As a former Confederate state, North Carolina had a history of Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party in state politics. However, unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party had sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain one-third of the statewide vote total in most general elections,[4] where turnout was higher than elsewhere in the former Confederacy due substantially to the state's early abolition of the poll tax in 1920.[5] Like Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide white primaries, although certain counties did use the white primary.[6] This persistent local Republican threat from mountain Unionist descendants meant that there was never any question of the state Democratic party bolting to support Strom Thurmond.[7][8] Additionally, the greatest support for Thurmond was found in middle- and upper-class urban areas of the Piedmont,[9] so that the best Dixiecrat counties correlated strongly with the largest urban areas.[10]
During Truman's second term, there was little satisfaction in North Carolina with the President, due to unresolved Civil Rights struggles, strikes, and evidence of corruption in the Democratic Party.[11] At the beginning of the presidential campaign, though, there was no indication that the state would not back new Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson, and all state Democrats endorsed him.[12] Stevenson began his campaign in North Carolina in late July,[13] but did not return to the state as it was felt by September that Republican nominee and Columbia University PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower had less chance than in Florida, Texas or the Dixiecrat states of Louisiana and South Carolina.[14] Stevenson was helped by the fact that, much more than in other Southern States, North Carolina's press largely endorsed him over Eisenhower,[14] although in mid-October one of the two largest papers was endorsing the Republican.[15] Nonetheless, polls ten days before the election suggested Stevenson was very likely to carry the state due to the party loyalty created by viable mountain and northwest Piedmont Republican opposition.[16]
Because the Black Belt of the state, unlike the economically conservative Black Belts of the Deep South, was economically more liberal than the Piedmont region where the establishment Democratic faction led since 1929 by O. Max Gardner was based,[17] its entirely white electorate stayed exceedingly loyal to Stevenson – much more so than the Black Belts of other Outer South states. This Democratic loyalty extended to the Outer Banks, which had been a center of anti-Catholic voting when Herbert Hoover carried the state in 1928,[10] so that apart from a seven-vote win in Brunswick County, every county Eisenhower carried was in the urban Piedmont or traditionally GOP mountains. Thus, unlike Texas, Florida and Virginia, urban middle-class Republican voting was inadequate to carry the state for Eisenhower.
^"United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^. Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
^"1952 Election for the Forty-Second Term (1953-57)". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
^Phillips, Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority. pp. 210, 242. ISBN978-0-691-16324-6.
^Key, Valdimer Orlando (1949). Southern Politics in State and Nation. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 502.
^Klarman, Michael J. (2001). "The White Primary Rulings: A Case Study in the Consequences of Supreme Court Decision-Making". Florida State University Law Review. 29: 55–107.
^Ader, Emile B. (August 1953). "Why the Dixiecrats Failed". The Journal of Politics. 15 (3): 356–369.
^Guthrie, Paul Daniel (August 1955). The Dixiecrat Movement of 1948 (Thesis). Bowling Green State University. p. 183. Docket 144207.
^Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 297
^ abSee Strong, Donald S. (August 1955). "The Presidential Election in the South, 1952". The Journal of Politics. 17 (3): 343–389.
^Grayson, A.G. (December 1975). "North Carolina and Harry Truman, 1944-1948". Journal of American Studies. 9 (3): 283–300.
^"Dixie Sun Smiles on Eisenhower: Ike Could Win 79 Votes in South". Daily Boston Globe. August 3, 1952. p. C41.
^"Democrats Expect To Win the South: Leaders Believe Sparkman Will Offset Eisenhower's Appeal to Dixie Bloc". The New York Times. July 27, 1952. p. 38.
^ ab"South not so Solid, Press Poll Hints: Survey by the A.P. Indicates Eisenhower Might "Pull" 3 to 5 States to G.O.P.". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 18, 1952. p. 19.
^"Nominees Share 2 Papers: One in North Carolina Endorses Eisenhower, One Stevenson". The New York Times. October 12, 1952. p. 78.
^Popham, John N. (October 24, 1952). "Party Fealty Firm in North Carolina: State Has Remained Regular During Fair Deal and Seems Likely to Do So No". The New York Times (Special to the New York Times ed.). p. 18.
