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 winDemocrat
Adlai Stevenson
72
electoral votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower
456
electoral votes
72
456
270
Popular Vote
62,010,167 total votesAdlai 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
| Year | Democrat | Republican | Electoral | Popular | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 72-456 | R+15.4% | GOP |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 82-446 | R+10.8% | GOP |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | Thomas E. Dewey | 376-152 | D+4.5% | DEM |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Thomas E. Dewey | 447-81 | D+7.5% | DEM |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Wendell Willkie | 462-66 | D+9.9% | DEM |
State-by-State Results
7 Dem41 Rep
Battleground States (Margin < 5%)
| State | EV | 1956 |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 16 | D+34.1 |
| Mississippi | 6 | D+33.8 |
| South Carolina | 9 | D+20.2 |
| Alabama | 9 | D+17.1 |
| Arkansas | 6 | D+6.6 |
| North Carolina | 16 | D+1.3 |
| Missouri | 10 | D+0.2 |
| Tennessee | 11 | R+0.6 |
| Minnesota | 10 | R+7.6 |
| West Virginia | 4 | R+8.2 |
| Washington | 12 | R+8.5 |
| Kentucky | 8 | R+9.1 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | R+10.3 |
| Delaware | 3 | R+10.5 |
| Oregon | 8 | R+10.5 |
| California | 54 | R+11.1 |
| Texas | 40 | R+11.3 |
| Michigan | 15 | R+11.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | R+13.2 |
| Louisiana | 8 | R+13.8 |
| Montana | 4 | R+14.3 |
| Florida | 30 | R+14.5 |
| Nevada | 6 | R+15.9 |
| New Mexico | 5 | R+16.0 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | R+16.5 |
| South Dakota | 3 | R+16.8 |
| Virginia | 13 | R+17.0 |
| Iowa | 6 | R+18.4 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | R+18.9 |
| Illinois | 19 | R+19.2 |
| Colorado | 10 | R+19.7 |
| Maryland | 10 | R+20.1 |
| Wyoming | 3 | R+20.2 |
| Indiana | 11 | R+20.2 |
| Arizona | 11 | R+22.1 |
| Ohio | 17 | R+22.2 |
| Idaho | 4 | R+22.4 |
| New York | 28 | R+22.4 |
| North Dakota | 3 | R+23.6 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | R+23.7 |
| Connecticut | 7 | R+27.5 |
| Utah | 6 | R+29.1 |
| New Jersey | 14 | R+30.5 |
| Nebraska | 5 | R+31.0 |
| Kansas | 6 | R+31.2 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | R+32.3 |
| Maine | 4 | R+41.7 |
| Vermont | 3 | R+44.4 |