1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico
| country = New Mexico
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1948 United States presidential election in New Mexico
| previous_year = 1948
| next_election = 1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico
| next_year = 1956
| election_date = November 4, 1952
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg
| nominee1 = Dwight D. Eisenhower
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state1 = New York{{cite web |url=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 |title=U.S. presidential election, 1952 |publisher=Facts on File |access-date=October 24, 2013 |quote=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 |archive-url=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 |archive-date=October 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}
| running_mate1 = Richard Nixon
| electoral_vote1 = 4
| popular_vote1 = 132,170
| percentage1 = 55.39%
| image2 = Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
| nominee2 = Adlai Stevenson
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state2 = Illinois
| running_mate2 = John Sparkman
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 105,661
| percentage2 = 44.28%
| map_image = New Mexico Presidential Election Results 1952.svg
| map_size = 265px
| map_caption = County Results
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Eisenhower
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
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Stevenson
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{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
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| title = President
| before_election = Harry S. Truman
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Dwight D. Eisenhower
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Elections in New Mexico sidebar}}
The 1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 4, 1952. All 48 States were part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.
New Mexico was won by World War II hero and supreme allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower by a wide 11 percentage point margin. Running against Eisenhower was Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson, who carried only the majority of the American South during his two runs for the presidency.{{cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1952&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0|title=1952 Presidential General Election Results - New Mexico |publisher=Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|access-date=2018-02-14}} Starting with this election, Valencia County would back the national winner in every election until 2020.
This was the last election in which voters in New Mexico chose presidential electors directly. Starting in 1956, the state adopted the modern "short ballot" where voters could only choose between the actual candidates' names, with the understanding that a vote for a candidate was a vote for their party's entire slate of electors.
Results
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| + General Election ResultsNew Mexico State Records Center & Archives, Canvass of Returns of General Election Held November 4, 1952 - State of New Mexico{{cite book|author=New Mexico Secretary of State|title=Official Returns of the 1952 Elections|pages=1|location=Santa Fe, New Mexico }}{{cite book|author=New Mexico Secretary of State|title=New Mexico Election Returns 1911-1969|location=Santa Fe, New Mexico}}
! colspan=2|Party ! Pledged to ! Elector ! Votes |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Mrs. Luis E. Armijo | align=right|132,170 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Louis A. McRae | align=right|131,515 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | Dwight D. Eisenhower | C. C. Bacon | align=right|131,112 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | Dwight D. Eisenhower | W. Fields Walker | align=right|131,110 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|
| Adlai Stevenson II | Mike F. Apodaca | align="right" |105,661 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|
| Adlai Stevenson II | W. W. Nichols | align="right" |105,435 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|
| Adlai Stevenson II | Mary J. Sweeney | align="right" |105,386 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|
| Adlai Stevenson II | Alice Woolston | align="right" |104,914 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Prohibition Party}}|
| Stuart Hamblen | Lewis A. Myers | align="right" |297 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Prohibition Party}}|
| Stuart Hamblen | Luther B. Mitchell | align="right" |287 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Prohibition Party}}|
| Stuart Hamblen | Sadie E. Evans | align="right" |273 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Prohibition Party}}|
| Stuart Hamblen | Mrs. Forrest E. Wilson | align="right" |271 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Party (United States, 1948)}}|
| Vincent Hallinan | Vincente B. Becerra | align="right" |225 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitution Party (United States)}}|
| Douglas MacArthur | Everyl G. Gore | align="right" |220 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitution Party (United States)}}|
| Douglas MacArthur | Florence Porterfield | align="right" |217 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitution Party (United States)}}|
| Douglas MacArthur | Oralee Porter | align="right" |215 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Constitution Party (United States)}}|
| Douglas MacArthur | J. Earl Syling | align="right" |215 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Party (United States, 1948)}}|
| Vincent Hallinan | Virginia L. Chacon | align="right" |212 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Party (United States, 1948)}}|
| Vincent Hallinan | Ruth S. Young | align="right" |212 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Progressive Party (United States, 1948)}}|
| Vincent Hallinan | Helen Mallery | align="right" |199 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Labor Party of America}}|
| Eric Hass | Paris W. Linam | align="right" |35 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Labor Party of America}}|
| Eric Hass | Jeannete Reynolds | align="right" |34 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Labor Party of America}}|
| Eric Hass | James William Peach | align="right" |34 |
| bgcolor={{party color|Socialist Labor Party of America}}|
| Eric Hass | Dallas Reynolds | align="right" |32 |
| colspan="4" |Votes cast{{efn|Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket}}
! 238,608 |
|---|
=Results by county=
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| County
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Dwight D. Eisenhower ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Adlai Stevenson ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Various candidates ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| Total votes cast | |||||||||
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! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Bernalillo | {{party shading/Republican}}| 33,964 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 59.38% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 23,164 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 40.50% | {{party shading/Others}}| 72 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.12% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,800 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 18.88% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 57,200 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Catron | {{party shading/Republican}}| 741 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 61.49% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 464 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 38.51% | {{party shading/Others}}| 0 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.00% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 277 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 22.98% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,205 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Chaves | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,018 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.92% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,880 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 35.34% | {{party shading/Others}}| 81 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.74% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,138 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 28.58% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,979 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Colfax | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,397 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 51.58% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,184 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 48.34% | {{party shading/Others}}| 5 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.08% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 213 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3.24% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,586 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Curry | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,023 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 59.38% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,422 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 40.45% | {{party shading/Others}}| 14 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.17% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,601 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 18.93% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,459 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| De Baca | {{party shading/Republican}}| 782 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 57.25% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 581 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.53% | {{party shading/Others}}| 3 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.22% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 201 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 14.72% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,366 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Dona Ana | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,902 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 56.33% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,556 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.48% | {{party shading/Others}}| 20 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.19% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,346 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 12.85% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10,478 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Eddy | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,041 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.45% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,495 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.15% | {{party shading/Others}}| 55 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.40% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -1,454 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -10.70% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 13,591 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Grant | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,421 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 43.18% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,315 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 54.47% | {{party shading/Others}}| 186 | {{party shading/Others}}| 2.35% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -894 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -11.29% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,922 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Guadalupe | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,575 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.90% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,347 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46.10% | {{party shading/Others}}| 0 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.00% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 