The 1952 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 4, 1952. All contemporary 48 states were part of the

1952 United States presidential election The 1952 United States presidential election was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election and was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1952. Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, which ended 20 year ...

. Voters chose 16 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, General Dwight D. Eisenhower of

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and his running mate

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Richard Nixon of California. Eisenhower and Nixon defeated the

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nominees, former Governor

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of Illinois and his running mate

John Sparkman of Alabama. Eisenhower carried New Jersey with 56.81% of the vote to Stevenson's 41.99%, a margin of 14.83%. Eisenhower won 18 of the state's 21 counties, breaking 60% of the vote in 9 of them, and even breaking 70% in 3 of those. Stevenson for his part carried 3 urban counties; he won with majorities in Mercer County and Camden County, and won with a plurality in Hudson County. Eisenhower ultimately won election to the White House as a war hero, a political outsider, and a moderate Republican who pledged to protect and support popular

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Democratic policies, finally ending 20 years of Democratic control of the White House. New Jersey in this era was usually a swing state with a slight Republican lean, and its results in 1952 adhered to that pattern. Democrat

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had won New Jersey in all 4 of his decisive nationwide victories in the 1930s and 1940s, but with the exception of his

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landslide, always by very narrow margins. In

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, New Jersey had been narrowly won by Republican

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, even as he lost the election nationally. With Eisenhower's personal popularity propelling him to a decisive nationwide victory in 1952, New Jersey easily remained in the Republican column, its results making it about 4% more Republican than the national average. Republicans won Passaic, Salem, and Middlesex counties for the first time since

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. This was the first election since

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that a Republican won the election without Mercer County, and the first since

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to do so without Camden County.

Results

Results by county

References

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1952 New Jersey elections

Results

Results by county

See also

References