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1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 210,935 203,293
Percentage 50.89% 49.05%


President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Rhode Island voted for the Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, over the Democratic nominee, former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Eisenhower ran with Senator Richard Nixon of California, while Stevenson's running mate was Senator John Sparkman of Alabama.

Eisenhower won Rhode Island by a very narrow margin of 1.85%. As a result of this, he became the first Republican candidate since Calvin Coolidge in 1924 to win the state.

Results

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1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Dwight David Eisenhower of New York Richard Nixon of California 210,935 50.89% 4 100.00%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois John Jackson Sparkman of Alabama 203,293 49.05% 0 0.00%
Progressive Vincent Hallinan of California Charlotta Amanda Bass of New York 187 0.05% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass of New York Stephen Emery of New York 83 0.02% 0 0.00%
Total 414,498 100.00% 4 100.00%

By county

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County Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Bristol 8,468 50.44% 8,313 49.51% 8 0.05% 155 0.93% 16,789
Kent 27,745 60.85% 17,824 39.09% 24 0.06% 9,921 21.76% 45,593
Newport 15,136 57.63% 11,116 42.33% 10 0.04% 4,020 15.30% 26,262
Providence 146,197 48.09% 157,592 51.84% 219 0.07% -11,395 -3.75% 304,008
Washington 13,389 61.29% 8,448 38.67% 9 0.04% 4,941 22.62% 21,846
Totals 210,935 50.89% 203,293 49.05% 270 0.06% 7,642 1.84% 414,498

Counties flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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
  2. ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". Retrieved February 15, 2024.