^Key. Southern Politics in State and Nation, pp. 215-217
^"1952 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
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Main article 1952 United States presidential election The 1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 4 1952 as part of the 1952 United States presidential election North Carolina voters chose 14 3 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1948 November 4 1952 1 1956 All 14 North Carolina votes to the Electoral College Nominee Adlai Stevenson Dwight D Eisenhower Party Democratic Republican Home state Illinois New York 2 Running mate John Sparkman Richard Nixon Electoral vote 14 0 Popular vote 652 803 558 107 Percentage 53 91 46 09 County resultsCongressional district resultsStevenson 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Eisenhower 50 60 60 70 70 80 President before election Harry S Truman Democratic Elected President Dwight D Eisenhower Republican As a former Confederate state North Carolina had a history of Jim Crow laws disfranchisement of its African American population and dominance of the Democratic Party in state politics However unlike the Deep South the Republican Party had sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain one third of the statewide vote total in most general elections 4 where turnout was higher than elsewhere in the former Confederacy due substantially to the state s early abolition of the poll tax in 1920 5 Like Virginia Tennessee and Oklahoma the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide white primaries although certain counties did use the white primary 6 This persistent local Republican threat from mountain Unionist descendants meant that there was never any question of the state Democratic party bolting to support Strom Thurmond 7 8 Additionally the greatest support for Thurmond was found in middle and upper class urban areas of the Piedmont 9 so that the best Dixiecrat counties correlated strongly with the largest urban areas 10 During Truman s second term there was little satisfaction in North Carolina with the President due to unresolved Civil Rights struggles strikes and evidence of corruption in the Democratic Party 11 At the beginning of the presidential campaign though there was no indication that the state would not back new Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson and all state Democrats endorsed him 12 Stevenson began his campaign in North Carolina in late July 13 but did not return to the state as it was felt by September that Republican nominee and Columbia University President Dwight D Eisenhower had less chance than in Florida Texas or the Dixiecrat states of Louisiana and South Carolina 14 Stevenson was helped by the fact that much more than in other Southern States North Carolina s press largely endorsed him over Eisenhower 14 although in mid October one of the two largest papers was endorsing the Republican 15 Nonetheless polls ten days before the election suggested Stevenson was very likely to carry the state due to the party loyalty created by viable mountain and northwest Piedmont Republican opposition 16 Because the Black Belt of the state unlike the economically conservative Black Belts of the Deep South was economically more liberal than the Piedmont region where the establishment Democratic faction led since 1929 by O Max Gardner was based 17 its entirely white electorate stayed exceedingly loyal to Stevenson much more so than the Black Belts of other Outer South states This Democratic loyalty extended to the Outer Banks which had been a center of anti Catholic voting when Herbert Hoover carried the state in 1928 10 so that apart from a seven vote win in Brunswick County every county Eisenhower carried was in the urban Piedmont or traditionally GOP mountains Thus unlike Texas Florida and Virginia urban middle class Republican voting was inadequate to carry the state for Eisenhower North Carolina was ultimately won by Governor Stevenson with 53 91 percent