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Election 1952 Results

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1952 presidential election in Kentucky

Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) beat Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) in Kentucky in 1952, 49.9% to 49.8%, a margin of 0.07 points and 700 votes.

Kentucky voted 10.9 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.

The Democratic hold continued from 1948, when Harry S. Truman won.

Democrats led in 73 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 47. The largest, Jefferson, cast 181,447 votes and went to the Republican by 9.6 points. The closest was Mason, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Adlai Stevenson II won	Democratic	495,729	49.9%
Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	495,029	49.8%
All other candidates		2,390	0.2%
Total		993,148

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	81,642 45.0%	99,069 54.6%	736	181,447	R+9.6
Kenton	19,457 50.3%	19,200 49.6%	52	38,709	D+0.7
Fayette	14,275 44.9%	17,376 54.7%	138	31,789	R+9.8
Campbell	12,976 42.2%	17,705 57.6%	35	30,716	R+15.4
Pike	12,761 56.5%	9,778 43.3%	37	22,576	D+13.2
Boyd	10,245 49.4%	10,426 50.3%	49	20,720	R+0.9
McCracken	12,302 66.9%	6,051 32.9%	22	18,375	D+34.0
Daviess	7,522 41.8%	10,462 58.1%	26	18,010	R+16.3
Harlan	10,025 57.8%	7,284 42.0%	21	17,330	D+15.8
Warren	7,106 49.3%	7,267 50.4%	34	14,407	R+1.1
Pulaski	4,032 29.4%	9,651 70.4%	24	13,707	R+41.0
Floyd	8,940 67.8%	4,238 32.1%	11	13,189	D+35.7
Graves	9,592 76.6%	2,925 23.3%	13	12,530	D+53.2
Madison	5,901 49.9%	5,886 49.8%	28	11,815	D+0.1
Bell	5,276 44.9%	6,461 54.9%	24	11,761	R+10.1
Christian	6,787 58.1%	4,858 41.6%	27	11,672	D+16.5
Hopkins	7,157 62.4%	4,285 37.4%	27	11,469	D+25.0
Henderson	5,913 54.3%	4,929 45.2%	51	10,893	D+9.0
Perry	5,538 51.5%	5,210 48.4%	14	10,762	D+3.0
Franklin	7,309 70.2%	3,097 29.7%	5	10,411	D+40.5
Whitley	2,958 29.5%	7,030 70.2%	23	10,011	R+40.7
Muhlenberg	5,037 51.3%	4,761 48.5%	14	9,812	D+2.8
Letcher	5,097 52.1%	4,689 47.9%		9,786	D+4.2
Greenup	4,716 51.9%	4,354 48.0%	8	9,078	D+4.0
Hardin	4,599 53.7%	3,914 45.7%	45	8,558	D+8.0
Barren	4,618 55.2%	3,743 44.7%	4	8,365	D+10.5
Knox	2,766 33.5%	5,470 66.3%	17	8,253	R+32.8
Laurel	2,263 28.1%	5,776 71.7%	12	8,051	R+43.6
Johnson	2,654 33.8%	5,199 66.2%	3	7,856	R+32.4
Logan	4,917 63.9%	2,758 35.9%	15	7,690	D+28.1
Calloway	5,434 74.7%	1,829 25.1%	12	7,275	D+49.6
Carter	3,019 41.6%	4,221 58.1%	22	7,262	R+16.6
Mason	3,614 50.0%	3,606 49.9%	8	7,228	D+0.1
Ohio	2,700 37.8%	4,428 62.0%	14	7,142	R+24.2
Boyle	3,771 55.8%	2,969 43.9%	23	6,763	D+11.9
Shelby	4,076 62.1%	2,474 37.7%	12	6,562	D+24.4
Nelson	3,417 52.6%	3,064 47.2%	13	6,494	D+5.4
Grayson	2,341 36.8%	4,011 63.0%	10	6,362	R+26.2
Clark	3,620 58.3%	2,592 41.7%		6,212	D+16.5
Lincoln	2,910 47.6%	3,186 52.1%	18	6,114	R+4.5
Adair	2,184 36.8%	3,737 63.1%	6	5,927	R+26.2
Breckinridge	2,828 47.8%	3,078 52.0%	16	5,922	R+4.2
Hart	2,952 50.0%	2,934 49.7%	17	5,903	D+0.3
Wayne	2,461 42.0%	3,396 57.9%	4	5,861	R+16.0
Taylor	2,439 43.6%	3,126 55.9%	27	5,592	R+12.3
Knott	4,437 79.5%	1,124 20.1%	21	5,582	D+59.4
Bourbon	3,339 59.9%	2,229 40.0%	2	5,570	D+19.9
Clay	1,365 24.6%	4,161 75.1%	18	5,544	R+50.4
Marion	3,159 58.2%	2,262 41.7%	8	5,429	D+16.5
Union	3,445 63.5%	1,967 36.3%	10	5,422	D+27.3
Webster	3,516 65.3%	1,858 34.5%	12	5,386	D+30.8
Casey	1,522 28.4%	3,831 71.4%	13	5,366	R+43.0
Mercer	2,740 51.6%	2,545 47.9%	27	5,312	D+3.7
Lawrence	2,597 49.0%	2,696 50.8%	9	5,302	R+1.9
Scott	3,171 60.3%	2,077 39.5%	13	5,261	D+20.8
Harrison	3,367 64.3%	1,866 35.6%	7	5,240	D+28.6
Henry	3,468 68.5%	1,584 31.3%	10	5,062	D+37.2
Fleming	2,446 48.4%	2,592 51.3%	12	5,050	R+2.9
Boone	2,620 53.0%	2,309 46.7%	17	4,946	D+6.3
Marshall	3,445 69.8%	1,474 29.9%	15	4,934	D+39.9
Lewis	1,556 31.8%	3,317 67.9%	15	4,888	R+36.0
Rockcastle	1,326 27.4%	3,503 72.3%	13	4,842	R+45.0
Jessamine	2,578 53.8%	2,193 45.8%	21	4,792	D+8.0
Breathitt	3,383 71.0%	1,381 29.0%		4,764	D+42.0
Monroe	1,084 22.8%	3,675 77.2%		4,759	R+54.4
Allen	1,750 37.1%	2,946 62.5%	21	4,717	R+25.4
Caldwell	2,133 45.9%	2,507 53.9%	10	4,650	R+8.0
Montgomery	2,653 57.1%	1,981 42.6%	14	4,648	D+14.5
Green	1,857 40.0%	2,773 59.8%	11	4,641	R+19.7
