* Eisenhower won 442. * Stevenson won 89.
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Dwight Eisenhower won the 1952 presidential election defeating Adlai Stevenson. In the 1952 presidential election Dwight Eisenhower received 442 electoral votes and Adlai Stevenson received 89 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Eisenhower 33,936,234 and Stevenson 27,314,992.
The creation of the electoral college and 4 year term period for presidency.
Since 1832 the president has been elected by citizens through the electoral college.
Virginia had 13 electoral votes in 2011, though no Presidential election took place that year.
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The year in which the first presidential campaign advertisement aired on television was 1952. President Dwight D. Eisenhower won that election with 442 electoral votes.
George Washington won the first electoral election in 1789 with 69 electoral votes.