The 1952 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Maine overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, General Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, over the Democratic nominee, former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Eisenhower ran with Senator Richard Nixon of California, while Stevenson's running mate was Senator John Sparkman of Alabama.
Eisenhower won Maine by a margin of 32.28%.
Results edit
| 1952 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Dwight David Eisenhower of New York | Richard Nixon of California | 232,353 | 66.05% | 5 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois | John Jackson Sparkman of Alabama | 118,806 | 33.77% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Progressive | Vincent Hallinan of California | Charlotta Amanda Bass of New York | 332 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass of New York | Stephen Emery of New York | 156 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Darlington Hoopes of Pennsylvania | Samuel H. Friedman of New York | 138 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 351,786 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county edit
| County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Vincent William Hallinan[3] Progressive |
Eric Hass[3] Socialist Labor |
Darlington Hoopes[3] Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 18,049 | 50.59% | 17,560 | 49.22% | 34 | 0.10% | 23 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.03% | 489 | 1.37% | 35,676 |
| Aroostook | 16,851 | 68.85% | 7,561 | 30.89% | 28 | 0.11% | 16 | 0.07% | 19 | 0.08% | 9,290 | 37.96% | 24,476[a] |
| Cumberland | 46,957 | 69.16% | 20,831 | 30.68% | 57 | 0.08% | 25 | 0.04% | 28 | 0.04% | 26,126 | 38.48% | 67,898 |
| Franklin | 5,885 | 73.23% | 2,137 | 26.59% | 10 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,748 | 46.64% | 8,036 |
| Hancock | 10,596 | 83.21% | 2,111 | 16.58% | 18 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.02% | 8,485 | 66.63% | 12,734 |
| Kennebec | 21,207 | 63.59% | 12,113 | 36.32% | 10 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.02% | 9,094 | 27.27% | 33,351 |
| Knox | 8,793 | 78.32% | 2,414 | 21.50% | 11 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.04% | 6,379 | 56.82% | 11,227 |
| Lincoln | 6,766 | 83.80% | 1,299 | 16.09% | 6 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.02% | 5,467 | 67.71% | 8,074 |
| Oxford | 11,575 | 66.62% | 5,757 | 33.13% | 28 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.06% | 5,818 | 33.48% | 17,375 |
| Penobscot | 24,614 | 68.59% | 11,222 | 31.27% | 22 | 0.06% | 12 | 0.03% | 15 | 0.04% | 13,392 | 37.32% | 35,885 |
| Piscataquis | 4,652 | 67.20% | 2,261 | 32.66% | 9 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,391 | 34.54% | 6,923 |
| Sagadahoc | 5,799 | 66.90% | 2,850 | 32.88% | 10 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,949 | 34.02% | 8,668 |
| Somerset | 9,805 | 66.93% | 4,815 | 32.87% | 18 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.05% | 4,990 | 34.06% | 14,649 |
| Waldo | 6,363 | 80.29% | 1,545 | 19.50% | 9 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.03% | 4,818 | 60.79% | 7,925 |
| Washington | 7,396 | 65.89% | 3,806 | 33.91% | 10 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.04% | 3,590 | 31.98% | 11,225 |
| York | 27,045 | 56.74% | 20,524 | 43.06% | 52 | 0.11% | 22 | 0.05% | 21 | 0.04% | 6,521 | 13.68% | 47,664 |
| Totals | 232,353 | 66.05% | 118,806 | 33.77% | 332 | 0.09% | 156 | 0.04% | 138 | 0.04% | 113,547 | 32.28% | 351,786 |
See also edit
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ "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
- ^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Maine".
- ^ a b c Our Campaigns; ME US President Race, November 04, 1952
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 203 ISBN 0405077114