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The1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the1952 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Rhode Island voted for theRepublican nominee,GeneralDwight D. Eisenhower ofNew York, over theDemocratic nominee, formerGovernorAdlai Stevenson ofIllinois. Eisenhower ran withSenatorRichard Nixon ofCalifornia, while Stevenson's running mate wasSenatorJohn Sparkman ofAlabama.
Eisenhower won Rhode Island by a very narrow margin of 1.85%. As a result of this, he became the first Republican candidate sinceCalvin Coolidge in1924 to win the state. This is the last time that a non incumbent Republican won Rhode Island.
| 1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Dwight David Eisenhower ofNew York | Richard Nixon ofCalifornia | 210,935 | 50.89% | 4 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson II ofIllinois | John Jackson Sparkman ofAlabama | 203,293 | 49.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Progressive | Vincent Hallinan ofCalifornia | Charlotta Amanda Bass ofNew York | 187 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass ofNew York | Stephen Emery ofNew York | 83 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 414,498 | 100.00% | 4 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Bristol | 8,468 | 50.44% | 8,313 | 49.51% | 8 | 0.05% | 155 | 0.93% | 16,789 |
| Kent | 27,745 | 60.85% | 17,824 | 39.09% | 24 | 0.06% | 9,921 | 21.76% | 45,593 |
| Newport | 15,136 | 57.63% | 11,116 | 42.33% | 10 | 0.04% | 4,020 | 15.30% | 26,262 |
| Providence | 146,197 | 48.09% | 157,592 | 51.84% | 219 | 0.07% | -11,395 | -3.75% | 304,008 |
| Washington | 13,389 | 61.29% | 8,448 | 38.67% | 9 | 0.04% | 4,941 | 22.62% | 21,846 |
| Totals | 210,935 | 50.89% | 203,293 | 49.05% | 270 | 0.06% | 7,642 | 1.84% | 414,498 |
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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