1956 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1956 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Flag of West Virginia.svg
  1952 November 6, 1956 [1] 1960  

All 8 West Virginia 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 [note 1] [2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote80
Popular vote449,297381,534
Percentage54.08%45.92%

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

Contents

West Virginia was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 54.08 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 45.92 percent of the popular vote. [4] [5] Along with Kentucky and Louisiana, West Virginia was one of three states that Dwight Eisenhower lost in 1952, but managed to flip in 1956.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in West Virginia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 449,297 54.08%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 381,53445.92%
Total votes830,831 100.00%

Results by county

County [6] Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Barbour 4,46054.61%3,70745.39%7539.22%8,167
Berkeley 9,07161.62%5,64938.38%3,42223.24%14,720
Boone 5,19642.17%7,12657.83%-1,930-15.66%12,322
Braxton 3,44146.79%3,91353.21%-472-6.42%7,354
Brooke 5,94445.67%7,07254.33%-1,128-8.66%13,016
Cabell 28,88261.07%18,40838.93%10,47422.14%47,290
Calhoun 2,09452.06%1,92847.94%1664.12%4,022
Clay 2,82051.76%2,62848.24%1923.52%5,448
Doddridge 2,59473.51%93526.49%1,65947.02%3,529
Fayette 10,21838.55%16,28661.45%-6,068-22.90%26,504
Gilmer 1,77446.81%2,01653.19%-242-6.38%3,790
Grant 3,40884.31%63415.69%2,77468.62%4,042
Greenbrier 7,68452.99%6,81747.01%8675.98%14,501
Hampshire 2,67653.18%2,35646.82%3206.36%5,032
Hancock 8,75047.88%9,52452.12%-774-4.24%18,274
Hardy 2,20249.36%2,25950.64%-57-1.28%4,461
Harrison 21,86055.48%17,54144.52%4,31910.96%39,401
Jackson 4,98465.75%2,59634.25%2,38831.50%7,580
Jefferson 3,38050.20%3,35349.80%270.40%6,733
Kanawha 58,59753.81%50,28946.19%8,3087.62%108,886
Lewis 6,20366.01%3,19433.99%3,00932.02%9,397
Lincoln 4,95449.91%4,97250.09%-18-0.18%9,926
Logan 10,58841.71%14,79458.29%-4,206-16.58%25,382
Marion 16,11249.88%16,19250.12%-80-0.24%32,304
Marshall 10,22357.80%7,46342.20%2,76015.60%17,686
Mason 6,30662.59%3,76937.41%2,53725.18%10,075
McDowell 11,13839.77%16,86560.23%-5,727-20.46%28,003
Mercer 14,64852.53%13,23647.47%1,4125.06%27,884
Mineral 6,41264.12%3,58835.88%2,82428.24%10,000
Mingo 7,91644.15%10,01455.85%-2,098-11.70%17,930
Monongalia 14,04656.05%11,01643.95%3,03012.10%25,062
Monroe 3,52956.01%2,77243.99%75712.02%6,301
Morgan 2,94672.74%1,10427.26%1,84245.48%4,050
Nicholas 5,26351.89%4,88048.11%3833.78%10,143
Ohio 22,16562.69%13,19137.31%8,97425.38%35,356
Pendleton 1,95949.49%1,99950.51%-40-1.02%3,958
Pleasants 2,14457.56%1,58142.44%56315.12%3,725
Pocahontas 2,93753.69%2,53346.31%4047.38%5,470
Preston 7,95370.27%3,36529.73%4,58840.54%11,318
Putnam 5,56053.91%4,75446.09%8067.82%10,314
Raleigh 16,31850.08%16,26449.92%540.16%32,582
Randolph 5,44848.88%5,69751.12%-249-2.24%11,145
Ritchie 4,14073.78%1,47126.22%2,66947.56%5,611
Roane 4,70159.85%3,15340.15%1,54819.70%7,854
Summers 3,71248.99%3,86551.01%-153-2.02%7,577
Taylor 4,74360.64%3,07939.36%1,66421.28%7,822
Tucker 2,32652.21%2,12947.79%1974.42%4,455
Tyler 3,67173.58%1,31826.42%2,35347.16%4,989
Upshur 5,70773.28%2,08126.72%3,62646.56%7,788
Wayne 8,42952.41%7,65547.59%7744.82%16,084
Webster 2,45744.44%3,07255.56%-615-11.12%5,529
Wetzel 5,02456.88%3,80943.12%1,21513.76%8,833
Wirt 1,44454.95%1,18445.05%2609.90%2,628
Wood 21,09661.30%13,32038.70%7,77622.60%34,416
Wyoming 7,04449.74%7,11850.26%-74-0.52%14,162
Totals449,29754.08%381,53445.92%67,7638.16%830,831

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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.

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