1956

Party   Nominees Electoral Vote Popular Vote   Presidential Vice Presidential    Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon 457 86.1% 35,590,472 57.4%    Democratic   Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver 73 13.7% 26,022,752 42.0%
		DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER			ADLAI E. STEVENSON
STATE	T. VOTES	Republican			Democrat
		Votes	%	EV	Votes	%	EV
Alabama*	496,861	195,694	39.4		280,844	56.5	10*
Arizona	290,173	176,990	61.0	4	112,880	38.9
Arkansas	406,572	186,287	45.8		213,277	52.5	8
California	5,466,355	3,027,668	55.4	32	2,420,135	44.3
Colorado	657,074	394,479	60.0	6	257,997	39.3
Connecticut	1,117,121	711,837	63.7	8	405,079	36.3
Delaware	177,988	98,057	55.1	3	79,421	44.6
Florida	1,125,762	643,849	57.2	10	480,371	42.7
Georgia	669,655	222,778	33.3		444,688	66.4	12
Idaho	272,989	166,979	61.2	4	105,868	38.8
Illinois	4,407,407	2,623,327	59.5	27	1,775,682	40.3
Indiana	1,974,607	1,182,811	59.9	13	783,908	39.7
Iowa	1,234,564	729,187	59.1	10	501,858	40.7
Kansas	866,243	566,878	65.4	8	296,317	34.2
Kentucky	1,053,805	572,192	54.3	10	476,453	45.2
Louisiana	617,544	329,047	53.3	10	243,977	39.5
Maine	351,706	249,238	70.9	5	102,468	29.1
Maryland	932,827	559,738	60.0	9	372,613	39.9
Massachusetts	2,348,506	1,393,197	59.3	16	948,190	40.4
Michigan	3,080,468	1,713,647	55.6	20	1,359,898	44.1
Minnesota	1,340,005	719,302	53.7	11	617,525	46.1
Mississippi	248,104	60,685	24.5		144,453	58.2	8
Missouri	1,832,562	914,289	49.9		918,273	50.1	13
Montana	271,171	154,933	57.1	4	116,238	42.9
Nebraska	577,137	378,108	65.5	6	199,029	34.5
Nevada	96,689	56,049	58.0	3	40,640	42.0
New Hampshire	266,994	176,519	66.1	4	90,364	33.8
New Jersey	2,484,312	1,606,942	64.7	16	850,337	34.2
New Mexico	253,926	146,788	57.8	4	106,098	41.8
New York	7,095,971	4,345,506	61.2	45	2,747,944	38.7
North Carolina	1,165,592	575,062	49.3		590,530	50.7	14
North Dakota	253,991	156,766	61.7	4	96,742	38.1
Ohio	3,702,265	2,262,610	61.1	25	1,439,655	38.9
Oklahoma	859,350	473,769	55.1	8	385,581	44.9
Oregon	736,132	406,393	55.2	6	329,204	44.7
Pennsylvania	4,576,503	2,585,252	56.5	32	1,981,769	43.3
Rhode Island	387,609	225,819	58.3	4	161,790	41.7
South Carolina	300,583	75,700	25.2		136,372	45.4	8
South Dakota	293,857	171,569	58.4	4	122,288	41.6
Tennessee	939,404	462,288	49.2	11	456,507	48.6
Texas	1,955,168	1,080,619	55.3	24	859,958	44.0
Utah	333,995	215,631	64.6	4	118,364	35.4
Vermont	152,978	110,390	72.2	3	42,549	27.8
Virginia	697,978	386,459	55.4	12	267,760	38.4
Washington	1,150,889	620,430	53.9	9	523,002	45.4
West Virginia	830,831	449,297	54.1	8	381,534	45.9
Wisconsin	1,550,558	954,844	61.6	12	586,768	37.8
Wyoming	124,127	74,573	60.1	3	49,554	39.9
Totals	62,026,908	35,590,472	57.4	457	26,022,752	42.0	73
* one elector from Alabama voted for Walter Jones (D)
Party			Nominees		Electoral Vote		Popular Vote
			Presidential	Vice Presidential
	Republican		Dwight D. Eisenhower	Richard M. Nixon	457	86.1%	35,590,472	57.4%
	Democratic		Adlai Stevenson	Estes Kefauver	73	13.7%	26,022,752	42.0%