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1952 presidential election in Massachusetts

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Massachusetts in 1952, 54.2% to 45.5%, a margin of 8.8 points and 208,800 votes.

Massachusetts voted 2.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.

Massachusetts changed party: in 1948 it went Democratic, for Harry S. Truman.

Republicans led in 13 of the 14 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Middlesex, cast 554,605 votes and went to the Republican by 14.3 points. The closest was Nantucket, where 1,085 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dwight D. Eisenhower won Republican 1,292,325 54.2%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 1,083,525 45.5%
All other candidates 7,548 0.3%
Total2,383,398

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Middlesex 236,910 42.7% 316,069 57.0% 1,626 554,605 R+14.3
Suffolk 240,957 59.5% 162,147 40.0% 1,775 404,879 D+19.5
Essex 123,334 44.0% 156,030 55.6% 1,045 280,409 R+11.7
Worcester 128,898 46.8% 146,094 53.0% 645 275,637 R+6.2
Norfolk 74,321 34.5% 140,409 65.2% 631 215,361 R+30.7
Bristol 93,444 48.7% 98,105 51.1% 462 192,011 R+2.4
Hampden 90,936 47.8% 98,641 51.9% 616 190,193 R+4.1
Plymouth 32,815 32.5% 67,922 67.2% 305 101,042 R+34.7
Berkshire 29,785 43.5% 38,413 56.1% 243 68,441 R+12.6
Hampshire 17,247 41.6% 24,141 58.2% 98 41,486 R+16.6
Franklin 8,729 30.9% 19,489 68.9% 50 28,268 R+38.1
Barnstable 4,984 19.2% 20,943 80.6% 44 25,971 R+61.4
Dukes 760 23.8% 2,432 76.0% 6 3,198 R+52.3
Nantucket 405 21.3% 1,490 78.5% 2 1,897 R+57.2

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.

Massachusetts in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+25.2
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+33.5
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+27.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+23.1
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.8
2004 John Kerry (D) D+25.2
2000 Al Gore (D) D+27.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+33.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+18.5
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.8
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.2
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+15.7
1972 George McGovern (D) D+9.0
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+30.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+52.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+20.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+18.9
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+8.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+11.5
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+5.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+6.7
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.0
1928 Al Smith (D) D+1.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+40.7
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+3.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+3.6
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+24.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+20.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.7
1896 William McKinley (R) R+43.1
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.6
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+9.4
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+8.0
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+18.8
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+16.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+38.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+39.5