Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Washington R+9.6.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Washington, 1952. The state ran 1.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

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

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Washington result

1,102,708 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

492,845

44.7%

Eisenhower (R)

599,107

54.3%

All others

10,756

1.0%

Margin

R+9.6

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1952 presidential election

Washington, 1952

EisenhowerR+9.6

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	54.3%	599,107
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	44.7%	492,845
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	10,756

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1952 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1952

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−32.7%	1,104	2,181	3,290
Asotin County	R	−11.5%	2,160	2,722	4,894
Benton County	R	−15.1%	9,889	13,412	23,364
Chelan County	R	−23.8%	6,867	11,164	18,084
Clallam County	R	−8.8%	5,390	6,442	11,938
Clark County	R	−2.2%	18,153	18,973	37,328
Columbia County	R	−32.7%	765	1,511	2,283
Cowlitz County	R	−4.7%	11,242	12,366	23,746
Douglas County	R	−11.1%	2,361	2,954	5,329
Ferry County	D	+4.6%	754	687	1,450
Franklin County	R	−8.1%	2,798	3,291	6,107
Garfield County	R	−34.5%	559	1,157	1,733
Grant County	R	−1.5%	4,381	4,512	8,915
Grays Harbor County	D	+0.6%	12,317	12,168	24,683
Island County	R	−24.0%	1,772	2,901	4,703
Jefferson County	R	−9.8%	1,933	2,355	4,305
King County	R	−9.4%	165,583	200,507	371,771
Kitsap County	D	+9.7%	20,531	16,876	37,596
Kittitas County	R	−13.8%	3,937	5,201	9,174
Klickitat County	R	−14.1%	2,140	2,845	5,011
Lewis County	R	−26.4%	7,115	12,287	19,571
Lincoln County	R	−26.8%	1,974	3,422	5,405
Mason County	D	+0.0%	3,830	3,827	7,700
Okanogan County	R	−11.6%	4,817	6,085	10,950
Pacific County	R	−0.9%	3,778	3,846	7,663
Pend Oreille County	R	−6.3%	1,380	1,566	2,962
Pierce County	R	−0.3%	56,132	56,515	113,811
San Juan County	R	−29.1%	619	1,133	1,766
Skagit County	R	−15.7%	8,321	11,446	19,952
Skamania County	R	−4.6%	978	1,072	2,050
Snohomish County	D	+3.2%	28,518	26,749	55,801
Spokane County	R	−10.8%	45,827	56,958	103,236
Stevens County	R	−14.0%	3,355	4,458	7,885
Thurston County	R	−17.4%	9,764	13,904	23,840
Wahkiakum County	D	+6.4%	928	815	1,760
Walla Walla County	R	−35.1%	5,738	11,987	17,817
Whatcom County	R	−15.3%	12,877	17,590	30,828
Whitman County	R	−31.7%	4,611	8,905	13,560
Yakima County	R	−29.1%	17,647	32,317	50,447