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 ⓘ
DemocraticNationalConventionLocation 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 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 ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 elections ⓘ
linked to: 1952 United States presidential election
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 ⓘ
Adlai E. Stevenson II → presidentialElectionCampaign → 1952 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject linked to: Stevenson family of Illinois
Richard Nixon’s 1952 U.S. vice‑presidential campaign → election → 1952 United States presidential election ⓘ
Richard Nixon’s 1952 Checkers speech → context → 1952 United States presidential election ⓘ