The 1952 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Kansas), running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 54.84% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator John Sparkman, with 44.94% of the popular vote. Despite Stevenson's popularity as Governor of his home state, he would lose Illinois twice by double digits and even lose his home county (Cook) – which no Democrat since except George McGovern in 1972 has lost.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 180-187 Nonetheless, Illinois’ result was still 1% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential candidate ever to carry Dixie-leaning Union County, which alongside his triumphs in Indiana's Brown County and Dubois CountyMenendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 187-192 meant that every antebellum free state county had as of 1952 voted for a Republican presidential candidate at least once.

Primaries Turnout The primaries and general elections coincided with those for congress and those for state offices.

The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 1,872,435.

Turnout during the general election was 84.49%, with 4,481,058 votes cast.Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 132-133 Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 8.

Democratic

The 1952 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 8, 1952, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1952 presidential election.

The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.

Estes Kefauver, the only declared candidate included in the Illinois primary, won in a landslide.

Incumbent president Harry S. Truman had already declared he would not be seeking reelection.

Adlai Stevenson II, the Governor of Illinois, was not a declared candidate at the time of the primary, and was, in fact, on the same day, running for renomination as Governor of Illinois. He would only become a candidate after being drafted at the Democratic National Convention. Nonetheless, he placed second in the Illinois primary.

1952 Illinois Democratic presidential primaryCandidateVotes% Estes Kefauver 526,301 87.70Adlai E. Stevenson 54,336 9.05 Harry S. Truman 9,024 1.50 Dwight Eisenhower 6,655 1.11 Write-ins 3,798 0.63 Total 600,114 100

Republican

The 1952 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 8, 1952, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1952 presidential election.

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.

1952 Illinois Republican presidential primaryCandidateVotes%Robert A. Taft 935,867 73.56Harold E. Stassen 155,041 12.19Dwight Eisenhower 147,518 11.59Riley Alvin Bender 22,321 1.75Douglas MacArthur 7,504 0.59Earl Warren 2,841 0.22 Write-ins 1,229 0.10 Total 1,272,321 100

