Who won Idaho in the 1952 presidential election?

Eisenhower (Republican) carried Idaho in 1952, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 1952?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in the 1952 presidential election.

Did Idaho vote for the national winner in 1952?

Yes. Idaho backed Dwight D. Eisenhower, who won the presidency that year.

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1952

Idaho: Eisenhower carries 4 EV.

Idaho cast its 4 electoral votes for Eisenhower (Republican). National winner: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) — Idaho voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Idaho, 1952

In 1952, Idaho awarded its 4 electoral votes to Eisenhower of the Republican party. Idaho ended up on the winning side — Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the White House that year.

Eisenhower's win closed out Idaho's 5-election run of voting Democratic. Idaho did not move alone — neighboring Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana broke the same way in 1952. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Dwight D. Eisenhower took 442 of the 531 electoral votes, against Adlai Stevenson II's 89. Dwight D. Eisenhower led the national popular vote with 55.18% of the ballots cast.

The 1952 national map

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