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Parents > United States > Massachusetts > President
Parent RaceUS President - D Primaries
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
TypeDemocratic Primary Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1952 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open April 29, 1952 - 12:00am Central
Polls Close April 29, 1952 - 12:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1953 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1957 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedIndyGeorgia April 18, 2012 09:07pm
Data SourcesMassachusetts Election Statistics, 1952, p. 40

Others total includes 1269 write-ins listed as just "Douglas" instead of for either Paul or William O. Douglas
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/02/1948
NameHarry S. Truman Votes1,151,788 (54.66%)
Term01/20/1949 - 01/20/1953 Margin242,418 (+11.50%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/1952
NameDwight D. Eisenhower Votes1,292,325 (54.22%)
Term01/20/1953 - 01/20/1957 Margin208,800 (+8.76%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
RaceMA US President 11/04/1952

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Name (W) Sen. C. Estes Kefauver (W) Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower (I) (W) President Harry S. Truman (W) Sen. Robert A. Taft (W) Others (W) Gov. Paul A. Dever (W) Secretary of Commerce W. Averell Harriman
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Certified Votes 29,287 (43.03%) 16,007 (23.52%) 7,256 (10.66%) 6,000 (8.82%) 3,266 (4.80%) 1,986 (2.92%) 1,986 (2.92%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -13,280 (-19.51%) -22,031 (-32.37%) -23,287 (-34.21%) -26,021 (-38.23%) -27,301 (-40.11%) -27,301 (-40.11%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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Name (W) Supreme Allied Commander Douglas MacArthur (W) Sen. Richard B. Russell, Jr. (W) Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas (W) Gov. Earl Warren (W) University President Harold E. Stassen (W) Sen. Robert S. Kerr (W) Sen. Paul H. Douglas
PartyDemocratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
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Certified Votes 748 (1.10%) 730 (1.07%) 234 (0.34%) 192 (0.28%) 168 (0.25%) 128 (0.19%) 77 (0.11%)
Margin-28,539 (-41.93%) -28,557 (-41.96%) -29,053 (-42.68%) -29,095 (-42.75%) -29,119 (-42.78%) -29,159 (-42.84%) -29,210 (-42.91%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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