1956 Presidential General Election Results - South Carolina
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Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
Adlai StevensonEstes KefauverDemocrat 136,372 45.37%8
Unpledged Elector-Nom. Petition 88,509 29.45%0
Dwight EisenhowerRichard NixonRepublican 75,700 25.18%0
T. Coleman AndrewsThomas WerdelWrite-in 2 0.00%0
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Demographic Data

1960 Population:2,382,594Enum.1960 Population Density:30.6persons/km2
1950 Population:2,117,027Enum.1950 Population Density:27.1persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:8
Land Area (2000):77,983km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.2%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: South Carolina Secretary of State, "Statement of the Whole Number of Votes Cast for Presidential and Vice-Presidential Electors at the General Election Held in South Carolina on November 6, 1956," Supplemental Report of the Secretary of State to the General Assembly of South Carolina Election November 6, 1956 (Columbia, 1957)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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