these states were within five percentage points (36 electoral votes): South Carolina, 1.44% (4,922 votes) Missouri, 1.56% (29,599 votes) Rhode Island, 1.84% (7,642 votes) West Virginia, 3.85% (33,608 votes) Delaware, 3.88% (6,744 votes) Election results in these states were between five and ten percentage points (140 electoral votes): Louisiana, 5.84% (38,102 votes) Pennsylvania, 5.88% (269,520 votes) Texas, 6.44% (133,650 votes) North Carolina, 7.82% (94,696 votes) Massachusetts, 8.76% (208,800 votes) Oklahoma, 9.18% (87,106 votes) Washington, 9.64% (106,262 votes) Illinois, 9.90% (443,407 votes) Tipping point state: Michigan, 11.47% (320,872 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana 92.97% Gillespie County, Texas 92.29% McIntosh County, North Dakota 90.89% Campbell County, South Dakota 90.14% Kenedy County, Texas 88.52% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Greene County, North Carolina 94.12% Hart County, Georgia 94.08% Treutlen County, Georgia 93.34% Martin County, North Carolina 92.98% Walton County, Georgia 91.89% See also 1952 United States House of Representatives elections 1952 United States Senate elections History of the United States (1945–1964) First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower References Further reading Ambrose, Stephen E. Eisenhower. Vol. I. Soldier, General of the Army, President Elect 1890–1952 (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983), pp 550–572. Blake, David Haven. Liking Ike: Eisenhower, Advertising, and the Rise of Celebrity Politics (Oxford UP, 2016). xvi, 281 pp. Boomhower, Ray E. "All the Way with Adlai: John Bartlow Martin and the 1952 Adlai Stevenson Campaign." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 111#3 (2018): 67–102 online. Bowen, Michael. The roots of modern conservatism: Dewey, Taft, and the battle for the soul of the Republican party (2011) Converse, Philip E., Warren E. Miller, Donald E. Stokes, Angus Campbell. The American Voter (1964) the classic political science study of voters in 1952 and 1956 5 vol of details on each region Davies, Gareth, and Julian E. Zelizer, eds. America at the Ballot Box: Elections and Political History (2015) pp. 167–83, role of television. Davies, James C. "Charisma in the 1952 Campaign." American Political Science Review 48#4 (1954): 1083–102. doi:10.2307/1951012. online. Donaldson, Gary. When America Liked Ike: How Moderates Won the 1952 Presidential Election and Reshaped American Politics (2016) 137pp. Grant, Keneshia N. "Great Migration Politics: The Impact of The Great Migration on Democratic Presidential Election campaigns from 1948–1960." Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race 16.1 (2019): 37-61. Grant, Philip A. "Eisenhower and the 1952 Republican Invasion of the South: The Case