Alabama 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Alabama 1956 presidential election with 280,844 votes (56.5%), a margin of D+17.1. Alabama's 9 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

56.5%

39.4%

280,844

Democratic Candidate (56.5%)

195,694

Republican Candidate (39.4%)

Total Votes: 496,688|Margin: D+17.1

County Results

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County Results (67 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Limestone County	D+74.9	D+26.9	R+21.5	4,750	D+0.1%
Henry County	D+62.6	D+2.7	R+27.6	2,713	R+2.0%
Coffee County	D+60.6	R+4.6	R+40.9	5,268	R+9.1%
Colbert County	D+58.1	D+29.6	D+7.0	8,937	R+4.1%
Lauderdale County	D+57.2	D+18.0	R+8.5	11,692	R+0.2%
Crenshaw County	D+56.6	D+4.3	R+25.7	2,975	R+7.4%
Chambers County	D+55.2	D+15.0	R+20.2	6,737	R+16.7%
Cherokee County	D+51.7	D+19.9	R+3.1	3,513	R+14.5%
Barbour County	D+50.8	D+3.2	R+8.5	3,449	D+3.2%
Madison County	D+49.9	R+0.2	R+30.1	12,150	R+16.6%
Lamar County	D+48.1	D+9.5	R+34.7	3,399	R+13.1%
Tallapoosa County	D+45.3	D+9.6	R+33.6	7,042	R+16.6%
Choctaw County	D+44.6	D+12.5	R+8.0	1,779	R+0.7%
Monroe County	D+44.3	R+3.9	R+22.5	2,958	R+16.1%
Jackson County	D+43.5	D+27.3	D+6.2	6,647	R+5.0%
Morgan County	D+43.2	D+5.1	R+36.3	10,872	R+6.8%
Pike County	D+42.6	R+8.0	R+27.0	3,839	R+2.4%
Hale County	D+42.3	D+25.2	D+9.9	1,917	D+19.3%
Lawrence County	D+42.2	D+41.8	D+4.2	4,185	R+11.0%
Bullock County	D+40.6	D+44.6	D+34.7	1,252	D+5.6%
Geneva County	D+40.4	R+0.5	R+44.1	4,118	R+7.6%
Russell County	D+40.1	D+26.9	D+6.6	4,479	R+20.7%
Greene County	D+36.6	D+53.8	D+44.4	1,044	D+14.5%
Washington County	D+36.1	D+7.2	R+17.9	2,569	R+15.8%
Escambia County	D+36.0	R+11.3	R+38.0	5,299	R+12.0%
Covington County	D+35.1	R+5.2	R+44.2	7,490	R+16.4%
Marshall County	D+34.3	D+13.5	R+22.7	9,495	R+14.4%
Lee County	D+34.0	R+6.3	R+29.4	5,051	D+7.4%
Calhoun County	D+33.1	R+1.3	R+27.7	13,900	R+11.2%
Randolph County	D+32.9	D+1.4	R+33.3	4,761	R+14.8%
Elmore County	D+32.1	R+18.0	R+46.6	5,394	R+20.1%
Conecuh County	D+29.1	D+2.5	R+12.7	2,754	R+8.7%
Dale County	D+27.9	R+18.4	R+51.9	3,712	R+14.6%
Marengo County	D+27.8	D+11.7	R+4.4	3,052	D+14.2%
Etowah County	D+26.0	D+12.2	R+0.4	19,886	R+14.5%
Lowndes County	D+24.9	D+38.5	D+36.9	1,192	D+12.6%
Sumter County	D+24.1	D+40.4	D+28.4	1,671	D+12.1%
Pickens County	D+23.6	D+11.3	R+13.2	2,824	R+1.5%
Tuscaloosa County	D+23.1	R+1.6	R+26.8	13,798	R+9.3%
Clarke County	D+22.3	D+1.8	R+16.9	3,215	R+18.8%
Perry County	D+19.9	D+29.8	D+2.4	1,812	R+8.3%
Walker County	D+19.2	D+21.1	R+9.5	12,919	R+13.1%
Wilcox County	D+18.9	D+36.8	D+22.0	1,474	D+3.6%
Bibb County	D+18.1	D+10.8	R+23.2	2,582	R+24.8%
Butler County	D+17.9	D+4.1	R+14.9	3,533	R+20.4%
Houston County	D+14.6	R+30.3	R+52.2	6,841	R+5.2%
Cleburne County	D+14.2	R+7.5	R+43.7	2,470	R+18.3%
Coosa County	D+13.5	D+15.9	R+18.3	2,519	R+17.6%
Autauga County	D+13.3	R+18.1	R+41.8	2,287	R+17.8%
Cullman County	D+11.4	D+5.9	R+29.4	9,929	R+10.1%
Talladega County	D+10.9	D+1.2	R+24.2	9,597	R+5.8%
Blount County	D+9.8	R+9.1	R+38.2	5,922	R+19.7%
Marion County	D+5.8	D+2.5	R+26.6	5,409	R+25.5%
Clay County	D+2.4	D+1.6	R+39.3	3,323	R+22.5%
DeKalb County	D+0.7	R+4.6	R+25.3	11,468	R+12.4%
Fayette County	D+0.2	D+1.1	R+29.5	3,928	R+21.1%
St. Clair County	R+0.4	R+18.5	R+43.7	4,975	R+19.2%
Franklin County	R+0.7	D+15.7	R+7.0	6,769	R+18.3%
Macon County	R+2.0	D+65.8	D+66.5	2,193	R+42.2%
Dallas County	R+3.8	D+11.7	D+6.6	5,358	D+6.3%
Baldwin County	R+4.9	R+36.0	R+53.5	8,415	R+8.1%
Jefferson County	R+5.8	R+7.5	R+19.1	87,513	R+14.1%
Shelby County	R+7.1	R+32.5	R+56.9	5,581	R+14.0%
Mobile County	R+8.8	R+18.2	R+26.5	39,534	R+9.9%
Montgomery County	R+9.8	R+11.6	R+16.2	18,841	R+16.2%
Chilton County	R+24.2	R+16.6	R+45.4	5,148	R+18.2%
Winston County	R+31.2	R+19.1	R+44.5	4,570	R+12.9%

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County Results (67 counties)

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