1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota

The 1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic (DFL)
Home state New York[1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 763,211 608,458
Percentage 55.33% 44.11%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic (DFL)

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Minnesota was won by the Republican candidate, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower won the state over Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson by a margin of 154,753 votes, or 11.22%, which made Minnesota about 0.3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower went on to win the election nationally, with 442 electoral votes and a commanding 10.9% lead over Stevenson in the popular vote.

Incumbent President Harry S. Truman was the last president who was unaffected by the term limit imposed under the 22nd Amendment, but decided as early as 1950 that he would not seek another term. Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential nominee to win Minnesota (which had otherwise normally been a Democratic stronghold) since the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the first Republican elected to the presidency and to win Minnesota since Herbert Hoover did so in 1928. Until the 2016 presidential election, this was the last time that the state was more Republican than the national average. This was also the last time Swift County voted Republican until 2016. To this date, this is the last election in which a Republican presidential candidate won Minnesota by double digits, as well as the last time a non-incumbent Republican won Minnesota.

On March 18, 1952, Minnesota held a presidential primary for the first time since 1916.

Primary elections

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Republican primary

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The Republican primary took place on March 18, 1952. Harold Stassen and Edward C. Slettedahl were the two candidates on the ballot.

1952 Minnesota Republican presidential primary[2]
Candidate Votes %
Harold E. Stassen 129,076 44.40
Dwight D. Eisenhower (write-in) 108,692 37.39
Robert A. Taft (write-in) 24,093 8.29
Edward C. Slettedahl 21,712 7.47
Earl Warren (write-in) 5,365 1.85
Douglas MacArthur (write-in) 1,369 0.47
Estes Kefauver (write-in) 386 0.13
Total 290,693 100.0

Democratic primary

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The Democratic primary took place on March 18, 1952. Senator Hubert Humphrey was the only candidate on the ballot.

1952 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary[3]
Candidate Votes %
Hubert Humphrey 102,527 80.04
Estes Kefauver (write-in) 20,182 15.76
Harry S. Truman (write-in) 3,634 2.84
Dwight D. Eisenhower (write-in) 1,753 1.37
Total 128,096 100.0

Results

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1952 United States presidential election in Minnesota[4]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 763,211 55.33% 11
Democratic (DFL) Adlai Stevenson 608,458 44.11% 0
Progressive Vincent Hallinan 2,666 0.19% 0
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 2,383 0.17% 0
Prohibition Stuart Hamblen 2,147 0.16% 0
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 618 0.04% 0
Totals 1,379,483 100.00% 11

