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The1952 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.[3]
North Dakota was won byColumbia University PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running withCalifornia SenatorRichard Nixon, with 70.97 percent of the popular vote, againstAdlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running withAlabama SenatorJohn Sparkman, with 28.39 percent of the popular vote. As of2024[update], this is the last election in which a presidential candidate carried all of the counties in the state and the last thatRolette County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[4] With 70.97 percent of the popular vote, North Dakota was Eisenhower's second strongest state afterVermont.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 191,712 | 70.97% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 76,694 | 28.39% | |
| Christian Nationalist | Douglas MacArthur | 1,075 | 0.40% | |
| Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 344 | 0.13% | |
| Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 302 | 0.11% | |
| Total votes | 270,127 | 100% | ||
| County[6] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Douglas MacArthur Christian Nationalist | Vincent Hallinan Progressive | Stuart Hamblen Prohibition | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,561 | 69.59% | 663 | 29.56% | 11 | 0.49% | 5 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.13% | 898 | 40.03% | 2,243 |
| Barnes | 5,534 | 71.84% | 2,120 | 27.52% | 22 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.09% | 20 | 0.26% | 3,414 | 44.32% | 7,703 |
| Benson | 3,192 | 69.63% | 1,353 | 29.52% | 31 | 0.68% | 2 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,839 | 40.11% | 4,584 |
| Billings | 674 | 82.00% | 143 | 17.40% | 5 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 531 | 64.60% | 822 |
| Bottineau | 3,911 | 77.69% | 1,094 | 21.73% | 23 | 0.46% | 3 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,817 | 55.96% | 5,034 |
| Bowman | 1,375 | 71.21% | 540 | 27.96% | 7 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.26% | 835 | 43.25% | 1,931 |
| Burke | 1,986 | 69.90% | 811 | 28.55% | 16 | 0.56% | 20 | 0.70% | 8 | 0.28% | 1,175 | 41.35% | 2,841 |
| Burleigh | 9,526 | 79.55% | 2,400 | 20.04% | 25 | 0.21% | 20 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.03% | 7,126 | 59.51% | 11,975 |
| Cass | 18,094 | 66.17% | 9,193 | 33.62% | 36 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.02% | 8,901 | 32.55% | 27,344 |
| Cavalier | 3,519 | 69.66% | 1,496 | 29.61% | 27 | 0.53% | 6 | 0.12% | 4 | 0.08% | 2,023 | 40.05% | 5,052 |
| Dickey | 2,917 | 71.23% | 1,150 | 28.08% | 12 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.17% | 1,767 | 43.15% | 4,095 |
| Divide | 1,999 | 70.79% | 807 | 28.58% | 11 | 0.39% | 3 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.14% | 1,192 | 42.21% | 2,824 |
| Dunn | 2,237 | 76.50% | 664 | 22.71% | 13 | 0.44% | 9 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,573 | 53.79% | 2,924 |
| Eddy | 1,534 | 67.05% | 728 | 31.82% | 11 | 0.48% | 15 | 0.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 806 | 35.23% | 2,288 |
| Emmons | 3,369 | 86.16% | 522 | 13.35% | 12 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.05% | 2,847 | 72.81% | 3,910 |
| Foster | 1,558 | 64.17% | 862 | 35.50% | 5 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 696 | 28.67% | 2,428 |
| Golden Valley | 1,186 | 75.93% | 376 | 24.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 810 | 51.86% | 1,562 |
| Grand Forks | 10,939 | 65.65% | 5,639 | 33.84% | 61 | 0.37% | 12 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.07% | 5,300 | 31.81% | 16,662 |
| Grant | 2,465 | 85.32% | 403 | 13.95% | 13 | 0.45% | 3 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.17% | 2,062 | 71.37% | 2,889 |
| Griggs | 1,727 | 66.19% | 872 | 33.42% | 6 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.11% | 855 | 32.77% | 2,609 |
| Hettinger | 2,330 | 87.79% | 297 | 11.19% | 12 | 0.45% | 13 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.08% | 2,033 | 76.60% | 2,654 |
| Kidder | 2,195 | 81.93% | 468 | 17.47% | 13 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,727 | 64.46% | 2,679 |
