Nebraska — 1956 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1956 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentEisenhowerR+31.0
How it voted
Share of the 1956 vote
| Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican | 65.5% | 378,108 |
|---|---|---|
| Adlai StevensonDemocratic | 34.5% | 199,029 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1956presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 6 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Republican | R+33.9 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+46.0 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+57.0 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+47.3 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+40.6 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+39.0 |
| Butler County, NE | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+27.7 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+46.4 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+52.9 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+47.7 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+52.3 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+59.7 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+18.2 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+41.5 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+33.9 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+37.5 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+44.5 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+55.4 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+66.5 |
| Greeley County, NE | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+49.9 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+35.9 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+38.7 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+70.4 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+8.0 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+42.5 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+47.7 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+41.4 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+41.6 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+28.8 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+42.5 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+52.1 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+46.0 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+48.3 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+43.5 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+39.1 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+37.3 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+28.6 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+39.3 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+45.5 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+41.7 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+40.2 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+53.5 |
| Saline County, NE | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+20.9 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+19.7 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+49.1 |
| Sherman County, NE | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+55.4 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+33.6 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+41.2 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+28.4 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+52.7 |
Nebraska results by county
93 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,141 | 8,18666.9% | 4,04533.1% | 00.0% | 12,231 |
| Antelope County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,273 | 3,60773.0% | 1,33427.0% | 00.0% | 4,941 |
| Arthur County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+180 | 24878.5% | 6821.5% | 00.0% | 316 |
| Banner County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+144 | 32964.0% | 18536.0% | 00.0% | 514 |
| Blaine County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+267 | 41673.6% | 14926.4% | 00.0% | 565 |
| Boone County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,744 | 3,02170.3% | 1,27729.7% | 00.0% | 4,298 |
| Box Butte County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,629 | 2,99168.7% | 1,36231.3% | 00.0% | 4,353 |
| Boyd County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+566 | 1,41462.5% | 84837.5% | 00.0% | 2,262 |
| Brown County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,018 | 1,56674.1% | 54825.9% | 00.0% | 2,114 |
| Buffalo County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,242 | 7,34270.3% | 3,10029.7% | 00.0% | 10,442 |
| Burt County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,940 | 3,45969.5% | 1,51930.5% | 00.0% | 4,978 |
| Butler County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+620 | 2,86456.1% | 2,24443.9% | 00.0% | 5,108 |
| Cass County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,091 | 4,81463.9% | 2,72336.1% | 00.0% | 7,537 |
| Cedar County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,731 | 3,80964.7% | 2,07835.3% | 00.0% | 5,887 |
| Chase County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+774 | 1,44468.3% | 67031.7% | 00.0% | 2,114 |
| Cherry County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,530 | 2,41473.2% | 88426.8% | 00.0% | 3,298 |
| Cheyenne County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,627 | 3,80963.6% | 2,18236.4% | 00.0% | 5,991 |
| Clay County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,859 | 3,09971.4% | 1,24028.6% | 00.0% | 4,339 |
| Colfax County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,317 | 2,84365.1% | 1,52634.9% | 00.0% | 4,369 |
| Cuming County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,921 | 4,22376.4% | 1,30223.6% | 00.0% | 5,525 |
| Custer County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,373 | 5,79870.5% | 2,42529.5% | 00.0% | 8,223 |
| Dakota County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+292 | 2,51653.1% | 2,22446.9% | 00.0% | 4,740 |
| Dawes County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,630 | 2,52373.9% | 89326.1% | 00.0% | 3,416 |
| Dawson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,464 | 6,50376.1% | 2,03923.9% | 00.0% | 8,542 |
| Deuel County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+871 | 1,16579.8% | 29420.2% | 00.0% | 1,459 |
| Dixon County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+767 | 2,49359.1% | 1,72640.9% | 00.0% | 4,219 |
| Dodge County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,122 | 9,21069.3% | 4,08830.7% | 00.0% | 13,298 |
| Douglas County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+23,160 | 73,27059.4% | 50,11040.6% | 00.0% | 123,380 |
| Dundy County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+701 | 1,19670.7% | 49529.3% | 00.0% | 1,691 |
| Fillmore County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,588 | 3,13766.9% | 1,54933.1% | 00.0% | 4,686 |
| Franklin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,067 | 1,95568.8% | 88831.2% | 00.0% | 2,843 |
| Frontier County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+968 | 1,60271.6% | 63428.4% | 00.0% | 2,236 |
| Furnas County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,783 | 2,89472.3% | 1,11127.7% | 00.0% | 4,005 |
| Gage County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,919 | 7,51467.6% | 3,59532.4% | 00.0% | 11,109 |
| Garden County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+832 | 1,16777.7% | 33522.3% | 00.0% | 1,502 |
