1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico

The 1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 4, 1952. All 48 States were part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico

November 4, 1952
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[1] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 132,170 105,661
Percentage 55.4% 44.3%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

New Mexico was won by World War II hero and supreme allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower by a wide 11 percentage point margin. Running against Eisenhower was Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson, who carried only the majority of the American South during his two runs for the presidency.[2] This was the tenth consecutive U.S. Presidential Election which New Mexico participated in.

Results

Electoral results
Presidential candidate Party Home state Popular vote Electoral
vote
Running mate
Count Percentage Vice-presidential candidate Home state Electoral vote
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican New York 132,170 55.39% 4 Richard Nixon California 4
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic Illinois 105,661 44.28% 0 John Sparkman Alabama 0
Stuart Hamblen Prohibition Texas 297 0.12% 0 Enoch Holtwick Illinois 0
Vincent Hallinan Progressive California 225 0.09% 0 Charlotta Bass New York 0
Douglas MacArthur Christian Nationalist Arkansas 220 0.09% 0 Harry F. Byrd Virginia 0
Eric Hass Socialist Labor New York 35 0.01% 0 Stephen Emery New York 0
Total 238,608 100% 4 4
Needed to win 266 266

Results by county

County Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican[3]
Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic[3]
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin
% # % # % # % #
San Juan 69.73% 3,864 29.94% 1,659 0.32% 18 39.79% 2,205
Lincoln 64.52% 2,004 35.25% 1,095 0.23% 7 29.27% 909
Chaves 63.92% 7,018 35.34% 3,880 0.74% 81 28.58% 3,138
Sierra 63.61% 2,033 36.23% 1,158 0.16% 5 27.38% 875
Harding 63.49% 760 36.42% 436 0.08% 1 27.07% 324
Union 63.39% 1,988 36.42% 1,142 0.19% 6 26.98% 846
Catron 61.49% 741 38.51% 464 0.00% 0 22.99% 277
Curry 59.38% 5,023 40.45% 3,422 0.17% 14 18.93% 1,601
Bernalillo 59.38% 33,964 40.50% 23,164 0.13% 72 18.88% 10,800
De Baca 57.25% 782 42.53% 581 0.22% 3 14.71% 201
Santa Fe 56.62% 9,011 42.64% 6,786 0.75% 119 13.98% 2,225
Roosevelt 56.74% 3,030 43.03% 2,298 0.22% 12 13.71% 732
Mora 56.61% 1,849 43.26% 1,413 0.12% 4 13.35% 436
Doña Ana 56.33% 5,902 43.48% 4,556 0.19% 20 12.85% 1,346
Luna 55.86% 1,729 43.04% 1,332 1.10% 34 12.83% 397
Socorro 55.52% 2,224 44.36% 1,777 0.12% 5 11.16% 447
Torrance 54.99% 1,747 44.76% 1,422 0.25% 8 10.23% 325
San Miguel 54.59% 5,360 45.34% 4,451 0.07% 7 9.26% 909
Guadalupe 53.90% 1,575 46.10% 1,347 0.00% 0 7.80% 228
Valencia 53.47% 3,810 46.46% 3,310 0.07% 5 7.02% 500
Quay 53.00% 2,711 46.43% 2,375 0.57% 29 6.57% 336
Otero 53.16% 2,456 46.80% 2,162 0.04% 2 6.36% 294
Sandoval 52.06% 1,795 47.77% 1,647 0.17% 6 4.29% 148
Colfax 51.58% 3,397 48.34% 3,184 0.08% 5 3.23% 213
Hidalgo 50.58% 781 49.03% 757 0.39% 6 1.55% 24
McKinley 49.80% 3,091 49.90% 3,097 0.31% 19 -0.10% -6
Los Alamos 49.30% 2,226 50.52% 2,281 0.18% 8 -1.22% -55
Taos 48.94% 2,763 50.96% 2,877 0.11% 6 -2.02% -114
Rio Arriba 48.69% 4,336 51.25% 4,564 0.06% 5 -2.56% -228
Lea 47.52% 4,738 52.19% 5,204 0.29% 29 -4.67% -466
Eddy 44.45% 6,041 55.15% 7,495 0.40% 55 -10.70% -1,454
Grant 43.18% 3,421 54.47% 4,315 2.35% 186 -11.29% -894

References

  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. "1952 Presidential General Election Results - New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
  3. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 308 ISBN 0405077114
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