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Elections in Colorado |
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose six [3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Colorado was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.49% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.81% of the popular vote. [4] [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 394,479 | 59.49% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 263,997 | 39.81% | |
Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 3,308 | 0.50% | |
Constitutional States’ Rights | T. Coleman Andrews | 759 | 0.11% | |
Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 531 | 0.08% | |
Total votes | 663,074 | 100% |
County [6] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Eric Hass Socialist Labor | T. Coleman Andrews Constitutional States’ Rights | Darlington Hoopes Socialist | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 12,778 | 52.23% | 11,470 | 46.89% | 200 | 0.82% | 15 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,308 | 5.34% | 24,463 |
Alamosa | 2,442 | 62.33% | 1,465 | 37.39% | 7 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 977 | 24.94% | 3,918 |
Arapahoe | 19,716 | 63.11% | 11,351 | 36.33% | 157 | 0.50% | 4 | 0.01% | 15 | 0.05% | 8,365 | 26.78% | 31,243 |
Archuleta | 635 | 59.91% | 423 | 39.91% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 20.00% | 1,060 |
Baca | 1,715 | 59.63% | 1,150 | 39.99% | 8 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 565 | 19.64% | 2,876 |
Bent | 1,718 | 57.25% | 1,283 | 42.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 435 | 14.50% | 3,001 |
Boulder | 16,748 | 66.89% | 8,149 | 32.55% | 121 | 0.48% | 21 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,599 | 34.34% | 25,039 |
Chaffee | 2,284 | 63.67% | 1,303 | 36.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 981 | 27.34% | 3,587 |
Cheyenne | 820 | 61.70% | 507 | 38.15% | 2 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 313 | 23.55% | 1,329 |
Clear Creek | 973 | 64.87% | 520 | 34.67% | 1 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.20% | 453 | 30.20% | 1,500 |
Conejos | 1,884 | 55.89% | 1,471 | 43.64% | 8 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.02% | 7 | 0.21% | 413 | 12.25% | 3,371 |
Costilla | 958 | 42.50% | 1,256 | 55.72% | 23 | 1.02% | 17 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -298 | -13.22% | 2,254 |
Crowley | 1,220 | 62.05% | 745 | 37.89% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 475 | 24.16% | 1,966 |
Custer | 534 | 66.83% | 264 | 33.04% | 1 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 270 | 33.79% | 799 |
Delta | 4,531 | 64.71% | 2,458 | 35.10% | 5 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,073 | 29.61% | 7,002 |
Denver | 121,402 | 55.91% | 93,812 | 43.21% | 1,545 | 0.71% | 156 | 0.07% | 206 | 0.09% | 27,590 | 12.70% | 217,121 |
Dolores | 544 | 60.38% | 354 | 39.29% | 2 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 190 | 21.09% | 901 |
Douglas | 1,508 | 68.08% | 697 | 31.47% | 2 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.14% | 811 | 36.61% | 2,215 |
Eagle | 1,154 | 57.36% | 852 | 42.35% | 4 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 | 15.01% | 2,012 |
El Paso | 27,282 | 58.46% | 18,879 | 40.46% | 31 | 0.07% | 445 | 0.95% | 29 | 0.06% | 8,403 | 18.00% | 46,666 |
Elbert | 1,295 | 64.75% | 702 | 35.10% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 593 | 29.65% | 2,000 |
Fremont | 6,040 | 67.40% | 2,896 | 32.31% | 4 | 0.04% | 14 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.09% | 3,144 | 35.09% | 8,962 |
Garfield | 3,332 | 62.90% | 1,953 | 36.87% | 2 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,379 | 26.03% | 5,297 |
Gilpin | 394 | 61.66% | 244 | 38.18% | 1 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 | 23.48% | 639 |
Grand | 1,239 | 71.33% | 496 | 28.55% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 743 | 42.78% | 1,737 |
Gunnison | 1,400 | 62.31% | 846 | 37.65% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 554 | 24.66% | 2,247 |
Hinsdale | 155 | 76.73% | 47 | 23.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 108 | 53.46% | 202 |
Huerfano | 2,091 | 47.90% | 2,262 | 51.82% | 7 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.07% | -171 | -3.92% | 4,365 |
