1956 Elections

Presidential Year

3 offices contested.

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1956

Balance of Power

41.8%Popular Vote57.2%

62,281,440 votes

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1956

Presidential Election · 1956

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republicandefeating Adlai Stevenson II

Stevenson

Electoral

Votes

268 to win

457

Eisenhower

72 EV268 needed to win457 EV

Popular Vote

Eisenhower(REP)57.1%

Stevenson(DEM)41.8%

candidates(OTH)1.1%

National margin:R+15.4%

62,281,440 total votes cast

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Results by State

Stevenson: 7 states · 72 EV|Eisenhower: 41 states · 457 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Stevenson %	Votes	Eisenhower %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Vermont	3	3	27.8%	42,540	72.2%	110,390	—	R+44.4	↓ R+1.1
▶	Maine	5	8	29.1%	102,468	70.9%	249,238	—	R+41.7	↓ R+9.4
▶	New Hampshire	4	12	33.8%	90,364	66.1%	176,519	—	R+32.3	↓ R+10.4
▶	Kansas	8	20	34.2%	296,317	65.4%	566,878	—	R+31.2	↑ D+7.0
▶	Nebraska	6	26	34.5%	199,029	65.5%	378,108	—	R+31.0	↑ D+7.3
▶	New Jersey	16	42	34.2%	850,337	64.7%	1,606,942	—	R+30.5	↓ R+15.7
▶	Utah	4	46	35.4%	118,364	64.6%	215,631	—	R+29.1	↓ R+11.3
▶	Connecticut	8	54	36.3%	405,079	63.7%	711,837	—	R+27.5	↓ R+15.7
▶	Wisconsin	12	66	37.8%	586,768	61.6%	954,844	—	R+23.7	↓ R+1.5
▶	North Dakota	4	70	38.1%	96,742	61.7%	156,766	—	R+23.6	↑ D+18.9
▶	New York	45	115	38.7%	2,747,944	61.2%	4,345,506	—	R+22.5	↓ R+4.8
▶	Idaho	4	119	38.8%	105,868	61.2%	166,979	—	R+22.4	↑ D+8.6
▶	Ohio	25	144	38.9%	1,439,655	61.1%	2,262,610	—	R+22.2	↓ R+8.7
▶	Arizona	4	148	38.9%	112,880	61.0%	176,990	—	R+22.1	↓ R+5.4
▶	Indiana	13	161	39.7%	783,908	59.9%	1,182,811	—	R+20.2	↓ R+3.1
▶	Wyoming	3	164	39.9%	49,554	60.1%	74,573	—	R+20.2	↑ D+5.5
▶	Maryland	9	173	40.0%	372,613	60.0%	559,738	—	R+20.1	↓ R+8.5
▶	Colorado	6	179	39.8%	263,997	59.5%	394,479	—	R+19.7	↑ D+1.6
