United States presidential election, 1952

The United States presidental election of 1952 was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election, held on November 4, 1952.

Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican, won by a landslide over Adlai Stevenson, a Democrat. This ended a string of Democratic Party wins that wnet back to 1932. Eisenhower's popularity and Truman's unpopularity led to the Republican victory. Eisenhower won 55% of the popular vote. Eisenhower also won 442 of the 531 electoral votes when he only needed 266 to win.

General Election Stats
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican): 34,075,529 votes; 55.1813% of the vote; 442 electoral votes; Richard Nixon as Vice-president

Adlai Stevenson (Democrat): 27,375,090 votes; 44.3307% of the vote; 89 electoral votes; John Sparkman as Vice-president

Vincent Hallinan (Progressive): 140,746 votes; 0.2279% of the vote; Charlotta Bass as Vice-president

tuart Hamblen (Prohibition): 73,412 votes; 0.1189% of the vote; Enoch A. Holdwick as Vice-president

Eric Hass (Socialist Labor): 30,406 votes; 0.0492% of the vote; Stephen Emery as Vice-president

Darlington Hoopes (Socialist): 20,203 votes; 0.0327% of the vote; Samuel H. Friedman as Vice-president

Douglas MacArthur (Constitution): 17,205 votes; 0.0279% of the vote; Harry F. Byrd as Vice-president

Farrell Dobbs (Socialist Workers): 10,312 votes; 0.0167% of the vote; Myra Tanner Weiss as Vise-president

Other: 9,039 other votes; 0.0146% of the vote