of the popular vote against Eisenhower with 46 09 percent of the popular vote 18 19 Stevenson ran with Alabama Senator John Sparkman and Eisenhower with California Senator Richard Nixon Results edit1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina Party Candidate Votes Democratic Adlai Stevenson 652 803 53 91 Republican Dwight D Eisenhower 558 107 46 09 Total votes 1 210 910 100 Results by county edit 1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county 20 County Adlai Stevenson IIDemocratic Dwight David EisenhowerRepublican Margin Greene 94 12 2 976 5 88 186 88 24 2 790 Martin 92 98 5 493 7 02 415 85 95 5 078 Bertie 90 26 3 557 9 74 384 80 51 3 173 Northampton 88 14 4 334 11 86 583 76 29 3 751 Franklin 87 90 5 376 12 10 740 75 80 4 636 Pitt 83 65 11 271 16 35 2 203 67 30 9 068 Jones 83 48 1 673 16 52 331 66 97 1 342 Hertford 83 16 2 859 16 84 579 66 32 2 280 Warren 81 68 2 960 18 32 664 63 36 2 296 Edgecombe 81 53 8 504 18 47 1 927 63 05 6 577 Halifax 79 94 8 807 20 06 2 210 59 88 6 597 Nash 79 82 10 424 20 18 2 636 59 63 7 788 Granville 79 72 4 583 20 28 1 166 59 44 3 417 Currituck 78 04 1 471 21 96 414 56 07 1 057 Gates 77 41 1 247 22 59 364 54 81 883 Onslow 77 22 4 275 22 78 1 261 54 44 3 014 Wilson 77 17 8 684 22 83 2 569 54 34 6 115 Vance 76 80 5 697 23 20 1 721 53 60 3 976 Person 75 64 4 266 24 36 1 374 51 28 2 892 Duplin 75 14 6 392 24 86 2 115 50 28 4 277 Lenoir 75 07 6 723 24 93 2 233 50 13 4 490 Camden 74 55 996 25 45 340 49 10 656 Hoke 74 08 1 761 25 92 616 48 17 1 145 Chowan 72 95 1 448 27 05 537 45 89 911 Caswell 72 75 2 597 27 25 973 45 49 1 624 Washington 71 83 1 974 28 17 774 43 67 1 200 Tyrrell 70 41 916 29 59 385 40 81 531 Columbus 69 81 6 941 30 19 3 001 39 63 3 940 Hyde 69 36 919 30 64 406 38 72 513 Beaufort 69 31 5 429 30 69 2 404 38 62 3 025 Robeson 69 29 9 311 30 71 4 127 38 58 5 184 Anson 69 21 4 143 30 79 1 843 38 42 2 300 Lee 69 01 4 688 30 99 2 105 38 02 2 583 Richmond 68 59 7 340 31 41 3 361 37 18 3 979 Craven 68 34 6 092 31 66 2 822 36 68 3 270 Bladen 67 22 3 506 32 78 1 710 34 43 1 796 Union 66 18 7 416 33 82 3 790 32 36 3 626 Perquimans 65 91 1 245 34 09 644 31 82 601 Johnston 64 81 9 997 35 19 5 429 29 61 4 568 Scotland 64 68 2 912 35 32 1 590 29 36 1 322 Rockingham 64 34 12 423 35 66 6 885 28 68 5 538 Harnett 63 82 7 595 36 18 4 306 27 64 3 289 Pender 63 78 2 029 36 22 1 152 27 57 877 Pasquotank 63 01 3 579 36 99 2 101 26 02 1 478 Durham 62 58 18 897 37 42 11 301 25 15 7 596 Pamlico 61 26 1 428 38 74 903 22 52 525 Wayne 60 96 7 281 39 04 4 662 21 93 2 619 Wake 60 84 23 393 39 16 15 057 21 68 8 336 Carteret 59 06 4 280 40 94 2 967 18 12 1 313 Haywood 58 86 8 761 41 14 6 124 17 72 2 637 Orange 57 49 5 156 42 51 3 813 14 97 1 343 Cleveland 56 07 9 709 43 93 7 606 12 15 2 103 Yancey 55 57 3 693 44 43 2 953 11 13 740 Dare 55 56 959 44 44 767 11 12 192 Chatham 54 41 4 303 45 59 3 606 8 81 697 Stokes 54 29 4 504 45 71 3 792 8 58 712 Cumberland 54 18 8 839 45 82 7 474 8 37 1 365 Alamance 54 06 13 402 45 94 11 388 8 12 2 014 Jackson 53 86 4 296 46 14 3 680 7 72 616 Swain 53 71 1 949 46 29 1 680 7 41 269 Graham 53 54 1 590 46 46 1 380 7 07 210 New Hanover 52 54 10 330 47 46 9 330 5 09 1 000 Surry 51 95 8 206 48 05 7 591 3 89 615 Sampson 51 89 6 956 48 11 6 449 3 78 507 Polk 51 70 2 741 48 30 2 561 3 39 180 Cherokee 51 02 3 363 48 98 3 228 2 05 135 Macon 50 51 3 396 49 49 3 327 1 03 69 Alleghany 50 28 1 809 49 72 1 789 0 56 20 McDowell 50 24 4 755 49 76 4 710 0 48 45 Montgomery 49 96 3 176 50 04 3 181 0 08 5 Brunswick 49 94 2 951 50 06 2 958 0 12 7 Clay 49 93 1 439 50 07 1 443 0 14 4 Ashe 49 85 4 536 50 15 4 563 0 30 27 Moore 48 21 5 066 51 79 5 442 3 58 376 Gaston 48 14 17 781 51 86 19 157 3 73 1 376 Forsyth 48 14 24 535 51 86 26 436 3 73 1 901 Rutherford 48 04 7 755 51 96 8 387 3 92 632 Buncombe 47 85 22 425 52 15 24 444 4 31 2 019 Transylvania 47 36 3 641 52 64 4 047 5 28 406 Guilford 46 57 29 028 53 43 33 310 6 87 4 282 Lincoln 46 39 5 389 53 61 6 228 7 22 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