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The 1956 elections

Adlai Stevenson (D) faced Dwight D. Eisenhower (R); Eisenhower won the presidency. National popular vote: R+15.4.

1956 presidential election
EisenhowerR+15.4
1956 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1956 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · D+17.1 · 11 electoral votesAlaska · —Arizona · R+22.1 · 4 electoral votesColorado · R+19.7 · 6 electoral votesFlorida · R+14.5 · 10 electoral votesGeorgia · D+34.1 · 12 electoral votesIndiana · R+20.2 · 13 electoral votesKansas · R+31.2 · 8 electoral votesMaine · R+41.7 · 5 electoral votesMassachusetts · R+18.9 · 16 electoral votesMinnesota · R+7.6 · 11 electoral votesNew Jersey · R+30.5 · 16 electoral votesNorth Carolina · D+1.3 · 14 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+23.6 · 4 electoral votesOklahoma · R+10.3 · 8 electoral votesPennsylvania · R+13.2 · 32 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+16.8 · 4 electoral votesTexas · R+11.3 · 24 electoral votesWyoming · R+20.2 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · R+27.5 · 8 electoral votesMissouri · D+0.2 · 13 electoral votesWest Virginia · R+8.2 · 8 electoral votesIllinois · R+19.2 · 27 electoral votesNew Mexico · R+16.0 · 4 electoral votesArkansas · D+6.6 · 8 electoral votesCalifornia · R+11.1 · 32 electoral votesDelaware · R+10.5 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · —Hawaii · —Iowa · R+18.4 · 10 electoral votesKentucky · R+9.1 · 10 electoral votesMaryland · R+20.1 · 9 electoral votesMichigan · R+11.5 · 20 electoral votesMississippi · D+33.8 · 8 electoral votesMontana · R+14.3 · 4 electoral votesNew Hampshire · R+32.3 · 4 electoral votesNew York · R+22.4 · 45 electoral votesOhio · R+22.2 · 25 electoral votesOregon · R+10.5 · 6 electoral votesTennessee · R+0.6 · 11 electoral votesUtah · R+29.1 · 4 electoral votesVirginia · R+17.0 · 12 electoral votesWashington · R+8.5 · 9 electoral votesWisconsin · R+23.7 · 12 electoral votesNebraska · R+31.0 · 6 electoral votesSouth Carolina · D+20.2 · 8 electoral votesIdaho · R+22.4 · 4 electoral votesNevada · R+15.9 · 3 electoral votesVermont · R+44.3 · 3 electoral votesLouisiana · R+13.8 · 10 electoral votesRhode Island · R+16.5 · 4 electoral votes
1956presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1956 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+44.33 EVNHR+32.34 EVMAR+18.916 EVRIR+16.54 EVCTR+27.58 EVNJR+30.516 EVDER+10.53 EVMDR+20.19 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
President — national popular vote
Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
Stevenson (D)
26,026,787
42.0%
Eisenhower (R)
35,577,531
57.4%
All others
405,822
0.7%
Margin
R+15.4

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