November 5, 1956

Dwight D. Eisenhower Wins 1956

Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Adlai Stevenson with 456 electoral votes, winning 41 states.

Adlai Stevenson
72 EV
270 to win
Dwight D. Eisenhower
456 EV
72
456
270
Dwight D. Eisenhower wins
456
Electoral Votes
57.4%
Popular Vote
41
States Carried
62,010,167
Total Votes Cast

Dwight D. Eisenhower won the 1956 presidential election with 456 electoral votes to Adlai Stevenson's 72. Dwight D. Eisenhower received 57.4% of the popular vote and carried 41 states. Compared to the previous election, 314 counties changed parties—180 flipped Republican and 134 flipped Democratic.

1956 National Results

Electoral College

270 needed to win
Democrat
Adlai Stevenson
72
electoral votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower
456
electoral votes
72
456
270

Popular Vote

62,010,167 total votes
Adlai Stevenson42.0%
26,026,794 votes
Dwight D. Eisenhower57.4%
35,577,551 votes
R+15.4% margin
(9,550,757 vote difference)
Source: Official state election returnsDwight D. Eisenhower elected president

State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

YearDemocratRepublicanElectoralPopularWinner
1956Adlai StevensonDwight D. Eisenhower72-456R+15.4%GOP
1952Adlai StevensonDwight D. Eisenhower82-446R+10.8%GOP
1948Harry S. TrumanThomas E. Dewey376-152D+4.5%DEM
1944Franklin D. RooseveltThomas E. Dewey447-81D+7.5%DEM
1940Franklin D. RooseveltWendell Willkie462-66D+9.9%DEM

State-by-State Results

7 Dem41 Rep
StateEV1956
Georgia16D+34.1
Mississippi6D+33.8
South Carolina9D+20.2
Alabama9D+17.1
Arkansas6D+6.6
North Carolina16D+1.3
Missouri10D+0.2
Tennessee11R+0.6
Minnesota10R+7.6
West Virginia4R+8.2
Washington12R+8.5
Kentucky8R+9.1
Oklahoma7R+10.3
Delaware3R+10.5
Oregon8R+10.5
California54R+11.1
Texas40R+11.3
Michigan15R+11.5
Pennsylvania19R+13.2
Louisiana8R+13.8
Montana4R+14.3
Florida30R+14.5
Nevada6R+15.9
New Mexico5R+16.0
Rhode Island4R+16.5
South Dakota3R+16.8
Virginia13R+17.0
Iowa6R+18.4
Massachusetts11R+18.9
Illinois19R+19.2
Colorado10R+19.7
Maryland10R+20.1
Wyoming3R+20.2
Indiana11R+20.2
Arizona11R+22.1
Ohio17R+22.2
Idaho4R+22.4
New York28R+22.4
North Dakota3R+23.6
Wisconsin10R+23.7
Connecticut7R+27.5
Utah6R+29.1
New Jersey14R+30.5
Nebraska5R+31.0
Kansas6R+31.2
New Hampshire4R+32.3
Maine4R+41.7
Vermont3R+44.4

Counties That Changed Parties

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Source: Official state election returns
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