1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky


The 1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by Adlai Stevenson, running with Senator John Sparkman, with 49.91% of the popular vote, against Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower, running with Senator Richard Nixon, with 49.84% of the popular vote. The race in Kentucky was the closest in the nation, with the candidates separated by a mere 700 votes, or 0.07% of the vote, and in fact was the closest presidential election in any state since New Hampshire was won by Woodrow Wilson by fifty-six votes in 1916., this is the last election in which Kentucky did not vote the same as neighboring Tennessee. This was also the last time the Republicans won the presidency without carrying Kentucky.

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