1956 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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1956 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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  1952 November 6, 1956 1960  

All 6 Nebraska votes to the Electoral College
  Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania [a] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote60
Popular vote378,108199,029
Percentage65.51%34.49%

Nebraska 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 Nebraska took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose six [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Nebraska was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 65.51% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 34.49% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

With 65.51% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Eisenhower's fourth strongest state after Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire. [5]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Nebraska
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 378,108 65.51%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 199,02934.49%
Total votes577,137 100%

Results by county

County [6] Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%
Adams 8,18666.93%4,04533.07%4,14133.86%12,231
Antelope 3,60773.00%1,33427.00%2,27346.00%4,941
Arthur 24878.48%6821.52%18056.96%316
Banner 32964.01%18535.99%14428.02%514
Blaine 41673.63%14926.37%26747.26%565
Boone 3,02170.29%1,27729.71%1,74440.58%4,298
Box Butte 2,99168.71%1,36231.29%1,62937.42%4,353
Boyd 1,41462.51%84837.49%56625.02%2,262
Brown 1,56674.08%54825.92%1,01848.16%2,114
Buffalo 7,34270.31%3,10029.69%4,24240.62%10,442
Burt 3,45969.49%1,51930.51%1,94038.98%4,978
Butler 2,86456.07%2,24443.93%62012.14%5,108
Cass 4,81463.87%2,72336.13%2,09127.74%7,537
Cedar 3,80964.70%2,07835.30%1,73129.40%5,887
Chase 1,44468.31%67031.69%77436.62%2,114
Cherry 2,41473.20%88426.80%1,53046.40%3,298
Cheyenne 3,80963.58%2,18236.42%1,62727.16%5,991
Clay 3,09971.42%1,24028.58%1,85942.84%4,339
Colfax 2,84365.07%1,52634.93%1,31730.14%4,369
Cuming 4,22376.43%1,30223.57%2,92152.86%5,525
Custer 5,79870.51%2,42529.49%3,37341.02%8,223
Dakota 2,51653.08%2,22446.92%2926.16%4,740
Dawes 2,52373.86%89326.14%1,63047.72%3,416
Dawson 6,50376.13%2,03923.87%4,46452.26%8,542
Deuel 1,16579.85%29420.15%87159.70%1,459
Dixon 2,49359.09%1,72640.91%76718.18%4,219
Dodge 9,21069.26%4,08830.74%5,12238.52%13,298
Douglas 73,27059.39%50,11040.61%23,16018.78%123,380
Dundy 1,19670.73%49529.27%70141.46%1,691
Fillmore 3,13766.94%1,54933.06%1,58833.88%4,686
Franklin 1,95568.77%88831.23%1,06737.54%2,843
Frontier 1,60271.65%63428.35%96843.30%2,236
Furnas 2,89472.26%1,11127.74%1,78344.52%4,005
Gage 7,51467.64%3,59532.36%3,91935.28%11,109
Garden 1,16777.70%33522.30%83255.40%1,502
Garfield 93678.13%26221.87%67456.26%1,198
Gosper 81471.47%32528.53%48942.94%1,139
Grant 43383.27%8716.73%34666.54%520
Greeley 1,24057.67%91042.33%33015.34%2,150
Hall 9,53666.45%4,81533.55%4,72132.90%14,351
Hamilton 3,21774.95%1,07525.05%2,14249.90%4,292
Harlan 1,85068.57%84831.43%1,00237.14%2,698
Hayes 72670.01%31129.99%41540.02%1,037
Hitchcock 1,57067.94%74132.06%82935.88%2,311
Holt 4,23769.33%1,87430.67%2,36338.66%6,111
Hooker 36885.19%6414.81%30470.38%432
Howard 1,70154.00%1,44946.00%2528.00%3,150
Jefferson 4,26771.25%1,72228.75%2,54542.50%5,989
Johnson 2,16065.45%1,14034.55%1,02030.90%3,300
Kearney 2,15864.80%1,17235.20%98629.60%3,330
Keith 2,62473.83%93026.17%1,69447.66%3,554
Keya Paha 63570.71%26329.29%37241.42%898
Kimball 1,59070.79%65629.21%93441.58%2,246
Knox 3,81464.38%2,11035.62%1,70428.76%5,924
Lancaster 35,59164.94%19,21735.06%16,37429.88%54,808
Lincoln 7,52362.70%4,47537.30%3,04825.40%11,998
Logan 36771.26%14828.74%21942.52%515
Loup 44176.03%13923.97%30252.06%580
Madison 7,96872.99%2,94927.01%5,01945.98%10,917
McPherson 28174.14%9825.86%18348.28%379
Merrick 2,85771.73%1,12628.27%1,73143.46%3,983
Morrill 1,81063.75%1,02936.25%78127.50%2,839
Nance 1,77969.55%77930.45%1,00039.10%2,558
Nemaha 3,14168.66%1,43431.34%1,70737.32%4,575
Nuckolls 2,67264.28%1,48535.72%1,18728.56%4,157
Otoe 5,27569.67%2,29630.33%2,97939.34%7,571
Pawnee 1,83064.17%1,02235.83%80828.34%2,852
Perkins 1,29666.06%66633.94%63032.12%1,962
Phelps 3,50272.73%1,31327.27%2,18945.46%4,815
Pierce 2,80070.85%1,15229.15%1,64841.70%3,952
Platte 6,57469.23%2,92230.77%3,65238.46%9,496
Polk 2,48268.62%1,13531.38%1,34737.24%3,617
Red Willow 3,80670.08%1,62529.92%2,18140.16%5,431
Richardson 4,48064.05%2,51435.95%1,96628.10%6,994
Rock 92876.76%28123.24%64753.52%1,209
Saline 3,24848.89%3,39551.11%-147-2.22%6,643
Sarpy 3,82660.47%2,50139.53%1,32520.94%6,327
Saunders 4,97359.86%3,33540.14%1,63819.72%8,308
Scotts Bluff 8,02763.12%4,69036.88%3,33726.24%12,717
Seward 3,68865.88%1,91034.12%1,77831.76%5,598
Sheridan 2,61874.57%89325.43%1,72549.14%3,511
Sherman 1,42953.97%1,21946.03%2107.94%2,648
Sioux 49965.74%26034.26%23931.48%759
Stanton 1,67665.14%89734.86%77930.28%2,573
Thayer 3,34669.81%1,44730.19%1,89939.62%4,793
Thomas 42277.72%12122.28%30155.44%543
Thurston 1,72255.05%1,40644.95%31610.10%3,128
Valley 2,18966.78%1,08933.22%1,10033.56%3,278
Washington 3,53167.10%1,73132.90%1,80034.20%5,262
Wayne 3,04072.68%1,14327.32%1,89745.36%4,183
Webster 2,29870.62%95629.38%1,34241.24%3,254
Wheeler 39164.20%21835.80%17328.40%609
York 5,06576.35%1,56923.65%3,49652.70%6,634
Totals378,10865.51%199,02934.49%179,07931.02%577,137

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

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. [1]

References

  1. "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  2. "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)" . Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  3. "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska" . Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956" . Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  5. "1956 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. "NE US President Race, November 06, 1956". Our Campaigns.