Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Michigan R+11.5.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Michigan, 1956. The state ran 3.9 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Michigan result

3,080,468 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

1,359,898

44.1%

Eisenhower (R)

1,713,647

55.6%

All others

6,923

0.2%

Margin

R+11.5

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1956 presidential election

Michigan, 1956

EisenhowerR+11.5

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	55.6%	1,713,647
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	44.1%	1,359,898
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	6,923

D+60

R+60

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

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Michigan's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Michigan's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−4.5%
1896	−10.3%
1900	−19.2%
1904	−43.8%
1908	−29.5%
1912	−0.2%
1916	−8.3%
1920	−50.6%
1924	−62.2%
1928	−41.4%
1932	+7.9%
1936	+17.6%
1940	−0.3%
1944	+1.0%
1948	−1.7%
1952	−11.5%
1956	−11.5%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+33.6%
1968	+6.7%
1972	−14.4%
1976	−5.4%
1980	−6.5%
1984	−19.0%
1988	−7.9%
1992	+7.4%
1996	+13.2%
2000	+5.1%
2004	+3.4%
2008	+16.5%
2012	+9.5%
2016	−0.2%
2020	+2.8%
2024	−1.4%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alcona County	R	−43.2%	788	1,991	2,784
Alger County	D	+0.8%	2,105	2,070	4,193
Allegan County	R	−49.1%	5,617	16,509	22,177
Alpena County	R	−40.4%	3,033	7,142	10,177
Antrim County	R	−44.9%	1,376	3,623	5,008
Arenac County	R	−26.7%	1,520	2,631	4,155
Baraga County	R	−11.1%	1,574	1,968	3,545
Barry County	R	−40.9%	3,907	9,359	13,329
Bay County	R	−21.1%	15,301	23,519	38,948
Benzie County	R	−42.8%	1,046	2,620	3,681
Berrien County	R	−31.3%	18,454	35,397	54,045
Branch County	R	−39.5%	3,827	8,856	12,744
Calhoun County	R	−23.0%	20,184	32,284	52,643
Cass County	R	−29.4%	4,842	8,899	13,788
Charlevoix County	R	−33.9%	1,935	3,924	5,874
Cheboygan County	R	−39.2%	1,910	4,379	6,296
Chippewa County	R	−25.7%	4,106	6,957	11,077
Clare County	R	−51.3%	1,194	3,721	4,928
Clinton County	R	−49.0%	3,673	10,770	14,474
Crawford County	R	−43.2%	547	1,380	1,930
Delta County	R	−8.9%	6,489	7,766	14,300
Dickinson County	R	−9.6%	5,113	6,200	11,330
Eaton County	R	−38.8%	6,053	13,762	19,850
Emmet County	R	−42.7%	1,903	4,764	6,695
Genesee County	R	−9.1%	62,808	75,431	138,474
Gladwin County	R	−47.2%	1,117	3,121	4,248
Gogebic County	R	−5.5%	6,142	6,865	13,032
Grand Traverse County	R	−47.2%	3,256	9,102	12,388
Gratiot County	R	−51.7%	3,267	10,319	13,630
Hillsdale County	R	−49.9%	3,428	10,311	13,806
Houghton County	R	−16.7%	6,866	9,620	16,511
Huron County	R	−53.3%	3,192	10,493	13,704
Ingham County	R	−33.7%	27,323	55,211	82,654
Ionia County	R	−37.8%	4,952	11,001	15,999
Iosco County	R	−45.1%	1,660	4,385	6,048
Iron County	R	−4.9%	4,490	4,955	9,458
Isabella County	R	−45.0%	3,183	8,415	11,621
Jackson County	R	−39.1%	15,479	35,453	51,079
Kalamazoo County	R	−41.5%	17,808	43,305	61,433
Kalkaska County	R	−38.6%	636	1,443	2,088
Kent County	R	−31.9%	48,871	94,969	144,482
Keweenaw County	R	−9.5%	689	834	1,523
Lake County	R	−19.7%	1,083	1,614	2,699
Lapeer County	R	−45.7%	3,913	10,527	14,459
Leelanau County	R	−39.7%	1,287	2,987	4,278
Lenawee County	R	−45.6%	7,857	21,100	29,031
Livingston County	R	−45.5%	3,845	10,315	14,205
Luce County	R	−45.3%	651	1,734	2,390
Mackinac County	R	−36.1%	1,540	3,279	4,823
Macomb County	D	+3.7%	62,816	58,337	121,419
Manistee County	R	−27.6%	3,014	5,313	8,336
Marquette County	R	−13.4%	9,543	12,504	22,084
Mason County	R	−30.4%	3,274	6,142	9,428
Mecosta County	R	−51.2%	1,768	5,492	7,279
Menominee County	R	−14.2%	4,610	6,137	10,757
Midland County	R	−49.7%	4,422	13,207	17,662
Missaukee County	R	−53.9%	727	2,433	3,168
Monroe County	R	−13.1%	14,414	18,782	33,305
Montcalm County	R	−39.8%	4,189	9,759	13,981
Montmorency County	R	−38.9%	608	1,385	1,996
Muskegon County	R	−8.4%	25,679	30,395	56,246
Newaygo County	R	−43.2%	2,808	7,088	9,916
Oakland County	R	−20.9%	99,901	152,990	253,418
Oceana County	R	−41.0%	1,868	4,479	6,372
Ogemaw County	R	−38.5%	1,300	2,931	4,237
Ontonagon County	R	−15.5%	2,175	2,976	5,155
Osceola County	R	−57.0%	1,236	4,549	5,811
Oscoda County	R	−56.1%	294	1,044	1,338
Otsego County	R	−27.6%	1,095	1,930	3,028
Ottawa County	R	−50.1%	9,459	28,611	38,200
Presque Isle County	R	−22.9%	1,917	3,058	4,978
Roscommon County	R	−52.6%	827	2,674	3,509
Saginaw County	R	−25.6%	25,681	43,470	69,361
Sanilac County	R	−57.9%	2,954	11,095	14,066
Schoolcraft County	R	−17.5%	1,723	2,453	4,177
Shiawassee County	R	−35.9%	6,873	14,600	21,551
St. Clair County	R	−39.0%	12,753	29,116	41,920
St. Joseph County	R	−48.6%	4,242	12,328	16,634
Tuscola County	R	−51.4%	3,864	12,052	15,935
Van Buren County	R	−39.9%	5,678	13,291	19,063
Washtenaw County	R	−34.0%	19,124	38,911	58,176
Wayne County	D	+15.9%	664,618	481,783	1,148,245
Wexford County	R	−31.9%	2,604	5,052	7,683