North Carolina 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the North Carolina 1956 presidential election with 590,530 votes (50.7%), a margin of D+1.3. North Carolina's 16 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

50.7%

49.3%

590,530

Democratic Candidate (50.7%)

575,062

Republican Candidate (49.3%)

Total Votes: 1,165,592|Margin: D+1.3

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Greene County	D+87.3	D+12.0	R+7.1	3,507	R+0.9%
Martin County	D+85.5	D+29.5	R+4.9	6,179	R+0.5%
Bertie County	D+75.6	D+38.5	D+15.6	3,842	R+4.9%
Franklin County	D+74.0	D+21.1	R+11.3	6,090	R+1.8%
Northampton County	D+70.1	D+45.0	D+22.8	4,989	R+6.2%
Pitt County	D+65.0	R+0.9	R+16.9	14,388	R+2.3%
Jones County	D+64.9	D+22.0	R+0.9	2,367	R+2.0%
Edgecombe County	D+61.9	D+14.4	D+4.5	9,670	R+1.1%
Warren County	D+58.4	D+39.9	D+19.4	3,451	R+5.0%
Hoke County	D+58.2	D+47.7	D+13.5	2,457	D+10.1%
Robeson County	D+58.1	D+42.5	D+8.2	13,301	D+19.5%
Nash County	D+57.8	R+14.6	R+33.6	12,634	R+1.8%
Hertford County	D+57.6	D+37.1	D+17.2	3,437	R+8.7%
Gates County	D+57.0	D+42.6	D+13.5	1,585	D+2.2%
Columbus County	D+54.5	D+29.4	R+2.4	10,105	D+14.8%
Halifax County	D+54.0	D+15.9	D+2.5	10,206	R+5.9%
Duplin County	D+53.3	D+16.2	R+6.0	9,041	D+3.0%
Wilson County	D+49.3	R+1.7	R+18.9	11,158	R+5.1%
Currituck County	D+49.0	D+8.2	R+26.7	1,913	R+7.1%
Onslow County	D+48.5	R+8.9	R+41.7	6,318	R+5.9%
Granville County	D+46.6	D+22.1	R+9.4	5,476	R+12.9%
Chowan County	D+45.5	D+19.7	R+11.1	2,041	R+0.4%
Lenoir County	D+45.5	R+12.9	R+21.7	9,411	R+4.6%
Bladen County	D+45.1	D+37.6	D+3.7	5,620	D+10.7%
Scotland County	D+44.4	D+34.1	R+0.6	4,213	D+15.0%
Vance County	D+43.1	D+12.3	R+7.5	6,877	R+10.5%
Beaufort County	D+43.1	R+5.7	R+21.5	8,007	D+4.5%
Camden County	D+40.7	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,156	R+8.4%
Richmond County	D+38.8	D+30.2	D+4.8	9,499	D+1.6%
Anson County	D+37.4	D+42.4	D+14.8	5,238	R+1.0%
Pender County	D+37.0	D+18.1	R+7.7	3,205	D+9.5%
Lee County	D+36.2	D+5.5	R+35.2	6,111	R+1.8%
Craven County	D+36.2	R+4.6	R+28.3	9,273	R+0.4%
Hyde County	D+35.4	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,519	R+3.4%
Caswell County	D+34.4	D+23.8	D+2.0	3,672	R+11.1%
Johnston County	D+33.6	R+4.1	R+34.8	14,745	D+4.0%
Person County	D+32.7	D+11.0	R+24.8	5,173	R+18.5%
Union County	D+31.0	D+5.4	R+41.0	9,745	R+1.4%
Washington County	D+30.7	D+21.1	D+6.5	2,980	R+13.0%
Harnett County	D+30.0	D+9.2	R+22.3	11,419	D+2.3%
Pasquotank County	D+23.7	D+10.2	R+9.3	4,790	R+2.3%
Wayne County	D+23.1	R+14.3	R+28.4	10,976	D+1.2%
Wake County	D+19.2	R+0.7	R+23.5	37,621	R+2.5%
Tyrrell County	D+18.8	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,035	R+22.0%
Pamlico County	D+18.1	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,330	R+4.4%
Perquimans County	D+18.1	D+12.3	R+14.7	1,731	R+13.7%
Cumberland County	D+13.9	D+1.2	R+16.5	15,561	D+5.5%