Estill	1,900 41.8%	2,630 57.8%	20	4,550	R+16.0
Morgan	3,161 70.6%	1,311 29.3%	4	4,476	D+41.3
Todd	2,995 67.8%	1,401 31.7%	20	4,416	D+36.1
Washington	2,114 47.9%	2,290 51.9%	11	4,415	R+4.0
Magoffin	2,243 51.7%	2,093 48.2%	6	4,342	D+3.5
Garrard	1,927 44.5%	2,398 55.4%	6	4,331	R+10.9
McCreary	937 21.7%	3,360 78.0%	12	4,309	R+56.2
Rowan	2,220 52.7%	1,985 47.1%	11	4,216	D+5.6
Woodford	2,319 55.6%	1,845 44.2%	7	4,171	D+11.4
Butler	1,157 27.8%	2,996 71.9%	12	4,165	R+44.2
Grant	2,545 61.2%	1,609 38.7%	7	4,161	D+22.5
Bath	2,400 57.9%	1,737 41.9%	5	4,142	D+16.0
Russell	1,171 28.6%	2,913 71.1%	11	4,095	R+42.5
Simpson	2,724 67.4%	1,310 32.4%	6	4,040	D+35.0
Metcalfe	1,848 45.8%	2,176 53.9%	13	4,037	R+8.1
Owen	3,174 79.4%	819 20.5%	7	4,000	D+58.9
Leslie	705 17.8%	3,239 81.8%	15	3,959	R+64.0
Fulton	2,673 67.8%	1,266 32.1%	3	3,942	D+35.7
Crittenden	1,427 36.5%	2,471 63.1%	16	3,914	R+26.7
Pendleton	1,993 51.2%	1,895 48.7%	4	3,892	D+2.5
Larue	2,161 56.0%	1,701 44.0%		3,862	D+11.9
Martin	1,174 30.8%	2,641 69.2%		3,815	R+38.5
Ballard	2,910 77.2%	851 22.6%	6	3,767	D+54.7
McLean	1,961 52.1%	1,791 47.6%	11	3,763	D+4.5
Trigg	2,585 69.4%	1,134 30.4%	6	3,725	D+39.0
Carroll	2,605 71.7%	1,019 28.1%	8	3,632	D+43.7
Anderson	2,153 59.7%	1,445 40.1%	9	3,607	D+19.6
Jackson	471 13.2%	3,104 86.8%	3	3,578	R+73.6
Clinton	678 19.1%	2,856 80.5%	12	3,546	R+61.4
Oldham	1,735 49.9%	1,723 49.6%	18	3,476	D+0.3
Bracken	1,753 50.9%	1,690 49.1%	1	3,444	D+1.8
Bullitt	2,121 62.1%	1,292 37.8%	5	3,418	D+24.3
Cumberland	909 27.1%	2,426 72.4%	14	3,349	R+45.3
Meade	2,040 61.6%	1,265 38.2%	5	3,310	D+23.4
Edmonson	992 30.3%	2,279 69.6%	2	3,273	R+39.3
Nicholas	1,819 61.1%	1,156 38.8%	4	2,979	D+22.3
Hickman	1,988 69.4%	871 30.4%	6	2,865	D+39.0
Elliott	2,074 76.7%	629 23.3%		2,703	D+53.5
Lee	1,100 41.1%	1,572 58.7%	6	2,678	R+17.6
Livingston	1,554 58.5%	1,102 41.5%	1	2,657	D+17.0
Hancock	1,177 46.6%	1,341 53.1%	7	2,525	R+6.5
Carlisle	1,867 74.0%	656 26.0%	1	2,524	D+48.0
Wolfe	1,557 63.9%	876 36.0%	2	2,435	D+28.0
Owsley	419 17.6%	1,954 81.9%	14	2,387	R+64.3
Trimble	1,855 82.8%	370 16.5%	15	2,240	D+66.3
Powell	1,218 55.0%	992 44.8%	3	2,213	D+10.2
Lyon	1,404 65.1%	746 34.6%	8	2,158	D+30.5
Spencer	1,283 63.9%	723 36.0%	1	2,007	D+27.9
Menifee	1,219 65.4%	638 34.2%	6	1,863	D+31.2
Gallatin	1,383 74.7%	465 25.1%	3	1,851	D+49.6
Robertson	827 57.0%	623 42.9%	1	1,451	D+14.1

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.

Kentucky in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+25.9
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+29.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+22.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+16.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.9
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+15.1
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+1.0
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+3.2
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+11.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.4
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+7.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+28.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+6.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.2
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.1
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+15.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+18.9
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+18.8
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+3.0
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+0.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+5.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+23.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+2.7
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+1.7
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+0.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+11.7
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+8.3
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+12.4
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+15.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+24.0
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+49.4

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