Indiana 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Indiana 1956 presidential election with 1,182,811 votes (59.9%), a margin of R+20.2. Indiana's 11 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

39.7%

59.9%

783,908

Democratic Candidate (39.7%)

1,182,811

Republican Candidate (59.9%)

Total Votes: 1,974,607|Margin: R+20.2

County Results

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County Results (92 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Sullivan County	D+1.8	R+1.4	R+8.7	11,946	R+6.1%
Switzerland County	D+0.9	D+3.6	R+11.1	4,209	R+1.3%
Vigo County	R+1.1	R+10.5	R+17.4	50,068	R+1.2%
Scott County	R+1.7	D+3.6	R+8.6	6,156	R+0.8%
Vermillion County	R+1.9	R+4.8	R+9.3	10,533	R+5.8%
Clark County	R+2.5	R+4.4	R+15.6	24,433	R+4.7%
Brown County	R+2.9	R+16.4	R+13.9	3,219	D+0.6%
St. Joseph County	R+3.3	R+6.2	R+6.7	112,472	R+3.0%
Lake County	R+4.4	D+2.8	D+10.8	178,460	R+14.4%
Crawford County	R+5.0	R+8.7	R+7.7	5,185	D+0.5%
Ohio County	R+6.4	R+7.9	R+16.9	2,331	R+2.2%
Delaware County	R+8.7	R+14.1	R+20.5	45,827	D+4.0%
Madison County	R+8.8	R+19.4	R+24.2	55,943	R+2.2%
Greene County	R+9.6	R+10.1	R+22.8	15,969	R+2.2%
Blackford County	R+9.9	R+12.4	R+22.3	7,071	R+1.2%
Perry County	R+10.1	D+2.0	R+0.3	8,993	R+0.9%
Harrison County	R+10.7	R+12.3	R+21.9	9,648	R+1.7%
Floyd County	R+10.8	R+3.6	R+18.5	18,865	R+5.2%
Martin County	R+11.4	R+10.4	R+26.7	5,296	R+7.4%
Washington County	R+11.6	R+16.9	R+27.1	8,739	R+0.1%
Gibson County	R+11.6	R+5.3	R+9.7	16,653	R+2.5%
Clay County	R+12.1	R+22.2	R+30.3	13,061	R+4.3%
Fayette County	R+12.8	R+15.8	R+26.6	11,862	D+2.1%
Dearborn County	R+13.0	R+17.6	R+29.9	12,746	R+3.1%
Dubois County	R+14.5	R+0.5	R+26.5	12,139	R+7.3%
Warrick County	R+14.7	R+11.1	R+23.2	10,987	R+1.5%
Jackson County	R+15.0	R+15.5	R+31.0	14,617	R+4.0%
Pike County	R+15.5	D+0.0	R+6.6	8,015	R+5.6%
Vanderburgh County	R+15.8	R+8.9	R+13.7	73,619	D+1.3%
Shelby County	R+16.5	R+27.0	R+34.5	15,811	R+1.1%
Howard County	R+17.2	R+23.3	R+36.1	29,581	R+9.2%
Owen County	R+17.5	R+21.0	R+33.6	6,301	D+0.3%
Wells County	R+17.6	R+20.1	R+39.4	9,778	R+2.9%
Parke County	R+18.3	R+29.6	R+39.0	8,604	R+1.1%
Putnam County	R+18.7	R+26.3	R+39.3	11,280	D+0.9%
Posey County	R+19.1	R+14.4	R+18.4	9,724	R+3.3%
Jay County	R+19.2	R+22.7	R+30.4	11,454	D+1.2%
Tipton County	R+19.5	R+32.3	R+41.6	8,305	D+2.7%
Knox County	R+20.0	R+12.0	R+25.5	21,801	R+4.7%
Bartholomew County	R+20.0	R+24.2	R+39.4	20,453	R+1.5%
Starke County	R+20.3	R+15.6	R+16.1	8,447	R+0.8%
Hancock County	R+20.3	R+38.4	R+47.6	11,617	D+0.5%
