Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Kentucky R+9.1.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Kentucky, 1956. The state ran 6.3 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Kentucky result

1,053,805 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

476,453

45.2%

Eisenhower (R)

572,192

54.3%

All others

5,160

0.5%

Margin

R+9.1

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1956 presidential election

Kentucky, 1956

EisenhowerR+9.1

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	54.3%	572,192
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	45.2%	476,453
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	5,160

D+60

R+60

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

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−25.0%	2,491	4,157	6,651
Allen County	R	−23.6%	1,975	3,200	5,193
Anderson County	D	+5.3%	2,089	1,878	3,973
Ballard County	D	+57.2%	3,088	838	3,936
Barren County	D	+10.6%	5,206	4,206	9,414
Bath County	D	+8.0%	2,221	1,889	4,125
Bell County	R	−20.7%	4,477	6,824	11,319
Boone County	R	−3.4%	2,933	3,139	6,090
Bourbon County	D	+13.6%	3,263	2,475	5,790
Boyd County	R	−14.7%	8,546	11,502	20,082
Boyle County	D	+0.1%	3,436	3,427	6,880
Bracken County	R	−7.3%	1,515	1,754	3,276
Breathitt County	D	+14.5%	3,246	2,423	5,673
Breckinridge County	R	−13.7%	2,867	3,784	6,671
Bullitt County	D	+6.3%	2,279	2,007	4,290
Butler County	R	−46.6%	1,202	3,303	4,513
Caldwell County	R	−5.2%	2,417	2,681	5,124
Calloway County	D	+45.6%	6,152	2,292	8,460
Campbell County	R	−28.3%	10,359	18,617	29,171
Carlisle County	D	+54.4%	2,063	608	2,676
Carroll County	D	+31.3%	2,169	1,130	3,316
Carter County	R	−24.4%	3,112	5,127	8,258
Casey County	R	−45.2%	1,570	4,167	5,749
Christian County	D	+13.3%	6,487	4,963	11,495
Clark County	D	+8.7%	3,609	3,030	6,663
Clay County	R	−65.2%	1,027	4,897	5,934
Clinton County	R	−63.9%	747	3,396	4,147
Crittenden County	R	−25.9%	1,494	2,548	4,068
Cumberland County	R	−44.0%	1,000	2,584	3,601
Daviess County	R	−26.2%	6,674	11,491	18,373
Edmonson County	R	−43.8%	1,092	2,800	3,897
Elliott County	D	+34.9%	2,143	1,033	3,176
Estill County	R	−21.2%	1,912	2,946	4,868
Fayette County	R	−23.4%	13,547	21,904	35,683
Fleming County	R	−4.3%	2,519	2,744	5,280
Floyd County	D	+12.4%	7,907	6,166	14,088
Franklin County	D	+22.4%	6,412	4,047	10,553
Fulton County	D	+43.8%	2,953	1,147	4,128
Gallatin County	D	+38.2%	1,223	547	1,771
Garrard County	R	−12.4%	1,798	2,311	4,133
Grant County	D	+15.5%	2,300	1,680	3,996
Graves County	D	+46.2%	10,090	3,711	13,815
Grayson County	R	−38.6%	2,021	4,565	6,592
Green County	R	−26.1%	1,726	2,951	4,689
Greenup County	R	−4.0%	5,045	5,464	10,538
Hancock County	R	−12.6%	1,022	1,317	2,346
Hardin County	R	−7.7%	4,325	5,050	9,430
Harlan County	R	−12.1%	6,915	8,820	15,761
Harrison County	D	+24.5%	3,515	2,128	5,657
Hart County	R	−1.1%	3,207	3,276	6,506
