Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Washington R+8.5.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Washington, 1956. The state ran 6.9 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Washington result

1,150,889 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

523,002

45.4%

Eisenhower (R)

620,430

53.9%

All others

7,457

0.6%

Margin

R+8.5

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1956 presidential election

Washington, 1956

EisenhowerR+8.5

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	53.9%	620,430
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	45.4%	523,002
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	7,457

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−15.1%	1,673	2,267	3,944
Asotin County	R	−0.4%	2,586	2,608	5,200
Benton County	R	−8.0%	11,760	13,807	25,571
Chelan County	R	−15.5%	7,600	10,405	18,122
Clallam County	R	−9.8%	5,632	6,852	12,500
Clark County	D	+0.9%	19,665	19,330	39,046
Columbia County	R	−31.6%	739	1,423	2,162
Cowlitz County	D	+2.2%	12,448	11,912	24,410
Douglas County	D	+7.7%	3,034	2,602	5,645
Ferry County	D	+11.3%	830	662	1,493
Franklin County	D	+6.9%	4,322	3,763	8,090
Garfield County	R	−20.4%	639	966	1,606
Grant County	D	+2.5%	6,938	6,603	13,549
Grays Harbor County	D	+5.1%	12,858	11,599	24,514
Island County	R	−22.7%	2,009	3,196	5,222
Jefferson County	R	−13.6%	1,750	2,300	4,057
King County	R	−11.9%	167,443	213,504	386,223
Kitsap County	D	+4.4%	19,641	17,986	37,685
Kittitas County	R	−15.5%	3,726	5,097	8,830
Klickitat County	R	−4.0%	2,577	2,794	5,379
Lewis County	R	−21.5%	7,714	11,949	19,688
Lincoln County	R	−15.6%	2,273	3,114	5,390
Mason County	R	−2.4%	3,840	4,026	7,886
Okanogan County	R	−1.4%	5,298	5,448	10,754
Pacific County	D	+0.3%	3,824	3,799	7,635
Pend Oreille County	D	+1.7%	1,540	1,488	3,031
Pierce County	D	+0.6%	57,728	57,078	115,544
San Juan County	R	−30.8%	584	1,105	1,693
Skagit County	R	−13.6%	9,243	12,149	21,440
Skamania County	D	+8.1%	1,193	1,014	2,209
Snohomish County	D	+3.0%	31,950	30,052	62,327
Spokane County	R	−10.5%	48,833	60,335	109,287
Stevens County	R	−8.3%	3,808	4,499	8,322
Thurston County	R	−17.5%	9,897	14,093	24,009
Wahkiakum County	D	+8.2%	953	808	1,767
Walla Walla County	R	−32.1%	6,076	11,827	17,910
Whatcom County	R	−8.9%	14,533	17,414	32,191
Whitman County	R	−27.7%	4,854	8,572	13,434
Yakima County	R	−20.7%	20,991	31,984	53,124