Dwight D. Eisenhower carried California R+11.1.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in California, 1956. The state ran 4.3 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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California result

5,466,355 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

2,420,135

44.3%

Eisenhower (R)

3,027,668

55.4%

All others

18,552

0.3%

Margin

R+11.1

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1956 presidential election

California, 1956

EisenhowerR+11.1

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	55.4%	3,027,668
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	44.3%	2,420,135
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	18,552

D+60

R+60

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

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1956 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	R	−5.1%	174,033	192,911	368,131
Alpine County	R	−59.4%	29	114	143
Amador County	D	+1.3%	2,181	2,126	4,325
Butte County	R	−17.3%	12,933	18,382	31,462
Calaveras County	R	−16.2%	2,049	2,843	4,909
Colusa County	R	−6.5%	2,171	2,474	4,648
Contra Costa County	R	−2.2%	71,733	74,971	147,051
Del Norte County	R	−6.7%	2,552	2,918	5,487
El Dorado County	R	−7.6%	3,957	4,613	8,607
Fresno County	D	+13.1%	67,234	51,611	119,115
Glenn County	R	−4.1%	3,192	3,463	6,665
Humboldt County	R	−5.5%	17,025	19,019	36,177
Imperial County	R	−12.4%	8,197	10,526	18,781
Inyo County	R	−32.7%	1,782	3,524	5,324
Kern County	R	−3.0%	43,533	46,220	90,075
Kings County	D	+15.2%	8,417	6,195	14,652
Lake County	R	−30.1%	2,185	4,073	6,282
Lassen County	D	+14.7%	3,412	2,533	5,963
Los Angeles County	R	−11.1%	1,007,887	1,260,206	2,275,424
Madera County	D	+15.5%	7,162	5,239	12,439
Marin County	R	−32.2%	17,301	33,792	51,244
Mariposa County	R	−20.9%	1,031	1,577	2,615
Mendocino County	R	−14.1%	7,767	10,327	18,137
Merced County	D	+7.8%	13,366	11,430	24,852
Modoc County	R	−6.8%	1,729	1,981	3,723
Mono County	R	−47.8%	237	673	912
Monterey County	R	−19.3%	19,932	29,514	49,573
Napa County	R	−12.3%	10,623	13,610	24,333
Nevada County	R	−19.7%	3,667	5,475	9,173
Orange County	R	−34.5%	54,895	113,510	169,879
Placer County	D	+7.9%	10,611	9,059	19,739
Plumas County	D	+15.9%	3,127	2,267	5,415
Riverside County	R	−24.8%	34,098	56,766	91,329
Sacramento County	D	+9.6%	82,134	67,686	150,080
San Benito County	R	−19.2%	2,201	3,252	5,463
San Bernardino County	R	−14.1%	64,946	86,263	151,652
San Diego County	R	−29.3%	106,716	195,742	303,605
San Francisco County	R	−3.5%	161,766	173,648	336,967
San Joaquin County	R	−9.3%	36,941	44,491	81,600
San Luis Obispo County	R	−17.4%	11,407	16,223	27,748
San Mateo County	R	−22.2%	63,637	100,049	163,903
Santa Barbara County	R	−29.6%	16,925	31,294	48,484
Santa Clara County	R	−18.5%	72,528	105,657	178,818
Santa Cruz County	R	−27.4%	12,574	22,109	34,776
Shasta County	D	+11.9%	11,239	8,833	20,149
Sierra County	R	−1.4%	620	638	1,262
Siskiyou County	R	−0.0%	6,837	6,841	13,741
Solano County	D	+16.4%	24,903	17,865	42,863
Sonoma County	R	−24.0%	20,616	33,659	54,361
Stanislaus County	D	+2.4%	28,040	26,695	54,927
Sutter County	R	−26.3%	3,673	6,327	10,077
Tehama County	R	−8.0%	4,143	4,866	9,042
Trinity County	R	−1.4%	1,406	1,447	2,870
Tulare County	R	−5.3%	23,407	26,051	49,618
Tuolumne County	R	−4.5%	3,310	3,619	6,943
Ventura County	R	−0.1%	26,276	26,342	52,767
Yolo County	D	+3.7%	10,075	9,347	19,479
Yuba County	R	−11.8%	3,767	4,782	8,576