Who won the 1956 presidential election?

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) won the 1956 presidential election with 457 electoral votes and 57.1% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1956?

The 1956 Electoral College result was 72 Democratic to 457 Republican (535 total electoral votes, 268 needed to win).

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1956

Presidential Election · 1956

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Republicandefeating Adlai Stevenson II

Stevenson

Electoral

Votes

268 to win

457

Eisenhower

72 EV268 needed to win457 EV

Popular Vote

Eisenhower(REP)57.1%

Stevenson(DEM)41.8%

candidates(OTH)1.1%

National margin:R+15.4%

62,281,440 total votes cast

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Stevenson: 7 states · 72 EV|Eisenhower: 41 states · 457 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Stevenson %	Votes	Eisenhower %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Vermont	3	3	27.8%	42,540	72.2%	110,390	—	R+44.4	↓ R+1.1
▶	Maine	5	8	29.1%	102,468	70.9%	249,238	—	R+41.7	↓ R+9.4
▶	New Hampshire	4	12	33.8%	90,364	66.1%	176,519	—	R+32.3	↓ R+10.4
▶	Kansas	8	20	34.2%	296,317	65.4%	566,878	—	R+31.2	↑ D+7.0
▶	Nebraska	6	26	34.5%	199,029	65.5%	378,108	—	R+31.0	↑ D+7.3
▶	New Jersey	16	42	34.2%	850,337	64.7%	1,606,942	—	R+30.5	↓ R+15.7
▶	Utah	4	46	35.4%	118,364	64.6%	215,631	—	R+29.1	↓ R+11.3
▶	Connecticut	8	54	36.3%	405,079	63.7%	711,837	—	R+27.5	↓ R+15.7
▶	Wisconsin	12	66	37.8%	586,768	61.6%	954,844	—	R+23.7	↓ R+1.5
▶	North Dakota	4	70	38.1%	96,742	61.7%	156,766	—	R+23.6	↑ D+18.9
▶	New York	45	115	38.7%	2,747,944	61.2%	4,345,506	—	R+22.5	↓ R+4.8
▶	Idaho	4	119	38.8%	105,868	61.2%	166,979	—	R+22.4	↑ D+8.6
▶	Ohio	25	144	38.9%	1,439,655	61.1%	2,262,610	—	R+22.2	↓ R+8.7
▶	Arizona	4	148	38.9%	112,880	61.0%	176,990	—	R+22.1	↓ R+5.4
▶	Indiana	13	161	39.7%	783,908	59.9%	1,182,811	—	R+20.2	↓ R+3.1
▶	Wyoming	3	164	39.9%	49,554	60.1%	74,573	—	R+20.2	↑ D+5.5
▶	Maryland	9	173	40.0%	372,613	60.0%	559,738	—	R+20.1	↓ R+8.5
▶	Colorado	6	179	39.8%	263,997	59.5%	394,479	—	R+19.7	↑ D+1.6
▶	Illinois	27	206	40.3%	1,775,682	59.7%	2,631,725	—	R+19.4	↓ R+9.5
▶	Massachusetts	16	222	40.4%	948,190	59.3%	1,393,197	—	R+18.9	↓ R+10.2
▶	Iowa	10	232	40.6%	501,858	59.1%	729,187	—	R+18.4	↑ D+9.8
▶	Virginia	12	244	38.4%	264,354	55.4%	381,587	6.3%	R+17.0	↓ R+4.0
▶	South Dakota	4	248	41.6%	122,288	58.4%	171,569	—	R+16.8	↑ D+21.8
▶	Rhode Island	4	252	41.7%	161,790	58.3%	225,819	—	R+16.5	↓ R+14.7
▶	New Mexico	4	256	41.9%	106,350	58.1%	147,646	—	R+16.3	↓ R+4.8
▶	Nevada	3	259	42.0%	40,640	58.0%	56,049	—	R+15.9	↑ D+7.0
▶	Florida	10	269	42.7%	480,371	57.2%	643,849	—	R+14.5	↓ R+4.5
▶	Montana	4	273	42.9%	116,238	57.1%	154,933	—	R+14.3	↑ D+5.0
▶	Louisiana	10	283	39.5%	243,977	53.3%	329,047	7.2%	R+13.8	↓ R+19.6
▶	Pennsylvania	32	315	43.3%	1,981,769	56.5%	2,585,252	—	R+13.2	↓ R+7.3
▶	Michigan	20	335	44.1%	1,359,898	55.6%	1,713,647	—	R+11.5	→ Even
▶	Texas	24	359	44.0%	859,958	55.3%	1,080,619	—	R+11.3	↓ R+4.8
▶	California	32	391	44.3%	2,420,135	55.4%	3,027,668	—	R+11.1	↑ D+2.5
▶	Oregon	6	397	44.8%	329,204	55.3%	406,393	—	R+10.5	↑ D+11.1
▶	Delaware	3	400	44.6%	79,421	55.1%	98,057	—	R+10.5	↑ D+2.2
▶	Oklahoma	8	408	44.9%	385,581	55.1%	473,769	—	R+10.3	↓ R+1.1
▶	Kentucky	10	418	45.2%	476,453	54.3%	572,192	—	R+9.1	↓ R+9.2
▶	Washington	9	427	45.4%	523,002	53.9%	620,430	—	R+8.5	↑ D+1.2
▶	West Virginia	8	435	45.9%	381,534	54.1%	449,297	—	R+8.2	↓ R+12.0
▶	Minnesota	11	446	46.1%	617,525	53.7%	719,302	—	R+7.6	↑ D+3.6
▶	Tennessee	11	457	48.6%	456,507	49.2%	462,288	—	R+0.6	↓ R+0.3
▶	Mississippi	8	8	58.2%	144,453	24.5%	60,685	17.3%	D+33.8	↑ D+12.8
▶	Georgia	12	20	66.4%	444,688	33.3%	222,778	—	D+33.1	↓ R+6.2
▶	Alabama	11	31	56.4%	279,502	39.5%	195,694	—	D+16.9	↓ R+12.6
▶	South Carolina	8	39	45.4%	136,278	25.2%	75,634	29.5%	D+20.2	↓ R+27.7
▶	Arkansas	6	45	52.5%	213,277	45.8%	186,287	—	D+6.6	↓ R+5.5
▶	North Carolina	14	59	50.7%	590,530	49.3%	575,069	—	D+1.3	↓ R+6.5
▶	Missouri	13	72	43.9%	918,273	43.7%	914,289	12.4%	D+0.2	↑ D+1.6

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1952 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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