		6,424		71.93%		2,438		27.30%		69		0.77%		3,986		44.63%		8,931
	Howard		4,305		62.56%		2,564		37.26%		12		0.17%		1,741		25.30%		6,881
	Humboldt		4,534		67.94%		2,124		31.82%		16		0.24%		2,410		36.12%		6,674
	Ida		3,800		70.14%		1,603		29.59%		15		0.28%		2,197		40.55%		5,418
	Iowa		5,625		67.27%		2,514		30.06%		223		2.67%		3,111		37.21%		8,362
	Jackson		5,867		64.28%		3,074		33.68%		186		2.04%		2,793		30.60%		9,127
	Jasper		9,610		58.37%		6,756		41.03%		99		0.60%		2,854		17.34%		16,465
	Jefferson		5,630		69.09%		2,470		30.31%		49		0.60%		3,160		38.78%		8,149
	Johnson		11,231		58.04%		8,067		41.69%		52		0.27%		3,164		16.35%		19,350
	Jones		6,070		66.90%		2,991		32.97%		12		0.13%		3,079		33.93%		9,073
	Keokuk		5,712		64.20%		3,135		35.24%		50		0.56%		2,577		28.96%		8,897
	Kossuth		7,765		64.15%		4,330		35.77%		10		0.08%		3,435		28.38%		12,105
	Lee		12,289		58.61%		8,625		41.13%		55		0.26%		3,664		17.48%		20,969
	Linn		31,383		58.72%		21,818		40.83%		240		0.45%		9,565		17.89%		53,441
	Louisa		3,675		68.45%		1,673		31.16%		21		0.39%		2,002		37.29%		5,369
	Lucas		3,921		63.09%		2,217		35.67%		77		1.24%		1,704		27.42%		6,215
	Lyon		4,893		78.59%		1,324		21.27%		9		0.14%		3,569		57.32%		6,226
	Madison		4,967		69.48%		2,131		29.81%		51		0.71%		2,836		39.67%		7,149
	Mahaska		7,369		63.95%		3,745		32.50%		409		3.55%		3,624		31.45%		11,523
	Marion		7,165		57.25%		5,196		41.51%		155		1.24%		1,969		15.74%		12,516
	Marshall		11,135		65.93%		5,314		31.46%		441		2.61%		5,821		34.47%		16,890
	Mills		4,028		69.04%		1,792		30.72%		14		0.24%		2,236		38.32%		5,834
	Mitchell		5,050		69.78%		2,175		30.05%		12		0.17%		2,875		39.73%		7,237
	Monona		4,849		62.29%		2,918		37.49%		17		0.22%		1,931		24.80%		7,784
	Monroe		3,219		53.28%		2,785		46.09%		38		0.63%		434		7.19%		6,042
	Montgomery		6,074		72.88%		2,235		26.82%		25		0.30%		3,839		46.06%		8,334
	Muscatine		9,361		61.60%		5,772		37.98%		63		0.41%		3,589		23.62%		15,196
	O'Brien		7,130		76.18%		2,192		23.42%		38		0.41%		4,938		52.76%		9,360
	Osceola		3,573		71.73%		1,396		28.03%		12		0.24%		2,177		43.70%		4,981
	Page		8,840		76.52%		2,669		23.10%		44		0.38%		6,171		53.42%		11,553
	Palo Alto		4,595		60.48%		2,993		39.40%		9		0.12%		1,602		21.08%		7,597
	Plymouth		8,140		74.29%		2,768		25.26%		49		0.45%		5,372		49.03%		10,957
	Pocahontas		4,472		61.73%		2,517		34.74%		256		3.53%		1,955		26.99%		7,245
	Polk		60,934		54.03%		50,867		45.10%		982		0.87%		10,067		8.93%		112,783
	Pottawattamie		18,894		61.24%		11,897		38.56%		63		0.20%		6,997		22.68%		30,854
	Poweshiek		6,105		64.28%		3,318		34.93%		75		0.79%		2,787		29.35%		9,498
	Ringgold		3,442		70.66%		1,408		28.91%		21		0.43%		2,034		41.75%		4,871
	Sac		6,417		72.15%		2,451		27.56%		26		0.29%		3,966		44.59%		8,894
	Scott		29,719		61.88%		17,807		37.08%		500		1.04%		11,912		24.80%		48,026
	Shelby		5,135		64.68%		2,762		34.79%		42		0.53%		2,373		29.89%		7,939
	Sioux		10,275		83.21%		2,050		16.60%		24		0.19%		8,225		66.61%		12,349
	Story		13,857		71.81%		5,299		27.46%		140		0.73%		8,558		44.35%		19,296
	Tama		7,061		63.30%		4,076		36.54%		17		0.15%		2,985		26.76%		11,154
	Taylor		4,608		71.74%		1,784		27.78%		31		0.48%		2,824		43.96%		6,423
	Union		5,742		68.92%		2,566		30.80%		24		0.29%		3,176		38.12%		8,332
	Van Buren		3,870		70.62%		1,577		28.78%		33		0.60%		2,293		41.84%		5,480
	Wapello		11,571		52.24%		10,449		47.17%		130		0.59%		1,122		5.07%		22,150
	Warren		5,911		65.55%		3,042		33.74%		64		0.71%		2,869		31.81%		9,017
	Washington		6,946		72.47%		2,604		27.17%		35		0.37%		4,342		45.30%		9,585
	Wayne		3,995		61.23%		2,497		38.27%		33		0.51%		1,498		22.96%		6,525
	Webster		12,336		57.69%		8,681		40.59%		368		1.72%		3,655		17.10%		21,385
	Winnebago		4,574		70.38%		1,905		29.31%		20		0.31%		2,669		41.07%		6,499
	Winneshiek		7,154		66.64%		3,560		33.16%		22		0.20%		3,594		33.48%		10,736
	Woodbury		27,518		58.36%		19,474		41.30%		159		0.34%		8,044		17.06%		47,151
	Worth		3,315		61.34%		2,075		38.40%		14		0.26%		1,240		22.94%		5,404
	Wright		6,566		67.12%		3,186		32.57%		31		0.32%		3,380		34.55%		9,783
Totals	808,906	63.75%	451,513	35.59%	8,354	0.66%	357,393	28.16%	1,268,773

