1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico

1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Eisenhower 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%	Stevenson 50–60%
President before election; Dwight D. Eisenhower ; Republican	Elected President; Dwight D. Eisenhower ; Republican

Last updated October 19, 2023

The 1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 6, 1956. All 48 states were part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College, which voted for President and Vice President.

New Mexico was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower by a 16-point landslide. Running against Eisenhower was former Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson, whom Eisenhower had earlier defeated for the Presidency in 1952.^[2] This election reflected one of the last election cycles where the Democratic Party still had their post Civil War political domination of the Deep South. This was also the last United States presidential election when either major party nominee was born in the nineteenth century.

As of the 2020 presidential election ^[update], this is the last election in which Rio Arriba County and San Miguel County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.^[3]

Results

1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) Richard Nixon (incumbent)	146,788	57.81%	+2.42
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson II Estes Kefauver	106,098	41.78%	−2.50
	Prohibition	Enoch A. Holtwick Edward M. Cooper	607	0.24%	+0.12
	Dixiecrat	T. Coleman Andrews Thomas H. Werdel	364	0.14%	N/A
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass Georgia Cozzini	69	0.03%	+0.02
Total votes			253,926	100.00%
	Republican win

Results by county

County	Dwight David Eisenhower Republican^[4]^[5]		Adlai Stevenson II Democratic^[4]^[5]		Thomas Coleman Andrews States’ Rights		Various candidates Other parties		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
San Juan	68.17%	5,194	31.83%	2,425	0.00%	0	0.01%	1	36.34%	2,769
Sierra	65.16%	1,954	34.51%	1,035	0.33%	10	0.23%	7	30.64%	919
Lincoln	64.81%	1,956	35.09%	1,059	0.10%	3	0.07%	2	29.72%	897
Bernalillo	64.54%	41,893	35.36%	22,954	0.10%	68	0.35%	228	29.18%	18,939
Chaves	63.69%	7,538	36.08%	4,270	0.24%	28	0.51%	60	27.61%	3,268
Harding	61.96%	671	38.04%	412	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	23.92%	259
Socorro	61.57%	2,365	38.43%	1,476	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	23.15%	889
Union	60.85%	1,649	39.15%	1,061	0.00%	0	0.04%	1	21.70%	588
Otero	60.48%	3,919	39.48%	2,558	0.05%	3	0.05%	3	21.00%	1,361
Catron	59.85%	711	40.15%	477	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	19.70%	234
De Baca	59.47%	779	40.31%	528	0.23%	3	0.23%	3	19.16%	251
Doña Ana	58.70%	7,025	41.09%	4,918	0.21%	25	0.19%	23	17.61%	2,107
Mora	58.47%	1,736	41.53%	1,233	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	16.94%	503
Curry	57.50%	4,826	42.24%	3,545	0.26%	22	0.41%	34	15.26%	1,281
Santa Fe	57.09%	9,359	42.69%	6,997	0.22%	36	0.30%	49	14.41%	2,362
McKinley	57.18%	4,450	42.80%	3,331	0.03%	2	0.36%	28	14.38%	1,119
Valencia	56.80%	4,663	43.20%	3,547	0.00%	0	0.10%	8	13.59%	1,116
Torrance	56.57%	1,567	43.36%	1,201	0.07%	2	0.61%	17	13.21%	366
Guadalupe	56.19%	1,529	43.77%	1,191	0.04%	1	0.07%	2	12.42%	338
San Miguel	55.67%	5,083	43.96%	4,014	0.36%	33	0.42%	38	11.71%	1,069
Sandoval	55.67%	1,979	44.28%	1,574	0.06%	2	0.03%	1	11.39%	405
Colfax	54.71%	2,959	45.29%	2,450	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	9.41%	509
Roosevelt	54.63%	2,708	45.33%	2,247	0.04%	2	0.12%	6	9.30%	461
Quay	53.66%	2,311	46.16%	1,988	0.19%	8	0.26%	11	7.50%	323
Taos	53.05%	3,100	46.95%	2,743	0.00%	0	0.07%	4	6.11%	357
Los Alamos	52.04%	2,406	47.89%	2,214	0.06%	3	0.13%	6	4.15%	192
Rio Arriba	51.55%	4,566	48.44%	4,291	0.01%	1	0.02%	2	3.10%	275
Hidalgo	50.61%	790	49.39%	771	0.00%	0	0.19%	3	1.22%	19
Luna	50.05%	1,526	49.39%	1,506	0.56%	17	0.59%	18	0.66%	20
Lea	47.87%	5,661	51.92%	6,140	0.22%	26	0.44%	52	-4.05%	-479
Eddy	45.91%	6,691	53.66%	7,820	0.43%	62	0.31%	45	-7.75%	-1,129
Grant	43.85%	3,224	56.06%	4,122	0.10%	7	0.33%	24	-12.21%	-898

Notes

↑ 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.

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References

↑ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
↑ "1956 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
1 2 Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 308 ISBN 0405077114
1 2 "NM US President Race - Nov 06, 1956". Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

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[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.

[2] "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania

[3] "1956 Presidential General Election Results – New Mexico". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 13, 2018.

[How-4] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[Polls-5] 1 2 Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 308 ISBN 0405077114

[:0-6] 1 2 "NM US President Race - Nov 06, 1956". Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

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