Results by county

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County Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
DFL
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Aitkin 3,384 55.93% 2,577 42.60% 89 1.47% 807 13.33% 6,050
Anoka 7,425 44.09% 9,344 55.49% 70 0.42% -1,919 -11.40% 16,839
Becker 5,815 55.84% 4,539 43.59% 60 0.58% 1,276 12.25% 10,414
Beltrami 4,817 53.75% 4,092 45.66% 53 0.59% 725 8.09% 8,962
Benton 3,856 59.54% 2,587 39.95% 33 0.51% 1,269 19.59% 6,476
Big Stone 2,260 51.46% 2,107 47.97% 25 0.57% 153 3.49% 4,392
Blue Earth 11,867 70.34% 4,952 29.35% 51 0.30% 6,915 40.99% 16,870
Brown 8,152 72.09% 3,129 27.67% 27 0.24% 5,023 44.42% 11,308
Carlton 4,175 39.03% 6,432 60.12% 91 0.85% -2,257 -21.09% 10,698
Carver 6,674 75.43% 2,159 24.40% 15 0.17% 4,515 51.03% 8,848
Cass 4,601 61.46% 2,818 37.64% 67 0.90% 1,783 23.82% 7,486
Chippewa 4,411 57.90% 3,171 41.63% 36 0.47% 1,240 16.27% 7,618
Chisago 3,892 60.25% 2,536 39.26% 32 0.50% 1,356 20.99% 6,460
Clay 7,178 58.67% 5,036 41.16% 20 0.16% 2,142 17.51% 12,234
Clearwater 1,971 47.89% 2,089 50.75% 56 1.36% -118 -2.86% 4,116
Cook 946 65.06% 503 34.59% 5 0.34% 443 30.47% 1,454
Cottonwood 5,488 71.51% 2,130 27.76% 56 0.73% 3,358 43.75% 7,674
Crow Wing 6,992 53.97% 5,883 45.41% 81 0.63% 1,109 8.56% 12,956
Dakota 11,871 49.71% 11,890 49.79% 118 0.49% -19 -0.08% 23,879
Dodge 3,893 70.68% 1,582 28.72% 33 0.60% 2,311 41.96% 5,508
Douglas 6,037 61.30% 3,768 38.26% 43 0.44% 2,269 23.04% 9,848
Faribault 7,763 71.02% 3,120 28.55% 47 0.43% 4,643 42.47% 10,930
Fillmore 8,405 76.02% 2,612 23.62% 40 0.36% 5,793 52.40% 11,057
Freeborn 8,450 56.25% 6,525 43.44% 46 0.31% 1,925 12.81% 15,021
Goodhue 10,422 67.26% 5,037 32.51% 35 0.23% 5,385 34.75% 15,494
Grant 2,665 59.51% 1,791 40.00% 22 0.49% 874 19.51% 4,478
Hennepin 180,338 53.49% 155,388 46.09% 1,415 0.42% 24,950 7.40% 337,141
Houston 5,365 74.28% 1,830 25.34% 28 0.39% 3,535 48.94% 7,223
Hubbard 3,099 68.97% 1,360 30.27% 34 0.76% 1,739 38.70% 4,493
Isanti 2,682 52.16% 2,393 46.54% 67 1.30% 289 5.62% 5,142
Itasca 6,573 41.65% 9,128 57.84% 81 0.51% -2,555 -16.19% 15,782
Jackson 4,558 62.08% 2,771 37.74% 13 0.18% 1,787 24.34% 7,342
Kanabec 2,205 55.85% 1,714 43.41% 29 0.73% 491 12.44% 3,948
Kandiyohi 6,370 49.97% 6,264 49.14% 113 0.89% 106 0.83% 12,747
Kittson 1,837 43.08% 2,387 55.98% 40 0.94% -550 -12.90% 4,264
Koochiching 2,742 40.02% 4,078 59.52% 31 0.45% -1,336 -19.50% 6,851
Lac qui Parle 3,924 58.52% 2,753 41.06% 28 0.42% 1,171 17.46% 6,705
Lake 1,451 33.83% 2,814 65.61% 24 0.56% -1,363 -31.78% 4,289
Lake of the Woods 898 44.30% 1,117 55.11% 12 0.59% -219 -10.81% 2,027
Le Sueur 5,776 63.19% 3,348 36.63% 16 0.18% 2,428 26.56% 9,140
Lincoln 2,746 58.96% 1,892 40.63% 19 0.41% 854 18.33% 4,657
Lyon 6,015 59.74% 4,030 40.02% 24 0.24% 1,985 19.72% 10,069
Mahnomen 1,220 45.86% 1,436 53.98% 4 0.15% -216 -8.12% 2,660
Marshall 3,516 52.22% 3,132 46.52% 85 1.26% 384 5.70% 6,733
Martin 9,411 77.63% 2,673 22.05% 39 0.32% 6,738 55.58% 12,123
McLeod 7,246 72.11% 2,781 27.68% 21 0.21% 4,465 44.43% 10,048
