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1956 Presidential General Election Results -
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  Presidential
Candidate		Vice Presidential
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular VoteElectoral Vote
Dwight EisenhowerRichard NixonRepublican 35,579,180 57.37%35,579,180
Adlai StevensonEstes KefauverDemocratic 26,028,028 41.97%26,028,028
Unpledged Elector-Independent 196,318 0.32%196,318
T. Coleman AndrewsThomas WerdelState's Rights 108,956 0.18%108,956
Eric HassGeorgia CozziniSocialist Labor 44,450 0.07%44,450
Enoch HoltwickEdwin CooperProhibition 41,937 0.07%41,937
Write-in-- 8,691 0.01%8,691
Farrell DobbsMyra WeissSocialist Workers 7,797 0.01%7,797
Harry ByrdWilliam JennerState's Rights 2,657 0.00%2,657
Darlington HoopesSamuel FriedmanSocialist 2,128 0.00%2,128
Henry KrajewskiAnne YezoAmerican 3rd Party 1,829 0.00%1,829
Gerald SmithCharles RobertsonChristian Nationalist 8 0.00%8
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Demographic Data

1960 Population:179,323,175Enum.1960 Population Density:19.6persons/km2
1950 Population:151,325,798Enum.1950 Population Density:16.5persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:62021979
Land Area (2000):9,161,889km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.7%

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