Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Arizona R+22.1.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Arizona, 1956. The state ran 6.7 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Arizona result

290,173 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

112,880

38.9%

Eisenhower (R)

176,990

61.0%

All others

303

0.1%

Margin

R+22.1

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1956 presidential election

Arizona, 1956

EisenhowerR+22.1

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	61.0%	176,990
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	38.9%	112,880
OtherAll other candidates	0.1%	303

D+60

R+60

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

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Arizona's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Arizona's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+30.8%
1916	+21.8%
1920	−11.2%
1924	−5.8%
1928	−15.3%
1932	+36.5%
1936	+42.9%
1940	+27.5%
1944	+17.9%
1948	+10.0%
1952	−16.7%
1956	−22.1%
1960	−11.1%
1964	−0.8%
1968	−19.8%
1972	−31.3%
1976	−16.6%
1980	−32.4%
1984	−33.9%
1988	−21.2%
1992	−2.0%
1996	+2.2%
2000	−6.3%
2004	−10.5%
2008	−8.5%
2012	−9.0%
2016	−3.5%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−5.5%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Apache County	R	−26.4%	981	1,685	2,667
Cochise County	R	−12.8%	5,328	6,893	12,230
Coconino County	R	−27.2%	2,314	4,044	6,369
Gila County	R	−2.5%	4,026	4,234	8,260
Graham County	R	−17.1%	1,688	2,384	4,072
Greenlee County	D	+20.6%	2,711	1,784	4,495
Maricopa County	R	−26.1%	54,010	92,140	146,341
Mohave County	R	−22.2%	968	1,523	2,497
Navajo County	R	−31.7%	2,033	3,928	5,970
Pima County	R	−25.1%	23,536	39,298	62,885
Pinal County	R	−6.4%	5,063	5,762	10,842
Santa Cruz County	R	−18.5%	1,131	1,646	2,778
Yavapai County	R	−31.3%	3,315	6,339	9,654
Yuma County	D	+4.0%	5,776	5,330	11,113