1952 United States presidential election in Virginia

The 1952 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 4, 1952. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, General Dwight Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. This election in particular marked a shift from Virginia being previously regarded as a safe blue state to more of a red state. Eisenhower ultimately won the national election with 55.18% of the vote. It was the first time Virginia voted for a Republican since it was won by Herbert Hoover in 1928.

This was also the first election after Colonial Heights was incorporated as an independent city. Eisenhower won Colonial Heights by a close margin of roughly three points. Eisenhower’s two victories in Colonial Heights of three points and four points in 1952 and 1956 remain the two lowest margins of victory for a Republican presidential candidate as of the 2016 election. In the decades since, Colonial Heights has established itself as one of the most Republican leaning independent cities in Virginia, and has yet to be won by a Democratic presidential candidate since its incorporation date.

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1952^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight Eisenhower	349,037	56.32%	12
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	268,677	43.36%	0
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	1,160	0.19%	0
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	504	0.08%	0
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan	311	0.05%	0
Totals			619,689	100.00%	12

Results by county

County or Independent City	Dwight David Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson II Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[3]
County or Independent City	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[3]
Accomack County	2,626	53.99%	2,220	45.64%	18	0.37%	406	8.35%	4,864
Albemarle County	2,523	60.32%	1,642	39.25%	18	0.43%	881	21.06%	4,183
Alleghany County	2,564	52.88%	2,274	46.90%	11	0.23%	290	5.98%	4,849
Amelia County	832	53.64%	703	45.33%	16	1.03%	129	8.32%	1,551
Amherst County	1,407	40.20%	2,078	59.37%	15	0.43%	-671	-19.17%	3,500
Appomattox County	929	49.13%	957	50.61%	5	0.26%	-28	-1.48%	1,891
Arlington County	22,158	60.91%	14,032	38.57%	190	0.52%	8,126	22.34%	36,380
Augusta County	3,414	69.97%	1,453	29.78%	12	0.25%	1,961	40.19%	4,879
Bath County	765	62.65%	451	36.94%	5	0.41%	314	25.72%	1,221
Bedford County	2,916	54.47%	2,426	45.32%	11	0.21%	490	9.15%	5,353
Bland County	1,000	57.21%	743	42.51%	5	0.29%	257	14.70%	1,748
Botetourt County	2,021	61.50%	1,264	38.47%	1	0.03%	757	23.04%	3,286
Brunswick County	1,098	39.97%	1,635	59.52%	14	0.51%	-537	-19.55%	2,747
Buchanan County	2,330	38.65%	3,613	59.93%	86	1.43%	-1,283	-21.28%	6,029
Buckingham County	811	46.58%	919	52.79%	11	0.63%	-108	-6.20%	1,741
Campbell County	2,447	47.26%	2,713	52.39%	18	0.35%	-266	-5.14%	5,178
Caroline County	858	47.01%	954	52.27%	13	0.71%	-96	-5.26%	1,825
Carroll County	3,774	68.68%	1,711	31.14%	10	0.18%	2,063	37.54%	5,495
Charles City County	342	40.24%	492	57.88%	16	1.88%	-150	-17.65%	850
Charlotte County	949	36.56%	1,630	62.79%	17	0.65%	-681	-26.23%	2,596
Chesterfield County	4,482	55.70%	3,546	44.07%	18	0.22%	936	11.63%	8,046
Clarke County	809	52.88%	716	46.80%	5	0.33%	93	6.08%	1,530
Craig County	425	46.45%	490	53.55%	0	0.00%	-65	-7.10%	915
Culpeper County	1,507	60.33%	987	39.51%	4	0.16%	520	20.82%	2,498
Cumberland County	695	54.42%	574	44.95%	8	0.63%	121	9.48%	1,277
Dickenson County	2,913	47.41%	3,210	52.25%	21	0.34%	-297	-4.83%	6,144
Dinwiddie County	983	39.77%	1,462	59.14%	27	1.09%	-479	-19.38%	2,472
