Who won Rhode Island in the 1952 presidential election?

Stevenson (Democratic) carried Rhode Island in 1952, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Rhode Island have in 1952?

Rhode Island cast 4 electoral votes in the 1952 presidential election.

Did Rhode Island vote for the national winner in 1952?

No. Rhode Island backed Stevenson, while Dwight D. Eisenhower won the presidency nationally.

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1952

Rhode Island: Stevenson carries 4 EV.

Rhode Island cast its 4 electoral votes for Stevenson (Democratic). National winner: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) — Rhode Island voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Rhode Island, 1952

In 1952, Rhode Island awarded its 4 electoral votes to Stevenson of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Rhode Island among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Rhode Island backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1928. It stood apart from its neighbors: Connecticut and Massachusetts went the other way that year. Across the 59 presidential elections Rhode Island has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (25 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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