Results

Results by county CountyDwight D. EisenhowerRepublicanAdlai StevensonDemocraticVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % Adams 19,652 59.60% 13,301 40.34% 21 0.06% 6,351 19.26% 32,974 Alexander 5,219 54.63% 4,305 45.06% 29 0.30% 914 9.57% 9,553 Bond 4,565 62.03% 2,776 37.72% 18 0.24% 1,789 24.31% 7,359 Boone 6,628 74.21% 2,287 25.60% 17 0.19% 4,341 48.61% 8,932 Brown 2,137 57.77% 1,557 42.09% 5 0.14% 580 15.68% 3,699 Bureau 14,300 69.76% 6,173 30.12% 25 0.12% 8,127 39.64% 20,498 Calhoun 1,915 56.81% 1,454 43.13% 2 0.06% 461 13.68% 3,371 Carroll 6,978 72.87% 2,584 26.98% 14 0.15% 4,394 45.89% 9,576 Cass 4,152 54.88% 3,405 45.01% 8 0.11% 747 9.87% 7,565 Champaign 27,188 65.91% 13,951 33.82% 112 0.27% 13,237 32.09% 41,251 Christian 9,906 50.11% 9,844 49.80% 17 0.09% 62 0.31% 19,767Clark5,70061.12%3,62138.83%50.05% 2,079 22.29% 9,326 Clay 5,254 60.38% 3,432 39.44% 15 0.17% 1,822 20.94% 8,701 Clinton 6,760 58.18% 4,853 41.76% 7 0.06% 1,907 16.42% 11,620 Coles 12,660 61.59% 7,876 38.31% 20 0.10% 4,784 23.28% 20,556 Cook 1,188,973 50.21% 1,172,454 49.51% 6,512 0.28% 16,519 0.70% 2,367,939 Crawford 6,768 63.11% 3,947 36.81% 9 0.08% 2,821 26.30% 10,724 Cumberland 3,302 59.88% 2,200 39.90% 12 0.22% 1,102 19.98% 5,514 DeKalb 14,807 74.23% 5,110 25.62% 30 0.15% 9,697 48.61% 19,947 DeWitt 5,212 61.78% 3,221 38.18% 3 0.04% 1,991 23.60% 8,436 Douglas 5,530 67.10% 2,706 32.84% 5 0.06% 2,824 34.26% 8,241 DuPage 71,134 75.80% 22,489 23.97% 217 0.23% 48,645 51.83% 93,840 Edgar 8,323 64.56% 4,558 35.36% 10 0.08% 3,765 29.20% 12,891 Edwards 3,502 75.01% 1,162 24.89% 5 0.11% 2,340 50.12% 4,669 Effingham 6,530 57.79% 4,745 41.99% 25 0.22% 1,785 15.80% 11,300 Fayette 7,028 56.96% 5,299 42.95% 12 0.10% 1,729 14.01% 12,339 Ford 6,216 74.49% 2,121 25.42% 8 0.10% 4,095 49.07% 8,345 Franklin 11,723 49.33% 11,981 50.41% 62 0.26% -258 -1.08% 23,766 Fulton 13,302 61.13% 8,414 38.67% 44 0.20% 4,888 22.46% 21,760 Gallatin 2,300 51.56% 2,153 48.26% 8 0.18% 147 3.30% 4,461 Greene 5,019 54.96% 4,106 44.96% 7 0.08% 913 10.00% 9,132 Grundy 7,347 70.12% 3,118 29.76% 13 0.12% 4,229 40.36% 10,478 Hamilton 4,047 60.25% 2,662 39.63% 8 0.12% 1,385 20.62% 6,717 Hancock 9,181 66.14% 4,681 33.72% 19 0.14% 4,500 32.42% 13,881 Hardin 1,984 55.84% 1,563 43.99% 6 0.17% 421 11.85% 3,553 Henderson 2,839 65.98% 1,458 33.88% 6 0.14% 1,381 32.10% 4,303 Henry 16,301 65.49% 8,558 34.38% 33 0.13% 7,743 31.11% 24,892 Iroquois 12,456 72.81% 4,634 27.09% 17 0.10% 7,822 45.72% 17,107 Jackson 10,193 57.67% 7,457 42.19% 24 0.14% 2,736 15.48% 17,674 Jasper 3,753 57.82% 2,728 42.03% 10 0.15% 1,025 15.79% 6,491 Jefferson 9,841 53.03% 8,698 46.87% 19 0.10% 1,143 6.16% 18,558 Jersey 4,031 54.03% 3,424 45.89% 6 0.08% 607 8.14% 7,461 Jo Daviess 7,132 71.30% 2,858 28.57% 13 0.13% 4,274 42.73% 10,003 Johnson 3,327 67.25% 1,614 32.63% 6 0.12% 1,713 34.62% 4,947 Kane 50,801 67.78% 24,058 32.10% 96 0.13% 26,743 35.68% 74,955 Kankakee 20,279 61.44% 12,636 38.29% 90 0.27% 7,643 23.15% 33,005 Kendall 4,982 77.11% 1,476 22.84% 3 0.05% 3,506 54.27% 6,461 Knox 18,569 64.16% 10,354 35.78% 17 0.06% 8,215 28.38% 28,940 Lake 54,929 62.83% 32,353 37.01% 145 0.17% 22,576 25.82% 87,427 LaSalle 32,857 60.54% 21,321 39.28% 99 0.18% 11,536 21.26% 54,277 Lawrence 6,207 61.54% 3,875 38.42% 4 0.04% 2,332 23.12% 10,086 Lee 11,941 71.71% 4,700 28.23% 10 0.06% 7,241 43.48% 16,651 Livingston 14,095 71.45% 5,612 28.45% 20 0.10% 8,483 43.00% 19,727 Logan 9,162 64.39% 5,048 