Cleveland County	D+8.6	D+5.9	R+24.8	15,484	R+3.5%
Chatham County	D+5.4	D+13.1	R+7.1	7,880	R+3.5%
Haywood County	D+4.4	D+14.9	R+12.1	14,553	R+13.3%
New Hanover County	D+3.9	R+11.1	R+30.7	19,717	R+1.1%
Jackson County	D+3.9	D+7.7	R+12.2	7,290	R+3.8%
Orange County	D+3.8	D+20.9	D+13.7	9,139	R+11.2%
Sampson County	D+3.7	D+5.6	R+7.8	13,882	R+0.1%
Yancey County	D+2.7	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,772	R+8.4%
Durham County	D+2.3	D+11.9	D+5.0	27,061	R+22.9%
Carteret County	D+0.9	R+8.5	R+32.8	7,679	R+17.2%
Brunswick County	R+0.0	D+6.6	R+17.6	6,596	D+0.1%
Rockingham County	R+0.5	D+2.1	R+25.5	17,887	R+29.2%
Alleghany County	R+0.9	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,369	R+1.4%
Montgomery County	R+4.2	D+6.9	R+14.3	6,447	R+4.1%
Alamance County	R+4.7	R+8.9	R+39.7	23,152	R+12.8%
Stokes County	R+4.7	R+11.4	R+31.5	8,289	R+13.3%
Moore County	R+5.1	R+11.0	R+35.0	9,967	R+1.5%
Polk County	R+5.5	R+11.5	R+30.0	5,350	R+8.9%
Clay County	R+5.7	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,729	R+5.5%
Macon County	R+6.0	R+6.9	R+30.1	6,433	R+7.0%
Swain County	R+6.1	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,820	R+13.5%
Transylvania County	R+6.4	R+8.9	R+30.1	7,336	R+1.1%
Lincoln County	R+6.4	R+7.1	R+35.5	12,475	D+0.8%
Rutherford County	R+6.4	R+0.3	R+24.7	15,408	R+2.5%
Ashe County	R+7.1	R+11.5	R+24.4	8,570	R+6.8%
Madison County	R+7.2	D+9.6	R+10.1	7,956	D+5.7%
Gaston County	R+7.4	R+13.5	R+46.9	33,830	R+3.6%
Graham County	R+8.5	R+9.8	R+25.4	3,248	R+15.6%
Buncombe County	R+8.7	R+2.4	R+23.5	41,699	R+4.4%
Dare County	R+10.1	R+5.3	R+44.0	1,867	R+21.2%
McDowell County	R+10.9	R+9.2	R+30.4	9,860	R+11.4%
Surry County	R+12.4	R+5.6	R+29.9	16,021	R+16.3%
Cherokee County	R+14.8	R+10.4	R+27.6	6,673	R+16.8%
Alexander County	R+16.3	R+16.5	R+40.6	6,477	R+1.4%
Watauga County	R+18.0	R+9.4	R+28.9	7,859	R+6.6%
Burke County	R+19.3	R+5.0	R+28.8	19,822	R+1.4%
Guilford County	R+19.8	R+8.6	R+22.7	54,699	R+12.9%
Iredell County	R+20.9	R+10.3	R+40.5	18,411	R+5.0%
Randolph County	R+22.1	R+31.8	R+54.8	21,578	R+6.0%
Caldwell County	R+22.4	R+18.9	R+39.8	17,694	R+12.7%
Stanly County	R+22.9	R+10.9	R+36.2	17,360	R+6.2%
Davidson County	R+23.7	R+21.5	R+45.2	26,165	R+10.3%
Mecklenburg County	R+24.0	R+1.0	R+25.6	71,696	R+9.5%
Catawba County	R+25.5	R+23.8	R+45.7	30,670	R+7.0%
Rowan County	R+28.6	R+22.2	R+40.6	27,323	R+6.9%
Forsyth County	R+30.0	R+4.2	R+23.3	45,187	R+26.3%
Wilkes County	R+32.6	R+27.2	R+46.2	17,414	R+9.4%
Cabarrus County	R+33.7	R+21.0	R+45.2	21,635	R+9.3%
Davie County	R+37.1	R+30.5	R+47.6	6,709	R+12.1%
Henderson County	R+39.6	R+27.0	R+45.5	13,246	R+0.1%
Yadkin County	R+39.7	R+31.8	R+48.9	7,830	R+6.6%
Mitchell County	R+59.9	R+40.8	R+57.2	5,338	R+7.1%
Avery County	R+61.1	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,978	R+2.2%

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