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Presidents[edit]

1948 United States presidential election

← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout52.2%[15] Decrease 3.7 pp
 
Nominee Harold Stassen Henry A. Wallace Richard Russell
Party Republican Democratic Dixiecrat
Home state Minnesota Iowa Georgia
Running mate Arthur Vandenberg Sam Rayburn Strom Thurmond
Electoral vote 301 171 59
States carried 26 16 6
Popular vote 23,366,892 22,568,557 2,014,903
Percentage 48.6% 47.0% 4.2%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Stassen/Vandenberg, blue denotes those won by Wallace/Rayburn, orange denotes those won by Russell/Thurmond. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Henry A. Wallace
Democratic

Elected President

Harold Stassen
Republican


1952 United States presidential election

← 1948 November 4, 1952 1956 →

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout63.3%[16] Increase 10.3 pp
 
Nominee Harold Stassen Sid McMath
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Minnesota Arkansas
Running mate William Knowland Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 401 130
States carried 35 13
Popular vote 33,051,881 28,675,031
Percentage 52.9% 45.9%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Stassen/Knowland, blue denotes those won by McMath/Kefauver. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

w:Harold Stassen
Republican

Elected President

w:Harold Stassen
Republican


1956 United States presidential election

← 1952 November 6, 1956 1960 →

531 members of the Electoral College
266 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout60.2%[17] Decrease 2.1 pp
 
Nominee Joseph McCarthy John W. McCormack Tom Connally
Party Republican Democratic Nation First
Home state Wisconsin Massachusetts Texas
Running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson W.A. Criswell
Electoral vote 274 238 19
States carried 27 19 2
Popular vote 29,708,572 29,584,483 2,604,923
Percentage 47.9% 47.7% 4.2%

Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by McCarthy/Lodge, blue denotes those won by McCormack/Johnson, orange denotes states won by Connally/Criswell. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Harold Stassen
Republican

Elected President

Joseph McCarthy
Republican


1960 United States presidential election

← 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 →

537 members of the Electoral College
269 electoral votes needed to win
Opinion polls
Turnout63.8%[18] Increase 3.6 pp
 
Nominee J. William Fulbright Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Arkansas Massachusetts
Running mate Mike Mansfield Wallace F. Bennett
Electoral vote 468 72
States carried 37 13

Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Fulbright/Mansfield, and red denotes those won by Lodge/Bennett. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Republican

Elected President

J. William Fulbright
Democratic

oh also fulbright won puerto rico


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  2. ^ Guide to U.S. Elections (2010), pp. 257–258.
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  4. ^ Brinkley (2000).
  5. ^ Hamby (2000).
  6. ^ Abbott (2005), p. 636.
  7. ^ Ambrose (2000).
  8. ^ Parmet (2000).
  9. ^ Gardner (2000).
  10. ^ Abbott (2005), p. 633.
  11. ^ Hoff (b) (2000).
  12. ^ a b Greene (2013).
  13. ^ whitehouse.gov (a).
  14. ^ Schaller (2004).
  15. ^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
  16. ^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.
  17. ^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789-Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.
  18. ^ "National General Election VEP Turnout Rates, 1789–Present". United States Election Project. CQ Press.