Missouri 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Missouri 1956 presidential election with 918,273 votes (50.1%), a margin of D+0.2. Missouri's 10 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

50.1%

49.9%

918,273

Democratic Candidate (50.1%)

914,289

Republican Candidate (49.9%)

Total Votes: 1,832,562|Margin: D+0.2

County Results

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County Results (115 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Monroe County	D+53.6	D+9.2	R+4.1	5,743	D+1.4%
New Madrid County	D+40.7	D+1.6	R+6.8	11,971	D+2.6%
Pemiscot County	D+34.0	D+8.0	R+6.3	12,033	R+2.7%
Ralls County	D+31.4	D+2.4	R+1.4	4,005	R+4.0%
Randolph County	D+29.4	R+2.5	R+12.4	10,506	R+1.3%
Dunklin County	D+27.5	D+7.5	R+10.2	13,641	R+0.0%
Reynolds County	D+27.0	D+19.9	D+20.7	2,513	R+11.1%
Mississippi County	D+26.8	D+10.4	D+0.4	5,764	R+2.2%
Oregon County	D+26.5	D+20.6	D+1.2	3,908	D+2.9%
Howard County	D+23.9	D+1.4	R+7.9	5,719	D+2.2%
Shannon County	D+21.8	D+8.7	R+5.9	2,993	R+0.4%
St. Louis city	D+21.7	D+37.1	D+29.6	332,255	R+2.2%
Shelby County	D+20.9	R+7.4	R+17.6	5,034	D+1.1%
Ray County	D+20.8	D+5.1	R+10.1	7,677	D+2.3%
Platte County	D+18.9	R+14.7	R+25.3	8,867	D+3.7%
Callaway County	D+18.2	R+9.3	R+31.3	8,737	D+0.4%
Scott County	D+17.9	R+9.0	R+22.1	11,337	R+3.0%
Maries County	D+15.0	R+6.7	R+24.0	3,277	D+6.5%
Stoddard County	D+13.7	R+9.3	R+21.9	11,201	D+8.6%
Jefferson County	D+12.8	R+8.2	R+26.6	24,580	R+1.4%
Lincoln County	D+12.3	R+9.1	R+30.2	7,104	D+4.8%
Audrain County	D+12.1	R+10.0	R+21.8	10,615	R+5.3%
Boone County	D+11.9	D+5.7	R+15.7	18,601	R+3.1%
Pike County	D+9.8	R+6.3	R+8.6	7,706	D+1.0%
Marion County	D+9.7	R+1.2	R+18.8	12,531	R+6.0%
Lewis County	D+8.5	R+0.8	R+10.4	5,029	R+0.5%
Scotland County	D+8.2	R+13.7	R+16.0	3,779	D+8.9%
Pulaski County	D+7.4	R+3.7	R+30.1	5,468	D+1.3%
Dent County	D+5.4	R+15.5	R+15.7	5,619	D+5.7%
Schuyler County	D+4.7	R+10.6	R+4.6	3,148	D+3.4%
Jackson County	D+4.4	D+11.6	D+1.0	255,704	D+2.3%
Iron County	D+4.2	D+0.5	R+6.8	3,780	R+6.8%
Chariton County	D+3.0	R+7.9	R+10.0	7,130	D+5.0%
Texas County	D+1.7	R+6.6	R+20.8	8,858	D+6.6%
Carter County	D+1.6	R+5.5	R+21.0	2,100	D+0.6%
Clay County	D+0.6	R+7.6	R+23.6	27,041	D+2.7%
Worth County	D+0.6	R+4.4	R+11.3	2,692	D+16.2%
Linn County	D+0.3	R+1.6	R+10.2	10,083	D+3.6%
Cass County	R+0.1	R+10.0	R+31.6	11,164	D+8.1%
Phelps County	R+0.1	R+14.0	R+28.0	9,534	R+1.7%
Clinton County	R+0.8	R+8.7	R+20.7	6,002	D+8.6%
Ripley County	R+0.9	R+7.7	R+21.7	4,338	D+4.5%
Saline County	R+1.1	R+2.6	R+17.1	11,811	D+3.5%
Wayne County	R+1.2	R+5.0	R+9.6	4,964	R+2.8%
Knox County	R+2.2	R+10.6	R+15.9	3,784	D+3.5%
Macon County	R+4.0	R+10.4	R+19.9	9,031	D+5.5%
Buchanan County	R+5.0	D+1.2	R+12.4	38,695	D+0.3%
Ste. Genevieve County	R+5.4	D+8.8	R+8.7	4,996	D+0.5%
St. Louis County	R+6.2	R+14.6	R+28.0	259,992	D+3.8%
Gentry County	R+6.3	R+7.4	R+12.3	5,682	D+9.2%
Vernon County	R+6.5	R+8.1	R+26.9	9,731	D+7.6%
Henry County	R+8.3	R+1.6	R+18.3	10,689	D+10.0%
Nodaway County	R+8.6	R+3.1	R+20.4	11,752	D+14.0%
Atchison County	R+8.9	R+23.1	R+30.3	5,095	D+14.3%
