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The1952 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.[3]
Nevada was won byColumbia University PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running withSenatorRichard Nixon, with 61.45% of the popular vote, againstAdlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running withSenatorJohn Sparkman, with 38.55% of the popular vote. Eisenhower's vote share was the highest achieved in Nevada by any Republican presidential candidate to that point, althoughRichard Nixon in1972 andRonald Reagan in1980 and1984 would eventually exceed Eisenhower's 61.45% vote share. This was the last time thatClark County, home to Las Vegas, did not cast the most votes of any county in a presidential election in Nevada.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 50,502 | 61.45% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 31,688 | 38.55% | |
| Total votes | 82,190 | 100% | ||
| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Churchill | 1,948 | 68.33% | 903 | 31.67% | 1,045 | 36.66% | 2,851 |
| Clark | 13,333 | 52.93% | 11,855 | 47.07% | 1,478 | 5.86% | 25,188 |
| Douglas | 948 | 84.27% | 177 | 15.73% | 771 | 68.54% | 1,125 |
| Elko | 3,104 | 63.88% | 1,755 | 36.12% | 1,349 | 27.76% | 4,859 |
| Esmeralda | 174 | 55.59% | 139 | 44.41% | 35 | 11.18% | 313 |
| Eureka | 379 | 70.71% | 157 | 29.29% | 222 | 41.42% | 536 |
| Humboldt | 1,398 | 66.92% | 691 | 33.08% | 707 | 33.84% | 2,089 |
| Lander | 501 | 67.89% | 237 | 32.11% | 264 | 35.78% | 738 |
| Lincoln | 903 | 48.97% | 941 | 51.03% | -38 | -2.06% | 1,844 |
| Lyon | 1,453 | 71.61% | 576 | 28.39% | 877 | 43.22% | 2,029 |
| Mineral | 1,297 | 48.65% | 1,369 | 51.35% | -72 | -2.70% | 2,666 |
| Nye | 1,037 | 64.65% | 567 | 35.35% | 470 | 29.30% | 1,604 |
| Ormsby | 1,653 | 74.06% | 579 | 25.94% | 1,074 | 48.12% | 2,232 |
| Pershing | 919 | 63.78% | 522 | 36.22% | 397 | 27.56% | 1,441 |
| Storey | 206 | 58.03% | 149 | 41.97% | 57 | 16.06% | 355 |
| Washoe | 19,044 | 68.18% | 8,888 | 31.82% | 10,156 | 36.36% | 27,932 |
| White Pine | 2,205 | 50.25% | 2,183 | 49.75% | 22 | 0.50% | 4,388 |
| Totals | 50,502 | 61.45% | 31,688 | 38.55% | 18,814 | 22.90% | 82,190 |
Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
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