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1952 presidential election in Michigan

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Michigan in 1952, 55.4% to 44.0%, a margin of 11.5 points and 320,872 votes.

Michigan voted 0.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.

The Republican hold continued from 1948, when Thomas E. Dewey won.

Republicans led in 80 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Wayne, cast 1,083,381 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.3 points. The closest was Alger, 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Dwight D. Eisenhower won Republican 1,551,529 55.4%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 1,230,657 44.0%
All other candidates 16,406 0.6%
Total2,798,592

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 622,236 57.4% 456,371 42.1% 4,774 1,083,381 D+15.3
Oakland 73,871 38.8% 115,503 60.7% 805 190,179 R+21.9
Kent 47,221 36.8% 79,647 62.1% 1,447 128,315 R+25.3
Genesee 56,753 47.4% 62,220 52.0% 739 119,712 R+4.6
Ingham 24,125 31.7% 51,503 67.6% 533 76,161 R+35.9
Macomb 36,544 49.1% 37,474 50.4% 346 74,364 R+1.3
Saginaw 20,983 34.9% 38,604 64.2% 513 60,100 R+29.3
Kalamazoo 18,967 32.6% 38,847 66.8% 371 58,185 R+34.2
Washtenaw 17,671 32.9% 35,826 66.6% 262 53,759 R+33.8
Berrien 19,088 36.5% 32,932 62.9% 300 52,320 R+26.5
Calhoun 19,171 37.3% 31,941 62.1% 335 51,447 R+24.8
Muskegon 23,826 47.2% 25,967 51.5% 653 50,446 R+4.2
Jackson 15,065 31.3% 32,810 68.2% 230 48,105 R+36.9
St. Clair 12,268 30.5% 27,894 69.3% 94 40,256 R+38.8
Bay 14,113 41.0% 20,087 58.4% 196 34,396 R+17.4
Ottawa 7,835 25.6% 22,328 72.8% 494 30,657 R+47.3
Monroe 12,758 42.4% 17,159 57.1% 157 30,074 R+14.6
Lenawee 7,397 26.9% 20,035 72.7% 117 27,549 R+45.9
Marquette 9,949 45.9% 11,618 53.7% 88 21,655 R+7.7
Allegan 5,437 25.5% 15,663 73.4% 238 21,338 R+47.9
Shiawassee 6,056 30.5% 13,562 68.4% 206 19,824 R+37.9
Eaton 5,170 27.2% 13,723 72.2% 125 19,018 R+45.0
Van Buren 5,309 28.5% 13,231 70.9% 119 18,659 R+42.5
Houghton 7,100 40.0% 10,563 59.6% 70 17,733 R+19.5
St. Joseph 4,509 26.7% 12,191 72.2% 187 16,887 R+45.5
Ionia 4,722 29.9% 10,970 69.3% 127 15,819 R+39.5
Tuscola 3,251 21.5% 11,788 78.0% 80 15,119 R+56.5
Midland 3,945 27.1% 10,508 72.1% 117 14,570 R+45.0
Delta 6,921 47.9% 7,488 51.8% 49 14,458 R+3.9
Hillsdale 3,340 23.6% 10,680 75.5% 123 14,143 R+51.9
Montcalm 3,844 27.6% 9,946 71.4% 136 13,926 R+43.8
Lapeer 3,644 26.7% 9,940 72.8% 72 13,656 R+46.1
Clinton 2,977 21.9% 10,510 77.5% 79 13,566 R+55.5
