Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Pennsylvania R+13.2.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Pennsylvania, 1956. The state ran 2.2 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Pennsylvania result

4,576,503 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

1,981,769

43.3%

Eisenhower (R)

2,585,252

56.5%

All others

9,482

0.2%

Margin

R+13.2

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1956 presidential election

Pennsylvania, 1956

EisenhowerR+13.2

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	56.5%	2,585,252
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	43.3%	1,981,769
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	9,482

D+60

R+60

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

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Pennsylvania's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−6.4%
1896	−24.7%
1900	−24.6%
1904	−40.7%
1908	−23.4%
1912	+10.0%
1916	−14.0%
1920	−38.6%
1924	−46.3%
1928	−31.4%
1932	−5.5%
1936	+16.0%
1940	+6.9%
1944	+2.8%
1948	−4.0%
1952	−5.9%
1956	−13.2%
1960	+2.3%
1964	+30.2%
1968	+3.6%
1972	−20.0%
1976	+2.7%
1980	−7.1%
1984	−7.4%
1988	−2.3%
1992	+9.0%
1996	+9.2%
2000	+4.2%
2004	+2.5%
2008	+10.3%
2012	+5.4%
2016	−0.7%
2020	+1.2%
2024	−1.7%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−32.2%	6,281	12,250	18,531
Allegheny County	R	−9.8%	315,989	384,939	702,030
Armstrong County	R	−22.5%	12,671	20,055	32,760
Beaver County	R	−2.5%	36,373	38,263	74,715
Bedford County	R	−30.8%	6,038	11,423	17,474
Berks County	R	−14.9%	42,349	57,258	99,927
Blair County	R	−31.5%	17,503	33,623	51,191
Bradford County	R	−47.3%	5,502	15,399	20,931
Bucks County	R	−21.6%	38,541	59,862	98,583
Butler County	R	−31.4%	13,672	26,238	39,989
Cambria County	R	−5.2%	41,753	46,373	88,249
Cameron County	R	−49.1%	841	2,462	3,304
Carbon County	R	−14.9%	9,722	13,150	22,961
Centre County	R	−34.6%	7,483	15,412	22,940
Chester County	R	−40.6%	19,957	47,225	67,232
Clarion County	R	−33.9%	4,955	10,048	15,011
Clearfield County	R	−15.3%	12,852	17,519	30,460
Clinton County	R	−20.8%	5,411	8,250	13,678
Columbia County	R	−19.4%	9,024	13,382	22,421
Crawford County	R	−33.7%	9,346	18,887	28,337
Cumberland County	R	−36.6%	13,651	29,468	43,272
Dauphin County	R	−35.3%	29,226	61,342	90,943
Delaware County	R	−27.2%	82,024	143,663	226,210
Elk County	R	−23.8%	5,498	8,947	14,468
Erie County	R	−23.3%	33,802	54,430	88,555
Fayette County	D	+15.8%	38,312	27,857	66,375
Forest County	R	−42.3%	622	1,535	2,158
Franklin County	R	−26.7%	11,060	19,121	30,193
Fulton County	R	−13.1%	1,819	2,370	4,195
Greene County	D	+13.0%	9,827	7,562	17,403
Huntingdon County	R	−35.4%	4,618	9,698	14,333
Indiana County	R	−24.5%	11,268	18,593	29,861
Jefferson County	R	−32.6%	6,627	13,051	19,697
Juniata County	R	−21.0%	2,779	4,258	7,044
Lackawanna County	R	−7.2%	55,741	64,386	120,206
Lancaster County	R	−44.4%	26,538	69,026	95,801
Lawrence County	R	−11.4%	19,923	25,037	45,025
Lebanon County	R	−36.8%	10,406	22,556	33,003
Lehigh County	R	−26.9%	29,067	50,564	79,882
Luzerne County	R	−17.2%	65,155	92,458	158,820
Lycoming County	R	−33.4%	13,490	27,030	40,540
McKean County	R	−48.0%	5,152	14,725	19,950
Mercer County	R	−18.5%	19,769	28,785	48,674
Mifflin County	R	−25.9%	5,078	8,638	13,725
Monroe County	R	−29.2%	5,506	10,081	15,679
Montgomery County	R	−38.5%	59,095	133,270	192,583
Montour County	R	−31.5%	2,072	3,976	6,051
Northampton County	R	−12.4%	33,749	43,375	77,697
Northumberland County	R	−25.0%	17,141	28,583	45,765
Perry County	R	−35.4%	3,576	7,511	11,112
Philadelphia County	D	+13.9%	507,289	383,414	892,321
Pike County	R	−54.6%	1,219	4,160	5,383
Potter County	R	−39.2%	2,257	5,181	7,460
Schuylkill County	R	−24.0%	31,645	51,670	83,406
Snyder County	R	−56.7%	1,959	7,102	9,064
Somerset County	R	−21.9%	13,163	20,568	33,748
Sullivan County	R	−21.9%	1,286	2,007	3,297
Susquehanna County	R	−42.9%	4,293	10,752	15,055
Tioga County	R	−53.5%	3,280	10,827	14,113
Union County	R	−56.3%	1,844	6,620	8,478
Venango County	R	−50.7%	5,594	17,107	22,715
Warren County	R	−46.1%	4,463	12,145	16,651
Washington County	D	+9.8%	48,052	39,465	87,615
Wayne County	R	−51.4%	3,092	9,658	12,768
Westmoreland County	D	+4.3%	72,616	66,580	139,388
Wyoming County	R	−47.2%	2,120	5,906	8,029
York County	R	−10.8%	38,743	48,176	87,068