United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 1952

United States presidential election, 1952
Wisconsin
November 4, 1952

 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 12 0
Popular vote 979,744 622,175
Percentage 60.95% 38.71%

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Wisconsin was held on November 4, 1952. Wisconsin voters chose twelve electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Republican Party candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state with 61% of the popular vote, winning Wisconsin's twelve electoral votes.[2]

Results

United States presidential election in Wisconsin, 1952
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 979,744 60.95% 12
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 622,175 38.71% 0
Progressive Vincent Hallinan 2,174 0.14% 0
Totals 1,604,093 100.0% 12

References

  1. "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. 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 - Wisconsin". Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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