1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico

1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Eisenhower 50-60% 60-70%	Stevenson 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 4, 1952. All 48 States were part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

New Mexico was won by World War II hero and supreme allied commander Dwight D. Eisenhower by a wide 11 percentage point margin. Running against Eisenhower was Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson, who carried only the majority of the American South during his two runs for the presidency.^[2] This was the tenth consecutive U.S. Presidential Election which New Mexico participated in.

Results[edit]

1952 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard Nixon	132,170	55.39%	+12.46
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson II John Sparkman	105,661	44.28%	−12.10
	Prohibition	Stuart Hamblen Enoch A. Holtwick	297	0.12%	+0.05
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan Charlotta Bass	225	0.09%	−0.46
	Christian Nationalist	Douglas MacArthur Harry F. Byrd	220	0.09%	N/A
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass Stephen Emery	35	0.01%	−0.02
Total votes			238,608	100.00%
	Republican win

Results by county[edit]

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Bernalillo	33,964	59.38%	23,164	40.50%	72	0.12%	10,800	18.88%	57,200
Catron	741	61.49%	464	38.51%	0	0.00%	277	22.98%	1,205
Chaves	7,018	63.92%	3,880	35.34%	81	0.74%	3,138	28.58%	10,979
Colfax	3,397	51.58%	3,184	48.34%	5	0.08%	213	3.24%	6,586
Curry	5,023	59.38%	3,422	40.45%	14	0.17%	1,601	18.93%	8,459
De Baca	782	57.25%	581	42.53%	3	0.22%	201	14.72%	1,366
Dona Ana	5,902	56.33%	4,556	43.48%	20	0.19%	1,346	12.85%	10,478
Eddy	6,041	44.45%	7,495	55.15%	55	0.40%	-1,454	-10.70%	13,591
Grant	3,421	43.18%	4,315	54.47%	186	2.35%	-894	-11.29%	7,922
Guadalupe	1,575	53.90%	1,347	46.10%	0	0.00%	228	7.80%	2,922
Harding	760	63.49%	436	36.42%	1	0.09%	324	27.07%	1,197
Hidalgo	781	50.58%	757	49.03%	6	0.39%	24	1.55%	1,544
Lea	4,738	47.52%	5,204	52.19%	29	0.29%	-466	-4.67%	9,971
Lincoln	2,004	64.52%	1,095	35.25%	7	0.23%	909	29.27%	3,106
Los Alamos	2,226	49.30%	2,281	50.52%	8	0.18%	-55	-1.22%	4,515
Luna	1,729	55.86%	1,332	43.04%	34	1.10%	397	12.82%	3,095
McKinley	3,091	49.80%	3,097	49.90%	19	0.30%	-6	-0.10%	6,207
Mora	1,849	56.61%	1,413	43.26%	4	0.13%	436	13.35%	3,266
Otero	2,456	53.16%	2,162	46.80%	2	0.04%	294	6.36%	4,620
Quay	2,711	53.00%	2,375	46.43%	29	0.57%	336	6.57%	5,115
Rio Arriba	4,336	48.69%	4,564	51.25%	5	0.06%	-228	-2.56%	8,905
Roosevelt	3,030	56.74%	2,298	43.03%	12	0.23%	732	13.71%	5,340
San Juan	3,864	69.73%	1,659	29.94%	18	0.33%	2,205	39.79%	5,541
San Miguel	5,360	54.59%	4,451	45.34%	7	0.07%	909	9.25%	9,818
Sandoval	1,795	52.06%	1,647	47.77%	6	0.17%	148	4.29%	3,448
Santa Fe	9,011	56.62%	6,786	42.64%	119	0.74%	2,225	13.98%	15,916
Sierra	2,033	63.61%	1,158	36.23%	5	0.16%	875	27.38%	3,196
Socorro	2,224	55.52%	1,777	44.36%	5	0.12%	447	11.16%	4,006
Taos	2,763	48.94%	2,877	50.96%	6	0.10%	-114	-2.02%	5,646
Torrance	1,747	54.99%	1,422	44.76%	8	0.25%	325	10.23%	3,177
Union	1,988	63.39%	1,142	36.42%	6	0.19%	846	26.97%	3,136
Valencia	3,810	53.47%	3,310	46.46%	5	0.07%	500	7.01%	7,125
Totals	132,170	55.39%	105,661	44.28%	777	0.33%	26,509	11.11%	238,608

References[edit]

^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results - New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 14, 2018.

[1] "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination

[2] "1952 Presidential General Election Results - New Mexico". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 14, 2018.

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