North Carolina 1956 Governor Election

Name: North Carolina 1956 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Luther H. Hodges vs. Kyle Hayes

Luther H. Hodges won the North Carolina 1956 governor election with 760,480 votes (67.0%), a margin of D+33.9.

Statewide Results

67.0%

33.0%

760,480

Luther H. Hodges (67.0%)

375,379

Kyle Hayes (33.0%)

Total Votes: 1,135,859|Margin: D+33.9

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
GREENE	D+94.1	D+12.0	R+7.1	3,251	R+1.5%
MARTIN	D+90.2	D+29.5	R+4.9	6,110	R+3.9%
BERTIE	D+89.3	D+38.5	D+15.6	3,710	R+4.2%
FRANKLIN	D+88.4	D+21.1	R+11.3	5,967	R+2.5%
NASH	D+86.5	R+14.6	R+33.6	12,432	D+2.7%
NORTHAMPTON	D+86.2	D+45.0	D+22.8	4,892	R+5.9%
PITT	D+85.9	R+0.9	R+16.9	14,157	R+3.7%
EDGECOMBE	D+85.5	D+14.4	D+4.5	9,395	R+4.4%
ROBESON	D+84.7	D+42.5	D+8.2	12,768	D+7.0%
WARREN	D+84.6	D+39.9	D+19.4	3,384	R+6.2%
HALIFAX	D+84.0	D+15.9	D+2.5	10,125	R+4.9%
JONES	D+81.0	D+22.0	R+0.9	2,340	R+3.1%
GATES	D+80.6	D+42.6	D+13.5	1,496	R+5.4%
VANCE	D+80.2	D+12.3	R+7.5	6,785	R+4.7%
HERTFORD	D+80.1	D+37.1	D+17.2	3,347	R+11.0%
COLUMBUS	D+79.9	D+29.4	R+2.4	9,726	D+9.0%
WILSON	D+79.6	R+1.7	R+18.9	11,251	R+3.7%
HOKE	D+79.6	D+47.7	D+13.5	2,437	D+3.9%
SCOTLAND	D+79.2	D+34.1	R+0.6	4,085	R+0.8%
GRANVILLE	D+79.0	D+22.1	R+9.4	5,324	R+8.2%
CHOWAN	D+78.7	D+19.7	R+11.1	1,946	R+5.3%
CURRITUCK	D+78.4	D+8.2	R+26.7	1,850	R+7.5%
PENDER	D+78.3	D+18.1	R+7.7	3,124	D+8.5%
LENOIR	D+77.9	R+12.9	R+21.7	9,078	R+6.3%
BLADEN	D+77.7	D+37.6	D+3.7	5,470	D+7.9%
ONSLOW	D+76.4	R+8.9	R+41.7	5,923	R+1.0%
CRAVEN	D+76.0	R+4.6	R+28.3	8,878	D+3.3%
ANSON	D+74.6	D+42.4	D+14.8	5,049	D+3.0%
RICHMOND	D+74.0	D+30.2	D+4.8	9,385	D+7.5%
BEAUFORT	D+73.0	R+5.7	R+21.5	7,559	D+5.7%
DUPLIN	D+72.9	D+16.2	R+6.0	8,760	D+4.7%
CAMDEN	D+70.1	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,076	D+0.1%
PASQUOTANK	D+69.4	D+10.2	R+9.3	4,673	R+3.9%
PERSON	D+69.1	D+11.0	R+24.8	4,921	R+9.3%
NEW HANOVER	D+69.0	R+11.1	R+30.7	18,907	D+0.6%
HYDE	D+66.3	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,300	D+5.0%
UNION	D+65.3	D+5.4	R+41.0	9,467	D+2.0%
WAKE	D+65.2	R+0.7	R+23.5	35,757	R+3.2%
CUMBERLAND	D+63.6	D+1.2	R+16.5	15,089	D+9.5%
CASWELL	D+63.2	D+23.8	D+2.0	3,513	R+5.8%
WAYNE	D+62.2	R+14.3	R+28.4	10,439	D+2.2%
LEE	D+60.1	D+5.5	R+35.2	5,941	D+4.3%
PERQUIMANS	D+58.0	D+12.3	R+14.7	1,620	R+14.1%
WASHINGTON	D+54.7	D+21.1	D+6.5	2,864	R+7.3%
TYRRELL	D+54.6	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,054	R+2.8%
JOHNSTON	D+53.4	R+4.1	R+34.8	14,148	D+5.5%
HARNETT	D+53.2	D+9.2	R+22.3	11,247	D+5.9%
