1956 United States presidential election in Michigan

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1956 United States presidential election in Michigan
Flag of Michigan.svg
  1952 November 6, 1956 1960  

All 20 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
Turnout67.9% Increase2.svg [1]
  Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania [2] [3] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote200
Popular vote1,713,6471,359,898
Percentage55.63%44.15%

Michigan Presidential Election Results 1956.svg
County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Michigan was held on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Michigan was won by the Republican Party candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower with 56% of the popular vote, winning the state's twenty electoral votes. [4] However, this result made Michigan almost 4% more Democratic than the nation-at-large, the first time since 1864 that the state voted to the left of the national result, which was the only prior time Michigan had done so since the founding of the Republican Party in 1854.

Eisenhower would be the last Republican to win Michigan without carrying suburban Macomb County, which he previously won in 1952, but lost to Stevenson in this election. He became the first ever Republican to win the White House without carrying Alger County, as well as the first to do so without carrying Macomb County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888.

This was the last time Michigan voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Eisenhower's running mate, Richard Nixon, won the state in his re-election bid in 1972.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Michigan
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 1,713,647 55.63%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 1,359,89844.15%
Prohibition Enoch Holtwick 6,9230.22%
Total votes3,080,468 100%

Results by county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
Enoch Holtwick
Prohibition
MarginTotal votes
# %# %# %# %
Alcona 1,99171.52%78828.30%50.18%1,20343.22%2,784
Alger 2,07049.37%2,10550.20%180.43%-35-0.83%4,193
Allegan 16,50974.44%5,61725.33%510.23%10,89249.11%22,177
Alpena 7,14270.18%3,03329.80%20.02%4,10940.38%10,177
Antrim 3,62372.34%1,37627.48%90.18%2,24744.86%5,008
Arenac 2,63163.32%1,52036.58%40.10%1,11126.74%4,155
Baraga 1,96855.51%1,57444.40%30.08%39411.11%3,545
Barry 9,35970.22%3,90729.31%630.47%5,45240.91%13,329
Bay 23,51960.39%15,30139.29%1280.33%8,21821.10%38,948
Benzie 2,62071.18%1,04628.42%150.41%1,57442.76%3,681
Berrien 35,39765.50%18,45434.15%1940.36%16,94331.35%54,045
Branch 8,85669.49%3,82730.03%610.48%5,02939.46%12,744
Calhoun 32,28461.33%20,18438.34%1750.33%12,10022.99%52,643
Cass 8,89964.54%4,84235.12%470.34%4,05729.42%13,788
Charlevoix 3,92466.80%1,93532.94%150.26%1,98933.86%5,874
Cheboygan 4,37969.55%1,91030.34%70.11%2,46939.21%6,296
Chippewa 6,95762.81%4,10637.07%140.13%2,85125.74%11,077
Clare 3,72175.51%1,19424.23%130.26%2,52751.28%4,928
Clinton 10,77074.41%3,67325.38%310.21%7,09749.03%14,474
Crawford 1,38071.50%54728.34%30.16%83343.16%1,930
Delta 7,76654.31%6,48945.38%450.31%1,2778.93%14,300
Dickinson 6,20054.72%5,11345.13%170.15%1,0879.59%11,330
Eaton 13,76269.33%6,05330.49%350.18%7,70938.84%19,850
Emmet 4,76471.16%1,90328.42%280.42%2,86142.74%6,695
Genesee 75,43154.47%62,80845.36%2350.17%12,6239.11%138,474
Gladwin 3,12173.47%1,11726.29%100.24%2,00447.18%4,248
Gogebic 6,86552.68%6,14247.13%250.19%7235.55%13,032