Jefferson County	R+20.8	R+10.2	R+20.0	11,004	R+2.5%
Spencer County	R+20.9	R+11.7	R+18.4	8,960	D+2.5%
Clinton County	R+21.3	R+20.8	R+34.7	16,032	D+0.1%
Jennings County	R+21.9	R+16.0	R+31.9	7,414	D+1.2%
Boone County	R+23.4	R+37.5	R+49.3	13,926	D+3.2%
Henry County	R+23.4	R+24.1	R+25.5	22,418	D+2.0%
Wayne County	R+24.0	R+26.3	R+30.0	32,638	D+1.7%
Ripley County	R+24.0	R+17.1	R+36.2	10,633	D+0.4%
Marion County	R+24.2	R+13.5	R+17.2	262,347	R+2.8%
Johnson County	R+24.6	R+38.4	R+50.3	16,291	R+3.3%
Cass County	R+24.8	R+31.0	R+38.0	20,299	R+3.6%
Miami County	R+25.0	R+26.2	R+38.3	15,372	R+6.0%
Orange County	R+25.1	R+21.6	R+39.2	9,221	D+0.5%
Pulaski County	R+25.5	R+28.9	R+34.7	6,633	D+2.4%
Daviess County	R+25.9	R+25.7	R+36.9	13,707	R+3.4%
LaPorte County	R+26.1	R+17.4	R+18.8	39,142	R+6.0%
Monroe County	R+26.1	R+13.3	R+19.2	21,015	R+4.4%
Franklin County	R+26.4	R+22.3	R+39.8	7,028	D+2.4%
Fountain County	R+26.4	R+28.7	R+30.4	10,230	R+3.3%
Carroll County	R+26.8	R+26.4	R+32.9	9,086	D+2.5%
Whitley County	R+26.9	R+20.7	R+35.3	10,157	R+5.0%
Union County	R+27.2	R+31.2	R+41.2	3,192	D+8.0%
Morgan County	R+27.3	R+40.5	R+52.3	13,103	R+0.8%
Lawrence County	R+28.2	R+29.0	R+34.0	17,346	D+1.8%
Huntington County	R+29.1	R+25.6	R+40.1	17,184	R+3.2%
Grant County	R+29.7	R+28.1	R+34.2	27,206	R+8.1%
Rush County	R+29.8	R+32.5	R+40.2	9,587	D+4.7%
Decatur County	R+30.1	R+21.8	R+40.4	9,851	D+1.0%
Randolph County	R+31.1	R+30.2	R+34.2	13,873	D+2.4%
Montgomery County	R+31.2	R+38.7	R+50.5	15,927	D+1.1%
Hendricks County	R+31.4	R+42.5	R+52.1	16,129	D+2.4%
Marshall County	R+31.9	R+31.1	R+38.2	15,982	R+3.8%
Adams County	R+33.2	R+14.2	R+33.8	10,708	R+9.6%
Noble County	R+33.8	R+21.9	R+32.8	12,267	R+1.5%
DeKalb County	R+34.1	R+21.3	R+30.7	13,575	R+1.7%
Benton County	R+34.2	R+33.6	R+41.3	5,974	D+4.6%
White County	R+35.1	R+34.6	R+39.3	9,949	D+0.6%
Warren County	R+35.7	R+33.1	R+31.5	4,406	D+5.2%
Fulton County	R+35.8	R+30.6	R+40.9	9,259	D+1.8%
Hamilton County	R+38.4	R+54.3	R+65.0	16,271	D+2.0%
Elkhart County	R+38.7	R+31.0	R+44.5	40,677	R+3.8%
Allen County	R+39.1	R+25.9	R+32.2	83,844	R+6.1%
Tippecanoe County	R+40.7	R+26.7	R+30.3	33,843	D+0.7%
LaGrange County	R+41.6	R+31.8	R+43.2	5,414	R+1.7%
Wabash County	R+43.0	R+28.7	R+41.2	14,496	R+5.0%
Steuben County	R+43.5	R+34.0	R+44.6	7,739	D+3.6%
Kosciusko County	R+44.2	R+43.8	R+56.3	17,824	R+3.2%
Jasper County	R+45.5	R+40.7	R+39.3	7,399	R+0.6%
Porter County	R+45.6	R+36.7	R+28.9	20,589	R+7.7%
Newton County	R+49.3	R+38.2	R+37.8	5,222	D+0.8%

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