Jackson | 594 | 66.59% | 297 | 33.30% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 297 | 33.29% | 892 |
Jefferson | 25,398 | 63.71% | 14,270 | 35.80% | 145 | 0.36% | 33 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.05% | 11,128 | 27.91% | 39,865 |
Kiowa | 810 | 64.64% | 443 | 35.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 367 | 29.28% | 1,253 |
Kit Carson | 2,243 | 70.96% | 911 | 28.82% | 3 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,332 | 42.14% | 3,161 |
La Plata | 4,770 | 66.81% | 2,366 | 33.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,404 | 33.67% | 7,140 |
Lake | 1,433 | 51.31% | 1,355 | 48.51% | 3 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 2.80% | 2,793 |
Larimer | 14,364 | 71.77% | 5,612 | 28.04% | 9 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.06% | 18 | 0.09% | 8,752 | 43.73% | 20,015 |
Las Animas | 5,290 | 50.80% | 5,099 | 48.96% | 16 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 191 | 1.84% | 10,414 |
Lincoln | 1,603 | 61.25% | 1,012 | 38.67% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 591 | 22.58% | 2,617 |
Logan | 5,199 | 64.50% | 2,841 | 35.25% | 6 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,358 | 29.25% | 8,060 |
Mesa | 12,869 | 62.79% | 7,567 | 36.92% | 24 | 0.12% | 26 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.05% | 5,302 | 25.87% | 20,496 |
Mineral | 168 | 62.69% | 99 | 36.94% | 1 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 69 | 25.75% | 268 |
Moffat | 1,762 | 68.80% | 797 | 31.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 965 | 37.68% | 2,561 |
Montezuma | 2,492 | 63.59% | 1,402 | 35.77% | 8 | 0.20% | 17 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,090 | 27.82% | 3,919 |
Montrose | 4,054 | 62.04% | 2,461 | 37.66% | 10 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,593 | 24.38% | 6,534 |
Morgan | 5,325 | 64.17% | 2,956 | 35.62% | 11 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,369 | 28.55% | 8,298 |
Otero | 5,964 | 61.53% | 3,722 | 38.40% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,242 | 23.13% | 9,693 |
Ouray | 634 | 65.90% | 322 | 33.47% | 1 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 312 | 32.43% | 962 |
Park | 715 | 70.58% | 297 | 29.32% | 1 | 0.10% | 15 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 418 | 41.26% | 1,013 |
Phillips | 1,535 | 63.35% | 887 | 36.61% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 648 | 26.74% | 2,423 |
Pitkin | 550 | 62.15% | 334 | 37.74% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 216 | 24.41% | 885 |
Prowers | 3,350 | 57.61% | 2,460 | 42.30% | 4 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 890 | 15.31% | 5,815 |
Pueblo | 23,454 | 52.34% | 20,433 | 45.60% | 876 | 1.95% | 4 | 0.01% | 47 | 0.10% | 3,021 | 6.74% | 44,814 |
Rio Blanco | 1,593 | 71.47% | 635 | 28.49% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 958 | 42.98% | 2,229 |
Rio Grande | 2,816 | 66.04% | 1,441 | 33.79% | 5 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,375 | 32.25% | 4,264 |
Routt | 1,811 | 57.55% | 1,330 | 42.26% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.13% | 481 | 15.29% | 3,147 |
Saguache | 1,149 | 58.03% | 823 | 41.57% | 3 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 326 | 16.46% | 1,980 |
San Juan | 324 | 58.38% | 231 | 41.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 93 | 16.76% | 555 |
San Miguel | 648 | 57.86% | 469 | 41.88% | 3 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 15.98% | 1,120 |
Sedgwick | 1,334 | 63.55% | 760 | 36.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.14% | 574 | 27.34% | 2,099 |
Summit | 429 | 64.61% | 235 | 35.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 194 | 29.22% | 664 |
Teller | 977 | 66.42% | 494 | 33.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 483 | 32.84% | 1,471 |
Washington | 2,020 | 65.20% | 1,067 | 34.44% | 2 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.16% | 953 | 30.76% | 3,098 |
Weld | 17,228 | 62.75% | 10,170 | 37.04% | 34 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.03% | 16 | 0.06% | 7,058 | 25.71% | 27,455 |
Yuma | 2,782 | 64.26% | 1,544 | 35.67% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,238 | 28.59% | 4,329 |
Total | 394,479 | 59.49% | 263,997 | 39.81% | 3,308 | 0.50% | 759 | 0.11% | 531 | 0.08% | 130,482 | 19.68% | 663,074 |
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