Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Kansas R+31.2.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Kansas, 1956. The state ran 15.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Kansas result

866,243 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

296,317

34.2%

Eisenhower (R)

566,878

65.4%

All others

3,048

0.4%

Margin

R+31.2

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1956 presidential election

Kansas, 1956

EisenhowerR+31.2

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	65.4%	566,878
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	34.2%	296,317
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	3,048

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−50.2%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−42.6%	2,143	5,342	7,508
Anderson County	R	−38.3%	1,369	3,080	4,463
Atchison County	R	−28.3%	3,134	5,608	8,751
Barber County	R	−36.9%	1,241	2,698	3,949
Barton County	R	−32.7%	4,378	8,644	13,063
Bourbon County	R	−25.3%	3,151	5,306	8,504
Brown County	R	−54.2%	1,519	5,138	6,677
Butler County	R	−21.7%	6,158	9,591	15,794
Chase County	R	−49.1%	529	1,553	2,086
Chautauqua County	R	−42.0%	887	2,180	3,077
Cherokee County	R	−17.2%	4,112	5,824	9,975
Cheyenne County	R	−38.0%	663	1,479	2,150
Clark County	R	−40.1%	529	1,243	1,780
Clay County	R	−61.2%	1,034	4,378	5,461
Cloud County	R	−37.8%	2,008	4,466	6,509
Coffey County	R	−44.8%	1,247	3,286	4,549
Comanche County	R	−45.4%	461	1,238	1,710
Cowley County	R	−28.3%	3,753	6,734	10,533
Crawford County	R	−10.2%	7,799	9,578	17,437
Decatur County	R	−37.5%	920	2,028	2,957
Dickinson County	R	−50.2%	2,452	7,422	9,908
Doniphan County	R	−44.5%	1,197	3,130	4,339
Douglas County	R	−43.9%	4,283	11,029	15,351
Edwards County	R	−40.2%	771	1,816	2,597
Elk County	R	−40.2%	812	1,909	2,731
Ellis County	R	−18.7%	3,058	4,466	7,528
Ellsworth County	R	−30.2%	1,351	2,524	3,889
Finney County	R	−34.1%	1,752	3,576	5,348
Ford County	R	−34.3%	2,710	5,561	8,320
Franklin County	R	−43.2%	2,591	6,557	9,181
Geary County	R	−31.6%	2,078	4,013	6,123
Gove County	R	−45.2%	492	1,315	1,819
Graham County	R	−39.4%	725	1,676	2,412
Grant County	R	−39.3%	459	1,058	1,523
Gray County	R	−34.0%	627	1,278	1,914
Greeley County	R	−54.7%	174	599	777
Greenwood County	R	−40.4%	1,763	4,164	5,948
Hamilton County	R	−21.9%	552	865	1,426
Harper County	R	−40.5%	1,311	3,111	4,445
Harvey County	R	−40.8%	3,084	7,367	10,494
Haskell County	R	−41.5%	341	829	1,176
Hodgeman County	R	−43.6%	435	1,113	1,554
Jackson County	R	−43.7%	1,356	3,469	4,837
Jefferson County	R	−40.9%	1,536	3,677	5,235
Jewell County	R	−52.5%	1,034	3,395	4,496
Johnson County	R	−42.9%	14,185	35,511	49,733
Kearny County	R	−34.2%	418	854	1,275
Kingman County	R	−38.5%	1,428	3,226	4,670
Kiowa County	R	−53.2%	517	1,717	2,254
Labette County	R	−19.1%	5,202	7,677	12,936
Lane County	R	−44.5%	380	992	1,376
Leavenworth County	R	−23.3%	5,480	8,826	14,339
Lincoln County	R	−52.8%	681	2,219	2,912
Linn County	R	−43.4%	1,177	2,991	4,175
Logan County	R	−45.7%	493	1,328	1,829
Lyon County	R	−35.2%	3,831	8,021	11,911
Marion County	R	−52.5%	1,644	5,318	6,998
Marshall County	R	−38.8%	2,487	5,664	8,179
McPherson County	R	−48.2%	2,603	7,521	10,198
Meade County	R	−49.5%	575	1,720	2,315
Miami County	R	−18.9%	3,428	5,031	8,484
Mitchell County	R	−44.8%	1,214	3,198	4,432
Montgomery County	R	−29.1%	7,265	13,252	20,598
Morris County	R	−37.6%	1,208	2,677	3,905
Morton County	R	−30.1%	436	814	1,257
Nemaha County	R	−34.5%	2,038	4,195	6,251
Neosho County	R	−32.3%	3,005	5,886	8,920
Ness County	R	−42.2%	758	1,876	2,650
Norton County	R	−43.6%	1,194	3,052	4,264
Osage County	R	−35.1%	1,979	4,136	6,147
Osborne County	R	−48.1%	1,023	2,948	3,999
Ottawa County	R	−38.2%	1,037	2,329	3,385
Pawnee County	R	−27.9%	1,567	2,788	4,375
Phillips County	R	−51.6%	985	3,117	4,129
Pottawatomie County	R	−50.4%	1,422	4,335	5,782
Pratt County	R	−29.7%	1,956	3,620	5,610
Rawlins County	R	−40.1%	711	1,668	2,387
Reno County	R	−33.6%	7,461	15,057	22,620
Republic County	R	−38.1%	1,613	3,621	5,266
Rice County	R	−41.2%	1,926	4,638	6,581
Riley County	R	−54.0%	2,784	9,385	12,213
Rooks County	R	−42.2%	1,238	3,059	4,316
Rush County	R	−30.0%	1,080	2,007	3,094
Russell County	R	−43.8%	1,528	3,920	5,461
Saline County	R	−38.9%	4,908	11,172	16,117
Scott County	R	−50.5%	451	1,376	1,832
Sedgwick County	R	−22.4%	45,732	72,292	118,360
Seward County	R	−42.4%	1,162	2,885	4,066
Shawnee County	R	−33.3%	16,298	32,647	49,075
Sheridan County	R	−35.2%	633	1,324	1,964
Sherman County	R	−30.7%	962	1,825	2,809
Smith County	R	−46.5%	1,139	3,142	4,307
Stafford County	R	−37.2%	1,242	2,728	3,990
Stanton County	R	−41.3%	226	549	782
Stevens County	R	−38.4%	565	1,273	1,845
Sumner County	R	−26.3%	4,088	7,024	11,158
Thomas County	R	−24.7%	1,138	1,888	3,042
Trego County	R	−39.2%	726	1,668	2,403
Wabaunsee County	R	−53.4%	802	2,650	3,458
Wallace County	R	−46.0%	251	684	941
Washington County	R	−50.2%	1,389	4,220	5,641
Wichita County	R	−41.0%	312	747	1,061
Wilson County	R	−46.3%	1,645	4,502	6,167
Woodson County	R	−42.5%	870	2,171	3,063
Wyandotte County	D	+4.5%	37,842	34,604	72,632