Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Virginia R+13.0.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Virginia, 1952. The state ran 2.2 points more Republican than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

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

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Virginia result

619,689 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

268,677

43.4%

Eisenhower (R)

349,037

56.3%

All others

1,975

0.3%

Margin

R+13.0

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1952 presidential election

Virginia, 1952

EisenhowerR+13.0

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	56.3%	349,037
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	43.4%	268,677
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	1,975

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1952 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1952

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	R	−8.3%	2,220	2,626	4,864
Albemarle County	R	−21.1%	1,642	2,523	4,183
Alexandria city	R	−14.0%	6,471	8,579	15,072
Alleghany County	R	−6.3%	3,085	3,500	6,600
Amelia County	R	−8.3%	703	832	1,551
Amherst County	D	+19.2%	2,078	1,407	3,500
Appomattox County	D	+1.5%	957	929	1,891
Arlington County	R	−22.3%	14,032	22,158	36,380
Augusta County	R	−40.2%	1,453	3,414	4,879
Bath County	R	−25.7%	451	765	1,221
Bedford County	R	−9.2%	2,426	2,916	5,353
Bland County	R	−14.7%	743	1,000	1,748
Botetourt County	R	−23.0%	1,264	2,021	3,286
Bristol city	R	−4.7%	1,432	1,574	3,009
Brunswick County	D	+19.5%	1,635	1,098	2,747
Buchanan County	D	+21.3%	3,613	2,330	6,029
Buckingham County	D	+6.2%	919	811	1,741
Buena Vista city	R	−13.4%	392	513	906
Campbell County	D	+5.1%	2,713	2,447	5,178
Caroline County	D	+5.3%	954	858	1,825
Carroll County	R	−37.5%	1,711	3,774	5,495
Charles City County	D	+17.6%	492	342	850
Charlotte County	D	+26.2%	1,630	949	2,596
Charlottesville city	R	−20.4%	2,174	3,292	5,474
Chesapeake city	D	+23.6%	1,782	1,098	2,897
Chesterfield County	R	−11.6%	3,546	4,482	8,046
Clarke County	R	−6.1%	716	809	1,530
Colonial Heights city	R	−3.5%	835	896	1,732
Craig County	D	+7.1%	490	425	915
Culpeper County	R	−20.8%	987	1,507	2,498
Cumberland County	R	−9.5%	574	695	1,277
Danville city	R	−17.7%	3,323	4,765	8,146
Dickenson County	D	+4.8%	3,210	2,913	6,144
Dinwiddie County	D	+19.4%	1,462	983	2,472
Essex County	R	−5.6%	545	610	1,163
Fairfax County	R	−21.9%	8,329	13,020	21,379
Falls Church city	R	−19.7%	930	1,386	2,317
Fauquier County	R	−12.8%	1,597	2,068	3,675
Floyd County	R	−44.4%	619	1,626	2,268
Fluvanna County	R	−16.3%	519	724	1,254
Franklin County	D	+0.9%	2,012	1,976	4,026
Frederick County	R	−15.2%	1,326	1,803	3,134
Fredericksburg city	R	−22.5%	970	1,536	2,510
Giles County	R	−6.0%	1,717	1,935	3,655
Gloucester County	R	−5.5%	961	1,073	2,046
Goochland County	D	+6.8%	820	714	1,548
Grayson County	R	−23.8%	2,734	4,449	7,201
Greene County	R	−36.2%	250	537	792
Greensville County	D	+11.9%	1,259	988	2,273
Halifax County	D	+18.3%	3,296	2,274	5,587
