Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Texas R+6.4.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Texas, 1952. The state ran 4.3 points more Democratic than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

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

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Texas result

2,075,946 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

969,228

46.7%

Eisenhower (R)

1,102,878

53.1%

All others

3,840

0.2%

Margin

R+6.4

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1952 presidential election

Texas, 1952

EisenhowerR+6.4

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	53.1%	1,102,878
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	46.7%	969,228
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	3,840

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1952 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1952

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−14.5%	3,462	4,637	8,109
Andrews County	D	+6.7%	920	805	1,729
Angelina County	D	+13.9%	6,224	4,705	10,942
Aransas County	R	−23.8%	503	818	1,325
Archer County	D	+15.1%	1,272	937	2,212
Armstrong County	R	−13.8%	425	562	996
Atascosa County	R	−0.5%	2,124	2,147	4,281
Austin County	R	−34.4%	1,445	2,964	4,413
Bailey County	R	−3.7%	1,039	1,118	2,162
Bandera County	R	−58.0%	358	1,350	1,710
Bastrop County	D	+34.3%	3,148	1,540	4,694
Baylor County	D	+13.0%	1,142	879	2,024
Bee County	R	−23.1%	1,583	2,536	4,126
Bell County	D	+32.2%	9,484	4,862	14,358
Bexar County	R	−13.0%	50,260	65,391	116,136
Blanco County	R	−13.7%	697	919	1,618
Borden County	D	+7.1%	210	182	392
Bosque County	R	−1.1%	1,940	1,982	3,929
Bowie County	D	+23.2%	10,437	6,501	16,954
Brazoria County	D	+0.2%	8,386	8,360	16,761
Brazos County	R	−5.3%	4,213	4,681	8,896
Brewster County	R	−28.6%	609	1,096	1,705
Briscoe County	R	−15.3%	508	692	1,203
Brooks County	D	+32.2%	1,577	809	2,387
Brown County	R	−10.2%	3,778	4,635	8,424
Burleson County	D	+38.0%	2,347	1,052	3,410
Burnet County	D	+6.0%	1,431	1,270	2,703
Caldwell County	D	+16.9%	2,887	2,052	4,941
Calhoun County	R	−26.7%	813	1,406	2,222
Callahan County	D	+2.4%	1,502	1,431	2,938
Cameron County	R	−29.9%	7,559	14,018	21,602
Camp County	D	+23.5%	1,535	951	2,487
Carson County	R	−15.7%	1,071	1,471	2,552
Cass County	D	+11.6%	3,160	2,502	5,665
Castro County	R	−17.2%	825	1,169	1,996
Chambers County	R	−14.6%	1,116	1,497	2,617
Cherokee County	D	+0.6%	3,868	3,825	7,707
Childress County	R	−0.3%	1,879	1,890	3,771
Clay County	D	+23.3%	2,044	1,272	3,316
Cochran County	D	+7.4%	906	780	1,693
Coke County	D	+12.1%	736	576	1,317
Coleman County	R	−16.7%	1,824	2,555	4,387
Collin County	D	+18.8%	5,906	4,037	9,950
Collingsworth County	R	−0.5%	1,321	1,334	2,657
Colorado County	R	−22.6%	2,043	3,237	5,290
