Dwight D. Eisenhower carried California R+13.6.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in California, 1952. The state ran 2.9 points more Republican than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

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California result

5,141,849 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

2,197,548

42.7%

Eisenhower (R)

2,897,310

56.3%

All others

46,991

0.9%

Margin

R+13.6

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1952 presidential election

California, 1952

EisenhowerR+13.6

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	56.3%	2,897,310
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	42.7%	2,197,548
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	46,991

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1952 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1952 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1952

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	R	−5.2%	173,853	192,941	369,776
Alpine County	R	−74.3%	19	129	148
Amador County	R	−5.3%	2,070	2,303	4,416
Butte County	R	−27.1%	10,491	18,390	29,133
Calaveras County	R	−22.9%	1,838	2,942	4,824
Colusa County	R	−19.1%	1,818	2,678	4,513
Contra Costa County	D	+1.2%	69,060	67,453	137,281
Del Norte County	R	−26.9%	1,578	2,757	4,384
El Dorado County	R	−20.8%	3,152	4,828	8,073
Fresno County	D	+2.3%	54,541	52,025	107,376
Glenn County	R	−28.5%	2,342	4,224	6,600
Humboldt County	R	−20.3%	12,490	18,913	31,687
Imperial County	R	−24.4%	6,333	10,462	16,903
Inyo County	R	−38.0%	1,585	3,549	5,162
Kern County	R	−10.4%	36,151	44,600	81,332
Kings County	D	+2.0%	7,639	7,336	15,083
Lake County	R	−36.2%	1,911	4,113	6,087
Lassen County	D	+13.6%	4,104	3,119	7,262
Los Angeles County	R	−12.6%	950,093	1,226,971	2,201,212
Madera County	D	+0.9%	6,042	5,933	12,091
Marin County	R	−34.6%	14,236	29,574	44,278
Mariposa County	R	−33.0%	969	1,941	2,946
Mendocino County	R	−22.2%	6,580	10,388	17,157
Merced County	R	−6.3%	11,316	12,865	24,395
Modoc County	R	−22.9%	1,548	2,475	4,047
Mono County	R	−54.4%	220	754	982
Monterey County	R	−24.5%	17,411	28,786	46,451
Napa County	R	−22.8%	8,316	13,273	21,747
Nevada County	R	−28.3%	3,476	6,252	9,818
Orange County	R	−40.6%	32,530	77,548	110,904
Placer County	R	−1.2%	8,887	9,104	18,153
Plumas County	D	+11.9%	3,174	2,491	5,721
Riverside County	R	−30.2%	26,016	48,874	75,649
Sacramento County	D	+2.5%	67,053	63,788	131,641
San Benito County	R	−29.8%	1,891	3,503	5,415
San Bernardino County	R	−14.9%	54,615	73,921	129,631
San Diego County	R	−26.3%	101,880	175,281	278,751
San Francisco County	R	−5.9%	167,282	188,531	359,949
San Joaquin County	R	−12.0%	34,510	44,033	79,107
San Luis Obispo County	R	−31.0%	8,761	16,733	25,691
San Mateo County	R	−26.6%	50,802	87,780	139,222
Santa Barbara County	R	−33.8%	14,793	29,984	44,943
Santa Clara County	R	−19.1%	59,350	87,554	147,807
Santa Cruz County	R	−34.4%	11,080	22,910	34,361
Shasta County	R	−12.5%	7,386	9,507	17,013
Sierra County	R	−6.7%	632	723	1,363
Siskiyou County	R	−12.6%	6,346	8,195	14,684
Solano County	D	+16.1%	25,569	18,456	44,238
Sonoma County	R	−33.0%	17,046	34,088	51,717
Stanislaus County	R	−11.4%	22,271	28,090	50,913
Sutter County	R	−35.1%	3,250	6,780	10,071
Tehama County	R	−29.3%	2,953	5,436	8,465
Trinity County	R	−15.2%	1,120	1,526	2,674
Tulare County	R	−14.2%	21,603	28,802	50,827
Tuolumne County	R	−18.1%	2,593	3,753	6,402
Ventura County	R	−4.2%	21,489	23,392	45,137
Yolo County	R	−6.3%	7,895	8,967	16,999
Yuba County	R	−21.6%	3,589	5,586	9,237