Clark County	R+8.9	R+15.2	R+11.9	4,816	D+7.4%
Sullivan County	R+9.0	R+13.6	R+12.8	6,162	D+1.4%
Montgomery County	R+9.5	R+20.2	R+32.3	6,287	D+3.3%
Madison County	R+9.6	R+7.8	R+20.3	5,043	R+3.6%
Butler County	R+10.3	R+19.3	R+29.9	13,085	R+0.4%
Barton County	R+10.4	R+26.6	R+49.6	6,428	D+10.3%
Pettis County	R+10.6	R+14.9	R+34.0	15,852	D+0.8%
St. Charles County	R+10.8	R+25.7	R+46.1	17,080	D+2.3%
Webster County	R+11.4	R+19.6	R+29.9	7,072	D+12.3%
Osage County	R+11.4	R+28.1	R+53.1	5,522	D+10.2%
Cole County	R+11.6	R+27.1	R+50.5	16,711	D+1.2%
Moniteau County	R+11.9	R+19.6	R+44.5	5,791	D+8.6%
Bates County	R+11.9	R+10.2	R+18.8	9,767	D+8.1%
Daviess County	R+12.0	R+8.9	R+22.5	5,937	D+10.6%
Bollinger County	R+13.1	R+13.8	R+18.2	5,030	D+3.6%
St. Francois County	R+13.7	R+8.4	R+15.7	17,534	R+4.5%
McDonald County	R+13.9	R+24.0	R+36.4	6,403	D+10.1%
Lafayette County	R+14.4	R+11.0	R+27.8	14,214	D+4.3%
Barry County	R+14.5	R+24.8	R+37.6	10,586	D+9.0%
DeKalb County	R+15.1	R+9.9	R+19.8	4,410	D+11.7%
Livingston County	R+15.4	R+3.9	R+20.5	8,950	D+4.2%
St. Clair County	R+15.7	R+16.9	R+23.4	5,218	D+13.0%
Franklin County	R+16.1	R+17.6	R+38.4	19,996	R+2.3%
Carroll County	R+16.1	R+20.8	R+27.7	8,183	D+10.3%
Cape Girardeau County	R+16.4	R+25.4	R+40.6	18,271	R+1.5%
Newton County	R+17.0	R+29.4	R+43.4	13,321	D+8.7%
Washington County	R+17.4	R+8.8	R+11.4	5,763	R+6.6%
Cooper County	R+17.4	R+19.1	R+34.9	8,506	D+2.5%
Johnson County	R+18.6	R+8.0	R+33.0	11,129	D+5.3%
Crawford County	R+18.8	R+19.6	R+28.7	6,049	D+2.1%
Greene County	R+19.4	R+16.3	R+34.4	50,150	D+1.9%
Morgan County	R+19.5	R+18.1	R+33.9	5,294	D+12.4%
Polk County	R+19.5	R+18.0	R+32.0	7,378	D+16.4%
Grundy County	R+20.1	R+16.2	R+25.8	6,891	D+6.9%
Andrew County	R+20.3	R+17.0	R+26.8	6,002	D+15.5%
Jasper County	R+20.7	R+28.0	R+42.7	33,818	D+1.5%
Lawrence County	R+21.2	R+25.3	R+38.5	12,161	D+9.6%
Laclede County	R+21.4	R+23.7	R+41.2	8,366	D+8.9%
Adair County	R+21.8	R+21.1	R+34.7	8,740	D+4.6%
Miller County	R+23.4	R+37.8	R+53.1	6,620	D+3.7%
Harrison County	R+24.4	R+21.5	R+26.6	6,659	D+14.9%
Caldwell County	R+25.0	R+23.9	R+31.9	5,145	D+8.7%
Holt County	R+25.5	R+27.4	R+34.1	4,601	D+14.4%
Howell County	R+28.2	R+22.5	R+37.1	8,539	D+4.5%
Dade County	R+28.2	R+29.8	R+40.5	4,120	D+15.1%
Mercer County	R+29.5	R+20.6	R+16.8	3,144	D+15.6%
Dallas County	R+30.2	R+23.6	R+30.6	4,587	D+16.3%
Perry County	R+30.4	R+34.3	R+42.0	6,746	D+2.7%
Cedar County	R+31.1	R+33.4	R+42.2	4,996	D+12.7%
Wright County	R+31.4	R+33.8	R+40.8	6,638	D+13.5%
Camden County	R+31.7	R+30.5	R+44.6	4,277	D+7.1%
Benton County	R+33.6	R+20.7	R+25.7	4,708	D+11.6%
Christian County	R+36.7	R+29.1	R+40.6	5,462	D+16.0%
Taney County	R+37.1	R+28.8	R+41.7	4,695	D+9.6%
Warren County	R+40.4	R+33.1	R+44.8	4,063	D+5.1%
Hickory County	R+41.0	R+20.1	R+28.7	2,356	D+12.3%
Putnam County	R+41.1	R+32.1	R+31.8	3,789	D+5.9%
Ozark County	R+41.4	R+31.6	R+40.4	3,028	D+14.1%
Douglas County	R+44.0	R+33.6	R+40.9	4,043	D+19.3%
Stone County	R+47.4	R+35.6	R+45.8	3,988	D+14.3%
Gasconade County	R+57.9	R+47.3	R+61.1	6,433	D+3.2%

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