1952 United States presidential election

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The 1952 United States presidential election was a landmark contest in which World War II hero Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower won the presidency, ending two decades of Democratic control of the White House.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election
political event
campaignSloganOfEisenhower I Like Ike
country United States of America
surface form: United States
DemocraticNationalConventionLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
DemocraticNominee Adlai Stevenson II
EisenhowerElectoralVotes 442
EisenhowerHomeStateAtElection New York
EisenhowerMilitaryRank General of the Army
EisenhowerPopularVotes 33936032
EisenhowerPopularVoteShare 55.18%
EisenhowerPriorPosition Supreme Allied Commander Europe
electoralVoteRunnerUp Adlai Stevenson II
electoralVotesNeededToWin 266
electoralVoteWinner Dwight D. Eisenhower
elects president of the United States
vice president of the United States
endedControlOfWhiteHouseBy Democratic Party
followedBy 1956 United States presidential election
follows 1948 United States presidential election
hasEndDate 1952-11-04
hasStartDate 1952-11-04
incumbentParty Democratic Party
incumbentPresident President Harry S. Truman
surface form: Harry S. Truman
loser Adlai Stevenson II
losingParty Democratic Party
mainDemocraticCandidate Adlai Stevenson II
mainRepublicanCandidate Dwight D. Eisenhower
notableIssue Cold War foreign policy
Korean War stalemate
anti-communism
corruption in government
partOf Cold War
history of the United States
popularVoteRunnerUp Adlai Stevenson II
popularVoteWinner Dwight D. Eisenhower
RepublicanNationalConventionLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
RepublicanNominee Dwight D. Eisenhower
runningMateOfLoser John Sparkman
runningMateOfWinner Richard Nixon
StevensonElectoralVotes 89
StevensonHomeStateAtElection Illinois
StevensonPopularVotes 27211454
StevensonPopularVoteShare 44.33%
StevensonPriorPosition Governor of Illinois
tookPlaceDuring Korean War
totalElectoralVotes 531
TrumanSoughtReelection no
voterTurnout 63.3%
voterTurnoutChangeFromLastElection +2.7%
winner Dwight D. Eisenhower
winningParty Republican Party
yearsOfPriorControlEnded 20

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Ike popularDuring 1952 United States presidential election
1948 United States presidential election followedBy 1952 United States presidential election
Checkers speech election 1952 United States presidential election
82nd United States Congress succeededByElection 1952 United States presidential election
this entity surface form: 1952 United States elections
1956 United States presidential election previousElection 1952 United States presidential election
1956 United States presidential election wasRematchOf 1952 United States presidential election
Fund speech context 1952 United States presidential election
John J. Sparkman candidateInElection 1952 United States presidential election