Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Virginia R+17.0.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Virginia, 1956. The state ran 1.6 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Virginia result

695,069 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

266,571

38.4%

Eisenhower (R)

384,820

55.4%

All others

43,678

6.3%

Margin

R+17.0

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1956 presidential election

Virginia, 1956

EisenhowerR+17.0

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	55.4%	384,820
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	38.4%	266,571
OtherAll other candidates	6.3%	43,678

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	R	−11.7%	2,213	2,823	5,204
Albemarle County	R	−25.0%	1,412	2,508	4,386
Alexandria city	R	−7.2%	7,451	8,633	16,449
Alleghany County	R	−20.7%	1,455	2,260	3,884
Amelia County	R	−19.8%	403	745	1,728
Amherst County	D	+11.3%	1,933	1,529	3,590
Appomattox County	D	+10.8%	1,079	853	2,086
Arlington County	R	−13.1%	16,674	21,868	39,725
Augusta County	R	−38.9%	1,484	3,466	5,092
Bath County	R	−20.6%	479	739	1,264
Bedford County	R	−8.3%	2,649	3,148	6,046
Bland County	R	−15.4%	813	1,113	1,947
Botetourt County	R	−24.0%	1,377	2,280	3,758
Bristol city	R	−4.3%	1,645	1,794	3,457
Brunswick County	D	+17.7%	1,357	799	3,160
Buchanan County	D	+6.2%	3,616	3,191	6,831
Buckingham County	R	−6.0%	648	751	1,721
Buena Vista city	R	−24.4%	326	545	897
Campbell County	R	−2.6%	2,674	2,827	5,916
Caroline County	R	−2.7%	853	907	1,969
Carroll County	R	−39.8%	1,739	4,060	5,828
Charles City County	R	−53.1%	174	661	917
Charlotte County	D	+22.5%	1,431	791	2,839
Charlottesville city	R	−32.6%	1,783	3,746	6,023
Chesapeake city	D	+9.7%	1,871	1,521	3,609
Chesterfield County	R	−22.8%	3,306	5,787	10,894
Clarke County	R	−3.7%	725	785	1,605
Colonial Heights city	R	−3.7%	956	1,037	2,172
Craig County	D	+1.6%	501	485	993
Culpeper County	R	−20.1%	966	1,502	2,661
Cumberland County	R	−17.8%	331	566	1,319
Danville city	R	−27.9%	2,409	4,561	7,726
Dickenson County	D	+3.5%	3,695	3,444	7,153
Dinwiddie County	D	+18.1%	1,282	807	2,628
Essex County	R	−25.0%	328	597	1,076
Fairfax County	R	−13.8%	15,633	20,761	37,267
Falls Church city	R	−8.3%	1,233	1,462	2,752
Fauquier County	R	−14.3%	1,567	2,112	3,802
Floyd County	R	−41.9%	799	1,970	2,796
Fluvanna County	R	−23.3%	417	734	1,363
Franklin County	D	+0.4%	2,142	2,125	4,354
Frederick County	R	−14.2%	1,405	1,882	3,360
Fredericksburg city	R	−26.6%	934	1,672	2,775
Galax city	R	−37.3%	346	761	1,114
Giles County	R	−5.8%	2,016	2,270	4,379
Gloucester County	R	−26.2%	723	1,319	2,276
Goochland County	R	−16.1%	508	748	1,493
Grayson County	R	−24.8%	2,426	4,039	6,496
Greene County	R	−34.5%	246	539	849
Greensville County	D	+10.8%	994	724	2,490
Halifax County	D	+11.9%	2,470	1,782	5,799
Hampton city	R	−17.9%	5,108	7,432	12,983
Hanover County	R	−27.7%	1,109	2,272	4,202
Harrisonburg city	R	−58.6%	571	2,265	2,893
