Adlai Stevenson carried Arkansas D+6.6.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Arkansas, 1956. The state ran 22.0 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

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Arkansas result

406,572 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

213,277

52.5%

Eisenhower (R)

186,287

45.8%

All others

7,008

1.7%

Margin

D+6.6

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1956 presidential election

Arkansas, 1956

StevensonD+6.6

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic	52.5%	213,277
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican	45.8%	186,287
OtherAll other candidates	1.7%	7,008

D+60

R+60

75 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Arkansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Arkansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+27.6%
1896	+48.6%
1900	+28.5%
1904	+15.2%
1908	+20.3%
1912	+35.9%
1916	+40.9%
1920	+18.9%
1924	+31.9%
1928	+20.9%
1932	+73.9%
1936	+63.9%
1940	+57.4%
1944	+40.1%
1948	+40.7%
1952	+12.1%
1956	+6.6%
1960	+7.1%
1964	+12.7%
1968	−0.4%
1972	−38.1%
1976	+30.0%
1980	−0.6%
1984	−22.2%
1988	−14.2%
1992	+17.7%
1996	+16.9%
2000	−5.4%
2004	−9.8%
2008	−19.9%
2012	−23.7%
2016	−27.8%
2020	−27.6%
2024	−30.6%

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County results — 1956

75 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Arkansas County	R	−1.6%	2,736	2,826	5,635
Ashley County	D	+38.3%	2,820	1,183	4,270
Baxter County	R	−8.5%	1,451	1,721	3,192
Benton County	R	−26.7%	3,744	6,500	10,305
Boone County	R	−5.4%	2,829	3,153	6,006
Bradley County	D	+37.3%	3,010	1,361	4,426
Calhoun County	D	+48.7%	1,303	445	1,762
Carroll County	R	−16.6%	1,651	2,310	3,980
Chicot County	D	+35.6%	2,273	1,043	3,455
Clark County	D	+17.3%	2,809	1,973	4,840
Clay County	D	+16.0%	2,368	1,711	4,113
Cleburne County	D	+7.2%	1,094	947	2,048
Cleveland County	D	+45.6%	1,149	423	1,592
Columbia County	D	+9.3%	2,845	2,342	5,394
Conway County	D	+22.9%	2,618	1,636	4,281
Craighead County	D	+18.3%	5,876	4,035	10,060
Crawford County	R	−6.3%	2,723	3,090	5,843
Crittenden County	R	−7.3%	2,120	2,476	4,873
Cross County	D	+28.9%	2,165	1,176	3,417
Dallas County	D	+26.9%	1,726	984	2,762
Desha County	D	+41.3%	2,935	1,204	4,191
Drew County	D	+27.0%	2,234	1,265	3,586
Faulkner County	D	+17.6%	3,428	2,399	5,860
Franklin County	D	+17.2%	1,614	1,137	2,771
Fulton County	D	+9.0%	958	799	1,771
Garland County	R	−26.5%	5,437	9,427	15,076
Grant County	D	+21.2%	1,272	818	2,139
Greene County	D	+28.9%	3,454	1,898	5,389
Hempstead County	D	+9.3%	2,694	2,227	4,997
Hot Spring County	D	+9.3%	3,525	2,923	6,502
Howard County	D	+3.6%	1,428	1,329	2,785
Independence County	R	−0.4%	2,316	2,333	4,683
Izard County	D	+40.2%	1,200	511	1,716
Jackson County	D	+46.9%	3,699	1,323	5,061
Jefferson County	D	+5.4%	6,426	5,743	12,558
Johnson County	D	+5.5%	1,697	1,520	3,245
Lafayette County	D	+22.5%	1,348	836	2,280
Lawrence County	D	+18.2%	2,303	1,584	3,948
Lee County	D	+26.5%	1,719	974	2,814
Lincoln County	D	+35.3%	1,616	767	2,405
Little River County	D	+21.8%	1,308	828	2,198
Logan County	D	+5.1%	2,307	2,081	4,412
Lonoke County	D	+24.4%	3,234	1,932	5,336
Madison County	R	−7.2%	2,186	2,525	4,716
Marion County	D	+10.6%	1,061	857	1,922
Miller County	D	+11.0%	5,402	4,307	9,987
Mississippi County	D	+19.7%	6,428	4,269	10,955
Monroe County	D	+13.7%	1,460	1,099	2,634
Montgomery County	R	−6.5%	846	965	1,829
Nevada County	D	+28.3%	1,871	1,039	2,943
Newton County	R	−28.0%	832	1,481	2,316
Ouachita County	D	+29.1%	5,188	2,819	8,129
Perry County	D	+11.3%	719	572	1,304
Phillips County	D	+15.7%	3,917	2,826	6,940
Pike County	D	+4.2%	985	905	1,903
Poinsett County	D	+28.3%	3,817	2,117	6,006
Polk County	R	−17.3%	1,287	1,832	3,143
Pope County	D	+9.6%	2,753	2,267	5,045
Prairie County	D	+24.1%	1,504	917	2,440
Pulaski County	R	−4.6%	23,372	25,702	50,301
Randolph County	D	+22.3%	1,763	1,117	2,893
Saline County	D	+17.3%	3,705	2,603	6,378
Scott County	R	−13.4%	1,248	1,637	2,899
Searcy County	R	−45.4%	909	2,441	3,374
Sebastian County	R	−15.4%	7,489	10,234	17,841
Sevier County	D	+12.7%	1,500	1,159	2,678
Sharp County	D	+17.6%	927	645	1,600
St. Francis County	D	+5.5%	2,114	1,884	4,199
Stone County	D	+7.4%	756	651	1,411
Union County	D	+15.7%	7,055	5,059	12,726
Van Buren County	D	+1.3%	1,331	1,296	2,642
Washington County	R	−22.4%	4,857	7,683	12,623
White County	D	+12.4%	4,895	3,813	8,750
Woodruff County	D	+23.9%	1,630	992	2,675
Yell County	D	+18.5%	2,008	1,381	3,393