▶	Illinois	27	206	40.3%	1,775,682	59.7%	2,631,725	—	R+19.4	↓ R+9.5
▶	Massachusetts	16	222	40.4%	948,190	59.3%	1,393,197	—	R+18.9	↓ R+10.2
▶	Iowa	10	232	40.6%	501,858	59.1%	729,187	—	R+18.4	↑ D+9.8
▶	Virginia	12	244	38.4%	264,354	55.4%	381,587	6.3%	R+17.0	↓ R+4.0
▶	South Dakota	4	248	41.6%	122,288	58.4%	171,569	—	R+16.8	↑ D+21.8
▶	Rhode Island	4	252	41.7%	161,790	58.3%	225,819	—	R+16.5	↓ R+14.7
▶	New Mexico	4	256	41.9%	106,350	58.1%	147,646	—	R+16.3	↓ R+4.8
▶	Nevada	3	259	42.0%	40,640	58.0%	56,049	—	R+15.9	↑ D+7.0
▶	Florida	10	269	42.7%	480,371	57.2%	643,849	—	R+14.5	↓ R+4.5
▶	Montana	4	273	42.9%	116,238	57.1%	154,933	—	R+14.3	↑ D+5.0
▶	Louisiana	10	283	39.5%	243,977	53.3%	329,047	7.2%	R+13.8	↓ R+19.6
▶	Pennsylvania	32	315	43.3%	1,981,769	56.5%	2,585,252	—	R+13.2	↓ R+7.3
▶	Michigan	20	335	44.1%	1,359,898	55.6%	1,713,647	—	R+11.5	→ Even
▶	Texas	24	359	44.0%	859,958	55.3%	1,080,619	—	R+11.3	↓ R+4.8
▶	California	32	391	44.3%	2,420,135	55.4%	3,027,668	—	R+11.1	↑ D+2.5
▶	Oregon	6	397	44.8%	329,204	55.3%	406,393	—	R+10.5	↑ D+11.1
▶	Delaware	3	400	44.6%	79,421	55.1%	98,057	—	R+10.5	↑ D+2.2
▶	Oklahoma	8	408	44.9%	385,581	55.1%	473,769	—	R+10.3	↓ R+1.1
▶	Kentucky	10	418	45.2%	476,453	54.3%	572,192	—	R+9.1	↓ R+9.2
▶	Washington	9	427	45.4%	523,002	53.9%	620,430	—	R+8.5	↑ D+1.2
▶	West Virginia	8	435	45.9%	381,534	54.1%	449,297	—	R+8.2	↓ R+12.0
▶	Minnesota	11	446	46.1%	617,525	53.7%	719,302	—	R+7.6	↑ D+3.6
▶	Tennessee	11	457	48.6%	456,507	49.2%	462,288	—	R+0.6	↓ R+0.3
▶	Mississippi	8	8	58.2%	144,453	24.5%	60,685	17.3%	D+33.8	↑ D+12.8
▶	Georgia	12	20	66.4%	444,688	33.3%	222,778	—	D+33.1	↓ R+6.2
▶	Alabama	11	31	56.4%	279,502	39.5%	195,694	—	D+16.9	↓ R+12.6
▶	South Carolina	8	39	45.4%	136,278	25.2%	75,634	29.5%	D+20.2	↓ R+27.7
▶	Arkansas	6	45	52.5%	213,277	45.8%	186,287	—	D+6.6	↓ R+5.5
▶	North Carolina	14	59	50.7%	590,530	49.3%	575,069	—	D+1.3	↓ R+6.5
▶	Missouri	13	72	43.9%	918,273	43.7%	914,289	12.4%	D+0.2	↑ D+1.6

