1956 Presidential General Election Results

Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote Dwight Eisenhower Richard Nixon Republican 35,579,180 57.37% 457 86.1% Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver Democratic 26,028,028 41.97% 73 13.7% Unpledged Elector - Independent 196,318 0.32% 0 0.0% Other (+) - - 218,453 0.35% 0 0.0% Total 62,021,979 531 Map Key  > 40%  > 50%  > 60%  > 70% Turnout Maps   Data and Statistics: Popular Vote State-Level Data (Table) Popular Vote State-Level Data (Graphs) Electoral Vote State-Level Data Election 1956 Statistics Compare National Data by Year (Table) Compare National Data by Year (Graphs) Compare National Maps by Year National JavaCompare! Data Sources for Popular Vote Election Tools for 1956 Electoral College Calculator for 1956 Blog Interactive Map Widget Code for This Contest (uselectionatlas.org Weblogs) Results for an Individual State: AlabamaArizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Election Notes: In Alabama, one Stevenson Elector voted for Walter Jones (President) and Herman Talmadge (VP) Electoral Vote Map Note: there is no implied geographical significance as to the location of the shaded areas for Alabama's split electoral votes.