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1952 presidential election in West Virginia
Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) beat Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) in West Virginia in 1952, 51.9% to 48.1%, a margin of 3.8 points and 33,608 votes.
West Virginia voted 14.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+10.9.
The Democratic hold continued from 1948, when Harry S. Truman won.
Democrats led in 28 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 27. The largest, Kanawha, cast 111,401 votes and went to the Republican by 2.1 points. The closest was Barbour, where 15 votes separated the two parties.
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 | 453,578 | 51.9% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 419,970 | 48.1% |
| Total | 873,548 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha | 54,540 49.0% | 56,861 51.0% | 111,401 | R+2.1 | |
| Cabell | 22,179 44.7% | 27,461 55.3% | 49,640 | R+10.6 | |
| Harrison | 20,527 49.2% | 21,193 50.8% | 41,720 | R+1.6 | |
| Ohio | 16,546 44.6% | 20,575 55.4% | 37,121 | R+10.9 | |
| Raleigh | 22,704 61.8% | 14,005 38.2% | 36,709 | D+23.7 | |
| McDowell | 24,657 69.8% | 10,663 30.2% | 35,320 | D+39.6 | |
| Marion | 19,890 57.0% | 14,979 43.0% | 34,869 | D+14.1 | |
| Wood | 14,154 41.5% | 19,917 58.5% | 34,071 | R+16.9 | |
| Fayette | 22,307 70.8% | 9,190 29.2% | 31,497 | D+41.6 | |
| Mercer | 16,694 53.9% | 14,267 46.1% | 30,961 | D+7.8 | |
| Logan | 19,302 67.8% | 9,148 32.2% | 28,450 | D+35.7 | |
| Monongalia | 13,152 50.1% | 13,111 49.9% | 26,263 | D+0.2 | |
| Mingo | 12,856 65.2% | 6,852 34.8% | 19,708 | D+30.5 | |
| Marshall | 8,689 48.4% | 9,271 51.6% | 17,960 | R+3.2 | |
| Hancock | 9,772 60.0% | 6,520 40.0% | 16,292 | D+20.0 | |
| Wayne | 8,679 55.1% | 7,059 44.9% | 15,738 | D+10.3 | |
| Greenbrier | 8,086 52.3% | 7,374 47.7% | 15,460 | D+4.6 | |
| Berkeley | 7,111 46.6% | 8,149 53.4% | 15,260 | R+6.8 | |
| Wyoming | 9,029 59.6% | 6,124 40.4% | 15,153 | D+19.2 | |
| Brooke | 7,591 59.9% | 5,073 40.1% | 12,664 | D+19.9 | |
| Randolph | 6,976 56.1% | 5,452 43.9% | 12,428 | D+12.3 | |
| Preston | 4,278 34.7% | 8,059 65.3% | 12,337 | R+30.6 | |
| Boone | 8,209 66.7% | 4,100 33.3% | 12,309 | D+33.4 | |
| Mineral | 4,545 44.8% | 5,598 55.2% | 10,143 | R+10.4 | |
| Nicholas | 5,615 56.1% | 4,386 43.9% | 10,001 | D+12.3 | |
| Mason | 3,824 38.5% | 6,102 61.5% | 9,926 | R+22.9 | |
| Lincoln | 5,099 51.6% | 4,784 48.4% | 9,883 | D+3.2 | |
| Putnam | 4,802 49.3% | 4,944 50.7% | 9,746 | R+1.5 | |
| Lewis | 3,280 34.4% | 6,254 65.6% | 9,534 | R+31.2 | |
| Barbour | 4,489 49.9% | 4,504 50.1% | 8,993 | R+0.2 | |
| Wetzel | 4,375 49.4% | 4,476 50.6% | 8,851 | R+1.1 | |
| Roane | 3,603 42.3% | 4,922 57.7% | 8,525 | R+15.5 | |
| Taylor | 3,752 44.3% | 4,711 55.7% | 8,463 | R+11.3 | |
| Upshur | 2,234 27.3% | 5,938 72.7% | 8,172 | R+45.3 | |
| Summers | 4,463 56.1% | 3,496 43.9% | 7,959 | D+12.1 | |
| Braxton | 4,259 55.7% | 3,382 44.3% | 7,641 | D+11.5 | |
| Jackson | 2,597 34.9% | 4,845 65.1% | 7,442 | R+30.2 | |
| Jefferson | 4,036 56.3% | 3,134 43.7% | 7,170 | D+12.6 | |
| Monroe | 2,856 45.3% | 3,447 54.7% | 6,303 | R+9.4 | |
| Webster | 3,767 62.8% | 2,229 37.2% | 5,996 | D+25.7 | |
| Ritchie | 1,665 28.2% | 4,238 71.8% | 5,903 | R+43.6 | |
| Pocahontas | 2,743 49.1% | 2,841 50.9% | 5,584 | R+1.8 | |
| Clay | 2,814 52.6% | 2,534 47.4% | 5,348 | D+5.2 | |
| Tyler | 1,523 30.4% | 3,488 69.6% | 5,011 | R+39.2 | |
| Tucker | 2,577 53.6% | 2,235 46.4% | 4,812 | D+7.1 | |
| Hampshire | 2,391 52.4% | 2,173 47.6% | 4,564 | D+4.8 | |
| Hardy | 2,411 54.2% | 2,037 45.8% | 4,448 | D+8.4 | |
| Calhoun | 2,138 50.4% | 2,101 49.6% | 4,239 | D+0.9 | |
| Gilmer | 2,291 55.8% | 1,813 44.2% | 4,104 | D+11.6 | |
| Grant | 674 17.0% | 3,282 83.0% | 3,956 | R+65.9 | |
| Pendleton | 1,991 51.7% | 1,859 48.3% | 3,850 | D+3.4 | |
| Morgan | 1,114 29.2% | 2,699 70.8% | 3,813 | R+41.6 | |
| Doddridge | 1,040 27.5% | 2,741 72.5% | 3,781 | R+45.0 | |
| Pleasants | 1,632 46.2% | 1,900 53.8% | 3,532 | R+7.6 | |
| Wirt | 1,050 41.6% | 1,474 58.4% | 2,524 | R+16.8 |
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.
West Virginia in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+41.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+38.9 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+42.1 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+26.8 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+13.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+12.9 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+6.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+13.0 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.7 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+10.5 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.5 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+27.2 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+8.8 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+35.9 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+3.8 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+15.1 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.2 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+21.4 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+10.0 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+12.0 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+0.9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+21.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+10.3 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.5 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.3 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+9.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+14.6 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+17.6 |