Dwight D. Eisenhower carried New York R+22.4.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in New York, 1956. The state ran 7.0 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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New York result

7,091,109 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

2,750,769

38.8%

Eisenhower (R)

4,340,340

61.2%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+22.4

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1956 presidential election

New York, 1956

EisenhowerR+22.4

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	61.2%	4,340,340
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	38.8%	2,750,769
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	R	−13.3%	65,982	86,202	152,184
Allegany County	R	−62.8%	3,668	16,068	19,736
Bronx County	D	+14.4%	343,823	257,382	601,205
Broome County	R	−48.5%	23,217	67,024	90,241
Cattaraugus County	R	−44.9%	9,613	25,282	34,895
Cayuga County	R	−44.2%	10,268	26,503	36,771
Chautauqua County	R	−37.1%	20,269	44,149	64,418
Chemung County	R	−48.3%	11,592	33,270	44,862
Chenango County	R	−62.2%	3,804	16,314	20,118
Clinton County	R	−40.9%	6,833	16,295	23,128
Columbia County	R	−58.3%	4,999	19,004	24,003
Cortland County	R	−59.2%	3,612	14,085	17,697
Delaware County	R	−63.8%	3,835	17,364	21,199
Dutchess County	R	−56.7%	14,876	53,840	68,716
Erie County	R	−27.4%	166,930	292,657	459,587
Essex County	R	−64.2%	3,035	13,930	16,965
Franklin County	R	−42.7%	5,226	13,003	18,229
Fulton County	R	−48.3%	6,352	18,244	24,596
Genesee County	R	−49.3%	5,986	17,614	23,600
Greene County	R	−57.8%	3,811	14,262	18,073
Hamilton County	R	−69.6%	470	2,619	3,089
Herkimer County	R	−43.4%	8,789	22,246	31,035
Jefferson County	R	−48.1%	9,959	28,429	38,388
Kings County	D	+9.5%	557,655	460,456	1,018,111
Lewis County	R	−50.8%	2,536	7,764	10,300
Livingston County	R	−51.4%	4,989	15,523	20,512
Madison County	R	−58.2%	4,903	18,555	23,458
Monroe County	R	−33.7%	91,161	183,747	274,908
Montgomery County	R	−34.8%	9,996	20,678	30,674
Nassau County	R	−38.2%	166,646	372,358	539,004
New York County	D	+11.5%	377,856	300,004	677,860
Niagara County	R	−34.9%	30,161	62,433	92,594
Oneida County	R	−39.7%	34,649	80,178	114,827
Onondaga County	R	−46.8%	49,918	137,852	187,770
Ontario County	R	−48.6%	7,719	22,317	30,036
Orange County	R	−55.1%	16,722	57,739	74,461
Orleans County	R	−54.9%	3,464	11,895	15,359
Oswego County	R	−53.7%	8,809	29,277	38,086
Otsego County	R	−55.1%	5,644	19,484	25,128
Putnam County	R	−46.6%	4,694	12,898	17,592
Queens County	R	−18.8%	318,723	466,057	784,780
Rensselaer County	R	−45.8%	20,516	55,186	75,702
Richmond County	R	−53.2%	19,644	64,233	83,877
Rockland County	R	−42.1%	13,881	34,049	47,930
Saratoga County	R	−55.4%	9,338	32,522	41,860
Schenectady County	R	−46.0%	21,673	58,540	80,213
Schoharie County	R	−46.6%	3,227	8,851	12,078
Schuyler County	R	−56.5%	1,613	5,795	7,408
Seneca County	R	−48.4%	3,623	10,417	14,040
St. Lawrence County	R	−49.1%	10,892	31,897	42,789
Steuben County	R	−56.4%	9,440	33,902	43,342
Suffolk County	R	−55.3%	48,323	167,805	216,128
Sullivan County	R	−27.9%	8,937	15,845	24,782
Tioga County	R	−57.9%	3,188	11,958	15,146
Tompkins County	R	−56.6%	5,475	19,749	25,224
Ulster County	R	−52.7%	13,321	43,034	56,355
Warren County	R	−64.2%	3,897	17,852	21,749
Washington County	R	−58.6%	4,817	18,449	23,266
Wayne County	R	−59.0%	5,910	22,940	28,850
Westchester County	R	−44.3%	104,857	271,906	376,763
Wyoming County	R	−57.3%	3,397	12,499	15,896
Yates County	R	−66.2%	1,606	7,910	9,516