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Election 1952 Results

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1952 presidential election in Washington

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Washington in 1952, 54.3% to 44.7%, a margin of 9.6 points and 106,262 votes.

Washington voted 1.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.

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

Republicans led in 33 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, King, cast 371,771 votes and went to the Republican by 9.4 points. The closest was Mason, where 3 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	599,107	54.3%
Adlai Stevenson II	Democratic	492,845	44.7%
All other candidates		10,756	1.0%
Total		1,102,708

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
King	165,583 44.5%	200,507 53.9%	5,681	371,771	R+9.4
Pierce	56,132 49.3%	56,515 49.7%	1,164	113,811	R+0.3
Spokane	45,827 44.4%	56,958 55.2%	451	103,236	R+10.8
Snohomish	28,518 51.1%	26,749 47.9%	534	55,801	D+3.2
Yakima	17,647 35.0%	32,317 64.1%	483	50,447	R+29.1
Kitsap	20,531 54.6%	16,876 44.9%	189	37,596	D+9.7
Clark	18,153 48.6%	18,973 50.8%	202	37,328	R+2.2
Whatcom	12,877 41.8%	17,590 57.1%	361	30,828	R+15.3
Grays Harbor	12,317 49.9%	12,168 49.3%	198	24,683	D+0.6
Thurston	9,764 41.0%	13,904 58.3%	172	23,840	R+17.4
Cowlitz	11,242 47.3%	12,366 52.1%	138	23,746	R+4.7
Benton	9,889 42.3%	13,412 57.4%	63	23,364	R+15.1
Skagit	8,321 41.7%	11,446 57.4%	185	19,952	R+15.7
Lewis	7,115 36.4%	12,287 62.8%	169	19,571	R+26.4
Chelan	6,867 38.0%	11,164 61.7%	53	18,084	R+23.8
Walla Walla	5,738 32.2%	11,987 67.3%	92	17,817	R+35.1
Whitman	4,611 34.0%	8,905 65.7%	44	13,560	R+31.7
Clallam	5,390 45.1%	6,442 54.0%	106	11,938	R+8.8
Okanogan	4,817 44.0%	6,085 55.6%	48	10,950	R+11.6
Kittitas	3,937 42.9%	5,201 56.7%	36	9,174	R+13.8
Grant	4,381 49.1%	4,512 50.6%	22	8,915	R+1.5
Stevens	3,355 42.5%	4,458 56.5%	72	7,885	R+14.0
Mason	3,830 49.7%	3,827 49.7%	43	7,700	level
Pacific	3,778 49.3%	3,846 50.2%	39	7,663	R+0.9
Franklin	2,798 45.8%	3,291 53.9%	18	6,107	R+8.1
Lincoln	1,974 36.5%	3,422 63.3%	9	5,405	R+26.8
Douglas	2,361 44.3%	2,954 55.4%	14	5,329	R+11.1
Klickitat	2,140 42.7%	2,845 56.8%	26	5,011	R+14.1
Asotin	2,160 44.1%	2,722 55.6%	12	4,894	R+11.5
Island	1,772 37.7%	2,901 61.7%	30	4,703	R+24.0
Jefferson	1,933 44.9%	2,355 54.7%	17	4,305	R+9.8
Adams	1,104 33.6%	2,181 66.3%	5	3,290	R+32.7
Pend Oreille	1,380 46.6%	1,566 52.9%	16	2,962	R+6.3
Columbia	765 33.5%	1,511 66.2%	7	2,283	R+32.7
Skamania	978 47.7%	1,072 52.3%		2,050	R+4.6
San Juan	619 35.1%	1,133 64.2%	14	1,766	R+29.1
Wahkiakum	928 52.7%	815 46.3%	17	1,760	D+6.4
Garfield	559 32.3%	1,157 66.8%	17	1,733	R+34.5
Ferry	754 52.0%	687 47.4%	9	1,450	D+4.6

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.

Washington in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+18.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+19.2
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+15.7
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+14.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+17.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+7.2
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+5.6
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.5
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.4
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+1.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+13.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+3.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.3
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+2.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+24.6
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+2.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+8.5
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+9.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+14.6
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+17.6
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.5
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+35.7
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+42.1
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+34.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+4.2
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+25.8
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+50.6
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+11.7
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+15.1
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+7.6

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