Election 1952 Results
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1952 presidential election in Idaho
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Idaho in 1952, 65.4% to 34.4%, a margin of 31.0 points and 85,626 votes.
Idaho voted 20.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.
Idaho changed party: in 1948 it went Democratic, for Harry S. Truman.
Republicans led in 42 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Ada, cast 37,736 votes and went to the Republican by 45.4 points. The closest was Nez Perce, where 107 votes separated the two parties.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower won | Republican | 180,707 | 65.4% |
| Adlai Stevenson II | Democratic | 95,081 | 34.4% |
| All other candidates | 466 | 0.2% | |
| Total | 276,254 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ada | 10,281 27.2% | 27,415 72.6% | 40 | 37,736 | R+45.4 |
| Canyon | 6,810 28.4% | 17,065 71.3% | 67 | 23,942 | R+42.8 |
| Bannock | 8,771 44.6% | 10,864 55.3% | 27 | 19,662 | R+10.6 |
| Twin Falls | 4,548 23.9% | 14,471 76.1% | 4 | 19,023 | R+52.2 |
| Bonneville | 4,737 31.6% | 10,252 68.4% | 4 | 14,993 | R+36.8 |
| Kootenai | 5,414 42.4% | 7,272 56.9% | 88 | 12,774 | R+14.5 |
| Nez Perce | 5,552 49.4% | 5,659 50.4% | 20 | 11,231 | R+1.0 |
| Shoshone | 4,684 47.5% | 5,119 51.9% | 59 | 9,862 | R+4.4 |
| Bingham | 3,024 33.1% | 6,114 66.9% | 5 | 9,143 | R+33.8 |
| Latah | 3,254 37.4% | 5,440 62.5% | 8 | 8,702 | R+25.1 |
| Bonner | 3,293 43.1% | 4,309 56.4% | 43 | 7,645 | R+13.3 |
| Cassia | 1,676 27.2% | 4,481 72.8% | 2 | 6,159 | R+45.5 |
| Payette | 1,491 27.4% | 3,936 72.4% | 12 | 5,439 | R+45.0 |
| Idaho | 2,269 42.6% | 3,054 57.3% | 7 | 5,330 | R+14.7 |
| Jerome | 1,318 25.7% | 3,807 74.2% | 5 | 5,130 | R+48.5 |
| Gooding | 1,404 28.9% | 3,452 71.0% | 4 | 4,860 | R+42.1 |
| Jefferson | 1,474 33.2% | 2,970 66.8% | 2 | 4,446 | R+33.6 |
| Franklin | 1,181 26.6% | 3,252 73.3% | 3 | 4,436 | R+46.7 |
| Minidoka | 1,253 28.6% | 3,128 71.4% | 4,381 | R+42.8 | |
| Fremont | 1,500 35.6% | 2,710 64.3% | 3 | 4,213 | R+28.7 |
| Gem | 1,555 37.7% | 2,568 62.2% | 5 | 4,128 | R+24.5 |
| Madison | 1,348 32.8% | 2,756 67.1% | 2 | 4,106 | R+34.3 |
| Washington | 1,411 35.0% | 2,616 64.9% | 3 | 4,030 | R+29.9 |
| Bear Lake | 1,274 35.6% | 2,300 64.4% | 3,574 | R+28.7 | |
| Clearwater | 1,826 54.9% | 1,494 44.9% | 7 | 3,327 | D+10.0 |
| Elmore | 1,484 47.2% | 1,653 52.6% | 6 | 3,143 | R+5.4 |
| Benewah | 1,436 47.7% | 1,568 52.1% | 7 | 3,011 | R+4.4 |
| Lemhi | 848 28.7% | 2,100 71.2% | 2 | 2,950 | R+42.4 |
| Boundary | 1,040 38.6% | 1,641 61.0% | 10 | 2,691 | R+22.3 |
| Blaine | 1,033 39.1% | 1,609 60.9% | 2,642 | R+21.8 | |
| Caribou | 809 31.1% | 1,788 68.8% | 1 | 2,598 | R+37.7 |
| Owyhee | 759 29.5% | 1,813 70.4% | 3 | 2,575 | R+40.9 |
| Oneida | 739 32.3% | 1,547 67.6% | 1 | 2,287 | R+35.3 |
| Lewis | 1,276 56.0% | 1,004 44.0% | 2,280 | D+11.9 | |
| Valley | 552 27.5% | 1,456 72.5% | 2,008 | R+45.0 | |
| Lincoln | 562 28.9% | 1,383 71.1% | 1,945 | R+42.2 | |
| Power | 603 31.6% | 1,308 68.4% | 1,911 | R+36.9 | |
| Custer | 452 29.8% | 1,058 69.7% | 7 | 1,517 | R+39.9 |
| Teton | 491 33.7% | 964 66.3% | 1,455 | R+32.5 | |
| Adams | 517 35.6% | 933 64.3% | 2 | 1,452 | R+28.7 |
| Butte | 473 34.1% | 916 65.9% | 1,389 | R+31.9 | |
| Boise | 309 31.9% | 655 67.5% | 6 | 970 | R+35.7 |
| Camas | 224 34.5% | 425 65.4% | 1 | 650 | R+30.9 |
| Clark | 126 24.8% | 382 75.2% | 508 | R+50.4 |
Counties as they stood in 1952; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Idaho in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+36.5 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+30.8 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+31.8 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+31.7 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+25.4 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+38.1 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+39.5 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+18.5 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+13.6 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+26.1 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+46.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+41.3 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+22.8 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+38.2 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+26.1 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+1.8 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+7.6 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+22.4 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+31.0 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+2.7 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+3.5 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.1 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+29.8 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+20.4 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+29.3 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+30.8 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+31.3 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+10.9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+1.1 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+16.9 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+40.4 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+3.9 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+56.8 |
| 1892 | James B. Weaver (other) |