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1952 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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U.S. Senate

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34 contests|D won 18|R won 16

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	HillDEM	100.0%	330,182	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+23.5
▶	Arizona	HaydenDEM	61.4%	170,816	JonesREP	38.6%	107,447	D+22.8	↓ R+2.8
▶	Arkansas	FulbrightDEM	83.0%	331,679	HenleyREP	17.0%	68,016	D+66.0	↓ R+34.0
▶	California	KuchelREP	54.0%	2,892,918	RichardsDEM	45.6%	2,445,816	R+8.3	↑ D+10.1
▶	Colorado	CarrollDEM	50.2%	319,872	ThorntonREP	49.8%	317,102	D+0.4	↑ D+6.9
▶	Connecticut	BushREP	54.8%	610,829	DoddDEM	43.0%	479,460	R+11.8	↓ R+11.9
▶	Florida	SmathersDEM	100.0%	655,418	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+47.4
▶	Georgia	TalmadgeDEM	100.0%	541,094	OtherOTH	0.0%	173	D+100.0	→ Even
▶	Idaho	ChurchDEM	59.2%	149,096	WelkerREP	40.8%	102,781	D+18.4	↑ D+22.1
▶	Illinois	DirksenREP	54.1%	2,308,261	StengelDEM	45.7%	1,949,874	R+8.4	↓ R+0.3
▶	Indiana	CapehartREP	55.2%	1,084,262	WickardDEM	44.4%	871,781	R+10.8	↓ R+4.4
▶	Iowa	HickenlooperREP	53.9%	635,499	EvansDEM	46.1%	543,156	R+7.8	↑ D+2.3
▶	Kansas	CarlsonREP	57.9%	477,822	HartDEM	40.5%	333,939	R+17.4	↓ R+7.0
▶	Kentucky	MortonREP	50.4%	506,903	ClementsDEM	49.6%	499,922	R+0.7	↓ R+9.8
▶	Kentucky(S)	CooperREP	53.2%	538,505	WetherbyDEM	46.8%	473,140	R+6.5	↓ R+15.5
▶	Louisiana	LongDEM	100.0%	335,564	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+24.6
▶	Maryland	ButlerREP	53.0%	473,059	MahoneyDEM	47.0%	419,108	R+6.0	↑ D+0.9
▶	Missouri	HenningsDEM	56.4%	1,015,936	DouglasREP	43.6%	785,048	D+12.8	↑ D+5.6
▶	Nevada	BibleDEM	52.6%	50,677	YoungREP	47.4%	45,712	D+5.2	↓ R+10.9
▶	New Hampshire	CottonREP	64.1%	161,424	PickettDEM	35.9%	90,519	R+28.1	↓ R+10.5
▶	North Carolina	ErvinDEM	66.6%	731,353	JohnsonREP	33.4%	367,475	D+33.1	↑ D+9.3
▶	North Dakota	YoungREP	63.6%	155,305	BurdickDEM	36.0%	87,919	R+27.6	↑ D+7.6
▶	Ohio	LauscheDEM	52.9%	1,864,589	BenderREP	47.1%	1,660,910	D+5.8	↑ D+20.9
▶	Oklahoma	MonroneyDEM	55.4%	459,996	McKeeverREP	44.6%	371,146	D+10.7	↑ D+1.1
▶	Oregon	MorseDEM	54.2%	396,849	McKayREP	45.8%	335,405	D+8.4	↑ D+60.0
▶	Pennsylvania	ClarkDEM	50.1%	2,268,641	DuffREP	49.7%	2,250,671	D+0.4	↑ D+4.0
▶	South Carolina	JohnstonDEM	82.2%	230,150	CrawfordREP	17.8%	49,695	D+64.5	↓ R+35.5
▶	South Carolina(S)	ThurmondDEM	100.0%	245,371	—	—	—	D+100.0	↑ D+0.1
▶	South Dakota	CaseREP	50.8%	147,621	HolumDEM	49.2%	143,001	R+1.6	↑ D+26.3
▶	Utah	BennettREP	54.0%	178,261	HopkinDEM	46.0%	152,120	R+7.9	↑ D+0.1
▶	Vermont	AikenREP	66.4%	103,101	O'SheaDEM	33.6%	52,184	R+32.8	↑ D+23.2
▶	Washington	MagnusonDEM	61.1%	685,565	LanglieREP	38.9%	436,652	D+22.2	↑ D+14.8
▶	West Virginia(S)	RevercombREP	53.7%	432,123	MarlandDEM	46.3%	373,051	R+7.3	—
▶	Wisconsin	WileyREP	58.6%	892,473	MaierDEM	41.2%	627,903	R+17.4	↓ R+10.2

Governor

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30 contests|D won 16|R won 14

