1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky

1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky
All 10 Kentucky votes to the Electoral College
Stevenson 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%	Eisenhower 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90%
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican

The 1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 10^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 49.91 percent of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 49.84 percent of the popular vote.^[4] The race in Kentucky was the closest in the nation, with the candidates separated by a mere 700 votes, or 0.07 percent of the vote,^[5] and in fact was the closest presidential election in any state since New Hampshire was won by Woodrow Wilson by fifty-six votes in 1916.

As of 2020, this is the last time a Republican won the presidency without carrying Kentucky, as well as the last time that a non-Southern Democrat would carry the state.

^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. 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
^ "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^ "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved August 12, 2020.
^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1952 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[2] "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. 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

[3] "1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.

[4] "1952 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved August 12, 2020.

[5] "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1952". Retrieved July 25, 2017.

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