Henrico County	R	−36.3%	5,032	12,702	21,101
Henry County	D	+2.9%	2,582	2,436	5,102
Highland County	R	−18.4%	432	633	1,091
Hopewell city	R	−14.7%	1,388	1,908	3,539
Isle of Wight County	D	+0.9%	1,324	1,298	2,757
James City County	R	−35.7%	312	728	1,164
King and Queen County	R	−22.7%	289	495	906
King George County	R	−7.3%	563	655	1,267
King William County	R	−37.1%	357	887	1,427
Lancaster County	R	−51.6%	373	1,380	1,953
Lee County	R	−10.0%	3,714	4,548	8,304
Loudoun County	R	−11.4%	1,960	2,489	4,660
Louisa County	R	−14.7%	795	1,152	2,429
Lunenburg County	D	+22.7%	1,111	580	2,339
Lynchburg city	R	−32.8%	3,362	6,806	10,502
Madison County	R	−21.2%	533	850	1,495
Martinsville city	R	−21.3%	1,368	2,125	3,561
Mathews County	R	−39.3%	406	1,018	1,556
Mecklenburg County	D	+11.4%	2,004	1,498	4,434
Middlesex County	R	−30.8%	338	721	1,243
Montgomery County	R	−41.9%	1,848	4,598	6,559
Nelson County	D	+22.0%	1,215	764	2,054
New Kent County	R	−37.7%	178	510	880
Newport News city	R	−13.8%	6,475	8,651	15,735
Norfolk city	R	−5.7%	20,597	23,208	45,445
Northampton County	R	−5.3%	1,132	1,264	2,477
Northumberland County	R	−40.2%	428	1,191	1,900
Norton city	R	−10.6%	552	684	1,241
Nottoway County	D	+3.5%	1,242	1,124	3,329
Orange County	R	−21.9%	794	1,344	2,510
Page County	R	−26.8%	1,358	2,372	3,781
Patrick County	D	+10.8%	1,677	1,345	3,062
Petersburg city	R	−23.6%	1,882	3,166	5,449
Pittsylvania County	D	+16.2%	4,136	2,870	7,794
Portsmouth city	D	+2.6%	5,683	5,390	11,436
Powhatan County	R	−32.0%	297	729	1,348
Prince Edward County	O	−16.7%	437	932	2,965
Prince George County	R	−3.2%	642	689	1,490
Prince William County	R	−4.3%	1,851	2,023	3,970
Pulaski County	R	−27.3%	1,994	3,517	5,578
Radford city	R	−25.9%	1,118	1,910	3,058
Rappahannock County	D	+0.8%	523	514	1,075
Richmond city	R	−37.5%	10,758	27,367	44,291
Richmond County	R	−43.4%	274	761	1,121
Roanoke city	R	−41.3%	6,751	16,708	24,082
Roanoke County	R	−42.9%	2,899	7,509	10,753
Rockbridge County	R	−36.1%	1,039	2,273	3,418
Rockingham County	R	−45.1%	1,605	4,324	6,027
Russell County	D	+1.3%	3,641	3,550	7,224
Scott County	R	−17.4%	3,595	5,116	8,754
Shenandoah County	R	−39.8%	1,769	4,164	6,019
Smyth County	R	−33.3%	2,374	4,771	7,204
Southampton County	D	+20.5%	2,039	1,290	3,655
Spotsylvania County	R	−10.5%	993	1,244	2,395
Stafford County	R	−22.1%	978	1,563	2,652
Staunton city	R	−53.2%	843	2,908	3,881
Suffolk city	D	+3.1%	3,595	3,370	7,172
Surry County	D	+14.6%	616	425	1,307
Sussex County	D	+3.3%	851	785	1,997
Tazewell County	R	−6.2%	3,495	3,960	7,535
Virginia Beach city	R	−4.9%	5,453	6,030	11,796
Warren County	R	−20.0%	1,322	2,003	3,405
Washington County	R	−13.4%	3,547	4,651	8,250
Waynesboro city	R	−45.1%	748	2,049	2,886
Westmoreland County	R	−17.8%	695	1,033	1,897
Williamsburg city	R	−33.4%	362	775	1,238
Winchester city	R	−41.8%	945	2,375	3,419
Wise County	D	+6.6%	5,567	4,871	10,495
Wythe County	R	−32.4%	1,766	3,484	5,307
York County	R	−23.7%	1,064	1,759	2,927