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arizona	McFarlandDEM	59.5%	171,848	GriffenREP	40.5%	116,744	D+19.1	↑ D+39.4
▶	Arkansas	FaubusDEM	80.7%	321,797	MitchellREP	19.4%	77,215	D+61.3	↓ R+13.5
▶	Colorado	McNicholsDEM	51.3%	331,283	BrotzmanREP	48.7%	313,950	D+2.7	↑ D+17.4
▶	Delaware	BoggsREP	52.0%	91,965	McConnellDEM	48.0%	85,047	R+3.9	↑ D+0.3
▶	Florida	CollinsDEM	73.7%	747,753	WashburnREP	26.3%	266,980	D+47.4	↓ R+2.3
▶	Illinois	StrattonREP	50.5%	2,178,432	AustinDEM	49.5%	2,134,909	R+1.0	↑ D+4.2
▶	Indiana	HandleyREP	55.6%	1,086,868	TuckerDEM	44.0%	859,393	R+11.6	↑ D+0.5
▶	Iowa	LovelessDEM	51.2%	616,852	HoeghREP	48.8%	587,383	D+2.5	↑ D+6.6
▶	Kansas	DockingDEM	55.5%	479,701	ShawREP	42.1%	364,340	D+13.3	↑ D+28.0
▶	Louisiana	LongDEM	100.0%	172,291	—	—	—	D+100.0	→ Even
▶	Maine	MuskieDEM	59.2%	180,254	TraftonREP	40.8%	124,395	D+18.3	↑ D+53.4
▶	Massachusetts	FurcoloDEM	52.8%	1,234,618	WhittierREP	46.9%	1,096,759	D+5.9	↑ D+6.5
▶	Michigan	WilliamsDEM	54.6%	1,666,689	CoboREP	45.1%	1,376,376	D+9.5	↑ D+9.2
▶	Minnesota	FreemanDEM	51.4%	731,180	NelsenREP	48.2%	685,196	D+3.2	↑ D+14.6
▶	Missouri	BlairDEM	52.1%	941,528	HockerREP	47.9%	866,810	D+4.1	↓ R+3.6
▶	Montana	AronsonREP	51.4%	138,878	OlsenDEM	48.6%	131,488	R+2.7	↓ R+0.8
▶	Nebraska	AndersonREP	54.3%	308,285	SorrellDEM	40.2%	228,048	R+14.1	↑ D+8.7
▶	New Hampshire	DwinellREP	54.7%	141,578	ShawDEM	45.3%	117,117	R+9.5	↑ D+16.8
▶	New Mexico	MechemREP	45.7%	115,060	SimmsDEM	41.9%	105,436	R+3.8	↑ D+4.2
▶	North Carolina	HodgesDEM	67.0%	760,480	HayesREP	33.0%	375,379	D+33.9	↓ R+1.1
▶	North Dakota	DavisREP	58.5%	147,566	WarnerDEM	41.5%	104,869	R+16.9	↑ D+40.6
▶	Ohio	O'NeillREP	56.0%	1,984,988	DisalleDEM	44.0%	1,557,103	R+12.1	↓ R+23.9
▶	Rhode Island	RobertsDEM	50.1%	192,315	SestoREP	49.9%	191,604	D+0.2	↓ R+5.0
▶	South Dakota	FossREP	54.4%	158,819	HersethDEM	45.6%	133,198	R+8.8	↑ D+31.5
▶	Texas	DanielDEM	78.4%	1,433,051	BryantREP	14.8%	271,088	D+63.6	↓ R+36.4
▶	Utah	ClydeREP	38.2%	127,164	RomneyDEM	33.4%	111,297	R+4.8	↑ D+5.4
▶	Vermont	JohnsonREP	57.5%	88,379	BranonDEM	42.5%	65,420	R+14.9	↓ R+2.8
▶	Washington	RoselliniDEM	54.6%	616,773	AndersonREP	45.0%	508,041	D+9.6	↑ D+14.9
▶	West Virginia	UnderwoodREP	53.9%	440,502	MollohanDEM	46.1%	377,121	R+7.8	↓ R+10.8
▶	Wisconsin	ThomsonREP	51.9%	808,273	ProxmireDEM	48.1%	749,421	R+3.8	↑ D+21.4