Dwight D. Eisenhower carried North Dakota R+23.6.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in North Dakota, 1956. The state ran 8.2 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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North Dakota result

253,991 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

96,742

38.1%

Eisenhower (R)

156,766

61.7%

All others

483

0.2%

Margin

R+23.6

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1956 presidential election

North Dakota, 1956

EisenhowerR+23.6

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	61.7%	156,766
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	38.1%	96,742
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	483

D+60

R+60

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

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North Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

North Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.5%
1896	−11.9%
1900	−26.6%
1904	−54.7%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+7.5%
1916	+1.5%
1920	−59.6%
1924	−40.7%
1928	−10.3%
1932	+41.6%
1936	+33.0%
1940	−10.9%
1944	−8.4%
1948	−8.8%
1952	−42.6%
1956	−23.6%
1960	−10.9%
1964	+16.1%
1968	−17.7%
1972	−26.3%
1976	−5.9%
1980	−38.0%
1984	−31.0%
1988	−13.1%
1992	−12.0%
1996	−6.8%
2000	−27.6%
2004	−27.4%
2008	−8.6%
2012	−19.6%
2016	−35.7%
2020	−33.3%
2024	−36.4%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−29.8%	723	1,338	2,063
Barnes County	R	−24.2%	2,730	4,475	7,219
Benson County	R	−11.6%	1,851	2,340	4,203
Billings County	R	−27.4%	248	437	689
Bottineau County	R	−25.9%	1,718	2,923	4,646
Bowman County	R	−16.9%	715	1,007	1,726
Burke County	R	−20.3%	936	1,415	2,359
Burleigh County	R	−47.9%	3,231	9,199	12,467
Cass County	R	−26.6%	9,821	16,932	26,770
Cavalier County	R	−14.3%	1,836	2,450	4,295
Dickey County	R	−23.7%	1,435	2,327	3,770
Divide County	R	−4.1%	1,194	1,296	2,493
Dunn County	R	−19.5%	1,055	1,567	2,628
Eddy County	R	−12.0%	973	1,239	2,212
Emmons County	R	−54.3%	825	2,789	3,617
Foster County	R	−7.5%	1,062	1,234	2,306
Golden Valley County	R	−18.4%	567	824	1,397
Grand Forks County	R	−24.5%	6,231	10,289	16,550
Grant County	R	−44.4%	718	1,872	2,599
Griggs County	R	−1.6%	1,173	1,212	2,387
Hettinger County	R	−40.5%	796	1,882	2,682
Kidder County	R	−36.4%	708	1,523	2,237
LaMoure County	R	−17.9%	1,694	2,433	4,134
Logan County	R	−53.4%	547	1,807	2,358
McHenry County	R	−24.6%	1,825	3,019	4,860
McIntosh County	R	−68.6%	498	2,689	3,193
McKenzie County	R	−6.7%	1,405	1,609	3,027
McLean County	R	−16.6%	2,609	3,653	6,280
Mercer County	R	−58.5%	666	2,555	3,227
Morton County	R	−33.0%	2,628	5,232	7,890
Mountrail County	D	+5.3%	1,891	1,699	3,597
Nelson County	R	−0.7%	1,794	1,821	3,617
Oliver County	R	−47.2%	279	788	1,079
Pembina County	R	−23.9%	1,887	3,077	4,977
Pierce County	R	−19.7%	1,340	1,997	3,342
Ramsey County	R	−29.0%	2,103	3,821	5,930
Ransom County	R	−13.2%	1,808	2,361	4,174
Renville County	R	−0.5%	1,025	1,035	2,061
Richland County	R	−22.1%	3,171	4,971	8,154
Rolette County	D	+8.9%	1,728	1,444	3,178
Sargent County	R	−6.0%	1,473	1,662	3,142
Sheridan County	R	−55.4%	472	1,646	2,118
Sioux County	R	−20.2%	476	718	1,197
Slope County	R	−4.3%	397	433	833
Stark County	R	−40.9%	1,778	4,251	6,040
Steele County	R	−1.7%	1,148	1,188	2,337
Stutsman County	R	−19.8%	3,825	5,718	9,554
Towner County	R	−8.7%	1,169	1,391	2,564
Traill County	R	−22.1%	1,969	3,090	5,062
Walsh County	R	−9.8%	3,238	3,946	7,200
Ward County	R	−22.1%	5,762	9,042	14,832
Wells County	R	−33.9%	1,434	2,912	4,355
Williams County	R	−0.4%	4,157	4,188	8,364