The 1952 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 4, 1952 as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Montana voted overwhelmingly for the Republican nominee, war hero General Dwight D. Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower won Montana by a landslide margin of 19.32%, carrying all counties except four in the mining areas and on the northern border.
1952 United States presidential election in Montana[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 157,394 | 59.39% | 4 | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 106,213 | 40.07% | 0 | |
Progressive | Vincent Hallinan | 723 | 0.27% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Stuart Hamblen | 548 | 0.21% | 0 | |
Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 159 | 0.06% | 0 | |
Totals | 265,037 | 100.00% | 4 |
County | Dwight David Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Beaverhead | 2,196 | 70.20% | 920 | 29.41% | 12 | 0.38% | 1,276 | 40.79% | 3,128 |
Big Horn | 2,165 | 65.91% | 1,114 | 33.91% | 6 | 0.18% | 1,051 | 31.99% | 3,285 |
Blaine | 1,890 | 60.85% | 1,207 | 38.86% | 9 | 0.29% | 683 | 21.99% | 3,106 |
Broadwater | 962 | 68.86% | 435 | 31.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 527 | 37.72% | 1,397 |
Carbon | 2,734 | 61.16% | 1,713 | 38.32% | 23 | 0.51% | 1,021 | 22.84% | 4,470 |
Carter | 921 | 72.12% | 351 | 27.49% | 5 | 0.39% | 570 | 44.64% | 1,277 |
Cascade | 12,176 | 52.09% | 11,051 | 47.28% | 146 | 0.62% | 1,125 | 4.81% | 23,373 |
Chouteau | 2,098 | 59.35% | 1,423 | 40.25% | 14 | 0.40% | 675 | 19.09% | 3,535 |
Custer | 3,461 | 62.53% | 2,050 | 37.04% | 24 | 0.43% | 1,411 | 25.49% | 5,535 |
Daniels | 1,092 | 62.47% | 649 | 37.13% | 7 | 0.40% | 443 | 25.34% | 1,748 |
Dawson | 2,396 | 65.50% | 1,247 | 34.09% | 15 | 0.41% | 1,149 | 31.41% | 3,658 |
Deer Lodge | 3,001 | 41.58% | 4,162 | 57.67% | 54 | 0.75% | -1,161 | -16.09% | 7,217 |
Fallon | 1,046 | 70.01% | 440 | 29.45% | 8 | 0.54% | 606 | 40.56% | 1,494 |
Fergus | 4,402 | 65.79% | 2,271 | 33.94% | 18 | 0.27% | 2,131 | 31.85% | 6,691 |
Flathead | 7,372 | 59.09% | 4,994 | 40.03% | 110 | 0.88% | 2,378 | 19.06% | 12,476 |
Gallatin | 6,998 | 71.93% | 2,697 | 27.72% | 34 | 0.35% | 4,301 | 44.21% | 9,729 |
Garfield | 723 | 72.74% | 269 | 27.06% | 2 | 0.20% | 454 | 45.67% | 994 |
Glacier | 2,061 | 54.68% | 1,698 | 45.05% | 10 | 0.27% | 363 | 9.63% | 3,769 |
Golden Valley | 471 | 70.40% | 198 | 29.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 273 | 40.81% | 669 |
Granite | 923 | 65.88% | 473 | 33.76% | 5 | 0.36% | 450 | 32.12% | 1,401 |
Hill | 3,474 | 55.44% | 2,748 | 43.86% | 44 | 0.70% | 726 | 11.59% | 6,266 |
Jefferson | 1,084 | 60.76% | 687 | 38.51% | 13 | 0.73% | 397 | 22.25% | 1,784 |
Judith Basin | 1,074 | 57.96% | 746 | 40.26% | 33 | 1.78% | 328 | 17.70% | 1,853 |
