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Election 1952 Results

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1952 presidential election in Mississippi

Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) beat Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) in Mississippi in 1952, 60.5% to 39.5%, a margin of 20.9 points and 59,870 votes.

Mississippi voted 31.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.

Mississippi changed party: in 1948 it went third-party, for Strom Thurmond.

Democrats led in 67 of the 82 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Hinds, cast 23,453 votes and went to the Republican by 6.8 points. The closest was Yazoo, where 19 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	172,836	60.5%
Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	112,966	39.5%
Total		285,802

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Hinds	10,933 46.6%	12,520 53.4%	23,453	R+6.8
Harrison	7,181 54.6%	5,960 45.4%	13,141	D+9.3
Lauderdale	5,841 58.5%	4,137 41.5%	9,978	D+17.1
Jones	5,884 59.3%	4,039 40.7%	9,923	D+18.6
Forrest	2,936 39.6%	4,480 60.4%	7,416	R+20.8
Jackson	4,146 65.6%	2,170 34.4%	6,316	D+31.3
Lee	4,174 67.6%	2,002 32.4%	6,176	D+35.2
Washington	2,618 44.2%	3,301 55.8%	5,919	R+11.5
Warren	2,366 40.6%	3,458 59.4%	5,824	R+18.8
Pike	2,495 46.2%	2,908 53.8%	5,403	R+7.6
Monroe	3,512 71.3%	1,417 28.7%	4,929	D+42.5
Neshoba	3,567 76.7%	1,081 23.3%	4,648	D+53.5
Alcorn	3,275 73.9%	1,155 26.1%	4,430	D+47.9
Adams	1,967 45.3%	2,372 54.7%	4,339	R+9.3
Lincoln	2,271 52.8%	2,028 47.2%	4,299	D+5.7
Lowndes	1,618 37.7%	2,670 62.3%	4,288	R+24.5
Leflore	1,845 43.1%	2,434 56.9%	4,279	R+13.8
Sunflower	2,049 50.5%	2,007 49.5%	4,056	D+1.0
Marion	2,597 64.7%	1,420 35.3%	4,017	D+29.3
Bolivar	1,843 46.8%	2,096 53.2%	3,939	R+6.4
Pearl River	2,060 54.2%	1,741 45.8%	3,801	D+8.4
Coahoma	2,115 56.6%	1,619 43.4%	3,734	D+13.3
Union	2,749 75.0%	917 25.0%	3,666	D+50.0
Simpson	2,767 75.9%	878 24.1%	3,645	D+51.8
Rankin	2,077 57.3%	1,545 42.7%	3,622	D+14.7
Copiah	2,050 57.3%	1,527 42.7%	3,577	D+14.6
Attala	2,258 65.7%	1,178 34.3%	3,436	D+31.4
Prentiss	2,672 78.5%	731 21.5%	3,403	D+57.0
Tippah	2,878 84.9%	511 15.1%	3,389	D+69.8
Yazoo	1,702 50.3%	1,683 49.7%	3,385	D+0.6
Scott	2,208 66.3%	1,123 33.7%	3,331	D+32.6
Winston	2,559 76.8%	771 23.2%	3,330	D+53.7
Newton	2,460 74.3%	851 25.7%	3,311	D+48.6
Leake	2,667 81.6%	603 18.4%	3,270	D+63.1
Lafayette	2,363 73.1%	868 26.9%	3,231	D+46.3
Oktibbeha	1,666 53.7%	1,435 46.3%	3,101	D+7.4
Tallahatchie	2,350 75.9%	748 24.1%	3,098	D+51.7
Panola	2,047 66.5%	1,032 33.5%	3,079	D+33.0
Smith	2,288 75.6%	738 24.4%	3,026	D+51.2
Calhoun	2,284 76.8%	691 23.2%	2,975	D+53.5
Pontotoc	2,281 77.9%	648 22.1%	2,929	D+55.8
Hancock	1,578 53.9%	1,347 46.1%	2,925	D+7.9
Madison	1,425 48.8%	1,496 51.2%	2,921	R+2.4
Itawamba	2,236 80.1%	556 19.9%	2,792	D+60.2
Clarke	2,000 72.6%	754 27.4%	2,754	D+45.2
Holmes	1,423 52.2%	1,305 47.8%	2,728	D+4.3
Jasper	1,872 73.7%	668 26.3%	2,540	D+47.4
Chickasaw	1,805 72.5%	685 27.5%	2,490	D+45.0
Marshall	1,847 75.4%	604 24.6%	2,451	D+50.7
Wayne	1,604 69.1%	717 30.9%	2,321	D+38.2
Clay	1,230 53.3%	1,077 46.7%	2,307	D+6.6
Covington	1,535 66.6%	770 33.4%	2,305	D+33.2
Lamar	1,260 54.9%	1,034 45.1%	2,294	D+9.9
Tishomingo	1,595 70.1%	679 29.9%	2,274	D+40.3
Webster	1,765 79.6%	453 20.4%	2,218	D+59.2
Montgomery	1,356 61.7%	840 38.3%	2,196	D+23.5
Grenada	1,174 54.0%	1,000 46.0%	2,174	D+8.0
Jefferson Davis	1,626 77.5%	473 22.5%	2,099	D+54.9
Yalobusha	1,346 64.1%	753 35.9%	2,099	D+28.3
De Soto	1,288 63.1%	754 36.9%	2,042	D+26.2
Kemper	1,593 81.1%	372 18.9%	1,965	D+62.1
Tate	1,575 80.3%	387 19.7%	1,962	D+60.6
George	1,351 69.1%	603 30.9%	1,954	D+38.3
Choctaw	1,387 72.6%	524 27.4%	1,911	D+45.2
Amite	1,121 59.1%	777 40.9%	1,898	D+18.1
Walthall	1,357 73.4%	491 26.6%	1,848	D+46.9
Greene	1,247 71.1%	506 28.9%	1,753	D+42.3
Carroll	1,168 68.6%	535 31.4%	1,703	D+37.2
Franklin	1,166 69.4%	514 30.6%	1,680	D+38.8
Lawrence	1,117 66.8%	556 33.2%	1,673	D+33.5
Quitman	1,158 70.2%	492 29.8%	1,650	D+40.4
Noxubee	758 46.1%	887 53.9%	1,645	R+7.8
Stone	965 62.9%	569 37.1%	1,534	D+25.8
Humphreys	858 59.3%	589 40.7%	1,447	D+18.6
Perry	782 60.5%	511 39.5%	1,293	D+21.0
Wilkinson	563 44.6%	699 55.4%	1,262	R+10.8
Benton	963 81.7%	216 18.3%	1,179	D+63.4
Jefferson	539 46.9%	610 53.1%	1,149	R+6.2
Claiborne	496 47.0%	560 53.0%	1,056	R+6.1
Sharkey	388 39.3%	600 60.7%	988	R+21.5
Tunica	530 58.1%	383 41.9%	913	D+16.1
Issaquena	170 57.2%	127 42.8%	297	D+14.5

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

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