CLEVELAND	D+52.2	D+5.9	R+24.8	15,597	D+3.3%
ORANGE	D+47.5	D+20.9	D+13.7	8,880	R+5.1%
DARE	D+47.3	R+5.3	R+44.0	1,814	R+5.0%
PAMLICO	D+46.0	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,183	D+2.7%
DURHAM	D+44.9	D+11.9	D+5.0	24,187	R+19.8%
ROCKINGHAM	D+43.9	D+2.1	R+25.5	17,333	R+8.1%
CARTERET	D+40.9	R+8.5	R+32.8	7,490	R+1.6%
ALAMANCE	D+36.2	R+8.9	R+39.7	22,616	D+5.3%
GASTON	D+34.2	R+13.5	R+46.9	33,232	D+7.2%
MECKLENBURG	D+31.3	R+1.0	R+25.6	68,222	R+3.9%
CHATHAM	D+28.9	D+13.1	R+7.1	7,792	D+5.2%
RUTHERFORD	D+27.8	R+0.3	R+24.7	15,179	D+3.3%
GUILFORD	D+27.0	R+8.6	R+22.7	53,772	R+0.3%
HAYWOOD	D+26.7	D+14.9	R+12.1	14,416	R+4.4%
MOORE	D+24.0	R+11.0	R+35.0	9,842	D+7.1%
BRUNSWICK	D+22.1	D+6.6	R+17.6	6,548	D+3.6%
BUNCOMBE	D+21.2	R+2.4	R+23.5	39,131	R+3.9%
MCDOWELL	D+20.9	R+9.2	R+30.4	9,753	R+0.8%
IREDELL	D+20.5	R+10.3	R+40.5	18,085	D+3.7%
FORSYTH	D+19.6	R+4.2	R+23.3	43,456	R+12.3%
JACKSON	D+17.4	D+7.7	R+12.2	7,302	D+3.1%
SAMPSON	D+16.9	D+5.6	R+7.8	12,934	D+4.1%
CABARRUS	D+15.5	R+21.0	R+45.2	21,378	D+5.4%
MONTGOMERY	D+15.4	D+6.9	R+14.3	6,436	D+1.9%
ALLEGHANY	D+14.8	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,347	R+3.3%
POLK	D+13.8	R+11.5	R+30.0	5,169	D+12.3%
YANCEY	D+13.1	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,785	R+1.1%
TRANSYLVANIA	D+12.8	R+8.9	R+30.1	7,387	D+5.7%
ROWAN	D+12.7	R+22.2	R+40.6	26,961	D+3.6%
SWAIN	D+12.6	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,790	R+23.8%
MACON	D+11.2	R+6.9	R+30.1	6,371	R+0.4%
SURRY	D+9.9	R+5.6	R+29.9	15,808	R+12.6%
LINCOLN	D+9.2	R+7.1	R+35.5	12,390	D+1.2%
STOKES	D+7.8	R+11.4	R+31.5	8,177	R+6.9%
MADISON	D+5.1	D+9.6	R+10.1	7,943	D+10.2%
DAVIDSON	D+3.7	R+21.5	R+45.2	26,094	D+0.5%
CALDWELL	D+3.5	R+18.9	R+39.8	17,645	R+1.0%
BURKE	D+1.5	R+5.0	R+28.8	19,647	R+0.1%
ASHE	D+1.4	R+11.5	R+24.4	8,620	R+4.1%
CATAWBA	D+0.2	R+23.8	R+45.7	30,432	D+0.4%
CLAY	R+0.1	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,709	R+3.0%
GRAHAM	R+0.7	R+9.8	R+25.4	3,213	R+14.7%
STANLY	R+1.1	R+10.9	R+36.2	17,548	R+0.3%
ALEXANDER	R+2.1	R+16.5	R+40.6	6,457	R+0.3%
WATAUGA	R+3.2	R+9.4	R+28.9	7,968	R+2.4%
RANDOLPH	R+3.2	R+31.8	R+54.8	21,518	D+0.8%
CHEROKEE	R+5.9	R+10.4	R+27.6	6,564	R+18.1%
HENDERSON	R+9.9	R+27.0	R+45.5	13,175	D+1.8%
DAVIE	R+15.0	R+30.5	R+47.6	6,608	R+2.5%
WILKES	R+28.2	R+27.2	R+46.2	17,248	R+12.2%
YADKIN	R+29.7	R+31.8	R+48.9	7,733	R+6.7%
AVERY	R+45.0	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,742	D+5.6%
MITCHELL	R+46.0	R+40.8	R+57.2	5,212	R+0.6%

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