Comal County	R	−45.5%	1,252	3,350	4,606
Comanche County	R	−5.0%	2,181	2,411	4,596
Concho County	R	−6.6%	708	808	1,516
Cooke County	R	−24.5%	2,657	4,385	7,050
Coryell County	D	+18.9%	2,432	1,658	4,092
Cottle County	D	+46.9%	1,368	494	1,862
Crane County	D	+15.9%	857	621	1,488
Crockett County	R	−36.3%	306	654	960
Crosby County	D	+19.1%	1,550	1,053	2,603
Culberson County	R	−13.6%	252	331	583
Dallam County	R	−10.0%	1,197	1,464	2,673
Dallas County	R	−25.9%	69,394	118,218	188,462
Dawson County	R	−6.6%	2,093	2,388	4,481
Deaf Smith County	R	−42.0%	1,006	2,468	3,483
Delta County	D	+38.3%	1,585	707	2,295
Denton County	R	−4.9%	5,289	5,840	11,137
DeWitt County	R	−35.6%	1,934	4,075	6,018
Dickens County	D	+22.9%	1,249	782	2,035
Dimmit County	R	−30.9%	503	954	1,460
Donley County	R	−12.2%	900	1,150	2,056
Duval County	D	+66.3%	3,316	672	3,989
Eastland County	R	−14.5%	3,370	4,518	7,906
Ector County	R	−22.1%	5,270	8,259	13,537
Edwards County	R	−47.1%	210	586	798
El Paso County	R	−15.6%	14,595	20,005	34,647
Ellis County	D	+20.0%	6,275	4,183	10,482
Erath County	R	−9.9%	2,664	3,249	5,915
Falls County	D	+25.2%	3,287	1,962	5,257
Fannin County	D	+43.7%	5,363	2,099	7,465
Fayette County	R	−24.8%	2,557	4,240	6,800
Fisher County	D	+19.2%	1,405	952	2,359
Floyd County	R	−17.1%	1,463	2,066	3,534
Foard County	D	+32.8%	830	418	1,256
Fort Bend County	R	−10.1%	3,241	3,974	7,226
Franklin County	D	+41.3%	1,358	564	1,923
Freestone County	D	+25.9%	2,902	1,707	4,611
Frio County	R	−1.4%	983	1,011	2,001
Gaines County	D	+6.5%	1,540	1,350	2,905
Galveston County	D	+9.6%	19,058	15,715	34,920
Garza County	D	+3.6%	797	742	1,541
Gillespie County	R	−84.8%	300	3,687	3,995
Glasscock County	R	−8.8%	197	235	432
Goliad County	R	−40.4%	452	1,065	1,518
Gonzales County	D	+6.5%	2,563	2,249	4,815
Gray County	R	−23.7%	3,367	5,467	8,857
Grayson County	D	+14.8%	10,435	7,736	18,194
Gregg County	R	−13.9%	7,969	10,583	18,794
Grimes County	R	−6.7%	1,362	1,557	2,920
Guadalupe County	R	−30.7%	2,330	4,396	6,740
Hale County	R	−18.3%	3,351	4,858	8,226
Hall County	D	+16.4%	1,744	1,253	2,999
Hamilton County	R	−23.7%	1,313	2,130	3,448
Hansford County	R	−46.0%	456	1,234	1,692
Hardeman County	R	−11.7%	1,242	1,571	2,821
Hardin County	D	+34.8%	3,423	1,653	5,082
Harris County	R	−15.3%	107,604	146,665	254,497
Harrison County	R	−2.1%	4,516	4,708	9,229
Hartley County	R	−7.6%	402	468	874
Haskell County	D	+31.5%	2,481	1,290	3,777
Hays County	R	−1.5%	2,070	2,135	4,208
Hemphill County	R	−20.4%	590	892	1,482
Henderson County	D	+27.3%	4,439	2,534	6,974
Hidalgo County	R	−24.6%	9,251	15,303	24,602
Hill County	D	+16.3%	4,504	3,242	7,747
Hockley County	D	+5.5%	2,962	2,651	5,620
Hood County	D	+27.0%	1,356	780	2,136
Hopkins County	D	+20.7%	3,750	2,460	6,218
Houston County	D	+13.2%	2,900	2,222	5,126
Howard County	D	+16.7%	4,779	3,412	8,202
Hudspeth County	R	−15.0%	262	355	622
