Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Utah R+29.1.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Utah, 1956. The state ran 13.7 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Utah result

333,995 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

118,364

35.4%

Eisenhower (R)

215,631

64.6%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+29.1

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1956 presidential election

Utah, 1956

EisenhowerR+29.1

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	64.6%	215,631
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	35.4%	118,364
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Utah's presidential margins

1896–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Utah's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1896	+65.4%
1900	−2.3%
1904	−28.6%
1908	−17.0%
1912	−4.9%
1916	+21.0%
1920	−17.1%
1924	−19.3%
1928	−7.7%
1932	+15.5%
1936	+39.5%
1940	+24.7%
1944	+21.0%
1948	+9.0%
1952	−17.9%
1956	−29.1%
1960	−9.6%
1964	+9.4%
1968	−19.4%
1972	−41.2%
1976	−28.8%
1980	−52.2%
1984	−49.8%
1988	−34.2%
1992	−18.7%
1996	−21.1%
2000	−40.5%
2004	−45.5%
2008	−28.2%
2012	−47.9%
2016	−17.9%
2020	−20.2%
2024	−21.6%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Beaver County	R	−7.2%	1,030	1,190	2,220
Box Elder County	R	−36.7%	2,689	5,804	8,493
Cache County	R	−47.6%	3,671	10,349	14,020
Carbon County	R	−0.5%	4,460	4,507	8,967
Daggett County	R	−6.3%	90	102	192
Davis County	R	−33.4%	6,050	12,122	18,172
Duchesne County	R	−36.0%	874	1,856	2,730
Emery County	R	−28.1%	943	1,679	2,622
Garfield County	R	−51.9%	353	1,115	1,468
Grand County	R	−52.2%	328	1,044	1,372
Iron County	R	−43.4%	1,311	3,321	4,632
Juab County	R	−19.2%	1,025	1,512	2,537
Kane County	R	−80.4%	102	939	1,041
Millard County	R	−38.2%	1,193	2,667	3,860
Morgan County	R	−34.8%	438	905	1,343
Piute County	R	−50.5%	180	548	728
Rich County	R	−37.8%	253	561	814
Salt Lake County	R	−28.4%	53,038	95,179	148,217
San Juan County	R	−44.9%	425	1,119	1,544
Sanpete County	R	−37.2%	1,778	3,883	5,661
Sevier County	R	−49.5%	1,232	3,646	4,878
Summit County	R	−39.5%	880	2,031	2,911
Tooele County	R	−11.6%	2,683	3,390	6,073
Uintah County	R	−55.2%	820	2,840	3,660
Utah County	R	−33.1%	12,747	25,371	38,118
Wasatch County	R	−33.6%	864	1,738	2,602
Washington County	R	−56.7%	877	3,172	4,049
Wayne County	R	−27.6%	283	499	782
Weber County	R	−11.9%	17,747	22,542	40,289