| LaMoure | 3,202 | 73.12% | 1,145 | 26.15% | 19 | 0.43% | 9 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.09% | 2,057 | 46.97% | 4,379 |
| Logan | 2,165 | 85.10% | 369 | 14.50% | 6 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,796 | 70.60% | 2,544 |
| McHenry | 4,227 | 76.60% | 1,228 | 22.25% | 31 | 0.56% | 29 | 0.53% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,999 | 54.35% | 5,518 |
| McIntosh | 3,043 | 90.89% | 276 | 8.24% | 25 | 0.75% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,767 | 82.65% | 3,348 |
| McKenzie | 2,260 | 71.70% | 846 | 26.84% | 23 | 0.73% | 12 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.35% | 1,414 | 44.86% | 3,152 |
| McLean | 5,184 | 68.62% | 2,295 | 30.38% | 58 | 0.77% | 14 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,889 | 38.24% | 7,555 |
| Mercer | 2,994 | 84.96% | 512 | 14.53% | 16 | 0.45% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,482 | 70.43% | 3,524 |
| Morton | 6,309 | 74.88% | 2,079 | 24.67% | 23 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.01% | 14 | 0.17% | 4,230 | 50.21% | 8,426 |
| Mountrail | 2,516 | 62.93% | 1,437 | 35.94% | 28 | 0.70% | 8 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.23% | 1,079 | 26.99% | 3,998 |
| Nelson | 2,443 | 62.96% | 1,418 | 36.55% | 11 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,025 | 26.41% | 3,880 |
| Oliver | 1,132 | 87.82% | 143 | 11.09% | 11 | 0.85% | 2 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.08% | 989 | 76.73% | 1,289 |
| Pembina | 4,012 | 67.50% | 1,891 | 31.81% | 34 | 0.57% | 1 | 0.02% | 6 | 0.10% | 2,121 | 35.69% | 5,944 |
| Pierce | 2,806 | 77.77% | 773 | 21.42% | 24 | 0.67% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.11% | 2,033 | 56.35% | 3,608 |
| Ramsey | 4,670 | 71.97% | 1,794 | 27.65% | 19 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,876 | 44.32% | 6,489 |
| Ransom | 3,051 | 70.19% | 1,265 | 29.10% | 15 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,786 | 41.09% | 4,347 |
| Renville | 1,571 | 66.57% | 767 | 32.50% | 16 | 0.68% | 5 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.04% | 804 | 34.07% | 2,360 |
| Richland | 6,022 | 69.78% | 2,541 | 29.44% | 44 | 0.51% | 14 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.10% | 3,481 | 40.34% | 8,630 |
| Rolette | 2,188 | 65.02% | 1,160 | 34.47% | 14 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,028 | 30.55% | 3,365 |
| Sargent | 2,124 | 65.76% | 1,090 | 33.75% | 9 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,034 | 32.01% | 3,230 |
| Sheridan | 2,016 | 87.31% | 267 | 11.56% | 22 | 0.95% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 1,749 | 75.75% | 2,309 |
| Sioux | 968 | 73.22% | 336 | 25.42% | 11 | 0.83% | 2 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.38% | 632 | 47.80% | 1,322 |
| Slope | 682 | 69.38% | 290 | 29.50% | 6 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.41% | 392 | 39.88% | 983 |
| Stark | 5,322 | 79.58% | 1,332 | 19.92% | 18 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.06% | 12 | 0.18% | 3,990 | 59.66% | 6,688 |
| Steele | 1,513 | 62.16% | 911 | 37.43% | 7 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.04% | 602 | 24.73% | 2,434 |
| Stutsman | 6,713 | 67.70% | 3,156 | 31.83% | 26 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.01% | 20 | 0.20% | 3,557 | 35.87% | 9,916 |
| Towner | 1,960 | 69.23% | 843 | 29.78% | 20 | 0.71% | 1 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.25% | 1,117 | 39.45% | 2,831 |
| Traill | 3,884 | 72.05% | 1,484 | 27.53% | 15 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,400 | 44.52% | 5,391 |
| Walsh | 4,761 | 57.33% | 3,494 | 42.08% | 28 | 0.34% | 7 | 0.08% | 14 | 0.17% | 1,267 | 15.25% | 8,304 |
| Ward | 10,130 | 66.60% | 4,966 | 32.65% | 68 | 0.45% | 18 | 0.12% | 29 | 0.19% | 5,164 | 33.95% | 15,211 |
| Wells | 3,709 | 77.89% | 1,016 | 21.34% | 28 | 0.59% | 4 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.10% | 2,693 | 56.55% | 4,762 |
| Williams | 4,307 | 58.46% | 2,999 | 40.71% | 28 | 0.38% | 27 | 0.37% | 6 | 0.08% | 1,308 | 17.75% | 7,367 |
| Totals | 191,712 | 70.97% | 76,694 | 28.39% | 1,075 | 0.40% | 344 | 0.13% | 302 | 0.11% | 115,018 | 42.58% | 270,127 |
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