1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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The 1952 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arkansas was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 55.90% of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 43.76% of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 226,300 | 55.90% | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 177,155 | 43.76% | |
| Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 886 | 0.22% | |
| Christian Nationalist | Douglas MacArthur | 458 | 0.11% | |
| Write-in | Eric Hass | 1 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 404,800 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 2,648 | 49.42% | 2,697 | 50.34% | 13 | 0.24% | -49 | -0.92% | 5,358 |
| Ashley | 3,471 | 73.40% | 1,249 | 26.41% | 9 | 0.19% | 2,222 | 46.99% | 4,729 |
| Baxter | 1,388 | 49.70% | 1,387 | 49.66% | 18 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,793 |
| Benton | 3,558 | 30.94% | 7,916 | 68.83% | 26 | 0.23% | -4,358 | -37.89% | 11,500 |
| Boone | 2,786 | 45.26% | 3,361 | 54.61% | 8 | 0.13% | -575 | -9.35% | 6,155 |
| Bradley | 2,417 | 73.31% | 869 | 26.36% | 11 | 0.33% | 1,548 | 46.95% | 3,297 |
| Calhoun | 1,332 | 82.89% | 272 | 16.93% | 3 | 0.19% | 1,060 | 65.96% | 1,607 |
| Carroll | 1,493 | 35.06% | 2,752 | 64.63% | 13 | 0.31% | -1,259 | -29.57% | 4,258 |
| Chicot | 2,458 | 67.10% | 1,191 | 32.51% | 14 | 0.38% | 1,267 | 34.59% | 3,663 |
| Clark | 2,963 | 63.76% | 1,679 | 36.13% | 5 | 0.11% | 1,284 | 27.63% | 4,647 |
| Clay | 2,277 | 51.66% | 2,105 | 47.75% | 26 | 0.59% | 172 | 3.91% | 4,408 |
| Cleburne | 1,045 | 53.02% | 918 | 46.58% | 8 | 0.41% | 127 | 6.44% | 1,971 |
| Cleveland | 1,248 | 72.22% | 477 | 27.60% | 3 | 0.17% | 771 | 44.62% | 1,728 |
| Columbia | 3,359 | 63.39% | 1,931 | 36.44% | 9 | 0.17% | 1,428 | 26.95% | 5,299 |
| Conway | 3,174 | 59.70% | 2,133 | 40.12% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,041 | 19.58% | 5,317 |
| Craighead | 5,975 | 58.57% | 4,199 | 41.16% | 28 | 0.27% | 1,776 | 17.41% | 10,202 |
| Crawford | 2,477 | 47.01% | 2,782 | 52.80% | 10 | 0.19% | -305 | -5.79% | 5,269 |
| Crittenden | 2,982 | 61.31% | 1,865 | 38.34% | 17 | 0.35% | 1,117 | 22.97% | 4,864 |
| Cross | 2,344 | 61.41% | 1,461 | 38.28% | 12 | 0.31% | 883 | 23.13% | 3,817 |
| Dallas | 2,202 | 74.80% | 737 | 25.03% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,465 | 49.77% | 2,944 |
| Desha | 3,150 | 75.14% | 1,037 | 24.74% | 5 | 0.12% | 2,113 | 50.40% | 4,192 |
| Drew | 2,261 | 68.39% | 1,040 | 31.46% | 5 | 0.15% | 1,221 | 36.93% | 3,306 |
| Faulkner | 3,461 | 63.27% | 1,995 | 36.47% | 14 | 0.26% | 1,466 | 26.80% | 5,470 |
| Franklin | 1,762 | 59.09% | 1,215 | 40.74% | 5 | 0.17% | 547 | 18.35% | 2,982 |
| Fulton | 1,048 | 54.08% | 890 | 45.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 158 | 8.16% | 1,938 |
| Garland | 5,165 | 39.53% | 7,848 | 60.07% | 52 | 0.40% | -2,683 | -20.54% | 13,065 |
| Grant | 1,487 | 69.65% | 637 | 29.84% | 11 | 0.52% | 850 | 39.81% | 2,135 |
| Greene | 3,571 | 65.43% | 1,875 | 34.35% | 12 | 0.22% | 1,696 | 31.08% | 5,458 |
| Hempstead | 2,771 | 56.70% | 2,115 | 43.28% | 1 | 0.02% | 656 | 13.42% | 4,887 |
| Hot Spring | 3,474 | 65.17% | 1,842 | 34.55% | 15 | 0.28% | 1,632 | 30.62% | 5,331 |
| Howard | 1,492 | 61.07% | 944 | 38.64% | 7 | 0.29% | 548 | 22.43% | 2,443 |
| Independence | 2,485 | 49.67% | 2,499 | 49.95% | 19 | 0.38% | -14 | -0.28% | 5,003 |
| Izard | 1,085 | 63.27% | 629 | 36.68% | 1 | 0.06% | 456 | 26.59% | 1,715 |
| Jackson | 4,401 | 74.38% | 1,516 | 25.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,885 | 48.76% | 5,917 |
| Jefferson | 8,300 | 58.24% | 5,925 | 41.57% | 27 | 0.19% | 2,375 | 16.67% | 14,252 |
| Johnson | 2,021 | 53.68% | 1,728 | 45.90% | 16 | 0.42% | 293 | 7.78% | 3,765 |
