Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Iowa R+28.2.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Iowa, 1952. The state ran 17.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

1,268,773 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

451,513

35.6%

Eisenhower (R)

808,906

63.8%

All others

8,354

0.7%

Margin

R+28.2

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1952 presidential election

Iowa, 1952

EisenhowerR+28.2

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	63.8%	808,906
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	35.6%	451,513
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	8,354

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1952 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1952

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−42.4%	1,817	4,497	6,326
Adams County	R	−38.5%	1,383	3,129	4,531
Allamakee County	R	−44.4%	2,341	6,087	8,438
Appanoose County	R	−11.8%	4,276	5,429	9,804
Audubon County	R	−23.8%	2,220	3,605	5,829
Benton County	R	−23.2%	3,831	6,316	10,689
Black Hawk County	R	−24.5%	17,360	28,671	46,234
Boone County	R	−23.2%	4,896	7,901	12,947
Bremer County	R	−48.4%	2,363	6,806	9,183
Buchanan County	R	−36.0%	3,019	6,431	9,484
Buena Vista County	R	−39.6%	3,254	7,539	10,813
Butler County	R	−55.1%	1,836	6,360	8,210
Calhoun County	R	−37.4%	2,411	5,391	7,966
Carroll County	R	−28.7%	4,139	7,473	11,628
Cass County	R	−51.5%	2,349	7,355	9,727
Cedar County	R	−43.2%	2,447	6,176	8,640
Cerro Gordo County	R	−22.5%	8,354	13,207	21,608
Cherokee County	R	−41.2%	2,502	6,018	8,541
Chickasaw County	R	−26.4%	2,921	5,022	7,949
Clarke County	R	−31.9%	1,653	3,215	4,894
Clay County	R	−46.4%	2,258	6,271	8,641
Clayton County	R	−34.5%	3,730	7,669	11,408
Clinton County	R	−31.6%	7,975	15,372	23,385
Crawford County	R	−28.6%	3,107	5,646	8,868
Dallas County	R	−27.8%	4,501	8,008	12,610
Davis County	R	−16.6%	2,283	3,195	5,495
Decatur County	R	−17.8%	2,521	3,621	6,168
Delaware County	R	−46.5%	2,351	6,449	8,810
Des Moines County	R	−16.7%	8,686	12,182	20,957
Dickinson County	R	−42.8%	1,748	4,401	6,194
Dubuque County	R	−10.8%	14,542	18,075	32,845
Emmet County	R	−43.3%	1,947	4,935	6,904
Fayette County	R	−34.9%	4,403	9,152	13,589
Floyd County	R	−40.2%	2,999	7,042	10,054
Franklin County	R	−46.7%	1,941	5,432	7,470
Fremont County	R	−29.1%	2,085	3,802	5,894
Greene County	R	−40.8%	2,228	5,378	7,725
Grundy County	R	−58.3%	1,483	5,652	7,156
Guthrie County	R	−40.4%	2,281	5,377	7,671
Hamilton County	R	−42.9%	2,788	7,006	9,828
Hancock County	R	−42.7%	2,053	5,115	7,178
Hardin County	R	−42.0%	3,205	7,880	11,132
Harrison County	R	−27.8%	3,370	5,972	9,366
Henry County	R	−44.6%	2,438	6,424	8,931
Howard County	R	−25.3%	2,564	4,305	6,881
Humboldt County	R	−36.1%	2,124	4,534	6,674
Ida County	R	−40.6%	1,603	3,800	5,418
Iowa County	R	−37.2%	2,514	5,625	8,362
Jackson County	R	−30.6%	3,074	5,867	9,127
Jasper County	R	−17.3%	6,756	9,610	16,465
Jefferson County	R	−38.8%	2,470	5,630	8,149
Johnson County	R	−16.4%	8,067	11,231	19,350
Jones County	R	−33.9%	2,991	6,070	9,073
Keokuk County	R	−29.0%	3,135	5,712	8,897
Kossuth County	R	−28.4%	4,330	7,765	12,105
Lee County	R	−17.5%	8,625	12,289	20,969
Linn County	R	−17.9%	21,818	31,383	53,441
Louisa County	R	−37.3%	1,673	3,675	5,369
Lucas County	R	−27.4%	2,217	3,921	6,215
Lyon County	R	−57.3%	1,324	4,893	6,226
Madison County	R	−39.7%	2,131	4,967	7,149
Mahaska County	R	−31.5%	3,745	7,369	11,523
Marion County	R	−15.7%	5,196	7,165	12,516
Marshall County	R	−34.5%	5,314	11,135	16,890
Mills County	R	−38.3%	1,792	4,028	5,834
Mitchell County	R	−39.7%	2,175	5,050	7,237
Monona County	R	−24.8%	2,918	4,849	7,784
Monroe County	R	−7.2%	2,785	3,219	6,042
Montgomery County	R	−46.1%	2,235	6,074	8,334
Muscatine County	R	−23.6%	5,772	9,361	15,196
O'Brien County	R	−52.8%	2,192	7,130	9,360
Osceola County	R	−43.7%	1,396	3,573	4,981
Page County	R	−53.4%	2,669	8,840	11,553
Palo Alto County	R	−21.1%	2,993	4,595	7,597
Plymouth County	R	−49.0%	2,768	8,140	10,957
Pocahontas County	R	−27.0%	2,517	4,472	7,245
Polk County	R	−8.9%	50,867	60,934	112,783
Pottawattamie County	R	−22.7%	11,897	18,894	30,854
Poweshiek County	R	−29.3%	3,318	6,105	9,498
Ringgold County	R	−41.8%	1,408	3,442	4,871
Sac County	R	−44.6%	2,451	6,417	8,894
Scott County	R	−24.8%	17,807	29,719	48,026
Shelby County	R	−29.9%	2,762	5,135	7,939
Sioux County	R	−66.6%	2,050	10,275	12,349
Story County	R	−44.4%	5,299	13,857	19,296
Tama County	R	−26.8%	4,076	7,061	11,154
Taylor County	R	−44.0%	1,784	4,608	6,423
Union County	R	−38.1%	2,566	5,742	8,332
Van Buren County	R	−41.8%	1,577	3,870	5,480
Wapello County	R	−5.1%	10,449	11,571	22,150
Warren County	R	−31.8%	3,042	5,911	9,017
Washington County	R	−45.3%	2,604	6,946	9,585
Wayne County	R	−23.0%	2,497	3,995	6,525
Webster County	R	−17.1%	8,681	12,336	21,385
Winnebago County	R	−41.1%	1,905	4,574	6,499
Winneshiek County	R	−33.5%	3,560	7,154	10,736
Woodbury County	R	−17.1%	19,474	27,518	47,151
Worth County	R	−22.9%	2,075	3,315	5,404
Wright County	R	−34.5%	3,186	6,566	9,783