Sanilac 2,298 17.0% 11,181 82.5% 78 13,557 R+65.5
Huron 2,421 18.5% 10,639 81.3% 29 13,089 R+62.8
Cass 4,500 34.4% 8,479 64.9% 93 13,072 R+30.4
Gogebic 6,803 52.1% 6,195 47.5% 53 13,051 D+4.7
Gratiot 2,887 22.2% 10,034 77.1% 100 13,021 R+54.9
Livingston 3,086 23.8% 9,790 75.6% 79 12,955 R+51.7
Branch 3,564 27.7% 9,215 71.5% 105 12,884 R+43.9
Barry 3,230 26.3% 8,933 72.7% 124 12,287 R+46.4
Dickinson 5,710 48.3% 6,045 51.2% 56 11,811 R+2.8
Grand Traverse 2,639 22.5% 9,034 77.1% 38 11,711 R+54.6
Chippewa 4,257 37.4% 7,075 62.1% 57 11,389 R+24.7
Isabella 2,881 25.8% 8,222 73.5% 77 11,180 R+47.8
Menominee 4,884 44.1% 6,147 55.5% 37 11,068 R+11.4
Mason 3,298 34.5% 6,179 64.6% 81 9,558 R+30.1
Alpena 3,134 33.3% 6,248 66.3% 39 9,421 R+33.1
Newaygo 2,541 27.2% 6,715 71.8% 95 9,351 R+44.6
Iron 4,597 49.9% 4,564 49.5% 55 9,216 D+0.4
Manistee 3,114 37.2% 5,235 62.5% 27 8,376 R+25.3
Wexford 2,407 29.8% 5,569 69.0% 97 8,073 R+39.2
Mecosta 1,587 22.3% 5,436 76.5% 79 7,102 R+54.2
Emmet 1,871 26.7% 5,113 72.9% 30 7,014 R+46.2
Oceana 1,799 27.2% 4,704 71.0% 119 6,622 R+43.9
Cheboygan 1,900 30.1% 4,385 69.5% 24 6,309 R+39.4
Osceola 1,160 19.9% 4,607 78.9% 75 5,842 R+59.0
Charlevoix 1,778 31.1% 3,895 68.1% 49 5,722 R+37.0
Ontonagon 2,134 41.4% 2,961 57.4% 64 5,159 R+16.0
Iosco 1,274 25.2% 3,772 74.6% 13 5,059 R+49.4
Presque Isle 1,825 37.8% 2,982 61.8% 15 4,822 R+24.0
Clare 1,059 22.9% 3,529 76.2% 42 4,630 R+53.3
Antrim 1,046 22.7% 3,533 76.5% 39 4,618 R+53.9
Mackinac 1,285 29.5% 3,058 70.2% 11 4,354 R+40.7
Alger 2,058 49.5% 2,066 49.7% 35 4,159 R+0.2
Arenac 1,290 31.7% 2,753 67.7% 21 4,064 R+36.0
Schoolcraft 1,692 41.8% 2,352 58.0% 8 4,052 R+16.3
Ogemaw 1,030 25.5% 2,983 73.9% 23 4,036 R+48.4
Gladwin 936 23.4% 3,031 75.9% 29 3,996 R+52.4
Leelanau 999 25.4% 2,926 74.4% 9 3,934 R+49.0
Benzie 980 26.0% 2,752 73.0% 36 3,768 R+47.0
Baraga 1,540 42.0% 2,103 57.3% 28 3,671 R+15.3
Roscommon 676 20.9% 2,547 78.6% 16 3,239 R+57.8
Missaukee 600 19.0% 2,525 80.0% 31 3,156 R+61.0
Otsego 865 30.7% 1,941 68.9% 12 2,818 R+38.2
Lake 1,127 41.8% 1,549 57.5% 20 2,696 R+15.7
Alcona 766 34.6% 1,441 65.1% 8 2,215 R+30.5
Luce 553 25.6% 1,603 74.2% 3 2,159 R+48.6
Montmorency 544 27.0% 1,449 71.9% 22 2,015 R+44.9
Crawford 490 26.7% 1,331 72.5% 14 1,835 R+45.8
Kalkaska 483 26.5% 1,326 72.7% 14 1,823 R+46.2
Keweenaw 747 47.9% 801 51.4% 11 1,559 R+3.5
Oscoda 246 19.0% 1,047 80.7% 4 1,297 R+61.8

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.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0