Hampton city	R	−5.3%	4,946	5,505	10,481
Hanover County	R	−19.6%	1,518	2,257	3,777
Harrisonburg city	R	−55.7%	635	2,238	2,876
Henrico County	R	−33.3%	5,339	10,682	16,035
Henry County	D	+10.7%	2,323	1,871	4,220
Highland County	R	−24.8%	419	696	1,118
Hopewell city	D	+0.5%	1,657	1,640	3,308
Isle of Wight County	D	+10.3%	1,227	996	2,237
James City County	R	−20.7%	346	527	875
King and Queen County	R	−3.5%	387	415	810
King George County	R	−6.8%	503	577	1,090
King William County	R	−15.5%	533	730	1,272
Lancaster County	R	−23.8%	753	1,228	1,997
Lee County	R	−4.3%	4,242	4,622	8,891
Loudoun County	R	−10.0%	2,075	2,540	4,630
Louisa County	R	−5.1%	1,025	1,135	2,172
Lunenburg County	D	+29.1%	1,528	837	2,373
Lynchburg city	R	−29.6%	3,848	7,090	10,949
Madison County	R	−30.3%	540	1,012	1,558
Martinsville city	R	−12.0%	1,391	1,772	3,174
Mathews County	R	−28.1%	533	951	1,489
Mecklenburg County	D	+14.2%	2,525	1,891	4,454
Middlesex County	R	−16.2%	507	705	1,221
Montgomery County	R	−41.5%	1,600	3,881	5,491
Nelson County	D	+24.5%	1,222	740	1,970
New Kent County	R	−6.4%	400	455	862
Newport News city	D	+6.0%	6,857	6,076	12,967
Norfolk city	R	−3.0%	18,628	19,780	38,466
Northampton County	R	−0.7%	1,289	1,307	2,608
Northumberland County	R	−36.4%	573	1,230	1,806
Nottoway County	R	−2.6%	1,381	1,454	2,850
Orange County	R	−24.8%	916	1,525	2,453
Page County	R	−29.5%	1,441	2,649	4,101
Patrick County	D	+8.4%	1,554	1,314	2,872
Petersburg city	R	−9.3%	2,342	2,822	5,179
Pittsylvania County	D	+15.7%	3,976	2,893	6,900
Portsmouth city	D	+26.0%	6,188	3,621	9,855
Powhatan County	R	−5.6%	498	558	1,063
Prince Edward County	R	−18.9%	926	1,359	2,290
Prince George County	D	+6.1%	612	541	1,166
Prince William County	D	+1.0%	1,653	1,619	3,295
Pulaski County	R	−24.2%	1,715	2,815	4,538
Radford city	R	−15.7%	1,108	1,523	2,638
Rappahannock County	R	−8.9%	518	619	1,139
Richmond city	R	−20.7%	19,235	29,300	48,610
Richmond County	R	−38.0%	326	727	1,055
Roanoke city	R	−32.1%	8,042	15,673	23,747
Roanoke County	R	−38.1%	2,689	6,017	8,726
Rockbridge County	R	−32.2%	1,059	2,068	3,138
Rockingham County	R	−46.4%	1,591	4,350	5,950
Russell County	D	+5.1%	3,253	2,937	6,206
Scott County	R	−22.3%	2,990	4,703	7,693
Shenandoah County	R	−42.3%	1,734	4,284	6,024
Smyth County	R	−30.3%	1,972	3,694	5,685
Southampton County	D	+26.3%	2,000	1,166	3,177
Spotsylvania County	D	+0.8%	1,194	1,174	2,397
Stafford County	R	−13.3%	1,077	1,411	2,504
Staunton city	R	−46.3%	945	2,578	3,528
Suffolk city	D	+12.2%	3,569	2,790	6,390
Surry County	D	+15.7%	572	414	1,006
Sussex County	D	+3.7%	956	888	1,851
Tazewell County	R	−12.2%	2,527	3,232	5,789
Virginia Beach city	R	−6.8%	3,918	4,490	8,421
Warren County	R	−16.1%	1,362	1,888	3,261
Washington County	R	−15.6%	2,778	3,810	6,599
Waynesboro city	R	−39.4%	730	1,680	2,413
Westmoreland County	R	−19.3%	754	1,117	1,877
Williamsburg city	R	−24.5%	483	797	1,283
Winchester city	R	−38.5%	1,055	2,375	3,432
Wise County	D	+9.4%	4,729	3,911	8,660
Wythe County	R	−36.7%	1,654	3,580	5,246
York County	R	−1.8%	1,287	1,335	2,642