1952 United States presidential election in Montana explained

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

Montana voted overwhelmingly for the Republican nominee, war hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower won Montana by a landslide margin of 19.32%, carrying all counties except four in the mining areas and on the northern border.

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Montana[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower	157,394	59.39%	4
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	106,213	40.07%	0
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan	723	0.27%	0
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen	548	0.21%	0
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	159	0.06%	0
Totals			265,037	100.00%	4

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Beaverhead		2,196		70.20%		920		29.41%		12		0.38%		1,276		40.79%		3,128
	Big Horn		2,165		65.91%		1,114		33.91%		6		0.18%		1,051		32.00%		3,285
	Blaine		1,890		60.85%		1,207		38.86%		9		0.29%		683		21.99%		3,106
	Broadwater		962		68.86%		435		31.14%		0		0.00%		527		37.72%		1,397
	Carbon		2,734		61.16%		1,713		38.32%		23		0.51%		1,021		22.84%		4,470
	Carter		921		72.12%		351		27.49%		5		0.39%		570		44.63%		1,277
	Cascade		12,176		52.09%		11,051		47.28%		146		0.62%		1,125		4.81%		23,373
	Chouteau		2,098		59.35%		1,423		40.25%		14		0.40%		675		19.10%		3,535
	Custer		3,461		62.53%		2,050		37.04%		24		0.43%		1,411		25.49%		5,535
	Daniels		1,092		62.47%		649		37.13%		7		0.40%		443		25.34%		1,748
	Dawson		2,396		65.50%		1,247		34.09%		15		0.41%		1,149		31.41%		3,658
	Deer Lodge		3,001		41.58%		4,162		57.67%		54		0.75%		-1,161		-16.09%		7,217
	Fallon		1,046		70.01%		440		29.45%		8		0.54%		606		40.56%		1,494
	Fergus		4,402		65.79%		2,271		33.94%		18		0.27%		2,131		31.85%		6,691
	Flathead		7,372		59.09%		4,994		40.03%		110		0.88%		2,378		19.06%		12,476
	Gallatin		6,998		71.93%		2,697		27.72%		34		0.35%		4,301		44.21%		9,729
	Garfield		723		72.74%		269		27.06%		2		0.20%		454		45.68%		994
	Glacier		2,061		54.68%		1,698		45.05%		10		0.27%		363		9.63%		3,769
	Golden Valley		471		70.40%		198		29.60%		0		0.00%		273		40.80%		669
	Granite		923		65.88%		473		33.76%		5		0.36%		450		32.12%		1,401
	Hill		3,474		55.44%		2,748		43.86%		44		0.70%		726		11.58%		6,266
	Jefferson		1,084		60.76%		687		38.51%		13		0.73%		397		22.25%		1,784
	Judith Basin		1,074		57.96%		746		40.26%		33		1.78%		328		17.70%		1,853
	Lake		3,651		65.09%		1,893		33.75%		65		1.16%		1,758		31.34%		5,609
	Lewis and Clark		7,663		62.58%		4,563		37.26%		20		0.16%		3,100		25.32%		12,246
	Liberty		671		61.67%		411		37.78%		6		0.55%		260		23.89%		1,088
	Lincoln		1,881		49.23%		1,907		49.91%		33		0.86%		-26		-0.68%		3,821
	Madison		1,993		72.42%		751		27.29%		8		0.29%		1,242		45.13%		2,752
	McCone		900		56.32%		674		42.18%		24		1.50%		226		14.14%		1,598
	Meagher		792		70.71%		326		29.11%		2		0.18%		466		41.60%		1,120
	Mineral		553		52.47%		491		46.58%		10		0.95%		62		5.89%		1,054
	Missoula		10,053		58.99%		6,901		40.50%		87		0.51%		3,152		18.49%		17,041
	Musselshell		1,253		50.08%		1,240		49.56%		9		0.36%		13		0.52%		2,502
	Park		4,152		67.51%		1,969		32.02%		29		0.47%		2,183		35.49%		6,150
	Petroleum		319		67.30%		155		32.70%		0		0.00%		164		34.60%		474
	Phillips		1,771		58.70%		1,224		40.57%		22		0.73%		547		18.13%		3,017
	Pondera		1,719		57.45%		1,246		41.64%		27		0.90%		473		15.81%		2,992
	Powder River		888		72.67%		327		26.76%		7		0.57%		561		45.91%		1,222
	Powell		1,783		57.85%		1,281		41.56%		18		0.58%		502		16.29%		3,082
	Prairie		771		69.21%		338		30.34%		5		0.45%		433		38.87%		1,114
	Ravalli		3,537		66.37%		1,750		32.84%		42		0.79%		1,787		33.53%		5,329
	Richland		2,506		67.28%		1,196		32.11%		23		0.62%		1,310		35.17%		3,725
	Roosevelt		1,998		57.36%		1,466		42.09%		19		0.55%		532		15.27%		3,483
	Rosebud		1,734		67.92%		805		31.53%		14		0.55%		929		36.39%		2,553
	Sanders		1,724		56.01%		1,311		42.59%		43		1.40%		413		13.42%		3,078
	Sheridan		1,339		49.39%		1,347		49.69%		25		0.92%		-8		-0.30%		2,711
	Silver Bow		10,196		43.46%		13,114		55.90%		148		0.63%		-2,918		-12.44%		23,458
	Stillwater		1,689		67.02%		816		32.38%		15		0.60%		873		34.64%		2,520
	Sweet Grass		1,315		77.17%		372		21.83%		17		1.00%		943		55.34%		1,704
	Teton		1,978		58.56%		1,389		41.12%		11		0.33%		589		17.44%		3,378
	Toole		1,853		56.25%		1,426		43.29%		15		0.46%		427		12.96%		3,294
	Treasure		392		65.66%		205		34.34%		0		0.00%		187		31.32%		597
	Valley		2,462		53.28%		2,130		46.09%		29		0.63%		332		7.19%		4,621
	Wheatland		1,026		63.85%		572		35.59%		9		0.56%		454		28.26%		1,607
	Wibaux		556		62.82%		324		36.61%		5		0.56%		232		26.21%		885
	Yellowstone		17,556		66.61%		8,750		33.20%		51		0.19%		8,806		33.41%		26,357
Totals	157,394	59.39%	106,213	40.07%	1,430	0.54%	51,181	19.32%	265,037

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Blaine
• Carbon
• Carter
  • Cascade Chouteau
• Custer
  • Daniels Fergus
• Flathead
  • • • Glacier Hill Jefferson Judith Basin
• Liberty
• McCone
  • Mineral Missoula
• Musselshell
• Petroleum
• Phillips
  • Pondera Powell
• Prairie
• Richland
• Roosevelt
  • • • Sanders Teton Toole Treasure
• Valley
• Wibaux

See also

• United States presidential elections in Montana

Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1952 Presidential General Election Results – Montana. 2018-03-21.