Arkansas 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Arkansas 1956 presidential election with 213,277 votes (52.5%), a margin of D+6.6. Arkansas's 6 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

52.5%

45.8%

213,277

Democratic Candidate (52.5%)

186,287

Republican Candidate (45.8%)

Total Votes: 406,572|Margin: D+6.6

County Results

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County Results (75 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Calhoun County	D+48.7	D+22.6	R+16.4	1,762	R+17.3%
Jackson County	D+46.9	D+18.1	D+1.7	5,061	R+1.8%
Cleveland County	D+45.6	D+23.9	R+12.5	1,592	D+1.0%
Desha County	D+41.3	D+28.0	D+3.8	4,191	R+9.1%
Izard County	D+40.2	D+9.2	R+7.4	1,716	D+13.6%
Ashley County	D+38.3	D+6.8	R+25.3	4,270	R+8.7%
Bradley County	D+37.3	D+30.4	R+7.5	4,426	R+9.7%
Chicot County	D+35.6	D+20.9	D+15.3	3,455	D+1.0%
Lincoln County	D+35.3	D+33.1	D+12.8	2,405	R+16.3%
Ouachita County	D+29.1	D+23.1	R+6.4	8,129	R+17.1%
Cross County	D+28.9	D+8.9	R+18.3	3,417	D+5.8%
Greene County	D+28.9	D+13.7	R+13.2	5,389	R+2.2%
Poinsett County	D+28.3	D+9.3	R+17.9	6,006	R+8.0%
Nevada County	D+28.3	D+21.0	R+13.7	2,943	R+2.8%
Drew County	D+27.0	D+24.0	R+12.7	3,586	R+9.9%
Dallas County	D+26.9	D+27.4	R+7.3	2,762	R+22.9%
Lee County	D+26.5	D+28.5	D+9.3	2,814	R+2.6%
Lonoke County	D+24.4	R+0.1	R+28.8	5,336	R+13.8%
Prairie County	D+24.1	D+1.9	R+25.0	2,440	R+7.2%
Woodruff County	D+23.9	D+33.2	D+10.1	2,675	R+18.4%
Conway County	D+22.9	D+6.0	R+14.8	4,281	D+3.4%
Lafayette County	D+22.5	D+5.1	R+14.8	2,280	R+15.4%
Randolph County	D+22.3	D+8.3	R+11.9	2,893	D+2.7%
Little River County	D+21.8	D+7.1	R+20.1	2,198	R+10.2%
Grant County	D+21.2	D+20.3	R+19.0	2,139	R+18.6%
Mississippi County	D+19.7	D+10.6	R+14.8	10,955	R+0.9%
Yell County	D+18.5	D+7.2	R+20.2	3,393	R+1.9%
Craighead County	D+18.3	R+8.3	R+26.9	10,060	D+0.9%
Lawrence County	D+18.2	D+4.3	R+21.6	3,948	D+1.7%
Sharp County	D+17.6	R+10.1	R+27.4	1,600	R+5.0%
Faulkner County	D+17.6	D+5.8	R+23.2	5,860	R+9.2%
Saline County	D+17.3	D+10.4	R+24.5	6,378	R+21.6%
Clark County	D+17.3	D+36.9	D+5.1	4,840	R+10.4%
Franklin County	D+17.2	R+11.4	R+29.0	2,771	R+1.1%
Clay County	D+16.0	D+12.2	R+6.9	4,113	D+12.1%
Phillips County	D+15.7	D+21.3	D+11.8	6,940	R+2.4%
Union County	D+15.7	R+14.9	R+32.7	12,726	R+1.9%
Monroe County	D+13.7	D+13.6	R+1.9	2,634	R+18.2%
Sevier County	D+12.7	D+6.4	R+25.8	2,678	R+6.6%
White County	D+12.4	D+3.9	R+30.7	8,750	R+6.0%
Perry County	D+11.3	D+4.6	R+18.5	1,304	R+11.6%
Miller County	D+11.0	R+6.0	R+27.6	9,987	R+14.9%
Marion County	D+10.6	R+18.9	R+29.0	1,922	R+2.4%
Pope County	D+9.6	R+6.0	R+35.2	5,045	R+5.7%
Hempstead County	D+9.3	D+9.5	R+19.1	4,997	R+4.1%
Columbia County	D+9.3	R+8.2	R+27.7	5,394	R+17.6%
Hot Spring County	D+9.3	D+30.8	D+1.8	6,502	R+21.4%
Fulton County	D+9.0	R+1.5	R+11.0	1,771	D+0.8%
Stone County	D+7.4	D+4.4	R+16.6	1,411	D+17.4%
Cleburne County	D+7.2	R+0.3	R+28.8	2,048	D+0.7%
St. Francis County	D+5.5	D+12.7	R+5.0	4,199	R+10.3%
Johnson County	D+5.5	D+1.2	R+21.3	3,245	R+2.3%
Jefferson County	D+5.4	D+21.9	D+10.8	12,558	R+11.2%
Logan County	D+5.1	R+4.6	R+27.4	4,412	R+4.8%
Pike County	D+4.2	D+4.3	R+29.7	1,903	R+17.5%
Howard County	D+3.6	D+3.5	R+27.6	2,785	R+18.9%
Van Buren County	D+1.3	R+1.9	R+23.0	2,642	D+0.4%
Independence County	R+0.4	D+5.5	R+25.3	4,683	R+0.1%
Arkansas County	R+1.6	D+11.2	R+20.6	5,635	R+0.7%
Pulaski County	R+4.6	D+2.4	R+17.5	50,301	R+6.7%
Boone County	R+5.4	R+18.2	R+39.8	6,006	D+3.9%
Crawford County	R+6.3	R+35.6	R+51.0	5,843	R+0.5%
Montgomery County	R+6.5	D+8.1	R+19.3	1,829	R+6.0%
Madison County	R+7.2	R+12.8	R+24.3	4,716	D+8.0%
Crittenden County	R+7.3	D+5.6	R+1.0	4,873	R+30.3%
Baxter County	R+8.5	R+32.3	R+40.7	3,192	R+8.5%
Scott County	R+13.4	D+0.2	R+30.9	2,899	R+27.9%
Sebastian County	R+15.4	R+36.0	R+51.4	17,841	R+2.5%
Carroll County	R+16.6	R+16.8	R+37.6	3,980	D+13.0%
Polk County	R+17.3	R+20.2	R+41.7	3,143	R+5.3%
Washington County	R+22.4	R+24.0	R+37.3	12,623	D+5.0%
Garland County	R+26.5	R+10.8	R+28.6	15,076	R+5.9%
Benton County	R+26.7	R+32.6	R+53.1	10,305	D+11.2%
Newton County	R+28.0	R+24.5	R+32.0	2,316	R+6.1%
Searcy County	R+45.4	R+22.1	R+35.8	3,374	R+12.5%

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County Results (75 counties)

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