Adlai Stevenson carried Georgia D+34.1.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Georgia, 1956. The state ran 49.5 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Georgia result

657,756 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

441,094

67.1%

Eisenhower (R)

216,662

32.9%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+34.1

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1956 presidential election

Georgia, 1956

StevensonD+34.1

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic	67.1%	441,094
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican	32.9%	216,662
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	D	+54.5%	1,719	506	2,225
Atkinson County	D	+86.7%	1,719	122	1,841
Bacon County	D	+72.2%	2,445	394	2,839
Baker County	D	+92.1%	783	32	815
Baldwin County	D	+35.6%	2,275	1,080	3,355
Banks County	D	+68.2%	989	187	1,176
Barrow County	D	+67.4%	2,266	442	2,708
Bartow County	D	+40.6%	3,640	1,536	5,176
Ben Hill County	D	+59.0%	2,150	554	2,704
Berrien County	D	+87.1%	2,398	165	2,563
Bibb County	D	+34.8%	14,966	7,242	22,208
Bleckley County	D	+83.7%	1,537	136	1,673
Brantley County	D	+68.2%	1,208	228	1,436
Brooks County	D	+56.8%	1,936	534	2,470
Bryan County	D	+57.9%	1,242	331	1,573
Bulloch County	D	+58.2%	3,414	901	4,315
Burke County	D	+28.6%	1,300	721	2,021
Butts County	D	+70.7%	1,885	323	2,208
Calhoun County	D	+82.2%	1,094	107	1,201
Camden County	D	+7.5%	1,178	1,014	2,192
Candler County	D	+52.8%	996	308	1,304
Carroll County	D	+47.9%	4,855	1,712	6,567
Catoosa County	D	+23.6%	2,163	1,336	3,499
Charlton County	D	+57.2%	750	204	954
Chatham County	R	−25.1%	8,698	14,520	23,218
Chattahoochee County	D	+42.7%	107	43	150
Chattooga County	D	+38.9%	3,823	1,682	5,505
Cherokee County	D	+7.1%	2,110	1,829	3,939
Clarke County	D	+33.8%	4,257	2,107	6,364
Clay County	D	+58.2%	390	103	493
Clayton County	D	+55.2%	5,522	1,593	7,115
Clinch County	D	+50.5%	1,577	518	2,095
Cobb County	D	+26.5%	11,696	6,798	18,494
Coffee County	D	+69.6%	3,199	574	3,773
Colquitt County	D	+53.5%	4,412	1,336	5,748
Columbia County	D	+30.3%	866	463	1,329
Cook County	D	+79.1%	2,100	245	2,345
Coweta County	D	+55.9%	3,003	850	3,853
Crawford County	D	+75.5%	779	109	888
Crisp County	D	+50.3%	2,526	835	3,361
Dade County	D	+8.8%	863	723	1,586
Dawson County	D	+8.1%	721	613	1,334
Decatur County	D	+55.4%	3,699	1,062	4,761
DeKalb County	D	+31.1%	29,915	15,718	45,633
Dodge County	D	+65.0%	3,479	738	4,217
Dooly County	D	+82.8%	1,851	174	2,025
Dougherty County	D	+11.9%	4,126	3,248	7,374
Douglas County	D	+35.7%	2,111	1,001	3,112
Early County	D	+80.8%	1,818	193	2,011
Echols County	D	+59.5%	528	134	662
Effingham County	R	−2.1%	611	637	1,248
Elbert County	D	+78.1%	3,635	447	4,082
Emanuel County	D	+55.6%	2,373	678	3,051
Evans County	D	+52.8%	1,152	356	1,508
Fannin County	R	−28.8%	1,945	3,521	5,466
Fayette County	D	+80.9%	1,308	138	1,446
Floyd County	D	+5.4%	6,633	5,955	12,588
Forsyth County	D	+27.7%	1,998	1,131	3,129
Franklin County	D	+84.3%	2,968	253	3,221
Fulton County	D	+15.6%	51,098	37,326	88,424
Gilmer County	R	−18.6%	1,275	1,857	3,132
Glascock County	D	+48.1%	314	110	424
Glynn County	R	−0.4%	3,071	3,098	6,169
Gordon County	D	+31.6%	1,970	1,024	2,994
Grady County	D	+68.9%	2,697	496	3,193
Greene County	D	+57.6%	2,012	541	2,553
Gwinnett County	D	+59.5%	5,687	1,443	7,130
Habersham County	D	+45.4%	2,276	855	3,131
Hall County	D	+37.0%	5,989	2,752	8,741
Hancock County	D	+41.7%	860	354	1,214
Haralson County	D	+5.4%	2,472	2,218	4,690
