Illinois 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Illinois 1956 presidential election with 2,623,327 votes (59.5%), a margin of R+19.2. Illinois's 19 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

40.3%

59.5%

1,775,682

Democratic Candidate (40.3%)

2,623,327

Republican Candidate (59.5%)

Total Votes: 4,407,407|Margin: R+19.2

County Results

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County Results (102 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
St. Clair County	D+14.2	D+4.0	D+1.2	97,106	R+6.3%
Madison County	D+9.7	R+7.3	R+8.2	87,398	R+7.0%
Union County	D+1.8	R+6.0	R+10.6	8,569	D+5.8%
Gallatin County	D+1.2	R+0.6	D+5.5	4,415	D+4.5%
Macoupin County	D+0.1	R+13.5	R+7.3	24,627	R+2.3%
Franklin County	R+2.0	R+1.5	D+5.0	23,069	R+3.0%
Alexander County	R+3.0	D+4.8	D+5.5	8,613	D+6.6%
Jasper County	R+3.5	R+30.3	R+35.3	6,002	D+12.3%
Rock Island County	R+3.6	R+6.6	D+6.7	60,605	D+4.7%
Pike County	R+4.8	R+17.2	R+14.3	11,318	D+5.3%
Christian County	R+6.1	R+13.4	R+6.1	19,434	R+5.8%
Brown County	R+7.4	R+26.4	R+21.2	3,775	D+8.3%
Saline County	R+8.1	R+11.1	R+8.6	15,716	D+0.4%
Jefferson County	R+8.7	R+13.5	R+14.5	17,727	R+2.6%
Macon County	R+9.1	R+11.1	R+8.9	50,771	R+1.9%
Greene County	R+9.4	R+22.7	R+22.4	8,646	D+0.6%
Cass County	R+10.1	R+21.0	R+7.8	7,504	R+0.2%
Jersey County	R+10.5	R+21.6	R+15.5	7,640	R+2.4%
Randolph County	R+10.9	R+17.8	R+19.3	15,221	R+1.7%
Calhoun County	R+11.6	R+13.2	R+6.6	3,391	D+2.1%
Marion County	R+11.7	R+21.3	R+19.5	19,385	R+4.3%
White County	R+12.4	R+20.0	R+22.7	10,917	D+5.4%
Montgomery County	R+12.8	R+20.9	R+12.5	17,645	R+2.8%
Williamson County	R+13.0	R+14.0	R+12.5	23,810	R+2.6%
Pulaski County	R+13.8	R+3.1	R+5.4	5,227	D+4.2%
Cook County	R+13.9	D+12.4	D+2.6	2,276,844	R+13.2%
Shelby County	R+14.0	R+22.5	R+19.2	12,425	D+1.4%
Hardin County	R+14.1	R+13.1	R+16.7	3,371	R+2.2%
Perry County	R+14.1	R+14.6	R+12.1	11,414	R+3.7%
Moultrie County	R+15.4	R+18.9	R+18.7	6,515	D+2.9%
Hamilton County	R+15.6	R+23.2	R+15.4	6,364	D+5.1%
Fayette County	R+15.7	R+27.9	R+26.4	11,658	R+1.6%
Schuyler County	R+16.7	R+30.4	R+24.2	5,270	D+6.0%
Fulton County	R+17.4	R+15.0	R+0.1	21,125	D+5.1%
Cumberland County	R+17.5	R+24.0	R+26.6	5,512	D+2.5%
Jackson County	R+17.5	R+0.9	R+5.8	17,927	R+2.0%
Clay County	R+17.6	R+25.6	R+28.7	8,648	D+3.3%
Tazewell County	R+18.7	R+32.9	R+18.7	39,970	R+8.3%
Mason County	R+18.7	R+25.5	R+10.1	7,889	D+5.1%
Vermilion County	R+19.2	R+20.4	R+16.2	44,585	R+4.2%
Sangamon County	R+19.5	R+23.5	R+22.6	71,935	R+11.4%
Bond County	R+21.0	R+20.8	R+19.2	7,187	D+3.3%
Effingham County	R+21.5	R+35.3	R+42.8	11,380	R+5.7%
Clark County	R+21.5	R+30.2	R+27.3	8,974	D+0.8%
Scott County	R+21.8	R+34.5	R+35.2	3,781	R+1.0%
Wayne County	R+22.9	R+28.8	R+41.1	10,242	D+1.9%
Morgan County	R+23.7	R+29.0	R+33.1	16,600	R+1.6%
