California 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the California 1956 presidential election with 3,027,668 votes (55.4%), a margin of R+11.1. California's 54 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

44.3%

55.4%

2,420,135

Democratic Candidate (44.3%)

3,027,668

Republican Candidate (55.4%)

Total Votes: 5,466,355|Margin: R+11.1

County Results

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County Results (58 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Solano County	D+16.4	R+12.4	R+10.2	42,863	D+0.3%
Plumas County	D+15.9	R+15.6	R+15.0	5,415	D+3.9%
Madera County	D+15.5	R+14.2	R+21.3	12,439	D+14.6%
Kings County	D+15.2	R+17.0	R+29.0	14,652	D+13.2%
Lassen County	D+14.7	R+18.6	R+23.9	5,963	D+1.2%
Fresno County	D+13.1	R+10.7	R+9.6	119,115	D+10.8%
Shasta County	D+11.9	R+25.7	R+25.9	20,149	D+24.4%
Sacramento County	D+9.6	R+7.4	R+12.4	150,080	D+7.1%
Placer County	D+7.9	R+21.1	R+27.7	19,739	D+9.1%
Merced County	D+7.8	R+5.8	R+18.8	24,852	D+14.1%
Yolo County	D+3.7	D+3.9	D+3.0	19,479	D+10.0%
Stanislaus County	D+2.4	R+9.4	R+19.4	54,927	D+13.9%
Amador County	D+1.3	R+22.9	R+24.6	4,325	D+6.5%
Siskiyou County	R+0.0	R+21.9	R+18.9	13,741	D+12.6%
Ventura County	R+0.1	R+30.7	R+38.5	52,767	D+4.1%
Sierra County	R+1.4	R+11.9	R+15.7	1,262	D+5.3%
Trinity County	R+1.4	R+23.7	R+22.3	2,870	D+13.8%
Contra Costa County	R+2.2	R+12.8	R+9.9	147,051	R+3.4%
Kern County	R+3.0	R+26.0	R+31.0	90,075	D+7.4%
San Francisco County	R+3.5	D+20.6	D+35.9	336,967	D+2.4%
Glenn County	R+4.1	R+38.0	R+40.9	6,665	D+24.4%
Tuolumne County	R+4.5	R+20.9	R+17.7	6,943	D+13.7%
Alameda County	R+5.1	D+10.3	D+18.6	368,131	D+0.0%
Tulare County	R+5.3	R+22.8	R+28.8	49,618	D+8.8%
Humboldt County	R+5.5	R+14.2	R+4.9	36,177	D+14.8%
Colusa County	R+6.5	R+25.9	R+32.1	4,648	D+12.5%
Del Norte County	R+6.7	R+24.0	R+19.0	5,487	D+20.2%
Modoc County	R+6.8	R+38.3	R+41.2	3,723	D+16.1%
El Dorado County	R+7.6	R+28.7	R+31.2	8,607	D+13.1%
Tehama County	R+8.0	R+27.9	R+27.4	9,042	D+21.3%
San Joaquin County	R+9.3	R+19.8	R+20.4	81,600	D+2.8%
Los Angeles County	R+11.1	R+10.0	R+10.2	2,275,424	D+1.5%
Yuba County	R+11.8	R+21.6	R+28.8	8,576	D+9.8%
Napa County	R+12.3	R+19.8	R+17.0	24,333	D+10.5%
Imperial County	R+12.4	R+19.0	R+25.1	18,781	D+12.0%
San Bernardino County	R+14.1	R+28.0	R+30.8	151,652	D+0.8%
Mendocino County	R+14.1	R+5.8	R+6.2	18,137	D+8.1%
Calaveras County	R+16.2	R+29.0	R+29.9	4,909	D+6.7%
Butte County	R+17.3	R+28.3	R+27.7	31,462	D+9.8%
San Luis Obispo County	R+17.4	R+26.1	R+28.7	27,748	D+13.7%
Santa Clara County	R+18.5	R+13.0	R+11.2	178,818	D+0.6%
San Benito County	R+19.2	R+17.2	R+22.8	5,463	D+10.5%
Monterey County	R+19.3	R+21.2	R+15.4	49,573	D+5.2%
Nevada County	R+19.7	R+28.9	R+27.1	9,173	D+8.6%
Mariposa County	R+20.9	R+21.3	R+24.4	2,615	D+12.1%
San Mateo County	R+22.2	R+12.2	R+5.0	163,903	D+4.3%
Sonoma County	R+24.0	R+12.0	R+3.4	54,361	D+9.0%
Riverside County	R+24.8	R+28.4	R+28.0	91,329	D+5.4%
Sutter County	R+26.3	R+36.0	R+44.0	10,077	D+8.7%
Santa Cruz County	R+27.4	R+5.8	D+8.1	34,776	D+7.0%
San Diego County	R+29.3	R+33.5	R+31.9	303,605	R+3.0%
Santa Barbara County	R+29.6	R+22.5	R+26.8	48,484	D+4.2%
Lake County	R+30.1	R+17.7	R+11.2	6,282	D+6.1%
Marin County	R+32.2	R+9.6	D+0.6	51,244	D+2.5%
Inyo County	R+32.7	R+38.9	R+42.0	5,324	D+5.3%
Orange County	R+34.5	R+45.3	R+50.4	169,879	D+6.1%
Mono County	R+47.8	R+37.0	R+46.2	912	D+6.6%
Alpine County	R+59.4	R+26.2	R+15.0	143	D+14.9%

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County Results (58 counties)

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