35.48% 19 0.13% 4,114 28.91% 14,229 Macon 25,744 53.56% 22,277 46.35% 45 0.09% 3,467 7.21% 48,066 Macoupin 12,336 48.67% 12,944 51.07% 68 0.27% -608 -2.40% 25,348 Madison 36,206 41.60% 50,734 58.29% 99 0.11% -14,528 -16.69% 87,039 Marion 10,804 53.64% 9,317 46.26% 19 0.09% 1,487 7.38% 20,140 Marshall 4,850 67.35% 2,343 32.54% 8 0.11% 2,507 34.81% 7,201 Mason 4,982 61.91% 3,061 38.04% 4 0.05% 1,921 23.87% 8,047 Massac 4,212 60.78% 2,711 39.12% 7 0.10% 1,501 21.66% 6,930 McDonough 10,126 72.06% 3,922 27.91% 5 0.04% 6,204 44.15% 14,053 McHenry 20,975 74.23% 7,218 25.54% 64 0.23% 13,757 48.69% 28,257 McLean 24,494 64.75% 13,296 35.15% 36 0.10% 11,198 29.60% 37,826 Menard 3,307 62.92% 1,946 37.02% 3 0.06% 1,361 25.90% 5,256 Mercer 6,416 70.53% 2,679 29.45% 2 0.02% 3,737 41.08% 9,097 Monroe 4,528 65.07% 2,430 34.92% 1 0.01% 2,098 30.15% 6,959 Montgomery 10,014 54.95% 8,195 44.97% 16 0.09% 1,819 9.98% 18,225 Morgan 10,405 61.04% 6,637 38.94% 4 0.02% 3,768 22.10% 17,046 Moultrie 3,880 59.12% 2,675 40.76% 8 0.12% 1,205 18.36% 6,563 Ogle 13,351 77.79% 3,796 22.12% 16 0.09% 9,555 55.67% 17,163 Peoria 49,245 59.09% 33,955 40.74% 139 0.17% 15,290 18.35% 83,339 Perry 6,580 55.19% 5,340 44.79% 3 0.03% 1,240 10.40% 11,923 Piatt 4,701 67.82% 2,220 32.03% 11 0.16% 2,481 35.79% 6,932 Pike 6,382 54.97% 5,219 44.95% 10 0.09% 1,163 10.02% 11,611 Pope 1,947 67.53% 933 32.36% 3 0.10% 1,014 35.17% 2,883 Pulaski 3,447 58.88% 2,397 40.95% 10 0.17% 1,050 17.93% 5,854 Putnam 1,691 62.56% 1,010 37.37% 2 0.07% 681 25.19% 2,703 Randolph 8,427 54.59% 6,998 45.33% 13 0.08% 1,429 9.26% 15,438 Richland 5,569 68.42% 2,565 31.51% 5 0.06% 3,004 36.91% 8,139 Rock Island 32,933 54.07% 27,879 45.77% 100 0.16% 5,054 8.30% 60,912 Saline 9,206 54.13% 7,771 45.70% 29 0.17% 1,435 8.43% 17,006 Sangamon 39,392 53.99% 33,526 45.95% 50 0.07% 5,866 8.04% 72,968 Schuyler 3,295 61.30% 2,076 38.62% 4 0.07% 1,219 22.68% 5,375 Scott 2,298 60.36% 1,506 39.56% 3 0.08% 792 20.80% 3,807 Shelby 7,189 57.65% 5,268 42.25% 12 0.10% 1,921 15.40% 12,469 St. Clair 39,713 39.51% 60,311 60.01% 479 0.48% -20,598 -20.50% 100,503 Stark 3,398 75.51% 1,100 24.44% 2 0.04% 2,298 51.07% 4,500 Stephenson 14,446 68.51% 6,605 31.32% 35 0.17% 7,841 37.19% 21,086 Tazewell 20,763 55.14% 16,862 44.78% 28 0.07% 3,901 10.36% 37,653 Union4,65851.97%4,29647.93% 90.10%3624.04%8,963 Vermilion 25,367 57.36% 18,771 42.44% 88 0.20% 6,596 14.92% 44,226 Wabash 4,246 61.38% 2,661 38.47% 10 0.14% 1,585 22.91% 6,917 Warren 8,020 72.88% 2,973 27.02% 11 0.10% 5,047 45.86% 11,004 Washington 5,546 66.17% 2,824 33.70% 11 0.13% 2,722 32.47% 8,381 Wayne 6,495 62.34% 3,911 37.54% 12 0.12% 2,584 24.80% 10,418 White 6,141 58.87% 4,284 41.07% 6 0.06% 1,857 17.80% 10,431 Whiteside 17,294 73.28% 6,238 26.43% 67 0.28% 11,056 46.85% 23,599 Will 38,533 56.34% 29,749 43.50% 110 0.16% 8,784 12.84% 68,392 Williamson 13,348 55.10% 10,838 44.74% 37 0.15% 2,510 10.36% 24,223 Winnebago 43,468 57.95% 31,409 41.88% 127 0.17% 12,059 16.07% 75,004Woodford 8,022 70.94% 3,273 28.94% 13 0.11% 4,749 42.00% 11,308Totals2,457,32754.84%2,013,92044.94%9,8110.22%443,4079.90%4,481,058

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Adams Brown Alexander Cass Christian Cook Effingham Fayette Gallatin Greene Jefferson Jersey Marion Macon Pike Rock Island Saline Shelby Union Tazewell White

See also 1952 Illinois elections United States presidential elections in Illinois

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