| Garfield County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+674 | 93678.1% | 26221.9% | 00.0% | 1,198 |
| Gosper County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+489 | 81471.5% | 32528.5% | 00.0% | 1,139 |
| Grant County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+346 | 43383.3% | 8716.7% | 00.0% | 520 |
| Greeley County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+330 | 1,24057.7% | 91042.3% | 00.0% | 2,150 |
| Hall County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,721 | 9,53666.4% | 4,81533.6% | 00.0% | 14,351 |
| Hamilton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,142 | 3,21775.0% | 1,07525.0% | 00.0% | 4,292 |
| Harlan County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,002 | 1,85068.6% | 84831.4% | 00.0% | 2,698 |
| Hayes County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+415 | 72670.0% | 31130.0% | 00.0% | 1,037 |
| Hitchcock County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+829 | 1,57067.9% | 74132.1% | 00.0% | 2,311 |
| Holt County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,363 | 4,23769.3% | 1,87430.7% | 00.0% | 6,111 |
| Hooker County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+304 | 36885.2% | 6414.8% | 00.0% | 432 |
| Howard County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+252 | 1,70154.0% | 1,44946.0% | 00.0% | 3,150 |
| Jefferson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,545 | 4,26771.2% | 1,72228.8% | 00.0% | 5,989 |
| Johnson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,020 | 2,16065.5% | 1,14034.5% | 00.0% | 3,300 |
| Kearney County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+986 | 2,15864.8% | 1,17235.2% | 00.0% | 3,330 |
| Keith County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,694 | 2,62473.8% | 93026.2% | 00.0% | 3,554 |
| Keya Paha County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+372 | 63570.7% | 26329.3% | 00.0% | 898 |
| Kimball County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+934 | 1,59070.8% | 65629.2% | 00.0% | 2,246 |
| Knox County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,704 | 3,81464.4% | 2,11035.6% | 00.0% | 5,924 |
| Lancaster County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+16,374 | 35,59164.9% | 19,21735.1% | 00.0% | 54,808 |
| Lincoln County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,048 | 7,52362.7% | 4,47537.3% | 00.0% | 11,998 |
| Logan County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+219 | 36771.3% | 14828.7% | 00.0% | 515 |
| Loup County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+302 | 44176.0% | 13924.0% | 00.0% | 580 |
| Madison County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,019 | 7,96873.0% | 2,94927.0% | 00.0% | 10,917 |
| McPherson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+183 | 28174.1% | 9825.9% | 00.0% | 379 |
| Merrick County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,731 | 2,85771.7% | 1,12628.3% | 00.0% | 3,983 |
| Morrill County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+781 | 1,81063.8% | 1,02936.2% | 00.0% | 2,839 |
| Nance County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,000 | 1,77969.5% | 77930.5% | 00.0% | 2,558 |
| Nemaha County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,707 | 3,14168.7% | 1,43431.3% | 00.0% | 4,575 |
| Nuckolls County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,187 | 2,67264.3% | 1,48535.7% | 00.0% | 4,157 |
| Otoe County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,979 | 5,27569.7% | 2,29630.3% | 00.0% | 7,571 |
| Pawnee County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+808 | 1,83064.2% | 1,02235.8% | 00.0% | 2,852 |
| Perkins County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+630 | 1,29666.1% | 66633.9% | 00.0% | 1,962 |
| Phelps County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,189 | 3,50272.7% | 1,31327.3% | 00.0% | 4,815 |
| Pierce County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,648 | 2,80070.9% | 1,15229.1% | 00.0% | 3,952 |
| Platte County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,652 | 6,57469.2% | 2,92230.8% | 00.0% | 9,496 |
| Polk County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,347 | 2,48268.6% | 1,13531.4% | 00.0% | 3,617 |
| Red Willow County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,181 | 3,80670.1% | 1,62529.9% | 00.0% | 5,431 |
| Richardson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,966 | 4,48064.1% | 2,51435.9% | 00.0% | 6,994 |
| Rock County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+647 | 92876.8% | 28123.2% | 00.0% | 1,209 |
| Saline County | Adlai Stevenson+147 | 3,24848.9% | 3,39551.1% | 00.0% | 6,643 |
| Sarpy County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,325 | 3,82660.5% | 2,50139.5% | 00.0% | 6,327 |
| Saunders County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,638 | 4,97359.9% | 3,33540.1% | 00.0% | 8,308 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,337 | 8,02763.1% | 4,69036.9% | 00.0% | 12,717 |
| Seward County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,778 | 3,68865.9% | 1,91034.1% | 00.0% | 5,598 |
| Sheridan County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,725 | 2,61874.6% | 89325.4% | 00.0% | 3,511 |
| Sherman County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+210 | 1,42954.0% | 1,21946.0% | 00.0% | 2,648 |
| Sioux County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+239 | 49965.7% | 26034.3% | 00.0% | 759 |
| Stanton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+779 | 1,67665.1% | 89734.9% | 00.0% | 2,573 |
| Thayer County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,899 | 3,34669.8% | 1,44730.2% | 00.0% | 4,793 |
| Thomas County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+301 | 42277.7% | 12122.3% | 00.0% | 543 |
| Thurston County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+316 | 1,72255.1% | 1,40644.9% | 00.0% | 3,128 |
| Valley County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,100 | 2,18966.8% | 1,08933.2% | 00.0% | 3,278 |
| Washington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,800 | 3,53167.1% | 1,73132.9% | 00.0% | 5,262 |
| Wayne County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,897 | 3,04072.7% | 1,14327.3% | 00.0% | 4,183 |
| Webster County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,342 | 2,29870.6% | 95629.4% | 00.0% | 3,254 |
| Wheeler County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+173 | 39164.2% | 21835.8% | 00.0% | 609 |
| York County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,496 | 5,06576.3% | 1,56923.7% | 00.0% | 6,634 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.1% |
| 1896 | +5.4% |
| 1900 | −3.2% |
| 1904 | −37.9% |
| 1908 | +1.5% |
| 1912 | +22.0% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −33.4% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −27.0% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +16.4% |
| 1940 | −14.4% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | −8.3% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.0% |
| 1960 | −24.1% |
| 1964 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −41.0% |
| 1976 | −20.7% |
| 1980 | −39.5% |
| 1984 | −41.7% |
| 1988 | −21.0% |
| 1992 | −17.2% |
| 1996 | −18.7% |
| 2000 | −29.0% |
| 2004 | −33.2% |
| 2008 | −14.9% |
| 2012 | −21.8% |
| 2016 | −25.0% |
| 2020 | −19.1% |
| 2024 | −20.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1956 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.