Campaigning at Case: Presidential Elections,
1892-2008
1952: Case Liked Ike, But Not Reserve
In an informal vote conducted by the Reserve Tribune,
students were polled at the Eldred and Haydn Hall snack bars
and the University Cafeteria. Democrat Adlai Stevenson received
164 votes, while Republican Dwight Eisenhower received 111.
Case’s mock political convention went for Eisenhower. The
then all-male Case undergraduate student body recruited faculty
wives, college secretaries, and Lake Erie College students to
serve as convention secretaries.
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Women students show their support for
the presidential candidates: Dwight D. Eisenhower and
Adlai Stevenson.
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Case Alumnus' May 1952 issue covered
the Mock Political Convention - the parade, the speeches,
the votes - reporting that 800 students participated.
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Students making placards for the Mock
Political Convention (below).
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More student support for Adlai Stevenson
and the Democrats (below).
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Ohio Popular Vote |
National Popular Vote |
Electoral Vote |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 2,100,391 (56.8%)
Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 1,600,367 (43.2%) |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 33,936,137 (55.13%)
Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 27,314,669 (44.38%)
Vincent Hallinan (Progressive) 140,416 (.23%)
Stuart Hamblen (Prohibition) 73,413 (.12%) |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) 442
Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 89 |
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve
University Archives, September 2004.
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