Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Connecticut R+27.5.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Connecticut, 1956. The state ran 12.1 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Connecticut result

1,116,887 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

405,072

36.3%

Eisenhower (R)

711,817

63.7%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+27.5

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1956 presidential election

Connecticut, 1956

EisenhowerR+27.5

Constituent county margins for Connecticut — 1956 presidential electionOne cell per constituent county, colored by 1956 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	63.7%	711,817
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	36.3%	405,072
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

9 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin.

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Connecticut's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Connecticut's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	+2.4%
1880	−2.0%
1884	+1.0%
1888	+0.2%
1896	−30.7%
1900	−15.9%
1904	−20.0%
1908	−23.5%
1912	+3.3%
1916	−3.1%
1920	−29.7%
1924	−34.0%
1928	−8.1%
1932	−1.1%
1936	+15.0%
1940	+7.1%
1944	+5.4%
1948	−1.6%
1952	−11.8%
1956	−27.5%
1960	+7.5%
1964	+35.7%
1968	+5.2%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−5.2%
1980	−9.6%
1984	−21.9%
1988	−5.1%
1992	+6.4%
1996	+18.1%
2000	+17.5%
2004	+10.4%
2008	+22.4%
2012	+17.3%
2016	+13.6%
2020	+20.0%
2024	+14.5%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Capitol Planning Region	R	−17.1%	125,735	177,481	303,216
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	R	−40.4%	28,897	68,026	96,922
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region	R	−29.2%	14,867	27,112	41,980
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region	R	−27.4%	55,605	97,524	153,130
Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region	R	−19.4%	11,057	16,385	27,441
Northwest Hills Planning Region	R	−37.2%	11,011	24,063	35,074
South Central Connecticut Planning Region	R	−26.0%	73,934	125,992	199,925
Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region	R	−22.5%	28,854	45,579	74,433
Western Connecticut Planning Region	R	−40.3%	55,112	129,655	184,766