Adlai Stevenson carried North Carolina D+1.3.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in North Carolina, 1956. The state ran 16.7 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

1,165,592 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

590,530

50.7%

Eisenhower (R)

575,062

49.3%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+1.3

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1956 presidential election

North Carolina, 1956

StevensonD+1.3

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic	50.7%	590,530
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican	49.3%	575,062
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−4.7%	11,029	12,123	23,152
Alexander County	R	−16.3%	2,710	3,767	6,477
Alleghany County	R	−0.9%	1,670	1,699	3,369
Anson County	D	+37.4%	3,598	1,640	5,238
Ashe County	R	−7.1%	3,982	4,588	8,570
Avery County	R	−61.1%	969	4,009	4,978
Beaufort County	D	+43.1%	5,730	2,277	8,007
Bertie County	D	+75.6%	3,373	469	3,842
Bladen County	D	+45.1%	4,078	1,542	5,620
Brunswick County	R	−0.0%	3,297	3,299	6,596
Buncombe County	R	−8.7%	19,044	22,655	41,699
Burke County	R	−19.3%	7,999	11,823	19,822
Cabarrus County	R	−33.7%	7,173	14,462	21,635
Caldwell County	R	−22.4%	6,861	10,833	17,694
Camden County	D	+40.7%	813	343	1,156
Carteret County	D	+0.9%	3,875	3,804	7,679
Caswell County	D	+34.4%	2,468	1,204	3,672
Catawba County	R	−25.5%	11,424	19,246	30,670
Chatham County	D	+5.4%	4,151	3,729	7,880
Cherokee County	R	−14.8%	2,843	3,830	6,673
Chowan County	D	+45.5%	1,485	556	2,041
Clay County	R	−5.7%	1,287	1,442	2,729
Cleveland County	D	+8.6%	8,408	7,076	15,484
Columbus County	D	+54.5%	7,805	2,300	10,105
Craven County	D	+36.2%	6,317	2,956	9,273
Cumberland County	D	+13.9%	8,862	6,699	15,561
Currituck County	D	+49.0%	1,425	488	1,913
Dare County	R	−10.1%	839	1,028	1,867
Davidson County	R	−23.7%	9,987	16,178	26,165
Davie County	R	−37.1%	2,110	4,599	6,709
Duplin County	D	+53.3%	6,931	2,110	9,041
Durham County	D	+2.3%	13,835	13,226	27,061
Edgecombe County	D	+61.9%	7,830	1,840	9,670
Forsyth County	R	−30.0%	15,819	29,368	45,187
Franklin County	D	+74.0%	5,298	792	6,090
Gaston County	R	−7.4%	15,671	18,159	33,830
Gates County	D	+57.0%	1,244	341	1,585
Graham County	R	−8.5%	1,486	1,762	3,248
Granville County	D	+46.6%	4,013	1,463	5,476
Greene County	D	+87.3%	3,285	222	3,507
Guilford County	R	−19.7%	21,948	32,751	54,699
Halifax County	D	+54.0%	7,860	2,346	10,206
Harnett County	D	+30.0%	7,421	3,998	11,419
Haywood County	D	+4.4%	7,598	6,955	14,553
Henderson County	R	−39.6%	4,003	9,243	13,246
Hertford County	D	+57.6%	2,708	729	3,437
Hoke County	D	+58.2%	1,944	513	2,457
Hyde County	D	+35.4%	1,028	491	1,519
Iredell County	R	−20.9%	7,286	11,125	18,411
Jackson County	D	+3.9%	3,787	3,503	7,290
Johnston County	D	+33.6%	9,852	4,893	14,745
Jones County	D	+64.9%	1,952	415	2,367
Lee County	D	+36.2%	4,163	1,948	6,111
Lenoir County	D	+45.5%	6,847	2,564	9,411
Lincoln County	R	−6.4%	5,838	6,637	12,475
Macon County	R	−6.0%	3,025	3,408	6,433
Madison County	R	−7.2%	3,693	4,263	7,956
Martin County	D	+85.5%	5,730	449	6,179
McDowell County	R	−10.9%	4,392	5,468	9,860
Mecklenburg County	R	−24.0%	27,227	44,469	71,696
Mitchell County	R	−59.9%	1,069	4,269	5,338
Montgomery County	R	−4.2%	3,088	3,359	6,447
Moore County	R	−5.1%	4,729	5,238	9,967
Nash County	D	+57.8%	9,969	2,665	12,634
New Hanover County	D	+3.9%	10,247	9,470	19,717
Northampton County	D	+70.1%	4,242	747	4,989
Onslow County	D	+48.5%	4,692	1,626	6,318
Orange County	D	+3.8%	4,743	4,396	9,139
Pamlico County	D	+18.1%	1,376	954	2,330
Pasquotank County	D	+23.7%	2,963	1,827	4,790
Pender County	D	+37.0%	2,196	1,009	3,205
Perquimans County	D	+18.1%	1,022	709	1,731
Person County	D	+32.7%	3,433	1,740	5,173
Pitt County	D	+65.0%	11,873	2,515	14,388
Polk County	R	−5.5%	2,527	2,823	5,350
Randolph County	R	−22.1%	8,404	13,174	21,578
Richmond County	D	+38.8%	6,592	2,907	9,499
Robeson County	D	+58.1%	10,516	2,785	13,301
Rockingham County	R	−0.5%	8,896	8,991	17,887
Rowan County	R	−28.6%	9,761	17,562	27,323
Rutherford County	R	−6.4%	7,208	8,200	15,408
Sampson County	D	+3.7%	7,197	6,685	13,882
Scotland County	D	+44.4%	3,042	1,171	4,213
Stanly County	R	−22.9%	6,693	10,667	17,360
Stokes County	R	−4.7%	3,948	4,341	8,289
Surry County	R	−12.4%	7,020	9,001	16,021
Swain County	R	−6.1%	1,794	2,026	3,820
Transylvania County	R	−6.4%	3,435	3,901	7,336
Tyrrell County	D	+18.8%	615	420	1,035
Union County	D	+31.0%	6,383	3,362	9,745
Vance County	D	+43.1%	4,922	1,955	6,877
Wake County	D	+19.2%	22,427	15,194	37,621
Warren County	D	+58.4%	2,733	718	3,451
Washington County	D	+30.7%	1,947	1,033	2,980
Watauga County	R	−18.0%	3,223	4,636	7,859
Wayne County	D	+23.1%	6,756	4,220	10,976
Wilkes County	R	−32.6%	5,870	11,544	17,414
Wilson County	D	+49.3%	8,328	2,830	11,158
Yadkin County	R	−39.7%	2,361	5,469	7,830
Yancey County	D	+2.7%	2,964	2,808	5,772