1952 United States presidential election in California Turnout 86.85% (of registered voters) 6.31 pp 74.07% (of eligible voters) 7.30 pp [1]
County Results
Eisenhower
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
Stevenson
40-50%
50-60%
The 1952 United States presidential election in California took place on November 4, 1952 as part of the 1952 United States presidential election . State voters chose 32 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
California voted for the Republican nominee, former Allied Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower , in a landslide over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson . As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last time that Yolo County has voted Republican in a presidential election, the longest Republican drought for any county in the state.
This was the first presidential election in which any nominee received over a million votes in Los Angeles County .
Results
1952 United States presidential election in California[3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower
3,035,587
56.83%
32
Democratic
Adlai Stevenson
2,257,646
42.27%
0
Progressive
Vincent Hallinan
24,692
0.46%
0
Prohibition
Stuart Hamblen
16,117
0.30%
0
No party
Write-ins
3,578
0.07%
0
Constitution
Douglas MacArthur
3,504
0.07%
0
Socialist Labour
Eric Hass
273
0.01%
0
Socialist
Darlington Hoopes
206
0.00%
0
Invalid or blank votes
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Totals
5,341,603
100.00%
32
Voter turnout
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Results by county
County
Eisenhower
Votes
Stevenson
Votes
Others
Votes
Alpine
88.10%
148
11.90%
20
0.00%
0
Mono
76.61%
891
22.70%
264
0.69%
8
Orange
70.29%
80,994
28.98%
33,397
0.73%
844
Inyo
68.87%
3,819
30.62%
1,698
0.50%
28
Lake
67.52%
4,367
31.51%
2,038
0.97%
63
Sutter
67.31%
7,053
32.27%
3,382
0.42%
44
Santa Barbara
67.24%
32,160
32.39%
15,490
0.37%
179
Santa Cruz
67.13%
24,353
31.80%
11,536
1.08%
391
Marin
67.08%
31,178
31.90%
14,824
1.02%
475
Sonoma
66.09%
35,605
32.81%
17,675
1.10%
594
Mariposa
65.91%
2,214
32.81%
1,102
1.28%
43
San Luis Obispo
65.37%
17,716
33.85%
9,174
0.79%
213
San Benito
65.23%
3,733
34.39%
1,968
0.38%
22
Riverside
65.08%
51,692
33.93%
26,948
0.99%
788
Glenn
64.45%
4,454
35.05%
2,422
0.51%
35
Tehama
64.31%
5,742
34.83%
3,110
0.86%
77
Nevada
64.04%
6,819
35.08%
3,735
0.88%
94
San Mateo
63.61%
92,279
35.95%
52,149
0.45%
651
San Diego
63.50%
186,091
35.92%
105,255
0.58%
1,688
Del Norte
63.44%
2,938
35.41%
1,640
1.14%
53
Butte
63.27%
19,248
35.87%
10,913
0.86%
263
Monterey
62.51%
30,578
36.90%
18,051
0.58%
286
Imperial
62.13%
11,044
37.24%
6,619
0.63%
112
Calaveras
61.65%
3,112
37.44%
1,890
0.91%
46
Napa
61.46%
14,065
37.82%
8,655
0.71%
163
Modoc
61.36%
2,634
38.04%
1,633
0.61%
26
Mendocino
60.87%
10,897
38.06%
6,813
1.07%
191
El Dorado
60.51%
5,203
38.35%
3,297
1.14%
98
Yuba
60.42%
5,840
38.92%
3,762
0.65%
63
Humboldt
60.10%
19,949
39.01%
12,949
0.88%
293
Colusa
59.81%
2,824
39.83%
1,881
0.36%
17
Santa Clara
59.74%
91,940
39.66%
61,035
0.61%
932
Tuolumne
59.18%
4,050
39.96%
2,735
0.86%
59
San Bernardino
57.34%
77,718
41.81%
56,663
0.85%
1,153
Trinity
57.14%
1,697
41.82%
1,242
1.04%
31
Tulare
57.07%
30,108
42.10%
22,208
0.83%
437
Shasta
56.43%
10,073
42.89%
7,656
0.68%
122
Los Angeles
56.21%
1,278,407
42.71%
971,408
1.09%
24,725
San Joaquin
55.82%
45,512
43.46%
35,432
0.72%
587
Siskiyou
55.69%
8,735
43.35%
6,800
0.96%
151
Stanislaus
55.57%
29,270
43.35%
22,837
1.08%
570
Kern
55.13%
46,497
44.16%
37,240
0.71%
602
Sierra
53.76%
822
45.65%
698
0.59%
9
Merced
53.26%
13,512
45.88%
11,639
0.86%
219
Yolo
53.17%
9,375
46.04%
8,119
0.79%
139
San Francisco
52.88%
198,158
45.99%
172,312
1.13%
4,230
Alameda
52.69%
201,976
46.50%
178,239
0.80%
3,079
Ventura
52.47%
24,534
46.98%
21,967
0.55%
256
Amador
52.42%
2,440
46.60%
2,169
0.99%
46
Placer
50.59%
9,841
48.55%
9,444
0.86%
168
Madera
49.67%
6,278
49.40%
6,244
0.93%
118
Contra Costa
49.61%
70,094
49.84%
70,416
0.56%
786
Kings
49.19%
7,708
50.09%
7,850
0.72%
113
Sacramento
49.02%
67,207
50.37%
69,066
0.61%
837
Fresno
48.95%
54,626
50.30%
56,135
0.75%
837
Lassen
43.66%
3,313
55.83%
4,237
0.51%
39
Plumas
43.46%
2,687
55.56%
3,435
0.99%
61
Solano
42.37%
19,369
57.16%
26,130
0.47%
216
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