Hunt County	R	−6.2%	4,953	5,614	10,581
Hutchinson County	R	−2.7%	5,083	5,369	10,465
Irion County	D	+2.5%	282	268	550
Jack County	R	−10.9%	1,130	1,406	2,539
Jackson County	R	−14.3%	1,584	2,113	3,698
Jasper County	D	+14.3%	2,595	1,946	4,543
Jeff Davis County	R	−25.2%	183	306	489
Jefferson County	D	+7.3%	29,384	25,363	54,795
Jim Hogg County	D	+54.6%	1,053	309	1,362
Jim Wells County	D	+2.1%	3,745	3,592	7,339
Johnson County	D	+6.0%	4,496	3,985	8,485
Jones County	R	−4.6%	2,680	2,941	5,633
Karnes County	R	−11.5%	1,884	2,374	4,260
Kaufman County	D	+11.9%	3,762	2,964	6,729
Kendall County	R	−65.4%	370	1,786	2,164
Kenedy County	R	−77.0%	14	108	122
Kent County	D	+34.0%	526	259	786
Kerr County	R	−46.6%	1,337	3,683	5,029
Kimble County	R	−34.4%	525	1,077	1,605
King County	D	+48.2%	189	66	255
Kinney County	R	−11.3%	306	384	690
Kleberg County	D	+22.1%	3,193	2,037	5,231
Knox County	D	+20.2%	1,556	1,033	2,590
La Salle County	D	+18.2%	816	565	1,382
Lamar County	D	+16.9%	5,524	3,929	9,453
Lamb County	R	−2.9%	2,748	2,913	5,672
Lampasas County	R	−10.4%	1,199	1,478	2,677
Lavaca County	R	−13.3%	2,750	3,599	6,361
Lee County	D	+2.7%	1,389	1,316	2,707
Leon County	D	+18.5%	1,842	1,266	3,114
Liberty County	R	−6.1%	3,632	4,106	7,746
Limestone County	D	+24.9%	4,132	2,485	6,627
Lipscomb County	R	−70.3%	204	1,174	1,379
Live Oak County	R	−42.9%	573	1,443	2,026
Llano County	D	+13.5%	1,102	840	1,944
Loving County	R	−49.5%	24	71	95
Lubbock County	R	−16.1%	11,650	16,137	27,845
Lynn County	D	+13.2%	1,762	1,351	3,121
Madison County	D	+24.9%	1,152	692	1,844
Marion County	D	+5.0%	970	877	1,849
Martin County	D	+25.7%	952	562	1,516
Mason County	R	−27.6%	606	1,069	1,678
Matagorda County	R	−32.5%	2,101	4,122	6,224
Maverick County	D	+6.8%	962	839	1,802
McCulloch County	R	−4.8%	1,623	1,788	3,420
McLennan County	D	+7.1%	17,251	14,974	32,278
McMullen County	R	−30.0%	156	290	447
Medina County	R	−27.0%	1,840	3,204	5,044
Menard County	R	−35.7%	399	843	1,242
Midland County	R	−42.1%	3,244	7,956	11,200
Milam County	D	+11.9%	3,227	2,539	5,778
Mills County	R	−10.9%	875	1,089	1,966
Mitchell County	D	+17.7%	2,031	1,417	3,460
Montague County	D	+12.0%	3,012	2,367	5,383
Montgomery County	D	+7.2%	3,432	2,969	6,410
Moore County	D	+5.1%	2,114	1,909	4,035
Morris County	D	+31.8%	1,722	890	2,613
Motley County	R	−13.6%	513	675	1,190
Nacogdoches County	D	+10.3%	3,556	2,891	6,447
Navarro County	D	+41.7%	8,745	3,592	12,345
Newton County	D	+28.0%	1,630	917	2,548
Nolan County	D	+3.6%	3,123	2,907	6,043
Nueces County	D	+2.6%	20,156	19,124	39,359
Ochiltree County	R	−60.9%	426	1,755	2,183
Oldham County	R	−9.8%	280	341	624
Orange County	D	+17.5%	6,403	4,491	10,913
Palo Pinto County	R	−2.6%	2,876	3,029	5,917
Panola County	D	+16.4%	2,897	2,080	4,982
Parker County	R	−1.3%	3,434	3,523	6,976
Parmer County	R	−38.8%	663	1,503	2,166
