Indiana — 1952 presidential election
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Akashicstate1952 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentEisenhowerR+17.1
How it voted
Share of the 1952 vote
| Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican | 58.1% | 1,136,259 |
|---|---|---|
| Adlai StevensonDemocratic | 41.0% | 801,530 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.9% | 17,536 |
1952presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 1952 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 13 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+33.0 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Blackford County, IN | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Brown County, IN | Republican | R+3.5 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Cass County, IN | Republican | R+21.2 |
| Clark County, IN | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Crawford County, IN | Republican | R+5.5 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+31.1 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+32.4 |
| Delaware County, IN | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Dubois County, IN | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Floyd County, IN | Republican | R+5.5 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Gibson County, IN | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+40.4 |
| Hancock County, IN | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Harrison County, IN | Republican | R+9.1 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Howard County, IN | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+25.9 |
| Jackson County, IN | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+44.9 |
| Jay County, IN | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+23.1 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Knox County, IN | Republican | R+15.2 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+41.0 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Lake County, IN | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Madison County, IN | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Monroe County, IN | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+50.1 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Ohio County, IN | Republican | R+4.3 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+17.9 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Perry County, IN | Republican | R+9.2 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+9.9 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Posey County, IN | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Putnam County, IN | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+34.5 |
| Scott County, IN | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Shelby County, IN | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+23.4 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+47.1 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+8.0 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Democratic | D+2.3 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+41.4 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+22.1 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+35.2 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Vigo County, IN | Democratic | D+0.1 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+40.9 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Washington County, IN | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+25.6 |
| Wells County, IN | Republican | R+14.7 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+21.9 |
Indiana results by county
92 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,460 | 6,20459.6% | 3,74436.0% | 4604.4% | 10,408 |
| Allen County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+27,371 | 54,87766.2% | 27,50633.2% | 5580.7% | 82,941 |
| Bartholomew County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,618 | 11,46258.8% | 7,84440.2% | 1961.0% | 19,502 |
| Benton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,310 | 4,12569.2% | 1,81530.5% | 170.3% | 5,957 |
| Blackford County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+615 | 3,75953.2% | 3,14444.5% | 1632.3% | 7,066 |
| Boone County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,633 | 8,61963.0% | 4,98636.5% | 680.5% | 13,673 |
| Brown County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+103 | 1,51751.2% | 1,41447.7% | 331.1% | 2,964 |
| Carroll County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,694 | 5,90264.3% | 3,20835.0% | 680.7% | 9,178 |
| Cass County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,314 | 12,29660.3% | 7,98239.2% | 1070.5% | 20,385 |
| Clark County | Adlai Stevenson+513 | 11,19048.6% | 11,70350.8% | 1320.6% | 23,025 |
