North Carolina 1956 Senate Election

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

Sam J. Ervin vs. Joel A. Johnson

Sam J. Ervin won the North Carolina 1956 senate election with 731,353 votes (66.6%), a margin of D+33.1.

Statewide Results

66.6%

33.4%

731,353

Sam J. Ervin (66.6%)

367,475

Joel A. Johnson (33.4%)

Total Votes: 1,098,828|Margin: D+33.1

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
GREENE	D+95.0	D+12.0	R+7.1	3,194	D+96.8%
MARTIN	D+91.7	D+29.5	R+4.9	5,995	D+95.3%
BERTIE	D+90.6	D+38.5	D+15.6	3,655	R+7.4%
NASH	D+90.0	R+14.6	R+33.6	11,916	D+3.5%
FRANKLIN	D+89.8	D+21.1	R+11.3	5,783	D+94.7%
PITT	D+88.0	R+0.9	R+16.9	13,809	R+3.8%
NORTHAMPTON	D+87.9	D+45.0	D+22.8	4,809	R+5.5%
WARREN	D+86.0	D+39.9	D+19.4	3,293	R+6.4%
ROBESON	D+85.7	D+42.5	D+8.2	12,459	D+92.3%
HALIFAX	D+85.4	D+15.9	D+2.5	9,784	R+7.7%
EDGECOMBE	D+85.4	D+14.4	D+4.5	9,267	R+3.2%
GATES	D+83.7	D+42.6	D+13.5	1,432	R+6.7%
JONES	D+81.9	D+22.0	R+0.9	2,270	R+10.1%
HERTFORD	D+81.8	D+37.1	D+17.2	3,277	R+14.7%
VANCE	D+81.8	D+12.3	R+7.5	6,573	R+1.6%
WILSON	D+80.8	R+1.7	R+18.9	10,476	R+5.5%
GRANVILLE	D+80.5	D+22.1	R+9.4	5,180	R+7.4%
COLUMBUS	D+80.4	D+29.4	R+2.4	9,415	R+2.0%
SCOTLAND	D+80.2	D+34.1	R+0.6	3,943	R+7.1%
HOKE	D+79.8	D+47.7	D+13.5	2,399	R+14.4%
CHOWAN	D+79.2	D+19.7	R+11.1	1,908	R+10.5%
LENOIR	D+78.3	R+12.9	R+21.7	8,840	R+1.1%
BLADEN	D+78.2	D+37.6	D+3.7	5,221	R+10.5%
CURRITUCK	D+78.2	D+8.2	R+26.7	1,823	R+16.3%
PENDER	D+77.8	D+18.1	R+7.7	2,996	R+10.2%
CRAVEN	D+76.6	R+4.6	R+28.3	8,739	D+85.3%
ONSLOW	D+76.3	R+8.9	R+41.7	5,704	R+8.6%
ANSON	D+76.1	D+42.4	D+14.8	4,893	R+4.3%
RICHMOND	D+75.2	D+30.2	D+4.8	8,985	R+6.2%
BEAUFORT	D+74.5	R+5.7	R+21.5	7,258	R+4.2%
DUPLIN	D+74.2	D+16.2	R+6.0	8,418	R+4.4%
NEW HANOVER	D+73.0	R+11.1	R+30.7	17,809	D+4.2%
PERSON	D+70.5	D+11.0	R+24.8	4,767	R+10.9%
CAMDEN	D+69.9	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,062	R+17.9%
WAKE	D+65.9	R+0.7	R+23.5	33,527	R+10.8%
PASQUOTANK	D+64.8	D+10.2	R+9.3	4,676	R+12.8%
UNION	D+64.7	D+5.4	R+41.0	9,153	R+15.9%
CASWELL	D+63.8	D+23.8	D+2.0	3,372	R+12.1%
CUMBERLAND	D+63.2	D+1.2	R+16.5	14,576	R+10.8%
HYDE	D+62.8	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,209	R+18.0%
WAYNE	D+62.3	R+14.3	R+28.4	9,854	R+10.6%
LEE	D+60.1	D+5.5	R+35.2	5,590	D+5.2%
PERQUIMANS	D+58.1	D+12.3	R+14.7	1,591	R+30.7%
WASHINGTON	D+56.5	D+21.1	D+6.5	2,777	R+18.3%
TYRRELL	D+54.7	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,010	D+2.3%
HARNETT	D+52.5	D+9.2	R+22.3	10,930	D+75.2%
JOHNSTON	D+50.4	R+4.1	R+34.8	13,675	D+78.6%
