Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Minnesota R+7.6.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Minnesota, 1956. The state ran 7.8 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

1,340,005 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

617,525

46.1%

Eisenhower (R)

719,302

53.7%

All others

3,178

0.2%

Margin

R+7.6

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1956 presidential election

Minnesota, 1956

EisenhowerR+7.6

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	53.7%	719,302
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	46.1%	617,525
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	3,178

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−0.5%	2,733	2,762	5,504
Anoka County	D	+11.1%	11,697	9,359	21,092
Becker County	D	+0.1%	4,619	4,608	9,251
Beltrami County	R	−2.1%	3,807	3,974	7,797
Benton County	R	−15.8%	2,609	3,591	6,216
Big Stone County	D	+11.3%	2,180	1,737	3,925
Blue Earth County	R	−35.1%	5,467	11,398	16,886
Brown County	R	−44.3%	3,067	7,965	11,059
Carlton County	D	+21.7%	6,484	4,168	10,677
Carver County	R	−45.3%	2,334	6,226	8,589
Cass County	R	−18.6%	2,748	4,007	6,765
Chippewa County	R	−2.7%	3,434	3,623	7,060
Chisago County	R	−11.1%	2,731	3,413	6,153
Clay County	R	−5.6%	6,057	6,783	12,855
Clearwater County	D	+19.4%	2,171	1,464	3,650
Cook County	R	−23.5%	668	1,078	1,748
Cottonwood County	R	−32.6%	2,344	4,619	6,968
Crow Wing County	R	−9.0%	5,556	6,657	12,243
Dakota County	R	−1.7%	12,672	13,112	25,839
Dodge County	R	−27.7%	1,814	3,205	5,025
Douglas County	R	−9.9%	4,194	5,114	9,320
Faribault County	R	−31.8%	3,554	6,886	10,465
Fillmore County	R	−34.3%	3,427	7,004	10,440
Freeborn County	R	−3.3%	7,138	7,632	14,781
Goodhue County	R	−30.6%	4,969	9,365	14,353
Grant County	D	+1.0%	2,107	2,064	4,177
Hennepin County	R	−10.2%	149,341	183,248	333,112
Houston County	R	−36.0%	2,133	4,538	6,680
Hubbard County	R	−25.5%	1,454	2,453	3,913
Isanti County	D	+5.2%	2,605	2,348	4,959
Itasca County	D	+15.3%	8,737	6,408	15,178
Jackson County	R	−4.6%	3,232	3,543	6,784
Kanabec County	R	−5.8%	1,736	1,950	3,693
Kandiyohi County	D	+11.3%	6,834	5,445	12,305
Kittson County	D	+17.2%	2,222	1,569	3,798
Koochiching County	D	+14.5%	3,695	2,757	6,468
Lac qui Parle County	R	−7.4%	2,826	3,276	6,108
Lake County	D	+19.9%	3,079	2,055	5,143
Lake of the Woods County	D	+18.3%	1,048	723	1,777
Le Sueur County	R	−17.1%	3,556	5,026	8,599
Lincoln County	D	+5.8%	2,316	2,060	4,390
Lyon County	R	−10.6%	4,190	5,188	9,386
Mahnomen County	D	+26.7%	1,513	875	2,392
Marshall County	D	+16.0%	3,478	2,519	6,007
Martin County	R	−42.4%	3,289	8,152	11,456
McLeod County	R	−37.4%	3,068	6,743	9,828
Meeker County	R	−17.2%	3,348	4,738	8,097
Mille Lacs County	R	−11.7%	2,619	3,315	5,941
Morrison County	R	−4.0%	4,653	5,042	9,727
Mower County	R	−1.9%	9,219	9,570	18,890
Murray County	R	−9.5%	2,695	3,261	5,971
Nicollet County	R	−33.7%	2,636	5,322	7,966
Nobles County	R	−12.6%	4,036	5,196	9,241
Norman County	D	+7.9%	2,740	2,338	5,081
Olmsted County	R	−31.5%	7,172	13,789	21,012
Otter Tail County	R	−32.0%	6,571	12,764	19,375
Pennington County	D	+10.1%	2,947	2,408	5,359
Pine County	D	+8.9%	3,829	3,204	7,041
Pipestone County	R	−21.6%	2,165	3,362	5,533
Polk County	D	+7.6%	7,980	6,847	14,853
Pope County	R	−2.8%	2,577	2,725	5,309
Ramsey County	D	+4.2%	87,784	80,701	169,039
Red Lake County	D	+33.0%	1,555	782	2,345
Redwood County	R	−32.4%	3,039	5,956	9,006
Renville County	R	−15.2%	4,213	5,728	9,958
Rice County	R	−30.7%	4,489	8,471	12,984
Rock County	R	−34.5%	1,591	3,267	4,862
Roseau County	D	+23.3%	3,062	1,901	4,973
Scott County	R	−9.4%	3,431	4,148	7,598
Sherburne County	R	−19.7%	1,796	2,681	4,487
Sibley County	R	−38.6%	2,099	4,737	6,842
St. Louis County	D	+21.7%	62,190	39,902	102,723
Stearns County	R	−27.6%	9,829	17,364	27,257
Steele County	R	−32.2%	3,293	6,435	9,764
Stevens County	R	−17.7%	1,822	2,606	4,430
Swift County	D	+17.0%	3,720	2,637	6,365
Todd County	R	−13.3%	3,882	5,075	8,981
Traverse County	D	+8.0%	1,724	1,467	3,198
Wabasha County	R	−34.3%	2,301	4,728	7,068
Wadena County	R	−27.2%	1,733	3,028	4,767
Waseca County	R	−35.5%	2,215	4,663	6,889
Washington County	R	−12.3%	7,462	9,562	17,056
Watonwan County	R	−35.4%	1,886	3,963	5,861
Wilkin County	R	−10.8%	1,881	2,335	4,218
Winona County	R	−23.2%	6,048	9,743	15,893
Wright County	R	−18.9%	4,944	7,257	12,213
Yellow Medicine County	R	−2.5%	3,416	3,594	7,018