1956 United States presidential election in California

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1956 United States presidential election in California
Flag of California.svg
  1952 November 6, 1956 1960  
Turnout86.56% (of registered voters) Decrease2.svg 0.29 pp
67.59% (of eligible voters) Decrease2.svg 6.48 pp [1]
  Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson II
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania [2] [3] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote320
Popular vote3,027,6682,420,135
Percentage55.39%44.27%

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County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in California took place in November 1956 as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose 32 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

The Democratic primary in California was seen as such a decisive win for Adlai Stevenson that it ended the insurgent Kefauver campaign.

California voted for the Republican incumbent, Dwight D. Eisenhower (with incumbent vice president and California native Richard Nixon as his running mate), in a landslide over the Democratic challenger, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. However, Stevenson did improve his performance in California from four years previous. California's result was about 4.3% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last presidential election in California where the Republican candidate won the counties of Alameda and San Francisco, both of which have become strongholds of the Democratic Party.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in California [4]
PartysCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent)3,027,66855.39%32
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 2,420,13544.27%0
Prohibition Enoch A. Holtwick 11,1190.20%0
No party T. Coleman Andrews (write-in)6,0870.11%0
No partyWrite-ins8190.01%0
No party Eric Hass (write-in)3000.01%0
No party Darlington Hoopes (write-in)1230.00%0
No party Farrell Dobbs (write-in)960.00%0
No party Gerald L. K. Smith (write-in)80.00%0
Invalid or blank votes
Totals5,466,355100.00%32
Voter turnout

Results by county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Alameda 192,91152.40%174,03347.27%1,1870.33%18,8785.13%368,131
Alpine 11479.72%2920.28%00.00%8559.44%143
Amador 2,12649.16%2,18150.43%180.41%-55-1.27%4,325
Butte 18,38258.43%12,93341.11%1470.46%5,44917.32%31,462
Calaveras 2,84357.91%2,04941.74%170.35%79416.17%4,909
Colusa 2,47453.23%2,17146.71%30.06%3036.52%4,648
Contra Costa 74,97150.98%71,73348.78%3470.24%3,2382.20%147,051
Del Norte 2,91853.18%2,55246.51%170.31%3666.67%5,487
El Dorado 4,61353.60%3,95745.97%370.43%6567.63%8,607
Fresno 51,61143.33%67,23456.44%2700.23%-15,623-13.11%119,115
Glenn 3,46351.96%3,19247.89%100.15%2714.07%6,665
Humboldt 19,01952.57%17,02547.06%1330.37%1,9945.51%36,177
Imperial 10,52656.05%8,19743.65%580.30%2,32912.40%18,781
Inyo 3,52466.19%1,78233.47%180.34%1,74232.72%5,324
Kern 46,22051.31%43,53348.33%3220.36%2,6872.98%90,075
Kings 6,19542.28%8,41757.45%400.27%-2,222-15.17%14,652
Lake 4,07364.84%2,18534.78%240.38%1,88830.06%6,282
Lassen 2,53342.48%3,41257.22%180.30%-879-14.74%5,963
Los Angeles 1,260,20655.38%1,007,88744.29%7,3310.33%252,31911.09%2,275,424
Madera 5,23942.12%7,16257.58%380.30%-1,923-15.46%12,439
Marin 33,79265.94%17,30133.76%1510.30%16,49132.18%51,244
Mariposa 1,57760.31%1,03139.43%70.26%54620.88%2,615
Mendocino 10,32756.94%7,76742.82%430.24%2,56014.12%18,137
Merced 11,43045.99%13,36653.78%560.23%-1,936-7.79%24,852
Modoc 1,98153.21%1,72946.44%130.35%2526.77%3,723
Mono 67373.79%23725.99%20.22%43647.80%912
Monterey 29,51459.54%19,93240.21%1270.25%9,58219.33%49,573
Napa 13,61055.93%10,62343.66%1000.41%2,98712.27%24,333
Nevada 5,47559.69%3,66739.98%310.33%1,80819.71%9,173
Orange 113,51066.82%54,89532.31%1,4740.87%58,61534.51%169,879
Placer 9,05945.89%10,61153.76%690.35%-1,552-7.87%19,739
Plumas 2,26741.87%3,12757.75%210.38%-860-15.88%5,415
Riverside 56,76662.16%34,09837.34%4650.50%22,66824.82%91,329
Sacramento 67,68645.10%82,13454.73%2600.17%-14,448-9.63%150,080
San Benito 3,25259.53%2,20140.29%100.18%1,05119.24%5,463
San Bernardino 86,26356.88%64,94642.83%4430.29%21,31714.05%151,652
San Diego 195,74264.47%106,71635.15%1,1470.38%89,02629.32%303,605
San Francisco 173,64851.53%161,76648.01%1,5530.46%11,8823.52%336,967
San Joaquin 44,49154.52%36,94145.27%1680.21%7,5509.25%81,600
San Luis Obispo 16,22358.47%11,40741.11%1180.42%4,81617.36%27,748
San Mateo 100,04961.04%63,63738.83%2170.13%36,41222.21%163,903
Santa Barbara 31,29464.55%16,92534.91%2650.54%14,36929.64%48,484
Santa Clara 105,65759.09%72,52840.56%6330.35%33,12918.53%178,818
Santa Cruz 22,10963.58%12,57436.16%930.26%9,53527.42%34,776
Shasta 8,83343.84%11,23955.78%770.38%-2,406-11.94%20,149
Sierra 63850.55%62049.13%40.32%181.42%1,262
Siskiyou 6,84149.79%6,83749.76%630.45%40.03%13,741
Solano 17,86541.68%24,90358.10%950.22%-7,038-16.42%42,863
Sonoma 33,65961.92%20,61637.92%860.16%13,04324.00%54,361
Stanislaus 26,69548.60%28,04051.05%1920.35%-1,345-2.45%54,927
Sutter 6,32762.79%3,67336.45%770.76%2,65426.34%10,077
Tehama 4,86653.82%4,14345.82%330.36%7238.00%9,042
Trinity 1,44750.42%1,40648.99%170.59%411.43%2,870
Tulare 26,05152.50%23,40747.17%1600.33%2,6445.33%49,618
Tuolumne 3,61952.12%3,31047.67%140.21%3094.45%6,943
Ventura 26,34249.92%26,27649.80%1490.28%660.12%52,767
Yolo 9,34747.99%10,07551.72%570.29%-728-3.73%19,479
Yuba 4,78255.76%3,76743.92%270.32%1,01511.84%8,576
Total3,027,66855.39%2,420,13544.27%18,5520.34%607,53311.12%5,466,355

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. Although he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of his 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.
  3. "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  4. "1956 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.