Grand Traverse 9,10273.47%3,25626.28%300.24%5,84647.19%12,388
Gratiot 10,31975.71%3,26723.97%440.32%7,05251.74%13,630
Hillsdale 10,31174.68%3,42824.83%670.49%6,88349.85%13,806
Houghton 9,62058.26%6,86641.58%250.15%2,75416.68%16,511
Huron 10,49376.57%3,19223.29%190.14%7,30153.28%13,704
Ingham 55,21166.80%27,32333.06%1200.15%27,88833.74%82,654
Ionia 11,00168.76%4,95230.95%460.29%6,04937.81%15,999
Iosco 4,38572.50%1,66027.45%30.05%2,72545.05%6,048
Iron 4,95552.39%4,49047.47%130.14%4654.92%9,458
Isabella 8,41572.41%3,18327.39%230.20%5,23245.02%11,621
Jackson 35,45369.41%15,47930.30%1470.29%19,97439.11%51,079
Kalamazoo 43,30570.49%17,80828.99%3200.52%25,49741.50%61,433
Kalkaska 1,44369.11%63630.46%90.43%80738.65%2,088
Kent 94,96965.73%48,87133.82%6420.44%46,09831.91%144,482
Keweenaw 83454.76%68945.24%00.00%1459.52%1,523
Lake 1,61459.80%1,08340.13%20.07%53119.67%2,699
Lapeer 10,52772.81%3,91327.06%190.13%6,61445.75%14,459
Leelanau 2,98769.82%1,28730.08%40.09%1,70039.74%4,278
Lenawee 21,10072.68%7,85727.06%740.25%13,24345.62%29,031
Livingston 10,31572.62%3,84527.07%450.32%6,47045.55%14,205
Luce 1,73472.55%65127.24%50.21%1,08345.31%2,390
Mackinac 3,27967.99%1,54031.93%40.08%1,73936.06%4,823
Macomb 58,33748.05%62,81651.73%2660.22%-4,479-3.68%121,419
Manistee 5,31363.74%3,01436.16%90.11%2,29927.58%8,336
Marquette 12,50456.62%9,54343.21%370.17%2,96113.41%22,084
Mason 6,14265.15%3,27434.73%120.13%2,86830.42%9,428
Mecosta 5,49275.45%1,76824.29%190.26%3,72451.16%7,279
Menominee 6,13757.05%4,61042.86%100.09%1,52714.19%10,757
Midland 13,20774.78%4,42225.04%330.19%8,78549.74%17,662
Missaukee 2,43376.80%72722.95%80.25%1,70653.85%3,168
Monroe 18,78256.39%14,41443.28%1090.33%4,36813.11%33,305
Montcalm 9,75969.80%4,18929.96%330.24%5,57039.84%13,981
Montmorency 1,38569.39%60830.46%30.15%77738.93%1,996
Muskegon 30,39554.04%25,67945.65%1720.31%4,7168.39%56,246
Newaygo 7,08871.48%2,80828.32%200.20%4,28043.16%9,916
Oakland 152,99060.37%99,90139.42%5270.21%53,08920.95%253,418
Oceana 4,47970.29%1,86829.32%250.39%2,61140.97%6,372
Ogemaw 2,93169.18%1,30030.68%60.14%1,63138.50%4,237
Ontonagon 2,97657.73%2,17542.19%40.08%80115.54%5,155
Osceola 4,54978.28%1,23621.27%260.45%3,31357.01%5,811
Oscoda 1,04478.03%29421.97%00.00%75056.06%1,338
Otsego 1,93063.74%1,09536.16%30.10%83527.58%3,028
Ottawa 28,61174.90%9,45924.76%1300.34%19,15250.14%38,200
Presque Isle 3,05861.43%1,91738.51%30.06%1,14122.92%4,978
Roscommon 2,67476.20%82723.57%80.23%1,84752.63%3,509
Saginaw 43,47062.67%25,68137.03%2100.30%17,78925.64%69,361
Sanilac 11,09578.88%2,95421.00%170.12%8,14157.88%14,066
Schoolcraft 2,45358.73%1,72341.25%10.02%73017.48%4,177
Shiawassee 14,60067.75%6,87331.89%780.36%7,72735.86%21,551
St. Clair 29,11669.46%12,75330.42%510.12%16,36339.04%41,920
St. Joseph 12,32874.11%4,24225.50%640.38%8,08648.61%16,634
Tuscola 12,05275.63%3,86424.25%190.12%8,18851.38%15,935
Van Buren 13,29169.72%5,67829.79%940.49%7,61339.93%19,063
Washtenaw 38,91166.88%19,12432.87%1410.24%19,78734.01%58,176
Wayne 481,78341.96%664,61857.88%1,8440.16%-182,835-15.92%1,148,245
Wexford 5,05265.76%2,60433.89%270.35%2,44831.87%7,683
Totals1,713,64755.63%1,359,89844.15%6,9230.22%353,74911.48%3,080,468

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Notes

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    References

    1. "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".
    2. 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.
    3. "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
    4. "Presidential General Election Results - Michigan" . Retrieved June 22, 2017.