1952 United States presidential election in Colorado

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1952 United States presidential election in Colorado

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All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Home state New York [2] Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman Electoral vote 6 0 Popular vote 379,782 245,504 Percentage 60.27% 38.96%
County Results Eisenhower   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Stevenson   40-50%   50-60%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose six ^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Colorado was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 60.27% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 38.96% of the popular vote. ^{[4] [5]}

Results

1952 United States presidential election in Colorado

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower	379,782	60.27%
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	245,504	38.96%
	Constitution	Douglas MacArthur	2,181	0.35%
	Progressive	Vincent Hallinan	1,919	0.30%
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	365	0.06%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	352	0.06%
Total votes			630,103	100%

Results by county

County	Dwight David Eisenhower [6] Republican		Adlai Stevenson II [6] Democratic		Douglas MacArthur [6] Constitution		Vincent Hallinan [6] Progressive		Various candidates [6] Other parties		Margin
	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Hinsdale	74.04%	154	25.96%	54	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	48.08%	100
Custer	73.64%	662	25.70%	231	0.67%	6	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	47.94%	431
Larimer	72.98%	14,484	26.53%	5,266	0.42%	84	0.06%	12	0.07%	14	46.45%	9,218
Elbert	72.60%	1,579	26.94%	586	0.32%	7	0.14%	3	0.05%	1	45.66%	993
Yuma	72.03%	3,404	27.34%	1,292	0.53%	25	0.11%	5	0.15%	7	44.69%	2,112
Rio Blanco	71.42%	1,612	28.05%	633	0.49%	11	0.04%	1	0.00%	0	43.38%	979
Kiowa	70.93%	1,047	27.91%	412	1.08%	16	0.07%	1	0.14%	2	43.02%	635
Kit Carson	71.09%	2,511	28.26%	998	0.51%	18	0.14%	5	0.08%	3	42.84%	1,513
Grand	70.42%	1,333	29.27%	554	0.26%	5	0.05%	1	0.11%	2	41.15%	779
Moffat	70.12%	1,922	29.48%	808	0.26%	7	0.15%	4	0.00%	0	40.64%	1,114
Rio Grande	70.14%	3,201	29.58%	1,350	0.15%	7	0.13%	6	0.04%	2	40.56%	1,851
Washington	69.73%	2,398	29.34%	1,009	0.87%	30	0.06%	2	0.12%	4	40.39%	1,389
Morgan	69.68%	5,371	29.80%	2,297	0.49%	38	0.03%	2	0.08%	6	39.88%	3,074
Park	68.95%	775	30.52%	343	0.36%	4	0.18%	2	0.09%	1	38.43%	432
El Paso	68.77%	25,272	30.49%	11,203	0.67%	245	0.08%	29	0.08%	29	38.28%	14,069
Douglas	69.00%	1,427	30.80%	637	0.15%	3	0.05%	1	0.00%	0	38.20%	790
Sedgwick	68.83%	1,528	30.90%	686	0.23%	5	0.05%	1	0.14%	3	37.93%	842
Garfield	68.45%	3,914	31.08%	1,777	0.42%	24	0.05%	3	0.02%	1	37.37%	2,137
Montezuma	68.18%	2,466	31.16%	1,127	0.61%	22	0.06%	2	0.25%	9	37.02%	1,339
Mineral	67.86%	209	31.82%	98	0.32%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	36.04%	111
Crowley	67.81%	1,546	31.84%	726	0.26%	6	0.09%	2	0.04%	1	35.96%	820