Essex County	610	52.45%	545	46.86%	8	0.69%	65	5.59%	1,163
Fairfax County	13,020	60.90%	8,329	38.96%	30	0.14%	4,691	21.94%	21,379
Fauquier County	2,068	56.27%	1,597	43.46%	10	0.27%	471	12.82%	3,675
Floyd County	1,626	71.69%	619	27.29%	23	1.01%	1,007	44.40%	2,268
Fluvanna County	724	57.74%	519	41.39%	11	0.88%	205	16.35%	1,254
Franklin County	1,976	49.08%	2,012	49.98%	38	0.94%	-36	-0.89%	4,026
Frederick County	1,803	57.53%	1,326	42.31%	5	0.16%	477	15.22%	3,134
Giles County	1,935	52.94%	1,717	46.98%	3	0.08%	218	5.96%	3,655
Gloucester County	1,073	52.44%	961	46.97%	12	0.59%	112	5.47%	2,046
Goochland County	714	46.12%	820	52.97%	14	0.90%	-106	-6.85%	1,548
Grayson County	4,449	61.78%	2,734	37.97%	18	0.25%	1,715	23.82%	7,201
Greene County	537	67.80%	250	31.57%	5	0.63%	287	36.24%	792
Greensville County	988	43.47%	1,259	55.39%	26	1.14%	-271	-11.92%	2,273
Halifax County	2,274	40.70%	3,296	58.99%	17	0.30%	-1,022	-18.29%	5,587
Hanover County	2,257	59.76%	1,518	40.19%	2	0.05%	739	19.57%	3,777
Henrico County	10,682	66.62%	5,339	33.30%	14	0.09%	5,343	33.32%	16,035
Henry County	1,871	44.34%	2,323	55.05%	26	0.62%	-452	-10.71%	4,220
Highland County	696	62.25%	419	37.48%	3	0.27%	277	24.78%	1,118
Isle of Wight County	996	44.52%	1,227	54.85%	14	0.63%	-231	-10.33%	2,237
James City County	527	60.23%	346	39.54%	2	0.23%	181	20.69%	875
King and Queen County	415	51.23%	387	47.78%	8	0.99%	28	3.46%	810
King George County	577	52.94%	503	46.15%	10	0.92%	74	6.79%	1,090
King William County	730	57.39%	533	41.90%	9	0.71%	197	15.49%	1,272
Lancaster County	1,228	61.49%	753	37.71%	16	0.80%	475	23.79%	1,997
Lee County	4,622	51.99%	4,242	47.71%	27	0.30%	380	4.27%	8,891
Loudoun County	2,540	54.86%	2,075	44.82%	15	0.32%	465	10.04%	4,630
Louisa County	1,135	52.26%	1,025	47.19%	12	0.55%	110	5.06%	2,172
Lunenburg County	837	35.27%	1,528	64.39%	8	0.34%	-691	-29.12%	2,373
Madison County	1,012	64.96%	540	34.66%	6	0.39%	472	30.30%	1,558
Mathews County	951	63.87%	533	35.80%	5	0.34%	418	28.07%	1,489
Mecklenburg County	1,891	42.46%	2,525	56.69%	38	0.85%	-634	-14.23%	4,454
Middlesex County	705	57.74%	507	41.52%	9	0.74%	198	16.22%	1,221
Montgomery County	3,881	70.68%	1,600	29.14%	10	0.18%	2,281	41.54%	5,491
Nansemond County	1,168	32.87%	2,360	66.42%	25	0.70%	-1,192	-33.55%	3,553
Nelson County	740	37.56%	1,222	62.03%	8	0.41%	-482	-24.47%	1,970
New Kent County	455	52.78%	400	46.40%	7	0.81%	55	6.38%	862
Norfolk County	5,614	45.30%	6,766	54.60%	12	0.10%	-1,152	-9.30%	12,392
Northampton County	1,307	50.12%	1,289	49.42%	12	0.46%	18	0.69%	2,608
Northumberland County	1,230	68.11%	573	31.73%	3	0.17%	657	36.38%	1,806
Nottoway County	1,454	51.02%	1,381	48.46%	15	0.53%	73	2.56%	2,850
Orange County	1,525	62.17%	916	37.34%	12	0.49%	609	24.83%	2,453
Page County	2,649	64.59%	1,441	35.14%	11	0.27%	1,208	29.46%	4,101
Patrick County	1,314	45.75%	1,554	54.11%	4	0.14%	-240	-8.36%	2,872
Pittsylvania County	2,893	41.93%	3,976	57.62%	31	0.45%	-1,083	-15.70%	6,900
Powhatan County	558	52.49%	498	46.85%	7	0.66%	60	5.64%	1,063
Prince Edward County	1,359	59.34%	926	40.44%	5	0.22%	433	18.91%	2,290
Prince George County	541	46.40%	612	52.49%	13	1.11%	-71	-6.09%	1,166
Prince William County	1,619	49.14%	1,653	50.17%	23	0.70%	-34	-1.03%	3,295
Princess Anne County	3,180	51.04%	3,037	48.75%	13	0.21%	143	2.30%	6,230
Pulaski County	2,815	62.03%	1,715	37.79%	8	0.18%	1,100	24.24%	4,538
Rappahannock County	619	54.35%	518	45.48%	2	0.18%	101	8.87%	1,139
Richmond County	727	68.91%	326	30.90%	2	0.19%	401	38.01%	1,055
Roanoke County	6,017	68.95%	2,689	30.82%	20	0.23%	3,328	38.14%	8,726
Rockbridge County	2,068	65.90%	1,059	33.75%	11	0.35%	1,009	32.15%	3,138
