Adlai Stevenson carried North Carolina D+7.8.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in North Carolina, 1952. The state ran 18.6 points more Democratic than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

1,210,920 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

652,803

53.9%

Eisenhower (R)

558,117

46.1%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+7.8

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1952 presidential election

North Carolina, 1952

StevensonD+7.8

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic	53.9%	652,803
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican	46.1%	558,117
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1952 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1952

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+8.1%	13,402	11,388	24,790
Alexander County	R	−14.9%	2,665	3,597	6,262
Alleghany County	D	+0.6%	1,809	1,789	3,598
Anson County	D	+38.4%	4,143	1,843	5,986
Ashe County	R	−0.3%	4,536	4,563	9,099
Avery County	R	−58.9%	964	3,725	4,689
Beaufort County	D	+38.6%	5,429	2,404	7,833
Bertie County	D	+80.5%	3,557	384	3,941
Bladen County	D	+34.4%	3,506	1,710	5,216
Brunswick County	R	−0.1%	2,951	2,958	5,909
Buncombe County	R	−4.3%	22,425	24,444	46,869
Burke County	R	−17.9%	7,732	11,113	18,845
Cabarrus County	R	−24.4%	9,140	15,053	24,193
Caldwell County	R	−9.7%	7,533	9,160	16,693
Camden County	D	+49.1%	996	340	1,336
Carteret County	D	+18.1%	4,280	2,967	7,247
Caswell County	D	+45.5%	2,597	973	3,570
Catawba County	R	−18.5%	11,554	16,814	28,368
Chatham County	D	+8.8%	4,303	3,606	7,909
Cherokee County	D	+2.0%	3,363	3,228	6,591
Chowan County	D	+45.9%	1,448	537	1,985
Clay County	R	−0.1%	1,439	1,443	2,882
Cleveland County	D	+12.1%	9,709	7,606	17,315
Columbus County	D	+39.6%	6,941	3,001	9,942
Craven County	D	+36.7%	6,092	2,822	8,914
Cumberland County	D	+8.4%	8,839	7,474	16,313
Currituck County	D	+56.1%	1,471	414	1,885
Dare County	D	+11.1%	959	767	1,726
Davidson County	R	−13.3%	10,931	14,299	25,230
Davie County	R	−25.0%	2,406	4,010	6,416
Duplin County	D	+50.3%	6,392	2,115	8,507
Durham County	D	+25.2%	18,897	11,301	30,198
Edgecombe County	D	+63.1%	8,504	1,927	10,431
Forsyth County	R	−3.7%	24,535	26,436	50,971
Franklin County	D	+75.8%	5,376	740	6,116
Gaston County	R	−3.7%	17,781	19,157	36,938
Gates County	D	+54.8%	1,247	364	1,611
Graham County	D	+7.1%	1,590	1,380	2,970
Granville County	D	+59.4%	4,583	1,166	5,749
Greene County	D	+88.2%	2,976	186	3,162
Guilford County	R	−6.9%	29,028	33,310	62,338
Halifax County	D	+59.9%	8,807	2,210	11,017
Harnett County	D	+27.6%	7,595	4,306	11,901
Haywood County	D	+17.7%	8,761	6,124	14,885
Henderson County	R	−39.5%	3,803	8,768	12,571
Hertford County	D	+66.3%	2,859	579	3,438
Hoke County	D	+48.2%	1,761	616	2,377
Hyde County	D	+38.7%	919	406	1,325
Iredell County	R	−15.8%	8,580	11,804	20,384
Jackson County	D	+7.7%	4,296	3,680	7,976
Johnston County	D	+29.6%	9,997	5,429	15,426
Jones County	D	+67.0%	1,673	331	2,004
Lee County	D	+38.0%	4,688	2,105	6,793
Lenoir County	D	+50.1%	6,723	2,233	8,956
Lincoln County	R	−7.2%	5,389	6,228	11,617
Macon County	D	+1.0%	3,396	3,327	6,723
Madison County	R	−12.9%	3,666	4,751	8,417
Martin County	D	+86.0%	5,493	415	5,908
McDowell County	D	+0.5%	4,755	4,710	9,465
Mecklenburg County	R	−14.6%	33,044	44,334	77,378
Mitchell County	R	−52.9%	1,236	4,009	5,245
Montgomery County	R	−0.1%	3,176	3,181	6,357
Moore County	R	−3.6%	5,066	5,442	10,508
Nash County	D	+59.6%	10,424	2,636	13,060
New Hanover County	D	+5.1%	10,330	9,330	19,660
Northampton County	D	+76.3%	4,334	583	4,917
Onslow County	D	+54.4%	4,275	1,261	5,536
Orange County	D	+15.0%	5,156	3,813	8,969
Pamlico County	D	+22.5%	1,428	903	2,331
Pasquotank County	D	+26.0%	3,579	2,101	5,680
Pender County	D	+27.6%	2,029	1,152	3,181
Perquimans County	D	+31.8%	1,245	644	1,889
Person County	D	+51.3%	4,266	1,374	5,640
Pitt County	D	+67.3%	11,271	2,203	13,474
Polk County	D	+3.4%	2,741	2,561	5,302
Randolph County	R	−16.1%	8,975	12,429	21,404
Richmond County	D	+37.2%	7,340	3,361	10,701
Robeson County	D	+38.6%	9,311	4,127	13,438
Rockingham County	D	+28.7%	12,423	6,885	19,308
Rowan County	R	−21.6%	11,296	17,535	28,831
Rutherford County	R	−3.9%	7,755	8,387	16,142
Sampson County	D	+3.8%	6,956	6,449	13,405
Scotland County	D	+29.4%	2,912	1,590	4,502
Stanly County	R	−16.7%	7,202	10,093	17,295
Stokes County	D	+8.6%	4,504	3,792	8,296
Surry County	D	+3.9%	8,206	7,591	15,797
Swain County	D	+7.4%	1,949	1,680	3,629
Transylvania County	R	−5.3%	3,641	4,047	7,688
Tyrrell County	D	+40.8%	916	385	1,301
Union County	D	+32.4%	7,416	3,790	11,206
Vance County	D	+53.6%	5,697	1,721	7,418
Wake County	D	+21.7%	23,393	15,057	38,450
Warren County	D	+63.4%	2,960	664	3,624
Washington County	D	+43.7%	1,974	774	2,748
Watauga County	R	−11.4%	3,600	4,527	8,127
Wayne County	D	+21.9%	7,281	4,662	11,943
Wilkes County	R	−23.1%	7,143	11,446	18,589
Wilson County	D	+54.3%	8,684	2,569	11,253
Yadkin County	R	−33.1%	2,786	5,540	8,326
Yancey County	D	+11.1%	3,693	2,953	6,646