1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana

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All 10 Louisiana votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois New York[2]
Running mate John Sparkman Richard Nixon
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 345,027 306,925
Percentage 52.92% 47.08%

Parish Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 52.92% of the popular vote, against Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 47.08% of the popular vote.[4][5] Eisenhowerʼs performance was nonetheless the best by a Republican in the state since Reconstruction.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Ouachita Parish, Union Parish, and LaSalle Parish voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[6] This is the most recent election in which the Democratic nominee would carry the state without winning the presidency.

Results[edit]

1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 345,027 52.92%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 306,925 47.08%
Total votes 651,952 100%

Results by parish[edit]

1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana by parish[7]
Parish Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic
Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Acadia 5,863 58.45% 4,167 41.55% 1,696 16.91% 10,030
Allen 3,754 71.98% 1,461 28.02% 2,293 43.97% 5,215
Ascension 3,593 66.78% 1,787 33.22% 1,806 33.57% 5,380
Assumption 1,647 57.65% 1,210 42.35% 437 15.30% 2,857
Avoyelles 4,405 63.99% 2,479 36.01% 1,926 27.98% 6,884
Beauregard 996 55.80% 789 44.20% 207 11.60% 1,785
Bienville 1,754 46.90% 1,986 53.10% -232 -6.20% 3,740
Bossier 2,683 42.19% 3,677 57.81% -994 -15.63% 6,360
Caddo 14,554 34.32% 27,850 65.68% -13,296 -31.36% 42,404
Calcasieu 15,814 58.75% 11,102 41.25% 4,712 17.51% 26,916
Caldwell 1,162 54.73% 961 45.27% 201 9.47% 2,123
Cameron 1,005 59.50% 684 40.50% 321 19.01% 1,689
Catahoula 1,336 60.18% 884 39.82% 452 20.36% 2,220
Claiborne 1,530 35.37% 2,796 64.63% -1,266 -29.26% 4,326
Concordia 1,252 53.01% 1,110 46.99% 142 6.01% 2,362
DeSoto 1,678 42.15% 2,303 57.85% -625 -15.70% 3,981
East Baton Rouge 23,105 53.99% 19,693 46.01% 3,412 7.97% 42,798
East Carroll 918 54.81% 757 45.19% 161 9.61% 1,675
East Feliciana 1,019 53.77% 876 46.23% 143 7.55% 1,895
Evangeline 3,398 58.16% 2,445 41.84% 953 16.31% 5,843
Franklin 2,833 63.71% 1,614 36.29% 1,219 27.41% 4,447
Grant 2,646 64.71% 1,443 35.29% 1,203 29.42% 4,089
Iberia 4,040 41.61% 5,669 58.39% -1,629 -16.78% 9,709
Iberville 3,497 67.16% 1,710 32.84% 1,787 34.32% 5,207
Jackson 2,817 63.57% 1,614 36.43% 1,203 27.15% 4,431
Jefferson 19,365 53.12% 17,090 46.88% 2,275 6.24% 36,455
Jefferson Davis 3,584 50.97% 3,447 49.03% 137 1.95% 7,031
Lafayette 6,443 49.90% 6,470 50.10% -27 -0.21% 12,913
Lafourche 5,396 59.07% 3,739 40.93% 1,657 18.14% 9,135
LaSalle 2,001 54.18% 1,692 45.82% 309 8.37% 3,693
Lincoln 2,009 39.52% 3,074 60.48% -1,065 -20.95% 5,083
Livingston 3,578 71.36% 1,436 28.64% 2,142 42.72% 5,014
Madison 695 35.68% 1,253 64.32% -558 -28.64% 1,948
Morehouse 3,006 53.94% 2,567 46.06% 439 7.88% 5,573
Natchitoches 3,876 55.53% 3,104 44.47% 772 11.06% 6,980
Orleans 89,999 51.26% 85,572 48.74% 4,427 2.52% 175,571
Ouachita 9,775 52.51% 8,842 47.49% 933 5.01% 18,617
Plaquemines 255 7.03% 3,370 92.97% -3,115 -85.93% 3,625
Pointe Coupee 1,385 54.12% 1,174 45.88% 211 8.25% 2,559
Rapides 13,576 58.20% 9,749 41.80% 3,827 16.41% 23,325
Red River 1,822 70.18% 774 29.82% 1,048 40.37% 2,596
Richland 2,499 60.30% 1,645 39.70% 854 20.61% 4,144
Sabine 3,282 61.68% 2,039 38.32% 1,243 23.36% 5,321
Saint Bernard 2,117 48.29% 2,267 51.71% -150 -3.42% 4,384
Saint Charles 2,679 71.16% 1,086 28.84% 1,593 42.31% 3,765
Saint Helena 895 60.43% 586 39.57% 309 20.86% 1,481
Saint James 2,165 61.54% 1,353 38.46% 812 23.08% 3,518
Saint John the Baptist 2,132 76.53% 654 23.47% 1,478 53.05% 2,786
Saint Landry 4,761 47.31% 5,303 52.69% -542 -5.39% 10,064
Saint Martin 2,012 56.42% 1,554 43.58% 458 12.84% 3,566
Saint Mary 4,249 49.03% 4,417 50.97% -168 -1.94% 8,666
Saint Tammany 4,465 55.38% 3,598 44.62% 867 10.75% 8,063
Tangipahoa 5,850 53.10% 5,166 46.90% 684 6.21% 11,016
Tensas 688 49.46% 703 50.54% -15 -1.08% 1,391
Terrebonne 4,252 52.49% 3,848 47.51% 404 4.99% 8,100
Union 2,055 52.04% 1,894 47.96% 161 4.08% 3,949
Vermilion 5,261 57.63% 3,868 42.37% 1,393 15.26% 9,129
Vernon 3,832 64.27% 2,130 35.73% 1,702 28.55% 5,962
Washington 7,420 75.31% 2,432 24.69% 4,988 50.63% 9,852
Webster 4,544 56.90% 3,442 43.10% 1,102 13.80% 7,986
West Baton Rouge 1,280 64.52% 704 35.48% 576 29.03% 1,984
West Carroll 2,040 59.34% 1,398 40.66% 642 18.67% 3,438
West Feliciana 279 35.68% 503 64.32% -224 -28.64% 782
Winn 2,206 53.53% 1,915 46.47% 291 7.06% 4,121
Totals 345,027 52.92% 306,925 47.08% 38,102 5.84% 651,952

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "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
  3. ^ "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results — Louisiana". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  6. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  7. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 197-198 ISBN 0405077114