Pennsylvania 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Pennsylvania 1956 presidential election with 2,585,252 votes (56.5%), a margin of R+13.2. Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

43.3%

56.5%

1,981,769

Democratic Candidate (43.3%)

2,585,252

Republican Candidate (56.5%)

Total Votes: 4,576,503|Margin: R+13.2

County Results

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County Results (67 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Fayette County	D+15.8	D+17.6	D+24.4	66,375	R+7.3%
Philadelphia County	D+13.9	D+24.7	D+30.3	892,321	R+2.9%
Greene County	D+13.0	D+20.2	D+18.9	17,403	R+5.5%
Washington County	D+9.8	D+15.6	D+18.8	87,615	R+11.6%
Westmoreland County	D+4.3	D+3.9	D+5.6	139,388	R+10.8%
Beaver County	R+2.5	D+16.9	D+26.1	74,715	R+11.7%
Cambria County	R+5.2	D+4.2	D+10.6	88,249	R+18.0%
Lackawanna County	R+7.2	D+1.1	R+2.4	120,206	R+9.8%
Allegheny County	R+9.8	D+4.1	D+13.2	702,030	R+11.4%
York County	R+10.8	R+27.2	R+38.1	87,068	R+4.9%
Lawrence County	R+11.4	D+2.7	D+10.8	45,025	R+6.5%
Northampton County	R+12.4	R+5.1	R+8.0	77,697	R+9.6%
Fulton County	R+13.1	R+33.1	R+42.5	4,195	R+2.5%
Berks County	R+14.9	R+22.5	R+32.5	99,927	R+9.0%
Carbon County	R+14.9	R+10.5	R+9.5	22,961	R+7.5%
Clearfield County	R+15.3	R+13.0	R+21.7	30,460	R+6.3%
Luzerne County	R+17.2	R+5.8	R+8.3	158,820	R+7.1%
Mercer County	R+18.5	R+5.8	D+0.9	48,674	R+6.6%
Columbia County	R+19.4	R+12.8	R+27.1	22,421	R+3.7%
Clinton County	R+20.8	R+12.0	R+19.1	13,678	R+3.8%
Juniata County	R+21.0	R+20.2	R+31.6	7,044	R+3.4%
Bucks County	R+21.6	R+22.9	R+27.0	98,583	D+3.6%
Sullivan County	R+21.9	R+20.7	R+33.7	3,297	D+1.9%
Somerset County	R+21.9	R+19.8	R+16.7	33,748	R+4.9%
Armstrong County	R+22.5	R+0.9	D+2.9	32,760	R+10.2%
Erie County	R+23.3	R+2.9	R+3.1	88,555	R+9.1%
Elk County	R+23.8	R+9.3	R+21.3	14,468	R+15.0%
Schuylkill County	R+24.0	R+17.4	R+18.3	83,406	R+5.0%
Indiana County	R+24.5	R+5.7	R+8.8	29,861	R+6.8%
Northumberland County	R+25.0	R+18.9	R+23.1	45,765	R+1.3%
Mifflin County	R+25.9	R+17.1	R+27.3	13,725	R+7.2%
Franklin County	R+26.7	R+29.0	R+40.6	30,193	D+3.2%
Lehigh County	R+26.9	R+16.6	R+20.0	79,882	R+11.5%
Delaware County	R+27.2	R+21.4	R+24.3	226,210	R+3.8%
Monroe County	R+29.2	R+21.6	R+32.3	15,679	R+4.7%
Bedford County	R+30.8	R+36.4	R+41.3	17,474	R+2.6%
Butler County	R+31.4	R+17.3	R+12.3	39,989	R+7.0%
Montour County	R+31.5	R+18.5	R+33.9	6,051	R+7.1%
Blair County	R+31.5	R+30.0	R+31.5	51,191	R+0.4%
Adams County	R+32.2	R+29.0	R+39.3	18,531	R+0.4%
Jefferson County	R+32.6	R+19.9	R+31.0	19,697	R+2.8%
Lycoming County	R+33.4	R+21.7	R+36.6	40,540	R+9.8%
Crawford County	R+33.7	R+15.4	R+22.3	28,337	R+2.1%
Clarion County	R+33.9	R+22.1	R+28.9	15,011	R+5.7%
Centre County	R+34.6	R+10.8	R+26.2	22,940	R+1.6%
Dauphin County	R+35.3	R+21.4	R+23.4	90,943	R+4.8%
Perry County	R+35.4	R+34.5	R+43.3	11,112	D+2.3%
Huntingdon County	R+35.4	R+21.9	R+39.4	14,333	D+2.2%
Cumberland County	R+36.6	R+31.8	R+39.2	43,272	R+2.0%
Lebanon County	R+36.8	R+45.7	R+43.7	33,003	R+8.7%
Montgomery County	R+38.5	R+26.8	R+28.9	192,583	R+5.1%
Potter County	R+39.2	R+26.6	R+48.3	7,460	D+4.9%
Chester County	R+40.6	R+32.3	R+40.6	67,232	R+10.6%
Forest County	R+42.3	R+18.0	R+27.1	2,158	R+1.4%
Susquehanna County	R+42.9	R+29.5	R+40.4	15,055	D+5.4%
Lancaster County	R+44.4	R+42.0	R+51.7	95,801	R+5.5%
Warren County	R+46.1	R+22.6	R+26.7	16,651	R+2.1%
Wyoming County	R+47.2	R+34.4	R+48.2	8,029	D+4.8%
Bradford County	R+47.3	R+32.1	R+45.8	20,931	D+5.0%
McKean County	R+48.0	R+27.5	R+38.8	19,950	R+0.4%
Cameron County	R+49.1	R+22.5	R+34.4	3,304	R+10.5%
Venango County	R+50.7	R+18.2	R+19.3	22,715	R+5.5%
Wayne County	R+51.4	R+40.6	R+51.9	12,768	D+6.8%
Tioga County	R+53.5	R+32.5	R+44.2	14,113	D+4.1%
Pike County	R+54.6	R+39.1	R+43.1	5,383	R+8.0%
Union County	R+56.3	R+40.1	R+47.7	8,478	D+4.1%
Snyder County	R+56.7	R+49.2	R+57.8	9,064	D+3.5%

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County Results (67 counties)

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