Lake | 3,651 | 65.09% | 1,893 | 33.75% | 65 | 1.16% | 1,758 | 31.34% | 5,609 |
Lewis and Clark | 7,663 | 62.58% | 4,563 | 37.26% | 20 | 0.16% | 3,100 | 25.31% | 12,246 |
Liberty | 671 | 61.67% | 411 | 37.78% | 6 | 0.55% | 260 | 23.90% | 1,088 |
Lincoln | 1,881 | 49.23% | 1,907 | 49.91% | 33 | 0.86% | -26 | -0.68% | 3,821 |
Madison | 1,993 | 72.42% | 751 | 27.29% | 8 | 0.29% | 1,242 | 45.13% | 2,752 |
McCone | 900 | 56.32% | 674 | 42.18% | 24 | 1.50% | 226 | 14.14% | 1,598 |
Meagher | 792 | 70.71% | 326 | 29.11% | 2 | 0.18% | 466 | 41.61% | 1,120 |
Mineral | 553 | 52.47% | 491 | 46.58% | 10 | 0.95% | 62 | 5.88% | 1,054 |
Missoula | 10,053 | 58.99% | 6,901 | 40.50% | 87 | 0.51% | 3,152 | 18.50% | 17,041 |
Musselshell | 1,253 | 50.08% | 1,240 | 49.56% | 9 | 0.36% | 13 | 0.52% | 2,502 |
Park | 4,152 | 67.51% | 1,969 | 32.02% | 29 | 0.47% | 2,183 | 35.50% | 6,150 |
Petroleum | 319 | 67.30% | 155 | 32.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 164 | 34.60% | 474 |
Phillips | 1,771 | 58.70% | 1,224 | 40.57% | 22 | 0.73% | 547 | 18.13% | 3,017 |
Pondera | 1,719 | 57.45% | 1,246 | 41.64% | 27 | 0.90% | 473 | 15.81% | 2,992 |
Powder River | 888 | 72.67% | 327 | 26.76% | 7 | 0.57% | 561 | 45.91% | 1,222 |
Powell | 1,783 | 57.85% | 1,281 | 41.56% | 18 | 0.58% | 502 | 16.29% | 3,082 |
Prairie | 771 | 69.21% | 338 | 30.34% | 5 | 0.45% | 433 | 38.87% | 1,114 |
Ravalli | 3,537 | 66.37% | 1,750 | 32.84% | 42 | 0.79% | 1,787 | 33.53% | 5,329 |
Richland | 2,506 | 67.28% | 1,196 | 32.11% | 23 | 0.62% | 1,310 | 35.17% | 3,725 |
Roosevelt | 1,998 | 57.36% | 1,466 | 42.09% | 19 | 0.55% | 532 | 15.27% | 3,483 |
Rosebud | 1,734 | 67.92% | 805 | 31.53% | 14 | 0.55% | 929 | 36.39% | 2,553 |
Sanders | 1,724 | 56.01% | 1,311 | 42.59% | 43 | 1.40% | 413 | 13.42% | 3,078 |
Sheridan | 1,339 | 49.39% | 1,347 | 49.69% | 25 | 0.92% | -8 | -0.30% | 2,711 |
Silver Bow | 10,196 | 43.46% | 13,114 | 55.90% | 148 | 0.63% | -2,918 | -12.44% | 23,458 |
Stillwater | 1,689 | 67.02% | 816 | 32.38% | 15 | 0.60% | 873 | 34.64% | 2,520 |
Sweet Grass | 1,315 | 77.17% | 372 | 21.83% | 17 | 1.00% | 943 | 55.34% | 1,704 |
Teton | 1,978 | 58.56% | 1,389 | 41.12% | 11 | 0.33% | 589 | 17.44% | 3,378 |
Toole | 1,853 | 56.25% | 1,426 | 43.29% | 15 | 0.46% | 427 | 12.96% | 3,294 |
Treasure | 392 | 65.66% | 205 | 34.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 187 | 31.32% | 597 |
Valley | 2,462 | 53.28% | 2,130 | 46.09% | 29 | 0.63% | 332 | 7.18% | 4,621 |
Wheatland | 1,026 | 63.85% | 572 | 35.59% | 9 | 0.56% | 454 | 28.25% | 1,607 |
Wibaux | 556 | 62.82% | 324 | 36.61% | 5 | 0.56% | 232 | 26.21% | 885 |
Yellowstone | 17,556 | 66.61% | 8,750 | 33.20% | 51 | 0.19% | 8,806 | 33.41% | 26,357 |
Totals | 157,394 | 59.39% | 106,213 | 40.07% | 1,430 | 0.54% | 51,181 | 19.31% | 265,037 |
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