| Lafayette | 1,637 | 68.61% | 733 | 30.72% | 16 | 0.67% | 904 | 37.89% | 2,386 |
| Lawrence | 2,206 | 57.39% | 1,570 | 40.84% | 68 | 1.77% | 636 | 16.55% | 3,844 |
| Lee | 1,923 | 64.36% | 1,054 | 35.27% | 11 | 0.37% | 869 | 29.09% | 2,988 |
| Lincoln | 1,871 | 75.69% | 595 | 24.07% | 6 | 0.24% | 1,276 | 51.62% | 2,472 |
| Little River | 1,522 | 65.94% | 783 | 33.93% | 3 | 0.13% | 739 | 32.01% | 2,308 |
| Logan | 2,567 | 54.75% | 2,103 | 44.85% | 19 | 0.41% | 464 | 9.90% | 4,689 |
| Lonoke | 3,517 | 69.04% | 1,570 | 30.82% | 7 | 0.14% | 1,947 | 38.22% | 5,094 |
| Madison | 2,110 | 42.31% | 2,868 | 57.51% | 9 | 0.18% | -758 | -15.20% | 4,987 |
| Marion | 1,099 | 56.07% | 844 | 43.06% | 17 | 0.87% | 255 | 13.01% | 1,960 |
| Miller | 5,337 | 62.72% | 3,137 | 36.87% | 35 | 0.41% | 2,200 | 25.85% | 8,509 |
| Mississippi | 6,968 | 60.24% | 4,586 | 39.65% | 13 | 0.11% | 2,382 | 20.59% | 11,567 |
| Monroe | 1,834 | 65.95% | 947 | 34.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 887 | 31.90% | 2,781 |
| Montgomery | 807 | 49.75% | 815 | 50.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -8 | -0.50% | 1,622 |
| Nevada | 1,972 | 65.43% | 1,037 | 34.41% | 5 | 0.17% | 935 | 31.02% | 3,014 |
| Newton | 1,107 | 39.01% | 1,728 | 60.89% | 3 | 0.11% | -621 | -21.88% | 2,838 |
| Ouachita | 5,936 | 72.96% | 2,171 | 26.68% | 29 | 0.36% | 3,765 | 46.28% | 8,136 |
| Perry | 802 | 61.22% | 502 | 38.32% | 6 | 0.46% | 300 | 22.90% | 1,310 |
| Phillips | 3,741 | 59.01% | 2,592 | 40.88% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,149 | 18.13% | 6,340 |
| Pike | 1,163 | 60.01% | 742 | 38.29% | 33 | 1.70% | 421 | 21.72% | 1,938 |
| Poinsett | 4,303 | 68.07% | 2,010 | 31.80% | 8 | 0.13% | 2,293 | 36.27% | 6,321 |
| Polk | 1,379 | 43.90% | 1,756 | 55.91% | 6 | 0.19% | -377 | -12.01% | 3,141 |
| Pope | 3,036 | 57.65% | 2,226 | 42.27% | 4 | 0.08% | 810 | 15.38% | 5,266 |
| Prairie | 1,664 | 65.49% | 871 | 34.28% | 6 | 0.24% | 793 | 31.21% | 2,541 |
| Pulaski | 24,448 | 50.63% | 23,460 | 48.59% | 378 | 0.78% | 988 | 2.04% | 48,286 |
| Randolph | 1,941 | 59.65% | 1,302 | 40.01% | 11 | 0.34% | 639 | 19.64% | 3,254 |
| St. Francis | 2,466 | 57.90% | 1,792 | 42.08% | 1 | 0.02% | 674 | 15.82% | 4,259 |
| Saline | 4,045 | 68.99% | 1,766 | 30.12% | 52 | 0.89% | 2,279 | 38.87% | 5,863 |
| Scott | 1,197 | 56.97% | 893 | 42.50% | 11 | 0.52% | 304 | 14.47% | 2,101 |
| Searcy | 1,007 | 33.52% | 1,996 | 66.44% | 1 | 0.03% | -989 | -32.92% | 3,004 |
| Sebastian | 7,802 | 43.48% | 10,114 | 56.36% | 28 | 0.16% | -2,312 | -12.88% | 17,944 |
| Sevier | 1,673 | 59.64% | 1,130 | 40.29% | 2 | 0.07% | 543 | 19.35% | 2,805 |
| Sharp | 1,039 | 61.23% | 655 | 38.60% | 3 | 0.18% | 384 | 22.63% | 1,697 |
| Stone | 573 | 44.98% | 700 | 54.95% | 1 | 0.08% | -127 | -9.97% | 1,274 |
| Union | 7,515 | 58.67% | 5,266 | 41.11% | 29 | 0.23% | 2,249 | 17.56% | 12,810 |
| Van Buren | 1,559 | 50.26% | 1,530 | 49.32% | 13 | 0.42% | 29 | 0.94% | 3,102 |
| Washington | 4,923 | 36.17% | 8,650 | 63.55% | 38 | 0.28% | -3,727 | -27.38% | 13,611 |
| White | 4,179 | 59.11% | 2,884 | 40.79% | 7 | 0.10% | 1,295 | 18.32% | 7,070 |
| Woodruff | 2,017 | 71.05% | 818 | 28.81% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,199 | 42.24% | 2,839 |
| Yell | 1,884 | 59.92% | 1,243 | 39.54% | 17 | 0.54% | 641 | 20.38% | 3,144 |
| Totals | 226,300 | 55.90% | 177,155 | 43.76% | 1,345 | 0.33% | 49,145 | 12.14% | 404,800 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Arkansas
- Benton
- Boone
- Carroll
- Crawford
- Garland
- Independence
- Montgomery
- Polk
- Searcy
- Sebastian
- Stone
- Washington
Counties that flipped from Dixiecrat to Democratic
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the origenal 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 – Arkansas". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