| Clay County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,040 | 7,11853.3% | 6,07845.5% | 1551.2% | 13,351 |
| Clinton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,588 | 10,05760.1% | 6,46938.7% | 1981.2% | 16,724 |
| Crawford County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+293 | 2,75051.8% | 2,45746.3% | 971.8% | 5,304 |
| Daviess County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,081 | 8,32860.9% | 5,24738.4% | 1010.7% | 13,676 |
| Dearborn County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,281 | 7,09154.8% | 5,81044.9% | 330.3% | 12,934 |
| Decatur County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,097 | 6,49065.2% | 3,39334.1% | 780.8% | 9,961 |
| DeKalb County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,366 | 8,71364.7% | 4,34732.3% | 4163.1% | 13,476 |
| Delaware County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,539 | 24,27255.7% | 18,73343.0% | 5851.3% | 43,590 |
| Dubois County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+880 | 6,53853.5% | 5,65846.3% | 310.3% | 12,227 |
| Elkhart County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+13,275 | 25,27766.3% | 12,00231.5% | 8292.2% | 38,108 |
| Fayette County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,822 | 7,00057.0% | 5,17842.2% | 920.7% | 12,270 |
| Floyd County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,240 | 11,60851.8% | 10,36846.3% | 4392.0% | 22,415 |
| Fountain County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,337 | 6,20861.3% | 3,87138.3% | 400.4% | 10,119 |
| Franklin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,082 | 4,63064.0% | 2,54835.2% | 520.7% | 7,230 |
| Fulton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,448 | 6,24768.1% | 2,79930.5% | 1291.4% | 9,175 |
| Gibson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,554 | 9,17154.0% | 7,61744.8% | 1981.2% | 16,986 |
| Grant County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+6,032 | 16,67859.7% | 10,64638.1% | 5992.1% | 27,923 |
| Greene County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,203 | 8,62053.2% | 7,41745.8% | 1520.9% | 16,189 |
| Hamilton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+6,279 | 10,84369.7% | 4,56429.3% | 1531.0% | 15,560 |
| Hancock County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,425 | 6,96459.9% | 4,53939.1% | 1161.0% | 11,619 |
| Harrison County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+856 | 5,06953.6% | 4,21344.6% | 1721.8% | 9,454 |
| Hendricks County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,919 | 9,71266.6% | 4,79332.9% | 810.6% | 14,586 |
| Henry County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,806 | 14,18462.0% | 8,37836.6% | 3201.4% | 22,882 |
| Howard County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,274 | 15,21253.3% | 12,93845.4% | 3671.3% | 28,517 |
| Huntington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,394 | 10,50862.0% | 6,11436.1% | 3312.0% | 16,953 |
| Jackson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,607 | 8,06755.1% | 6,46044.2% | 1030.7% | 14,630 |
| Jasper County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,454 | 5,55672.2% | 2,10227.3% | 340.4% | 7,692 |
| Jay County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,506 | 7,27059.0% | 4,76438.6% | 2972.4% | 12,331 |
| Jefferson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,918 | 6,16958.9% | 4,25140.6% | 530.5% | 10,473 |
| Jennings County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,683 | 4,46061.2% | 2,77738.1% | 490.7% | 7,286 |
| Johnson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,210 | 9,11960.5% | 5,90939.2% | 540.4% | 15,082 |
| Knox County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,402 | 12,78657.3% | 9,38442.1% | 1460.7% | 22,316 |
| Kosciusko County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+6,844 | 11,52168.9% | 4,67728.0% | 5123.1% | 16,710 |
| LaGrange County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,218 | 3,82268.8% | 1,60428.9% | 1292.3% | 5,555 |
| Lake County | Adlai Stevenson+16,648 | 74,07344.7% | 90,72154.7% | 1,0510.6% | 165,845 |
| LaPorte County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+7,565 | 22,57659.8% | 15,01139.8% | 1460.4% | 37,733 |
| Lawrence County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,252 | 11,29664.6% | 6,04434.6% | 1350.8% | 17,475 |
| Madison County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,605 | 28,73052.8% | 25,12546.2% | 5191.0% | 54,374 |
| Marion County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+58,079 | 164,46660.5% | 106,38739.1% | 1,0860.4% | 271,939 |
| Marshall County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,452 | 9,99063.1% | 5,53835.0% | 3001.9% | 15,828 |
| Martin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+211 | 2,75751.7% | 2,54647.7% | 290.5% | 5,332 |
