1952
What happened in Pennsylvania, 1952
In 1952, Pennsylvania awarded its 32 electoral votes to Eisenhower of the Republican party. Pennsylvania ended up on the winning side — Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the White House that year.
It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Pennsylvania backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1948. The region divided — Ohio, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York joined Pennsylvania for the Republican ticket, while West Virginia did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Pennsylvania has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (26 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.
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