Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Wisconsin R+23.7.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Wisconsin, 1956. The state ran 8.3 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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Wisconsin result

1,550,558 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

586,768

37.8%

Eisenhower (R)

954,844

61.6%

All others

8,946

0.6%

Margin

R+23.7

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1956 presidential election

Wisconsin, 1956

EisenhowerR+23.7

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	61.6%	954,844
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	37.8%	586,768
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	8,946

D+60

R+60

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

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Wisconsin's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

Wisconsin's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.7%
1896	−22.9%
1900	−24.1%
1904	−35.2%
1908	−17.8%
1912	+8.4%
1916	−6.6%
1920	−54.9%
1924	−29.0%
1928	−9.2%
1932	+32.3%
1936	+33.5%
1940	+1.8%
1944	−1.8%
1948	+4.4%
1952	−22.2%
1956	−23.7%
1960	−3.7%
1964	+24.3%
1968	−3.6%
1972	−9.7%
1976	+1.7%
1980	−4.7%
1984	−9.2%
1988	+3.6%
1992	+4.4%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.2%
2004	+0.4%
2008	+13.9%
2012	+6.9%
2016	−0.8%
2020	+0.6%
2024	−0.9%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−19.6%	1,244	1,854	3,117
Ashland County	R	−5.7%	3,677	4,121	7,819
Barron County	R	−22.8%	5,419	8,634	14,126
Bayfield County	R	−7.0%	2,691	3,096	5,806
Brown County	R	−41.1%	13,642	32,878	46,808
Buffalo County	R	−19.8%	2,266	3,387	5,661
Burnett County	R	−5.1%	1,986	2,198	4,198
Calumet County	R	−49.0%	2,099	6,166	8,308
Chippewa County	R	−19.2%	6,617	9,781	16,461
Clark County	R	−24.9%	4,765	7,941	12,754
Columbia County	R	−32.4%	5,158	10,120	15,330
Crawford County	R	−24.0%	2,522	4,123	6,681
Dane County	R	−2.7%	36,891	38,955	76,213
Dodge County	R	−44.6%	6,704	17,569	24,366
Door County	R	−56.4%	1,859	6,722	8,622
Douglas County	D	+10.2%	11,276	9,183	20,502
Dunn County	R	−20.9%	4,189	6,401	10,604
Eau Claire County	R	−17.1%	9,276	13,122	22,439
Florence County	R	−16.2%	723	1,003	1,731
Fond du Lac County	R	−45.7%	7,940	21,496	29,666
Forest County	R	−14.3%	1,527	2,039	3,575
Grant County	R	−38.0%	5,208	11,648	16,958
Green County	R	−32.5%	3,614	7,114	10,779
Green Lake County	R	−53.4%	1,643	5,441	7,113
Iowa County	R	−24.1%	3,176	5,201	8,417
Iron County	D	+7.1%	2,226	1,930	4,176
Jackson County	R	−13.5%	2,755	3,614	6,378
Jefferson County	R	−34.6%	6,452	13,357	19,931
Juneau County	R	−35.6%	2,428	5,135	7,598
Kenosha County	R	−11.0%	17,094	21,367	38,796
Kewaunee County	R	−36.5%	2,364	5,106	7,509
La Crosse County	R	−23.7%	11,258	18,264	29,622
Lafayette County	R	−19.1%	3,212	4,733	7,978
Langlade County	R	−28.1%	2,804	5,004	7,841
Lincoln County	R	−36.9%	2,880	6,329	9,343
Manitowoc County	R	−24.9%	10,800	18,078	29,199
Marathon County	R	−19.1%	15,301	22,586	38,051
Marinette County	R	−26.7%	5,113	8,874	14,060
Marquette County	R	−48.1%	975	2,796	3,785
Milwaukee County	R	−12.3%	177,286	227,253	407,318
Monroe County	R	−26.7%	4,311	7,460	11,811
Oconto County	R	−30.4%	3,632	6,836	10,525
Oneida County	R	−30.4%	3,328	6,261	9,648
Outagamie County	R	−53.9%	7,725	26,090	34,077
Ozaukee County	R	−40.2%	4,139	9,808	14,086
Pepin County	R	−31.0%	1,040	1,975	3,015
Pierce County	R	−22.6%	3,644	5,782	9,458
Polk County	R	−8.3%	4,985	5,894	10,906
Portage County	R	−8.5%	7,010	8,320	15,386
Price County	R	−18.3%	2,778	4,028	6,848
Racine County	R	−17.0%	22,646	31,968	54,919
Richland County	R	−28.9%	2,783	5,062	7,874
Rock County	R	−35.2%	13,834	28,980	42,987
Rusk County	R	−7.9%	2,929	3,433	6,395
Sauk County	R	−33.4%	5,292	10,644	16,016
Sawyer County	R	−29.8%	1,520	2,823	4,374
Shawano County	R	−43.5%	3,675	9,388	13,122
Sheboygan County	R	−20.5%	14,540	22,077	36,852
St. Croix County	R	−11.7%	5,499	6,956	12,484
Taylor County	R	−16.3%	2,759	3,843	6,654
Trempealeau County	R	−8.7%	4,602	5,476	10,094
Vernon County	R	−11.5%	4,923	6,200	11,140
Vilas County	R	−48.6%	1,267	3,683	4,972
Walworth County	R	−54.0%	4,922	16,696	21,790
Washburn County	R	−18.2%	1,935	2,798	4,752
Washington County	R	−46.3%	4,447	12,167	16,683
Waukesha County	R	−38.6%	15,496	35,212	51,084
Waupaca County	R	−57.8%	3,133	11,798	15,003
Waushara County	R	−54.3%	1,387	4,717	6,127
Winnebago County	R	−43.8%	11,115	28,759	40,254
Wood County	R	−40.2%	6,412	15,091	21,583