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South Carolina · 1952 presidential election

South Carolina presidential election results 1952

Adlai Stevenson carried South Carolina by 47.85 points (163,211 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes
8
Votes counted
341,087
SC result
D+47.9
Compared with the nation
58.4 pts more Democratic
Swing since 1948
27.5 pts to D

Statewide result

CandidatePartyVotesShareBarElectoral votes
Adlai StevensonDemocratic173,00450.70%8
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican9,7932.90%—
Total votes341,087

Sources: 1952

Questions and answers

Who won South Carolina in 1952?

Adlai Stevenson won South Carolina by 47.85 percentage points (163,211 votes).

How many electoral votes did South Carolina have in 1952?

South Carolina cast 8 electoral votes in 1952.

How many people voted for president in South Carolina in 1952?

341,087 votes were counted for president.

How did South Carolina change from 1948 to 1952?

The margin moved 27.5 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Democratic by 20.4 points to Democratic by 47.9 points.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data