Rockingham County	4,350	73.11%	1,591	26.74%	9	0.15%	2,759	46.37%	5,950
Russell County	2,937	47.33%	3,253	52.42%	16	0.26%	-316	-5.09%	6,206
Scott County	4,703	61.13%	2,990	38.87%	0	0.00%	1,713	22.27%	7,693
Shenandoah County	4,284	71.12%	1,734	28.78%	6	0.10%	2,550	42.33%	6,024
Smyth County	3,694	64.98%	1,972	34.69%	19	0.33%	1,722	30.29%	5,685
Southampton County	1,166	36.70%	2,000	62.95%	11	0.35%	-834	-26.25%	3,177
Spotsylvania County	1,174	48.98%	1,194	49.81%	29	1.21%	-20	-0.83%	2,397
Stafford County	1,411	56.35%	1,077	43.01%	16	0.64%	334	13.34%	2,504
Surry County	414	41.15%	572	56.86%	20	1.99%	-158	-15.71%	1,006
Sussex County	888	47.97%	956	51.65%	7	0.38%	-68	-3.67%	1,851
Tazewell County	3,232	55.83%	2,527	43.65%	30	0.52%	705	12.18%	5,789
Warren County	1,888	57.90%	1,362	41.77%	11	0.34%	526	16.13%	3,261
Washington County	3,810	57.74%	2,778	42.10%	11	0.17%	1,032	15.64%	6,599
Westmoreland County	1,117	59.51%	754	40.17%	6	0.32%	363	19.34%	1,877
Wise County	3,911	45.16%	4,729	54.61%	20	0.23%	-818	-9.45%	8,660
Wythe County	3,580	68.24%	1,654	31.53%	12	0.23%	1,926	36.71%	5,246
York County	1,335	50.53%	1,287	48.71%	20	0.76%	48	1.82%	2,642
Alexandria City	8,579	56.92%	6,471	42.93%	22	0.15%	2,108	13.99%	15,072
Bristol City	1,574	52.31%	1,432	47.59%	3	0.10%	142	4.72%	3,009
Buena Vista City	513	56.62%	392	43.27%	1	0.11%	121	13.36%	906
Charlottesville City	3,292	60.14%	2,174	39.72%	8	0.15%	1,118	20.42%	5,474
Clifton Forge City	936	53.46%	811	46.32%	4	0.23%	125	7.14%	1,751
Colonial Heights City	896	51.73%	835	48.21%	1	0.06%	61	3.52%	1,732
Danville City	4,765	58.49%	3,323	40.79%	58	0.71%	1,442	17.70%	8,146
Falls Church City	1,386	59.82%	930	40.14%	1	0.04%	456	19.68%	2,317
Fredericksburg City	1,536	61.20%	970	38.65%	4	0.16%	566	22.55%	2,510
Hampton City	5,505	52.52%	4,946	47.19%	30	0.29%	559	5.33%	10,481
Harrisonburg City	2,238	77.82%	635	22.08%	3	0.10%	1,603	55.74%	2,876
Hopewell City	1,640	49.58%	1,657	50.09%	11	0.33%	-17	-0.51%	3,308
Lynchburg City	7,090	64.75%	3,848	35.14%	11	0.10%	3,242	29.61%	10,949
Martinsville City	1,772	55.83%	1,391	43.82%	11	0.35%	381	12.00%	3,174
Newport News City	2,769	40.46%	4,051	59.20%	23	0.34%	-1,282	-18.73%	6,843
Norfolk City	14,166	54.33%	11,862	45.49%	46	0.18%	2,304	8.84%	26,074
Petersburg City	2,822	54.49%	2,342	45.22%	15	0.29%	480	9.27%	5,179
Portsmouth City	3,621	36.74%	6,188	62.79%	46	0.47%	-2,567	-26.05%	9,855
Radford City	1,523	57.73%	1,108	42.00%	7	0.27%	415	15.73%	2,638
Richmond City	29,300	60.28%	19,235	39.57%	75	0.15%	10,065	20.71%	48,610
Roanoke City	15,673	66.00%	8,042	33.87%	32	0.13%	7,631	32.13%	23,747
South Norfolk City	1,098	37.90%	1,782	61.51%	17	0.59%	-684	-23.61%	2,897
Staunton City	2,578	73.07%	945	26.79%	5	0.14%	1,633	46.29%	3,528
Suffolk City	1,622	57.17%	1,209	42.62%	6	0.21%	413	14.56%	2,837
Virginia Beach City	1,310	59.79%	881	40.21%	0	0.00%	429	19.58%	2,191
Warwick City	3,307	54.00%	2,806	45.82%	11	0.18%	501	8.18%	6,124
Waynesboro City	1,680	69.62%	730	30.25%	3	0.12%	950	39.37%	2,413
Williamsburg City	797	62.12%	483	37.65%	3	0.23%	314	24.47%	1,283
Winchester City	2,375	69.20%	1,055	30.74%	2	0.06%	1,320	38.46%	3,432
Totals	349,037	56.32%	268,677	43.36%	1,975	0.32%	80,360	12.97%	619,689

References

^ "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
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1952election.pdf
^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 480-482 ISBN 0405077114

[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] ttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1952election.pdf

[3] Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 480-482 ISBN 0405077114

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