CLEVELAND	D+50.1	D+5.9	R+24.8	14,904	R+27.5%
ORANGE	D+49.7	D+20.9	D+13.7	8,589	D+19.3%
DURHAM	D+48.2	D+11.9	D+5.0	21,894	R+3.1%
PAMLICO	D+47.4	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,081	R+13.5%
ROCKINGHAM	D+43.6	D+2.1	R+25.5	16,151	R+9.0%
DARE	D+41.3	R+5.3	R+44.0	1,680	R+39.0%
CARTERET	D+40.2	R+8.5	R+32.8	7,287	R+20.0%
ALAMANCE	D+36.6	R+8.9	R+39.7	21,955	D+7.9%
GASTON	D+33.8	R+13.5	R+46.9	32,460	R+21.2%
RUTHERFORD	D+32.7	R+0.3	R+24.7	14,367	D+61.0%
CHATHAM	D+27.8	D+13.1	R+7.1	7,578	R+0.6%
GUILFORD	D+26.6	R+8.6	R+22.7	52,283	R+19.3%
HAYWOOD	D+25.7	D+14.9	R+12.1	14,162	R+30.0%
MECKLENBURG	D+24.1	R+1.0	R+25.6	63,903	D+44.2%
MOORE	D+23.0	R+11.0	R+35.0	9,634	R+16.5%
BRUNSWICK	D+21.4	D+6.6	R+17.6	6,378	R+6.5%
MCDOWELL	D+20.1	R+9.2	R+30.4	9,537	R+14.5%
IREDELL	D+19.5	R+10.3	R+40.5	17,721	R+16.1%
FORSYTH	D+18.4	R+4.2	R+23.3	42,489	R+32.2%
BUNCOMBE	D+18.3	R+2.4	R+23.5	37,524	R+25.6%
JACKSON	D+16.8	D+7.7	R+12.2	7,258	R+0.0%
SAMPSON	D+16.4	D+5.6	R+7.8	12,670	D+11.2%
ALLEGHANY	D+14.7	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,277	R+14.6%
YANCEY	D+13.9	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,736	R+6.5%
CABARRUS	D+13.7	R+21.0	R+45.2	20,745	R+38.4%
MONTGOMERY	D+13.6	D+6.9	R+14.3	6,329	D+2.2%
POLK	D+12.5	R+11.5	R+30.0	5,017	R+12.4%
TRANSYLVANIA	D+12.0	R+8.9	R+30.1	7,330	D+1.4%
SWAIN	D+11.9	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,760	R+16.2%
ROWAN	D+11.1	R+22.2	R+40.6	26,011	R+20.9%
SURRY	D+10.3	R+5.6	R+29.9	15,538	R+17.5%
MACON	D+10.0	R+6.9	R+30.1	6,299	R+8.3%
LINCOLN	D+6.4	R+7.1	R+35.5	12,133	R+11.0%
STOKES	D+5.8	R+11.4	R+31.5	7,939	R+10.3%
MADISON	D+5.3	D+9.6	R+10.1	7,803	D+11.3%
CALDWELL	D+3.4	R+18.9	R+39.8	17,396	R+15.2%
BURKE	D+2.6	R+5.0	R+28.8	19,536	R+14.7%
DAVIDSON	D+2.5	R+21.5	R+45.2	25,636	R+11.1%
ASHE	D+1.4	R+11.5	R+24.4	8,555	R+7.5%
CLAY	R+0.1	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,704	R+5.6%
GRAHAM	R+0.8	R+9.8	R+25.4	3,205	R+10.8%
ALEXANDER	R+2.0	R+16.5	R+40.6	6,455	R+14.8%
CATAWBA	R+2.1	R+23.8	R+45.7	29,688	R+8.7%
STANLY	R+3.4	R+10.9	R+36.2	17,355	R+6.8%
RANDOLPH	R+3.8	R+31.8	R+54.8	21,077	D+1.5%
WATAUGA	R+4.0	R+9.4	R+28.9	7,861	R+4.0%
CHEROKEE	R+6.4	R+10.4	R+27.6	6,503	R+23.2%
HENDERSON	R+12.2	R+27.0	R+45.5	12,773	R+19.0%
DAVIE	R+16.2	R+30.5	R+47.6	6,439	R+7.5%
WILKES	R+25.6	R+27.2	R+46.2	16,770	R+22.5%
YADKIN	R+27.5	R+31.8	R+48.9	7,415	R+12.3%
AVERY	R+47.6	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,633	R+1.1%
MITCHELL	R+48.2	R+40.8	R+57.2	5,113	R+16.1%

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