Pecos County	R	−18.8%	1,076	1,573	2,650
Polk County	D	+21.2%	2,238	1,454	3,694
Potter County	R	−23.4%	9,259	14,931	24,232
Presidio County	R	−10.7%	621	770	1,391
Rains County	D	+8.1%	588	500	1,088
Randall County	R	−38.6%	1,905	4,305	6,214
Reagan County	R	−7.3%	460	533	994
Real County	R	−19.5%	303	450	753
Red River County	D	+27.9%	3,484	1,964	5,450
Reeves County	R	−11.0%	1,385	1,727	3,118
Refugio County	R	−0.9%	1,401	1,427	2,832
Roberts County	R	−61.3%	91	379	470
Robertson County	D	+31.1%	2,626	1,378	4,007
Rockwall County	D	+32.1%	1,175	602	1,785
Runnels County	R	−17.2%	1,853	2,622	4,480
Rusk County	D	+0.5%	5,694	5,634	11,340
Sabine County	D	+36.7%	1,573	729	2,302
San Augustine County	D	+30.1%	1,359	730	2,089
San Jacinto County	D	+35.6%	1,043	494	1,541
San Patricio County	D	+1.5%	3,315	3,220	6,540
San Saba County	D	+32.1%	1,752	900	2,653
Schleicher County	R	−19.7%	421	628	1,049
Scurry County	R	−2.7%	2,480	2,620	5,100
Shackelford County	R	−15.3%	776	1,057	1,837
Shelby County	D	+40.6%	4,249	1,792	6,047
Sherman County	R	−35.6%	317	669	988
Smith County	R	−12.9%	8,450	10,947	19,410
Somervell County	R	−4.6%	450	494	953
Starr County	D	+66.3%	3,055	620	3,675
Stephens County	R	−21.4%	1,471	2,272	3,747
Sterling County	R	−27.4%	158	277	435
Stonewall County	D	+44.7%	836	319	1,157
Sutton County	R	−24.7%	351	581	932
Swisher County	R	−26.3%	1,074	1,843	2,922
Tarrant County	R	−16.1%	45,968	63,680	109,842
Taylor County	R	−12.7%	7,936	10,260	18,251
Terrell County	R	−18.1%	295	426	722
Terry County	D	+7.2%	2,105	1,823	3,931
Throckmorton County	D	+10.8%	728	586	1,314
Titus County	D	+24.9%	3,142	1,887	5,031
Tom Green County	R	−25.1%	5,797	9,698	15,519
Travis County	R	−4.2%	19,155	20,850	40,051
Trinity County	D	+28.6%	1,725	958	2,683
Tyler County	R	−5.8%	1,304	1,466	2,770
Upshur County	D	+11.9%	3,040	2,391	5,437
Upton County	R	−5.0%	850	940	1,793
Uvalde County	R	−38.9%	1,230	2,805	4,044
Val Verde County	R	−2.3%	1,647	1,725	3,373
Van Zandt County	D	+26.3%	3,911	2,279	6,203
Victoria County	R	−15.8%	3,128	4,306	7,438
Walker County	D	+4.6%	2,078	1,897	3,976
Waller County	R	−8.1%	1,264	1,487	2,753
Ward County	R	−4.0%	1,840	1,994	3,836
Washington County	R	−44.4%	1,354	3,519	4,876
Webb County	D	+38.1%	6,208	2,784	8,996
Wharton County	R	−13.1%	4,022	5,232	9,259
Wheeler County	R	−2.9%	1,551	1,645	3,202
Wichita County	D	+5.1%	13,505	12,197	25,731
Wilbarger County	R	−6.6%	2,646	3,019	5,666
Willacy County	R	−25.7%	1,324	2,244	3,574
Williamson County	D	+15.7%	5,010	3,646	8,663
Wilson County	D	+9.1%	2,187	1,823	4,015
Winkler County	R	−1.4%	1,508	1,550	3,064
Wise County	D	+14.9%	3,121	2,309	5,434
Wood County	D	+4.8%	3,026	2,748	5,780
Yoakum County	D	+0.9%	873	858	1,733
Young County	R	−2.2%	2,536	2,649	5,192
Zapata County	D	+7.9%	616	526	1,143
Zavala County	R	−21.2%	677	1,043	1,723