Lawrence County	R+23.9	R+18.1	R+23.1	9,862	R+0.7%
Wabash County	R+24.0	R+27.3	R+33.8	7,146	R+1.0%
Coles County	R+24.3	R+25.4	R+32.3	20,015	R+1.0%
Winnebago County	R+24.9	R+15.6	R+17.9	77,484	R+8.8%
Peoria County	R+25.6	R+23.4	R+10.6	81,141	R+7.2%
Adams County	R+26.3	R+28.9	R+32.3	31,003	R+7.1%
De Witt County	R+26.3	R+32.5	R+31.6	8,404	R+2.7%
Crawford County	R+26.6	R+26.0	R+33.2	10,662	R+0.3%
Hancock County	R+26.9	R+29.1	R+25.4	13,297	D+5.5%
Menard County	R+27.0	R+36.7	R+36.4	5,025	R+1.1%
Clinton County	R+27.0	R+29.6	R+33.1	11,627	R+10.6%
Monroe County	R+28.1	R+32.2	R+36.0	7,364	D+2.1%
Massac County	R+28.8	R+20.1	R+9.0	6,629	R+7.1%
Will County	R+28.8	R+22.7	R+26.9	70,916	R+16.0%
Edgar County	R+29.1	R+30.9	R+35.4	12,309	D+0.1%
LaSalle County	R+29.2	R+22.0	R+14.2	51,862	R+7.9%
Henderson County	R+30.2	R+19.6	R+7.5	4,215	D+1.9%
Washington County	R+30.5	R+41.2	R+36.8	8,135	D+2.0%
Putnam County	R+30.7	R+23.5	R+12.5	2,641	R+5.5%
Henry County	R+31.1	R+27.0	R+15.1	24,284	D+0.0%
Johnson County	R+31.5	R+33.0	R+35.0	4,524	D+3.1%
Mercer County	R+31.7	R+19.5	R+10.4	8,708	D+9.3%
Knox County	R+32.2	R+23.5	R+10.9	28,251	R+3.8%
Piatt County	R+32.5	R+31.3	R+27.4	6,979	D+3.3%
Kankakee County	R+32.9	R+22.5	R+21.6	33,128	R+9.8%
Pope County	R+33.3	R+25.3	R+24.3	2,765	D+1.9%
Logan County	R+33.3	R+40.1	R+41.9	14,396	R+4.4%
Douglas County	R+33.4	R+33.3	R+32.6	8,339	D+0.9%
Champaign County	R+34.2	R+18.8	R+17.9	42,040	R+2.1%
Lake County	R+34.8	R+29.2	R+37.2	99,189	R+9.0%
McLean County	R+35.2	R+33.5	R+33.8	38,111	R+5.6%
Marshall County	R+35.9	R+36.4	R+25.8	7,014	R+1.1%
Richland County	R+36.2	R+34.2	R+44.2	7,794	D+0.7%
Stephenson County	R+38.3	R+22.5	R+35.6	20,614	R+1.1%
Jo Daviess County	R+39.8	R+28.0	R+27.2	9,686	D+2.9%
Bureau County	R+41.2	R+30.8	R+25.7	19,711	R+1.6%
Carroll County	R+41.4	R+36.5	R+37.1	9,211	D+4.5%
McDonough County	R+43.0	R+33.6	R+34.4	13,605	D+1.1%
Warren County	R+43.3	R+32.1	R+27.5	10,582	D+2.5%
Lee County	R+44.0	R+53.1	R+47.9	16,189	R+0.5%
Woodford County	R+44.5	R+47.4	R+41.5	11,783	R+2.5%
Livingston County	R+45.7	R+44.2	R+45.7	19,143	R+2.7%
Kane County	R+45.7	R+33.8	R+38.8	76,916	R+10.0%
Iroquois County	R+45.9	R+51.4	R+54.7	16,609	R+0.1%
Edwards County	R+46.8	R+40.4	R+44.8	4,550	D+3.3%
Ford County	R+47.4	R+44.6	R+46.6	8,182	D+1.7%
Whiteside County	R+48.1	R+39.1	R+19.6	23,784	R+1.2%
Stark County	R+48.7	R+45.9	R+34.8	4,361	D+2.4%
Grundy County	R+48.9	R+33.5	R+34.4	10,261	R+8.6%
DeKalb County	R+51.4	R+24.6	R+29.7	19,929	R+2.8%
Boone County	R+56.0	R+30.3	R+33.8	8,602	R+7.4%
Kendall County	R+56.4	R+48.1	R+48.1	6,471	R+2.1%
Ogle County	R+56.5	R+44.9	R+47.3	16,870	R+0.8%
McHenry County	R+56.9	R+41.4	R+53.0	31,798	R+8.2%
DuPage County	R+59.7	R+39.8	R+51.9	115,144	R+7.9%

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