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Election 1952 Results

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1952 presidential election in Virginia

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Virginia in 1952, 56.3% to 43.4%, a margin of 13.0 points and 80,360 votes.

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

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

Republicans led in 89 of the 126 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 37. The largest, Richmond, cast 48,610 votes and went to the Republican by 20.7 points. The closest was Hopewell, where 17 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
Dwight D. Eisenhower won	Republican	349,037	56.3%
Adlai Stevenson II	Democratic	268,677	43.4%
All other candidates		1,975	0.3%
Total		619,689

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	19,235 39.6%	29,300 60.3%	75	48,610	R+20.7
Arlington	14,032 38.6%	22,158 60.9%	190	36,380	R+22.3
Norfolk	11,862 45.5%	14,166 54.3%	46	26,074	R+8.8
Roanoke	8,042 33.9%	15,673 66.0%	32	23,747	R+32.1
Fairfax	8,329 39.0%	13,020 60.9%	30	21,379	R+21.9
Henrico	5,339 33.3%	10,682 66.6%	14	16,035	R+33.3
Alexandria	6,471 42.9%	8,579 56.9%	22	15,072	R+14.0
Norfolk (Ext)	6,766 54.6%	5,614 45.3%	12	12,392	D+9.3
Lynchburg	3,848 35.1%	7,090 64.8%	11	10,949	R+29.6
Hampton	4,946 47.2%	5,505 52.5%	30	10,481	R+5.3
Portsmouth	6,188 62.8%	3,621 36.7%	46	9,855	D+26.0
Lee	4,242 47.7%	4,622 52.0%	27	8,891	R+4.3
Roanoke	2,689 30.8%	6,017 69.0%	20	8,726	R+38.1
Wise	4,729 54.6%	3,911 45.2%	20	8,660	D+9.4
Danville	3,323 40.8%	4,765 58.5%	58	8,146	R+17.7
Chesterfield	3,546 44.1%	4,482 55.7%	18	8,046	R+11.6
Scott	2,990 38.9%	4,703 61.1%		7,693	R+22.3
Grayson	2,734 38.0%	4,449 61.8%	18	7,201	R+23.8
Pittsylvania	3,976 57.6%	2,893 41.9%	31	6,900	D+15.7
Newport News	4,051 59.2%	2,769 40.5%	23	6,843	D+18.7
Washington	2,778 42.1%	3,810 57.7%	11	6,599	R+15.6
Princess Anne (Ext)	3,037 48.7%	3,180 51.0%	13	6,230	R+2.3
Russell	3,253 52.4%	2,937 47.3%	16	6,206	D+5.1
Dickenson	3,210 52.2%	2,913 47.4%	21	6,144	D+4.8
Buchanan	3,613 59.9%	2,330 38.6%	86	6,029	D+21.3
Shenandoah	1,734 28.8%	4,284 71.1%	6	6,024	R+42.3
Rockingham	1,591 26.7%	4,350 73.1%	9	5,950	R+46.4
Tazewell	2,527 43.7%	3,232 55.8%	30	5,789	R+12.2
Smyth	1,972 34.7%	3,694 65.0%	19	5,685	R+30.3
Halifax	3,296 59.0%	2,274 40.7%	17	5,587	D+18.3
Carroll	1,711 31.1%	3,774 68.7%	10	5,495	R+37.5
Montgomery	1,600 29.1%	3,881 70.7%	10	5,491	R+41.5
Charlottesville	2,174 39.7%	3,292 60.1%	8	5,474	R+20.4
Bedford	2,426 45.3%	2,916 54.5%	11	5,353	R+9.2
Wythe	1,654 31.5%	3,580 68.2%	12	5,246	R+36.7
Petersburg	2,342 45.2%	2,822 54.5%	15	5,179	R+9.3
Campbell	2,713 52.4%	2,447 47.3%	18	5,178	D+5.1
Augusta	1,453 29.8%	3,414 70.0%	12	4,879	R+40.2
Accomack	2,220 45.6%	2,626 54.0%	18	4,864	R+8.3
Alleghany	2,274 46.9%	2,564 52.9%	11	4,849	R+6.0
Loudoun	2,075 44.8%	2,540 54.9%	15	4,630	R+10.0
Pulaski	1,715 37.8%	2,815 62.0%	8	4,538	R+24.2
Mecklenburg	2,525 56.7%	1,891 42.5%	38	4,454	D+14.2
Henry	2,323 55.0%	1,871 44.3%	26	4,220	D+10.7
Albemarle	1,642 39.3%	2,523 60.3%	18	4,183	R+21.1
Page	1,441 35.1%	2,649 64.6%	11	4,101	R+29.5
Franklin	2,012 50.0%	1,976 49.1%	38	4,026	D+0.9
Hanover	1,518 40.2%	2,257 59.8%	2	3,777	R+19.6
Fauquier	1,597 43.5%	2,068 56.3%	10	3,675	R+12.8
Giles	1,717 47.0%	1,935 52.9%	3	3,655	R+6.0
Nansemond (Ext)	2,360 66.4%	1,168 32.9%	25	3,553	D+33.5
Staunton	945 26.8%	2,578 73.1%	5	3,528	R+46.3
Amherst	2,078 59.4%	1,407 40.2%	15	3,500	D+19.2
Winchester	1,055 30.7%	2,375 69.2%	2	3,432	R+38.5