| Miami County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,990 | 9,25459.0% | 6,26439.9% | 1761.1% | 15,694 |
| Monroe County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,327 | 12,07260.6% | 7,74538.9% | 1080.5% | 19,925 |
| Montgomery County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,183 | 10,56965.9% | 5,38633.6% | 860.5% | 16,041 |
| Morgan County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,467 | 8,22262.9% | 4,75536.4% | 950.7% | 13,072 |
| Newton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,786 | 4,15974.8% | 1,37324.7% | 290.5% | 5,561 |
| Noble County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,052 | 8,20365.4% | 4,15133.1% | 1901.5% | 12,544 |
| Ohio County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+100 | 1,21951.9% | 1,11947.7% | 100.4% | 2,348 |
| Orange County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,279 | 5,55162.4% | 3,27236.8% | 750.8% | 8,898 |
| Owen County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,136 | 3,71358.4% | 2,57740.5% | 711.1% | 6,361 |
| Parke County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,495 | 5,06958.3% | 3,57441.1% | 470.5% | 8,690 |
| Perry County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+815 | 4,81654.5% | 4,00145.3% | 150.2% | 8,832 |
| Pike County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+775 | 4,25354.3% | 3,47844.4% | 1071.4% | 7,838 |
| Porter County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+7,285 | 13,19468.8% | 5,90930.8% | 870.5% | 19,190 |
| Posey County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,458 | 5,29357.6% | 3,83541.7% | 590.6% | 9,187 |
| Pulaski County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,786 | 4,03063.1% | 2,24435.1% | 1131.8% | 6,387 |
| Putnam County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,186 | 6,63259.7% | 4,44640.0% | 400.4% | 11,118 |
| Randolph County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,689 | 9,15065.4% | 4,46131.9% | 3752.7% | 13,986 |
| Ripley County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,619 | 6,65062.0% | 4,03137.6% | 440.4% | 10,725 |
| Rush County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,570 | 6,91866.8% | 3,34832.3% | 870.8% | 10,353 |
| Scott County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+53 | 2,98450.1% | 2,93149.2% | 440.7% | 5,959 |
| Shelby County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,409 | 8,96157.2% | 6,55241.8% | 1581.0% | 15,671 |
| Spencer County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,096 | 5,49761.5% | 3,40138.0% | 430.5% | 8,941 |
| St. Joseph County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+268 | 53,53749.7% | 53,26949.5% | 8260.8% | 107,632 |
| Starke County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,597 | 4,87159.4% | 3,27439.9% | 510.6% | 8,196 |
| Steuben County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,436 | 5,32273.0% | 1,88625.9% | 801.1% | 7,288 |
| Sullivan County | Adlai Stevenson+1,035 | 5,92945.6% | 6,96453.6% | 950.7% | 12,988 |
| Switzerland County | Adlai Stevenson+97 | 2,07048.4% | 2,16750.7% | 380.9% | 4,275 |
| Tippecanoe County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+13,769 | 23,44770.5% | 9,67829.1% | 1210.4% | 33,246 |
| Tipton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,937 | 5,29960.6% | 3,36238.4% | 841.0% | 8,745 |
| Union County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,130 | 2,15967.2% | 1,02932.0% | 230.7% | 3,211 |
| Vanderburgh County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+12,292 | 42,01058.2% | 29,71841.2% | 4590.6% | 72,187 |
| Vermillion County | Adlai Stevenson+425 | 5,28347.8% | 5,70851.7% | 520.5% | 11,043 |
| Vigo County | Adlai Stevenson+35 | 25,80649.7% | 25,84149.8% | 2310.4% | 51,878 |
| Wabash County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,585 | 9,98067.9% | 4,39529.9% | 3152.1% | 14,690 |
| Warren County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,859 | 3,19170.2% | 1,33229.3% | 250.5% | 4,548 |
| Warrick County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,425 | 6,06456.3% | 4,63943.1% | 590.5% | 10,762 |
| Washington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,005 | 4,84955.4% | 3,84444.0% | 520.6% | 8,745 |
| Wayne County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+8,249 | 20,06862.4% | 11,81936.7% | 2930.9% | 32,180 |
| Wells County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,417 | 5,38055.8% | 3,96341.1% | 2903.0% | 9,633 |
| White County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,584 | 6,79567.6% | 3,21131.9% | 460.5% | 10,052 |
| Whitley County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,138 | 5,89360.3% | 3,75538.4% | 1281.3% | 9,776 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1952 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1952 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.