Meeker 5,750 66.80% 2,833 32.91% 25 0.29% 2,917 33.89% 8,608
Mille Lacs 3,766 58.42% 2,639 40.94% 41 0.64% 1,127 17.48% 6,446
Morrison 6,050 56.87% 4,551 42.78% 38 0.36% 1,499 14.09% 10,639
Mower 9,862 53.16% 8,551 46.09% 138 0.74% 1,311 7.07% 18,551
Murray 4,054 65.15% 2,145 34.47% 24 0.39% 1,909 30.68% 6,223
Nicollet 5,775 68.77% 2,584 30.77% 39 0.46% 3,191 38.00% 8,398
Nobles 6,340 65.25% 3,351 34.49% 26 0.27% 2,989 30.76% 9,717
Norman 3,069 55.07% 2,465 44.23% 39 0.70% 604 10.84% 5,573
Olmsted 14,566 67.92% 6,792 31.67% 88 0.41% 7,774 36.25% 21,446
Otter Tail 16,447 75.03% 5,388 24.58% 86 0.39% 11,059 50.45% 21,921
Pennington 2,726 48.55% 2,802 49.90% 87 1.55% -76 -1.35% 5,615
Pine 4,255 52.94% 3,692 45.93% 91 1.13% 563 7.01% 8,038
Pipestone 4,507 72.45% 1,701 27.34% 13 0.21% 2,806 45.11% 6,221
Polk 8,326 53.09% 7,244 46.19% 113 0.72% 1,082 6.90% 15,683
Pope 3,593 60.00% 2,381 39.76% 14 0.23% 1,212 20.24% 5,988
Ramsey 76,093 44.40% 93,783 54.73% 1,494 0.87% -17,690 -10.33% 171,370
Red Lake 1,034 41.51% 1,431 57.45% 26 1.04% -397 -15.94% 2,491
Redwood 7,093 72.30% 2,695 27.47% 22 0.22% 4,398 44.83% 9,810
Renville 6,742 63.45% 3,828 36.02% 56 0.53% 2,914 27.43% 10,626
Rice 9,334 68.17% 4,330 31.62% 29 0.21% 5,004 36.55% 13,693
Rock 3,774 74.48% 1,286 25.38% 7 0.14% 2,488 49.10% 5,067
Roseau 2,596 45.33% 3,062 53.47% 69 1.20% -466 -8.14% 5,727
St. Louis 38,900 37.66% 63,032 61.03% 1,354 1.31% -24,132 -23.37% 103,286
Scott 4,277 56.23% 3,315 43.58% 14 0.18% 962 12.65% 7,606
Sherburne 2,839 63.40% 1,630 36.40% 9 0.20% 1,209 27.00% 4,478
Sibley 5,323 73.79% 1,871 25.94% 20 0.28% 3,452 47.85% 7,214
Stearns 18,367 64.87% 9,907 34.99% 39 0.14% 8,460 29.88% 28,313
Steele 6,956 70.95% 2,819 28.75% 29 0.30% 4,137 42.20% 9,804
Stevens 3,288 67.39% 1,579 32.36% 12 0.25% 1,709 35.03% 4,879
Swift 3,532 51.40% 3,291 47.90% 48 0.70% 241 3.50% 6,871
Todd 6,731 65.92% 3,439 33.68% 41 0.40% 3,292 32.24% 10,211
Traverse 1,809 50.63% 1,756 49.15% 8 0.22% 53 1.48% 3,573
Wabasha 5,461 69.63% 2,356 30.04% 26 0.33% 3,105 39.59% 7,843
Wadena 3,662 68.54% 1,665 31.16% 16 0.30% 1,997 37.38% 5,343
Waseca 4,962 69.76% 2,132 29.97% 19 0.27% 2,830 39.79% 7,113
Washington 9,408 54.57% 7,768 45.06% 64 0.37% 1,640 9.51% 17,240
Watonwan 4,549 72.02% 1,752 27.74% 15 0.24% 2,797 44.28% 6,316
Wilkin 2,979 65.39% 1,564 34.33% 13 0.29% 1,415 31.06% 4,556
Winona 10,723 64.51% 5,834 35.10% 64 0.39% 4,889 29.41% 16,621
Wright 8,089 64.64% 4,373 34.94% 52 0.42% 3,716 29.70% 12,514
Yellow Medicine 4,322 57.73% 3,143 41.99% 21 0.28% 1,179 15.74% 7,486
Totals 763,211 55.33% 608,458 44.11% 7,814 0.57% 154,753 11.22% 1,379,483

Counties that 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. ^ "Presidential Primary Election Returns on Election Held March 18, 1952" (PDF). Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Presidential Primary Election Returns on Election Held March 18, 1952" (PDF). Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "1952 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 4, 2016.