1956 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1956 United States presidential election in Nevada
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  1952 November 6, 1956 [1] 1960  

All 3 Nevada 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] [2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote30
Popular vote56,04940,640
Percentage57.97%42.03%

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

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Nevada was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 57.97% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 42.03% of the popular vote. [4] [5]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Nevada [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 56,049 57.97%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 40,64042.03%
Total votes96,689 100%

Results by county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast [6]
# %# %# %
Churchill 2,01365.31%1,06934.69%94430.62%3,082
Clark 18,58449.32%19,09550.68%-511-1.36%37,679
Douglas 1,06380.59%25619.41%80761.18%1,319
Elko 2,98163.20%1,73636.80%1,24526.40%4,717
Esmeralda 16456.94%12443.06%4013.88%288
Eureka 33064.33%18335.67%14728.66%513
Humboldt 1,29260.60%84039.40%45221.20%2,132
Lander 54065.61%28334.39%25731.22%823
Lincoln 88552.43%80347.57%824.86%1,688
Lyon 1,69768.48%78131.52%91636.96%2,478
Mineral 1,43350.32%1,41549.68%180.64%2,848
Nye 94655.81%74944.19%19711.62%1,695
Ormsby 1,74968.03%82231.97%92736.06%2,571
Pershing 89561.43%56238.57%33322.86%1,457
Storey 22660.11%15039.89%7620.22%376
Washoe 18,86566.45%9,52533.55%9,34032.90%28,390
White Pine 2,38651.50%2,24748.50%1393.00%4,633
Totals56,04957.97%40,64042.03%15,40915.94%96,689

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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.

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 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 July 10, 2017.
  4. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada" . Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  5. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956" . Retrieved July 10, 2017.
  6. 1 2 Official Returns of the General Election 1956. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 42. Retrieved July 9, 2024.