Dwight D. Eisenhower carried West Virginia R+8.2.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in West Virginia, 1956. The state ran 7.2 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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West Virginia result

830,831 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

381,534

45.9%

Eisenhower (R)

449,297

54.1%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+8.2

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1956 presidential election

West Virginia, 1956

EisenhowerR+8.2

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	54.1%	449,297
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	45.9%	381,534
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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West Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

West Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+2.4%
1896	−5.4%
1900	−9.5%
1904	−13.2%
1908	−10.2%
1912	+21.3%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−12.0%
1924	−5.4%
1928	−17.4%
1932	+10.0%
1936	+21.4%
1940	+14.2%
1944	+9.8%
1948	+15.1%
1952	+3.8%
1956	−8.2%
1960	+5.5%
1964	+35.9%
1968	+8.8%
1972	−27.2%
1976	+16.1%
1980	+4.5%
1984	−10.5%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+13.0%
1996	+14.7%
2000	−6.3%
2004	−12.9%
2008	−13.1%
2012	−26.7%
2016	−41.7%
2020	−38.9%
2024	−41.9%

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County results — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Barbour County	R	−9.2%	3,707	4,460	8,167
Berkeley County	R	−23.2%	5,649	9,071	14,720
Boone County	D	+15.7%	7,126	5,196	12,322
Braxton County	D	+6.4%	3,913	3,441	7,354
Brooke County	D	+8.7%	7,072	5,944	13,016
Cabell County	R	−22.1%	18,408	28,882	47,290
Calhoun County	R	−4.1%	1,928	2,094	4,022
Clay County	R	−3.5%	2,628	2,820	5,448
Doddridge County	R	−47.0%	935	2,594	3,529
Fayette County	D	+22.9%	16,286	10,218	26,504
Gilmer County	D	+6.4%	2,016	1,774	3,790
Grant County	R	−68.6%	634	3,408	4,042
Greenbrier County	R	−6.0%	6,817	7,684	14,501
Hampshire County	R	−6.4%	2,356	2,676	5,032
Hancock County	D	+4.2%	9,524	8,750	18,274
Hardy County	D	+1.3%	2,259	2,202	4,461
Harrison County	R	−11.0%	17,541	21,860	39,401
Jackson County	R	−31.5%	2,596	4,984	7,580
Jefferson County	R	−0.4%	3,353	3,380	6,733
Kanawha County	R	−7.6%	50,289	58,597	108,886
Lewis County	R	−32.0%	3,194	6,203	9,397
Lincoln County	D	+0.2%	4,972	4,954	9,926
Logan County	D	+16.6%	14,794	10,588	25,382
Marion County	D	+0.2%	16,192	16,112	32,304
Marshall County	R	−15.6%	7,463	10,223	17,686
Mason County	R	−25.2%	3,769	6,306	10,075
McDowell County	D	+20.5%	16,865	11,138	28,003
Mercer County	R	−5.1%	13,236	14,648	27,884
Mineral County	R	−28.2%	3,588	6,412	10,000
Mingo County	D	+11.7%	10,014	7,916	17,930
Monongalia County	R	−12.1%	11,016	14,046	25,062
Monroe County	R	−12.0%	2,772	3,529	6,301
Morgan County	R	−45.5%	1,104	2,946	4,050
Nicholas County	R	−3.8%	4,880	5,263	10,143
Ohio County	R	−25.4%	13,191	22,165	35,356
Pendleton County	D	+1.0%	1,999	1,959	3,958
Pleasants County	R	−15.1%	1,581	2,144	3,725
Pocahontas County	R	−7.4%	2,533	2,937	5,470
Preston County	R	−40.5%	3,365	7,953	11,318
Putnam County	R	−7.8%	4,754	5,560	10,314
Raleigh County	R	−0.2%	16,264	16,318	32,582
Randolph County	D	+2.2%	5,697	5,448	11,145
Ritchie County	R	−47.6%	1,471	4,140	5,611
Roane County	R	−19.7%	3,153	4,701	7,854
Summers County	D	+2.0%	3,865	3,712	7,577
Taylor County	R	−21.3%	3,079	4,743	7,822
Tucker County	R	−4.4%	2,129	2,326	4,455
Tyler County	R	−47.2%	1,318	3,671	4,989
Upshur County	R	−46.6%	2,081	5,707	7,788
Wayne County	R	−4.8%	7,655	8,429	16,084
Webster County	D	+11.1%	3,072	2,457	5,529
Wetzel County	R	−13.8%	3,809	5,024	8,833
Wirt County	R	−9.9%	1,184	1,444	2,628
Wood County	R	−22.6%	13,320	21,096	34,416
Wyoming County	D	+0.5%	7,118	7,044	14,162