228 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7.80% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,922 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Harding | {{party shading/Republican}}| 760 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.49% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 436 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.42% | {{party shading/Others}}| 1 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.09% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 324 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 27.07% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,197 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Hidalgo | {{party shading/Republican}}| 781 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 50.58% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 757 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49.03% | {{party shading/Others}}| 6 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.39% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 24 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1.55% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,544 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Lea | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,738 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.52% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,204 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 52.19% | {{party shading/Others}}| 29 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.29% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -466 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -4.67% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,971 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Lincoln | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,004 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 64.52% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,095 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 35.25% | {{party shading/Others}}| 7 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.23% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 909 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 29.27% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,106 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Los Alamos | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,226 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 49.30% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,281 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 50.52% | {{party shading/Others}}| 8 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.18% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -55 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -1.22% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,515 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Luna | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,729 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.86% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,332 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.04% | {{party shading/Others}}| 34 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.10% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 397 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 12.82% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,095 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| McKinley | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,091 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 49.80% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,097 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49.90% | {{party shading/Others}}| 19 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.30% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -6 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -0.10% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,207 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Mora | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,849 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 56.61% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,413 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.26% | {{party shading/Others}}| 4 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.13% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 436 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13.35% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,266 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Otero | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,456 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.16% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,162 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46.80% | {{party shading/Others}}| 2 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.04% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 294 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6.36% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,620 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Quay | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,711 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,375 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46.43% | {{party shading/Others}}| 29 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.57% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 336 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6.57% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,115 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Rio Arriba | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,336 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 48.69% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,564 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 51.25% | {{party shading/Others}}| 5 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -228 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -2.56% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,905 | |||||||||
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Roosevelt | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,030 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 56.74% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,298 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.03% | {{party shading/Others}}| 12 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.23% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 732 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13.71% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,340 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| San Juan | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,864 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 69.73% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,659 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 29.94% | {{party shading/Others}}| 18 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.33% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,205 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.79% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,541 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| San Miguel | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,360 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 54.59% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,451 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 45.34% | {{party shading/Others}}| 7 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.07% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 909 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9.25% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,818 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Sandoval | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,795 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 52.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,647 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47.77% | {{party shading/Others}}| 6 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.17% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 148 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4.29% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,448 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Santa Fe | {{party shading/Republican}}| 9,011 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 56.62% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,786 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.64% | {{party shading/Others}}| 119 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.74% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,225 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13.98% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 15,916 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Sierra | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,033 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.61% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,158 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.23% | {{party shading/Others}}| 5 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.16% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 875 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 27.38% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,196 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Socorro | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,224 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.52% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,777 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 44.36% | {{party shading/Others}}| 5 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.12% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 447 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 11.16% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,006 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Taos | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,763 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 48.94% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,877 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 50.96% | {{party shading/Others}}| 6 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.10% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -114 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| -2.02% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,646 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Torrance | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,747 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 54.99% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,422 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 44.76% | {{party shading/Others}}| 8 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.25% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 325 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 10.23% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,177 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Union | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,988 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 63.39% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,142 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.42% | {{party shading/Others}}| 6 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.19% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 846 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 26.97% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,136 | |||||||||
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Valencia | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,810 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.47% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,310 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46.46% | {{party shading/Others}}| 5 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.07% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 500 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7.01% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,125 | |||||||||
| Totals | 132,170 | 55.39% | 105,661 | 44.28% | 777 | 0.33% | 26,509 | 11.11% | 238,608 |
==Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican==
See also
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
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{{State Results of the 1952 U.S. presidential election}}
{{United States elections}}