Hopewell	1,657 50.1%	1,640 49.6%	11	3,308	D+0.5
Prince William	1,653 50.2%	1,619 49.1%	23	3,295	D+1.0
Botetourt	1,264 38.5%	2,021 61.5%	1	3,286	R+23.0
Warren	1,362 41.8%	1,888 57.9%	11	3,261	R+16.1
Southampton	2,000 63.0%	1,166 36.7%	11	3,177	D+26.3
Martinsville	1,391 43.8%	1,772 55.8%	11	3,174	R+12.0
Rockbridge	1,059 33.7%	2,068 65.9%	11	3,138	R+32.2
Frederick	1,326 42.3%	1,803 57.5%	5	3,134	R+15.2
Bristol	1,432 47.6%	1,574 52.3%	3	3,009	R+4.7
South Norfolk	1,782 61.5%	1,098 37.9%	17	2,897	D+23.6
Harrisonburg	635 22.1%	2,238 77.8%	3	2,876	R+55.7
Patrick	1,554 54.1%	1,314 45.8%	4	2,872	D+8.4
Nottoway	1,381 48.5%	1,454 51.0%	15	2,850	R+2.6
Suffolk	1,209 42.6%	1,622 57.2%	6	2,837	R+14.6
Brunswick	1,635 59.5%	1,098 40.0%	14	2,747	D+19.5
York	1,287 48.7%	1,335 50.5%	20	2,642	R+1.8
Radford	1,108 42.0%	1,523 57.7%	7	2,638	R+15.7
Northampton	1,289 49.4%	1,307 50.1%	12	2,608	R+0.7
Charlotte	1,630 62.8%	949 36.6%	17	2,596	D+26.2
Fredericksburg	970 38.6%	1,536 61.2%	4	2,510	R+22.5
Stafford	1,077 43.0%	1,411 56.3%	16	2,504	R+13.3
Culpeper	987 39.5%	1,507 60.3%	4	2,498	R+20.8
Dinwiddie	1,462 59.1%	983 39.8%	27	2,472	D+19.4
Orange	916 37.3%	1,525 62.2%	12	2,453	R+24.8
Waynesboro	730 30.3%	1,680 69.6%	3	2,413	R+39.4
Spotsylvania	1,194 49.8%	1,174 49.0%	29	2,397	D+0.8
Lunenburg	1,528 64.4%	837 35.3%	8	2,373	D+29.1
Falls Church	930 40.1%	1,386 59.8%	1	2,317	R+19.7
Prince Edward	926 40.4%	1,359 59.3%	5	2,290	R+18.9
Greensville	1,259 55.4%	988 43.5%	26	2,273	D+11.9
Floyd	619 27.3%	1,626 71.7%	23	2,268	R+44.4
Isle Of Wight	1,227 54.9%	996 44.5%	14	2,237	D+10.3
Virginia Beach	881 40.2%	1,310 59.8%		2,191	R+19.6
Louisa	1,025 47.2%	1,135 52.3%	12	2,172	R+5.1
Gloucester	961 47.0%	1,073 52.4%	12	2,046	R+5.5
Lancaster	753 37.7%	1,228 61.5%	16	1,997	R+23.8
Nelson	1,222 62.0%	740 37.6%	8	1,970	D+24.5
Appomattox	957 50.6%	929 49.1%	5	1,891	D+1.5
Westmoreland	754 40.2%	1,117 59.5%	6	1,877	R+19.3
Sussex	956 51.6%	888 48.0%	7	1,851	D+3.7
Caroline	954 52.3%	858 47.0%	13	1,825	D+5.3
Northumberland	573 31.7%	1,230 68.1%	3	1,806	R+36.4
Clifton Forge	811 46.3%	936 53.5%	4	1,751	R+7.1
Bland	743 42.5%	1,000 57.2%	5	1,748	R+14.7
Buckingham	919 52.8%	811 46.6%	11	1,741	D+6.2
Colonial Hts.	835 48.2%	896 51.7%	1	1,732	R+3.5
Madison	540 34.7%	1,012 65.0%	6	1,558	R+30.3
Amelia	703 45.3%	832 53.6%	16	1,551	R+8.3
Goochland	820 53.0%	714 46.1%	14	1,548	D+6.8
Clarke	716 46.8%	809 52.9%	5	1,530	R+6.1
Mathews	533 35.8%	951 63.9%	5	1,489	R+28.1
Williamsburg	483 37.6%	797 62.1%	3	1,283	R+24.5
Cumberland	574 44.9%	695 54.4%	8	1,277	R+9.5
King William	533 41.9%	730 57.4%	9	1,272	R+15.5
Fluvanna	519 41.4%	724 57.7%	11	1,254	R+16.3
Bath	451 36.9%	765 62.7%	5	1,221	R+25.7
Middlesex	507 41.5%	705 57.7%	9	1,221	R+16.2
Prince George	612 52.5%	541 46.4%	13	1,166	D+6.1
Essex	545 46.9%	610 52.5%	8	1,163	R+5.6
Rappahannock	518 45.5%	619 54.3%	2	1,139	R+8.9
Highland	419 37.5%	696 62.3%	3	1,118	R+24.8
King George	503 46.1%	577 52.9%	10	1,090	R+6.8
Powhatan	498 46.8%	558 52.5%	7	1,063	R+5.6
Richmond	326 30.9%	727 68.9%	2	1,055	R+38.0
Surry	572 56.9%	414 41.2%	20	1,006	D+15.7
Craig	490 53.6%	425 46.4%		915	D+7.1
Buena Vista	392 43.3%	513 56.6%	1	906	R+13.4
James City	346 39.5%	527 60.2%	2	875	R+20.7
New Kent	400 46.4%	455 52.8%	7	862	R+6.4
Charles City	492 57.9%	342 40.2%	16	850	D+17.6
King And Queen	387 47.8%	415 51.2%	8	810	R+3.5
Greene	250 31.6%	537 67.8%	5	792	R+36.2

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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