1956 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1956 United States presidential election in Arizona

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All 4 Arizona votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Party Republican Democratic Home state Pennsylvania [lower-alpha 1] Illinois Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 176,990 112,880 Percentage 60.99% 38.90%
County Results Eisenhower   50–60%   60–70% Stevenson   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. States voters chose four ^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arizona was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.99% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.90% of the popular vote. ^{[4] [5]}

Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential candidate to ever carry Graham County, which was to become a Republican stronghold after 1964. ^[6]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Arizona

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.)	176,990	60.99%
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	112,880	38.90%
	None	T. Coleman Andrews	303	0.10%
Total votes			290,173	100%

Results by county

County	Dwight David Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson II Democratic		Thomas Coleman Andrews None		Margin		Total votes cast [7]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Apache	1,685	63.20%	981	36.80%	1	0.04%	704	26.40%	2,666
Cochise	6,893	56.40%	5,328	43.60%	9	0.07%	1,565	12.80%	12,221
Coconino	4,044	63.60%	2,314	36.40%	11	0.17%	1,730	27.20%	6,358
Gila	4,234	51.26%	4,026	48.74%	0	0.00%	208	2.52%	8,260
Graham	2,384	58.55%	1,688	41.45%	0	0.00%	696	17.10%	4,072
Greenlee	1,784	39.69%	2,711	60.31%	0	0.00%	-927	-20.62%	4,495
Maricopa	92,140	63.04%	54,010	36.96%	191	0.13%	38,130	26.08%	146,150
Mohave	1,523	61.14%	968	38.86%	6	0.24%	555	22.28%	2,491
Navajo	3,928	65.89%	2,033	34.11%	9	0.15%	1,895	31.78%	5,961
Pima	39,298	62.54%	23,536	37.46%	51	0.08%	15,762	25.08%	62,834
Pinal	5,762	53.23%	5,063	46.77%	17	0.16%	699	6.46%	10,825
Santa Cruz	1,646	59.27%	1,131	40.73%	1	0.04%	515	18.54%	2,777
Yavapai	6,339	65.66%	3,315	34.34%	0	0.00%	3,024	31.32%	9,654
Yuma	5,330	47.99%	5,776	52.01%	7	0.06%	-446	-4.02%	11,106
Totals	176,990	61.06%	112,880	38.94%	303	0.10%	64,110	22.12%	289,870

Notes

1. Although he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of the 1952 election Eisenhower was president of Columbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania. ^[2]

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1956 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved June 10, 2017.
2. "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
3. "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)" . Retrieved June 10, 2017.
4. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona" . Retrieved June 10, 2017.
5. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956" . Retrieved June 10, 2017.
6. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 148 ISBN   0786422173
7. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920–1964; p. 42 ISBN   0405077114