Logan	67.72%	5,237	31.80%	2,459	0.44%	34	0.04%	3	0.08%	6	35.92%	2,778
Clear Creek	67.71%	1,145	31.93%	540	0.30%	5	0.06%	1	0.00%	0	35.78%	605
Phillips	67.72%	1,670	32.00%	789	0.20%	5	0.08%	2	0.00%	0	35.73%	881
Montrose	67.25%	4,279	32.01%	2,037	0.55%	35	0.19%	12	0.13%	8	35.23%	2,242
Delta	67.04%	4,986	32.12%	2,389	0.69%	51	0.15%	11	0.05%	4	34.92%	2,597
Weld	66.48%	18,002	32.83%	8,890	0.61%	166	0.08%	21	0.06%	17	33.65%	9,112
La Plata	66.06%	4,425	32.99%	2,210	0.75%	50	0.19%	13	0.04%	3	33.07%	2,215
Lincoln	66.46%	1,843	33.43%	927	0.07%	2	0.04%	1	0.00%	0	33.03%	916
Cheyenne	65.97%	1,004	33.84%	515	0.07%	1	0.13%	2	0.00%	0	32.13%	489
Baca	65.66%	2,122	33.85%	1,094	0.31%	10	0.19%	6	0.12%	4	31.81%	1,028
Boulder	65.41%	15,069	33.71%	7,767	0.26%	60	0.62%	143	0.17%	40	31.69%	7,302
Prowers	65.22%	3,978	34.22%	2,087	0.46%	28	0.10%	6	0.15%	9	31.01%	1,891
Jackson	65.35%	579	34.42%	305	0.11%	1	0.11%	1	0.00%	0	30.93%	274
Saguache	65.08%	1,344	34.58%	714	0.29%	6	0.05%	1	0.00%	0	30.51%	630
Fremont	64.91%	5,964	34.57%	3,176	0.44%	40	0.09%	8	0.12%	11	30.34%	2,788
Archuleta	64.58%	691	35.23%	377	0.09%	1	0.09%	1	0.00%	0	29.35%	314
Teller	63.97%	1,042	35.11%	572	0.86%	14	0.06%	1	0.12%	2	28.85%	470
Pitkin	64.13%	556	35.64%	309	0.12%	1	0.12%	1	0.00%	0	28.49%	247
Otero	63.62%	6,552	36.13%	3,721	0.20%	21	0.04%	4	0.09%	9	27.49%	2,831
Jefferson	63.10%	19,971	36.36%	11,509	0.31%	97	0.23%	72	0.08%	25	26.74%	8,462
Mesa	63.13%	11,883	36.57%	6,883	0.24%	45	0.07%	13	0.11%	21	26.56%	5,000
Ouray	61.85%	697	36.65%	413	1.51%	17	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	25.20%	284
Dolores	62.23%	542	37.08%	323	0.57%	5	0.11%	1	0.00%	0	25.14%	219
Alamosa	62.18%	2,728	37.06%	1,626	0.30%	13	0.46%	20	0.09%	4	25.12%	1,102
Summit	61.90%	442	37.96%	271	0.14%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	23.95%	171
Gilpin	60.41%	357	38.58%	228	0.68%	4	0.34%	2	0.00%	0	21.83%	129
Arapahoe	60.40%	15,402	38.60%	9,843	0.54%	137	0.47%	120	0.13%	32	21.80%	5,559
Bent	59.40%	1,950	40.12%	1,317	0.37%	12	0.12%	4	0.00%	0	19.28%	633
Gunnison	59.46%	1,533	40.54%	1,045	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	18.93%	488
Routt	57.38%	2,143	42.17%	1,575	0.37%	14	0.08%	3	0.11%	4	15.21%	568
Conejos	56.85%	2,194	41.72%	1,610	0.70%	27	0.73%	28	1.11%	43	15.13%	584
San Juan	56.77%	432	42.97%	327	0.13%	1	0.13%	1	0.00%	0	13.80%	105
Chaffee	56.73%	2,171	42.93%	1,643	0.24%	9	0.10%	4	0.05%	2	13.80%	528
Denver	56.16%	119,792	43.24%	92,237	0.26%	557	0.34%	725	0.12%	252	12.92%	27,555
San Miguel	55.28%	654	44.29%	524	0.17%	2	0.25%	3	0.17%	2	10.99%	130
Adams	54.93%	8,995	44.71%	7,321	0.23%	38	0.13%	22	0.03%	5	10.22%	1,674
Eagle	53.79%	1,242	45.82%	1,058	0.30%	7	0.09%	2	0.17%	4	7.97%	184
Pueblo	48.89%	20,333	49.57%	20,613	0.16%	66	1.38%	574	0.18%	73	-0.67%	-280
Lake	44.99%	1,303	54.73%	1,585	0.17%	5	0.10%	3	0.03%	1	-9.74%	-282
Huerfano	43.88%	2,178	55.86%	2,773	0.22%	11	0.04%	2	0.08%	4	-11.99%	-595
Costilla	43.78%	1,070	56.01%	1,369	0.12%	3	0.08%	2	0.12%	3	-12.23%	-299
Las Animas	40.83%	4,467	58.92%	6,446	0.15%	16	0.11%	12	0.21%	23	-18.09%	-1,979

References

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