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The United States presidential election of 1952 was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday November 4 1952. Republican Dwight Eisenhower was the landslide winner ending a string of Democratic wins that stretched back to 1932. He carried the Republican Party (GOP) to narrow control of the House and Senate. During this time Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was at a high level.