Florida 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Florida 1956 presidential election with 643,849 votes (57.3%), a margin of R+14.5. Florida's 30 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

42.7%

57.3%

480,371

Democratic Candidate (42.7%)

643,849

Republican Candidate (57.3%)

Total Votes: 1,124,220|Margin: R+14.5

County Results

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County Results (67 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Gilchrist County	D+74.2	D+19.1	R+32.3	1,062	D+7.1%
Lafayette County	D+69.9	D+12.8	R+27.4	1,241	D+12.9%
Union County	D+62.9	D+4.7	R+40.6	1,176	D+6.3%
Baker County	D+59.5	D+6.6	R+43.2	1,809	D+3.6%
Liberty County	D+57.0	D+10.5	R+36.9	1,108	R+5.8%
Hamilton County	D+52.6	D+19.0	R+15.7	1,957	D+14.9%
Gulf County	D+51.8	D+11.6	R+33.4	2,363	R+4.9%
Calhoun County	D+50.9	D+20.5	R+31.0	2,255	R+0.3%
Suwannee County	D+50.3	D+5.3	R+37.1	4,209	D+22.9%
Wakulla County	D+46.4	D+1.4	R+35.5	1,467	R+5.1%
Taylor County	D+43.0	D+3.2	R+40.0	2,721	D+1.8%
Dixie County	D+41.9	D+28.6	R+28.6	1,274	D+11.5%
Holmes County	D+41.7	R+7.4	R+57.4	3,552	R+3.0%
Jackson County	D+40.3	D+8.6	R+29.4	8,516	R+0.7%
Jefferson County	D+38.0	D+18.0	R+4.3	1,741	D+10.4%
Sumter County	D+37.4	D+8.6	R+28.8	3,390	D+0.7%
Santa Rosa County	D+36.9	R+31.7	R+64.1	6,053	R+6.1%
Washington County	D+35.6	R+2.2	R+41.3	3,191	D+1.0%
Okaloosa County	D+34.7	R+42.7	R+67.0	8,536	R+4.4%
Madison County	D+34.0	D+15.5	R+14.6	3,081	D+19.3%
Walton County	D+33.5	R+3.6	R+48.0	4,831	R+7.5%
Levy County	D+32.2	D+12.6	R+28.4	2,755	D+1.5%
Bradford County	D+31.9	D+9.1	R+27.6	3,531	R+8.8%
Columbia County	D+27.6	D+0.3	R+34.8	5,087	D+5.1%
Bay County	D+27.0	R+24.8	R+51.5	13,616	R+2.3%
Gadsden County	D+26.3	D+36.8	D+12.1	3,583	D+7.1%
Escambia County	D+25.6	R+20.6	R+42.7	35,547	D+0.1%
Franklin County	D+25.3	D+7.9	R+34.1	1,529	R+8.6%
Nassau County	D+23.4	R+3.4	R+39.5	4,482	D+5.0%
Okeechobee County	D+18.4	D+7.2	R+33.3	1,410	R+5.6%
Flagler County	D+16.2	R+7.0	R+24.2	1,188	D+18.8%
Monroe County	D+12.9	R+17.1	R+35.5	7,664	R+12.4%
Hardee County	D+8.7	R+0.1	R+44.1	3,479	D+1.8%
Hernando County	D+5.1	R+14.8	R+27.1	2,730	D+12.5%
Glades County	D+4.6	D+4.4	R+30.0	648	R+16.0%
DeSoto County	D+3.2	R+10.2	R+35.3	2,549	R+14.4%
Leon County	D+1.4	D+6.2	R+10.1	13,850	R+16.2%
Duval County	R+0.3	R+4.2	R+24.8	106,608	R+3.8%
Citrus County	R+1.4	R+21.0	R+33.0	3,097	R+5.7%
Marion County	R+2.0	R+20.6	R+39.9	12,476	D+0.3%
Hendry County	R+3.3	R+3.0	R+38.3	2,074	R+10.1%
Hillsborough County	R+4.1	R+8.7	R+29.4	80,499	D+0.3%
Alachua County	R+7.1	D+13.7	R+7.0	14,828	D+9.9%
Clay County	R+7.3	R+33.2	R+59.4	4,420	R+9.2%
Miami-Dade County	R+10.7	R+10.5	R+18.3	236,497	D+2.8%
Polk County	R+11.9	R+15.4	R+40.7	42,308	R+8.7%
St. Johns County	R+12.9	R+23.0	R+42.5	9,044	R+9.2%
Putnam County	R+13.2	D+3.6	R+18.8	7,444	R+9.9%
Pasco County	R+13.6	R+18.2	R+23.8	9,682	R+1.1%
Collier County	R+19.5	R+48.1	R+57.5	3,238	R+20.3%
Highlands County	R+20.5	R+27.2	R+39.1	5,776	R+16.7%
Lee County	R+25.2	R+34.8	R+47.8	12,085	R+7.0%
Charlotte County	R+26.2	R+33.8	R+41.7	2,518	R+8.6%
Volusia County	R+26.8	R+8.0	R+21.9	39,592	R+1.9%
Seminole County	R+30.3	R+37.3	R+51.9	8,966	R+10.3%
Osceola County	R+30.4	R+23.4	R+46.9	5,525	R+5.9%
St. Lucie County	R+33.1	R+26.1	R+36.8	8,166	R+7.8%
Martin County	R+36.7	R+41.2	R+52.6	4,384	R+7.4%
Manatee County	R+37.6	R+28.8	R+45.5	17,298	R+4.8%
Indian River County	R+41.0	R+31.6	R+46.2	5,758	R+9.1%
Palm Beach County	R+42.8	R+20.4	R+23.3	50,067	R+7.7%
Lake County	R+43.1	R+32.9	R+48.6	15,214	R+1.9%
Brevard County	R+43.6	R+26.3	R+46.9	13,932	R+19.8%
Orange County	R+44.1	R+27.0	R+42.9	52,014	R+2.0%
Broward County	R+44.9	R+20.3	R+13.4	60,113	R+6.7%
Pinellas County	R+45.1	R+13.7	R+30.3	102,427	R+2.4%
Sarasota County	R+46.8	R+42.8	R+48.4	18,989	R+5.3%

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