Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Montana R+14.3.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Montana, 1956. The state ran 1.1 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Montana result

271,171 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

116,238

42.9%

Eisenhower (R)

154,933

57.1%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+14.3

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1956 presidential election

Montana, 1956

EisenhowerR+14.3

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	57.1%	154,933
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	42.9%	116,238
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Montana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Montana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−2.9%
1896	+60.2%
1900	+18.5%
1904	−20.4%
1908	−4.4%
1912	+11.8%
1916	+19.3%
1920	−29.1%
1924	−23.1%
1928	−17.9%
1932	+22.7%
1936	+41.7%
1940	+18.6%
1944	+9.4%
1948	+9.9%
1952	−19.3%
1956	−14.3%
1960	−2.5%
1964	+18.4%
1968	−9.0%
1972	−20.1%
1976	−7.4%
1980	−24.4%
1984	−22.3%
1988	−5.9%
1992	+2.5%
1996	−2.9%
2000	−25.1%
2004	−20.5%
2008	−2.4%
2012	−13.6%
2016	−20.2%
2020	−16.4%
2024	−19.9%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Beaverhead County	R	−31.0%	1,029	1,955	2,984
Big Horn County	R	−12.9%	1,342	1,739	3,081
Blaine County	R	−0.8%	1,438	1,460	2,898
Broadwater County	R	−31.9%	449	869	1,318
Carbon County	R	−12.6%	1,820	2,345	4,165
Carter County	R	−23.1%	436	698	1,134
Cascade County	R	−5.8%	11,098	12,455	23,553
Chouteau County	D	+2.1%	1,794	1,721	3,515
Custer County	R	−16.6%	2,317	3,240	5,557
Daniels County	R	−1.9%	946	982	1,928
Dawson County	R	−12.2%	1,929	2,463	4,392
Deer Lodge County	D	+3.3%	3,792	3,551	7,343
Fallon County	R	−22.5%	612	967	1,579
Fergus County	R	−15.5%	2,757	3,771	6,528
Flathead County	R	−14.8%	6,003	8,088	14,091
Gallatin County	R	−34.4%	3,260	6,680	9,940
Garfield County	R	−13.6%	424	558	982
Glacier County	R	−6.0%	1,822	2,054	3,876
Golden Valley County	R	−19.9%	256	383	639
Granite County	R	−25.4%	533	896	1,429
Hill County	R	−6.5%	2,999	3,415	6,414
Jefferson County	R	−22.8%	660	1,049	1,709
Judith Basin County	D	+3.6%	848	789	1,637
Lake County	R	−19.8%	2,253	3,363	5,616
Lewis and Clark County	R	−28.8%	4,397	7,959	12,356
Liberty County	R	−10.4%	488	601	1,089
Lincoln County	R	−0.8%	2,286	2,321	4,607
Madison County	R	−28.5%	925	1,662	2,587
McCone County	D	+8.3%	889	752	1,641
Meagher County	R	−33.5%	355	712	1,067
Mineral County	R	−4.7%	552	606	1,158
Missoula County	R	−22.2%	6,760	10,627	17,387
Musselshell County	R	−2.2%	1,115	1,165	2,280
Park County	R	−26.9%	2,151	3,733	5,884
Petroleum County	R	−11.4%	205	258	463
Phillips County	R	−5.9%	1,427	1,605	3,032
Pondera County	R	−6.9%	1,438	1,651	3,089
Powder River County	R	−21.1%	456	700	1,156
Powell County	R	−16.2%	1,214	1,683	2,897
Prairie County	R	−22.5%	403	637	1,040
Ravalli County	R	−22.8%	2,161	3,437	5,598
Richland County	R	−11.3%	1,884	2,366	4,250
Roosevelt County	D	+5.3%	2,205	1,985	4,190
Rosebud County	R	−26.0%	890	1,516	2,406
Sanders County	R	−4.1%	1,519	1,649	3,168
Sheridan County	D	+23.4%	1,857	1,153	3,010
Silver Bow County	R	−0.6%	11,475	11,619	23,094
Stillwater County	R	−20.6%	1,013	1,540	2,553
Sweet Grass County	R	−42.6%	455	1,129	1,584
Teton County	R	−3.2%	1,622	1,728	3,350
Toole County	R	−13.8%	1,460	1,927	3,387
Treasure County	R	−14.4%	252	337	589
Valley County	D	+3.2%	2,511	2,357	4,868
Wheatland County	R	−23.4%	578	932	1,510
Wibaux County	R	−5.0%	390	431	821
Yellowstone County	R	−29.8%	10,088	18,664	28,752