Henderson County	D	+3.8%	5,501	5,085	10,838
Henry County	D	+30.7%	3,157	1,670	4,838
Hickman County	D	+50.0%	2,367	785	3,163
Hopkins County	D	+10.4%	6,535	5,300	11,917
Jackson County	R	−77.1%	501	3,950	4,471
Jefferson County	R	−17.5%	83,483	119,262	203,917
Jessamine County	R	−5.9%	2,072	2,340	4,553
Johnson County	R	−42.2%	2,356	5,802	8,165
Kenton County	R	−16.6%	14,923	20,895	36,070
Knott County	D	+39.8%	3,987	1,715	5,712
Knox County	R	−42.8%	2,539	6,341	8,882
Larue County	R	−12.4%	1,859	2,387	4,259
Laurel County	R	−47.9%	2,316	6,586	8,916
Lawrence County	R	−8.0%	2,495	2,932	5,438
Lee County	R	−30.8%	938	1,774	2,716
Leslie County	R	−75.1%	531	3,770	4,315
Letcher County	R	−16.2%	4,133	5,741	9,904
Lewis County	R	−35.5%	1,585	3,333	4,927
Lincoln County	R	−8.9%	2,953	3,535	6,510
Livingston County	D	+18.0%	1,795	1,247	3,046
Logan County	D	+29.9%	5,299	2,855	8,174
Lyon County	D	+21.2%	1,527	989	2,535
Madison County	R	−2.4%	5,670	5,955	11,710
Magoffin County	R	−4.0%	2,162	2,343	4,509
Marion County	R	−0.3%	2,927	2,945	5,892
Marshall County	D	+36.7%	4,358	2,015	6,382
Martin County	R	−61.5%	694	2,927	3,633
Mason County	R	−4.1%	3,572	3,880	7,490
McCracken County	D	+33.1%	14,103	7,076	21,258
McCreary County	R	−64.8%	814	3,812	4,630
McLean County	D	+2.0%	1,965	1,886	3,870
Meade County	D	+9.4%	2,016	1,670	3,692
Menifee County	D	+19.4%	1,185	799	1,985
Mercer County	R	−6.7%	2,767	3,168	5,952
Metcalfe County	R	−9.0%	2,014	2,412	4,438
Monroe County	R	−49.9%	1,255	3,759	5,014
Montgomery County	D	+8.9%	2,656	2,220	4,895
Morgan County	D	+25.5%	3,164	1,878	5,048
Muhlenberg County	R	−5.6%	4,752	5,323	10,113
Nelson County	R	−11.8%	3,240	4,107	7,365
Nicholas County	D	+24.8%	1,667	999	2,695
Ohio County	R	−28.4%	2,726	4,901	7,649
Oldham County	R	−9.2%	1,769	2,128	3,909
Owen County	D	+54.6%	2,928	857	3,791
Owsley County	R	−71.7%	331	2,013	2,347
Pendleton County	R	−9.2%	1,889	2,273	4,174
Perry County	R	−18.3%	4,545	6,591	11,161
Pike County	R	−0.9%	11,466	11,678	23,185
Powell County	D	+0.1%	1,343	1,339	2,685
Pulaski County	R	−46.2%	3,899	10,636	14,572
Robertson County	D	+12.5%	793	617	1,412
Rockcastle County	R	−48.4%	1,313	3,787	5,112
Rowan County	R	−1.9%	2,380	2,470	4,857
Russell County	R	−40.9%	1,284	3,065	4,358
Scott County	D	+19.0%	2,860	1,940	4,848
Shelby County	D	+18.4%	4,017	2,768	6,799
Simpson County	D	+32.8%	2,879	1,454	4,350
Spencer County	D	+15.0%	1,214	896	2,117
Taylor County	R	−23.0%	2,433	3,892	6,342
Todd County	D	+35.0%	3,087	1,480	4,585
Trigg County	D	+30.8%	2,517	1,329	3,855
Trimble County	D	+55.7%	1,792	506	2,310
Union County	D	+17.5%	2,863	1,956	5,193
Warren County	R	−6.4%	7,143	8,123	15,310
Washington County	R	−9.7%	2,084	2,536	4,637
Wayne County	R	−22.8%	2,263	3,609	5,902
Webster County	D	+21.0%	3,050	1,948	5,253
Whitley County	R	−48.9%	2,656	7,759	10,438
Wolfe County	D	+22.8%	1,683	1,059	2,742
Woodford County	R	−3.4%	2,027	2,170	4,257