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• • • • Appanoose Audubon Benton Black Hawk
• Boone
• Buena Vista
  • • • Calhoun Carroll Cerro Gordo Chickasaw
        • Cherokee Clay Crawford Davis Dallas
• Decatur
  • Des Moines Dickinson
    • • • • • Dubuque Emmet Franklin Guthrie Hamilton Hancock Harrison
  • Howard Humboldt
• Ida
  • Jasper Johnson
• Kossuth
• Lee
• Linn
• Lucas
• Mahaska
• Marion
  • Monona Monroe
• Osceola
• Palo Alto
• Pocahontas
• Polk
• Poweshiek
• Sac
• Shelby
• Tama
  • • Wapello Wayne Webster
• Winneshiek
  • Woodbury Worth
• Wright

See also

• United States presidential elections in Iowa

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica. July 25, 2017.
2. Web site: U.S. presidential election, 1952 . Facts on File . 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 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195323/http://www.fofweb.com/History/HistRefMain.asp?iPin=EAPPE0334&SID=2&DatabaseName=American+History+Online&InputText=%22presidential+election+1952%22&SearchStyle=&dTitle=U.S.+presidential+election%2C+1952&TabRecordType=Subject+Entry&BioCountPass=0&SubCountPass=1&DocCountPass=0&ImgCountPass=0&MapCountPass=0&FedCountPass=&MedCountPass=0&NewsCountPass=0&RecPosition=1&AmericanData=Set . October 29, 2013 . dead .
3. Web site: 1952 Presidential Election Results – Iowa. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
4. Web site: IA US President Race, November 04, 1952. Our Campaigns.