1952
West Virginia in 1952
The 1952 contest saw West Virginia line up behind Stevenson, delivering 8 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) won the presidency, leaving West Virginia among the states he did not carry.
It marked the 6th consecutive election in which West Virginia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Kentucky joined West Virginia for the Democratic ticket, while Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia did not. Across the 41 presidential elections West Virginia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (22 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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