Harris County	D	+40.4%	1,327	563	1,890
Hart County	D	+82.8%	1,139	107	1,246
Heard County	D	+70.2%	1,106	194	1,300
Henry County	D	+51.3%	2,636	848	3,484
Houston County	D	+61.8%	4,483	1,060	5,543
Irwin County	D	+66.6%	1,554	312	1,866
Jackson County	D	+75.2%	3,100	438	3,538
Jasper County	D	+53.9%	962	288	1,250
Jeff Davis County	D	+74.0%	1,656	247	1,903
Jefferson County	D	+45.0%	1,351	512	1,863
Jenkins County	D	+58.6%	1,000	261	1,261
Johnson County	D	+80.0%	1,607	179	1,786
Jones County	D	+51.9%	1,208	382	1,590
Lamar County	D	+46.8%	1,531	555	2,086
Lanier County	D	+70.8%	890	152	1,042
Laurens County	D	+62.1%	5,085	1,189	6,274
Lee County	D	+74.1%	532	79	611
Liberty County	R	−4.0%	892	967	1,859
Lincoln County	D	+63.6%	696	155	851
Long County	D	+61.9%	1,195	281	1,476
Lowndes County	D	+29.7%	3,936	2,135	6,071
Lumpkin County	D	+17.6%	693	486	1,179
Macon County	D	+69.1%	1,984	363	2,347
Madison County	D	+86.5%	2,222	161	2,383
Marion County	D	+59.3%	618	158	776
McDuffie County	D	+23.1%	1,039	649	1,688
McIntosh County	R	−17.4%	624	886	1,510
Meriwether County	D	+68.2%	3,137	592	3,729
Miller County	D	+56.0%	1,563	441	2,004
Mitchell County	D	+75.5%	2,735	382	3,117
Monroe County	D	+50.7%	1,545	506	2,051
Montgomery County	D	+59.0%	1,052	271	1,323
Morgan County	D	+71.7%	1,492	246	1,738
Murray County	D	+22.8%	1,819	1,144	2,963
Muscogee County	R	−0.1%	8,160	8,176	16,336
Newton County	D	+71.7%	3,232	532	3,764
Oconee County	D	+57.3%	1,156	314	1,470
Oglethorpe County	D	+78.7%	1,404	167	1,571
Paulding County	D	+26.0%	1,599	940	2,539
Peach County	D	+53.9%	1,541	461	2,002
Pickens County	R	−30.9%	1,236	2,341	3,577
Pierce County	D	+71.1%	1,766	298	2,064
Pike County	D	+67.1%	1,067	210	1,277
Polk County	D	+36.4%	4,502	2,098	6,600
Pulaski County	D	+78.5%	1,422	171	1,593
Putnam County	D	+60.6%	1,093	268	1,361
Quitman County	D	+83.9%	355	31	386
Rabun County	D	+54.2%	1,391	413	1,804
Randolph County	D	+48.6%	1,582	547	2,129
Richmond County	R	−20.1%	6,819	10,251	17,070
Rockdale County	D	+57.2%	1,779	484	2,263
Schley County	D	+58.1%	441	117	558
Screven County	D	+43.8%	1,332	521	1,853
Seminole County	D	+82.5%	1,343	129	1,472
Spalding County	D	+53.8%	4,853	1,458	6,311
Stephens County	D	+58.3%	2,595	684	3,279
Stewart County	D	+49.3%	692	235	927
Sumter County	D	+49.3%	2,149	730	2,879
Talbot County	D	+67.8%	710	136	846
Taliaferro County	D	+57.8%	599	160	759
Tattnall County	D	+62.1%	1,881	440	2,321
Taylor County	D	+66.2%	1,359	276	1,635
Telfair County	D	+75.9%	2,075	284	2,359
Terrell County	D	+73.0%	1,300	203	1,503
Thomas County	D	+22.2%	3,522	2,240	5,762
Tift County	D	+53.0%	3,123	960	4,083
Toombs County	D	+61.9%	2,397	565	2,962
Towns County	R	−10.7%	885	1,096	1,981
Treutlen County	D	+78.3%	960	117	1,077
Troup County	D	+47.1%	6,162	2,214	8,376
Turner County	D	+59.6%	1,398	354	1,752
Twiggs County	D	+71.3%	1,002	168	1,170
Union County	D	+0.9%	1,386	1,360	2,746
Upson County	D	+65.6%	3,422	712	4,134
Walker County	D	+1.9%	3,693	3,552	7,245
Walton County	D	+74.9%	3,271	470	3,741
Ware County	D	+44.2%	5,888	2,276	8,164
Warren County	D	+63.2%	674	152	826
Washington County	D	+61.6%	2,530	602	3,132
Wayne County	D	+37.4%	2,084	950	3,034
Webster County	D	+70.5%	295	51	346
Wheeler County	D	+73.9%	992	149	1,141
White County	D	+40.2%	1,099	469	1,568
Whitfield County	D	+0.7%	4,264	4,205	8,469
Wilcox County	D	+75.8%	1,686	232	1,918
Wilkes County	D	+69.9%	1,714	304	2,018
Wilkinson County	D	+53.5%	1,299	393	1,692
Worth County	D	+75.3%	2,078	293	2,371