1956 United States presidential election in Colorado

1956 United States presidential election in Colorado
All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
Eisenhower 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Stevenson 50-60%
President before election; Dwight D. Eisenhower ; Republican	Elected President; Dwight D. Eisenhower ; Republican

Last updated March 27, 2024

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

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.)	394,479	59.49%
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	263,997	39.81%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	3,308	0.50%
	Constitutional States’ Rights	T. Coleman Andrews	759	0.11%
	Socialist	Darlington Hoopes	531	0.08%
Total votes			663,074	100%

Results by county

County	Dwight David Eisenhower ^[6] Republican		Adlai Stevenson II ^[6] Democratic		Eric Hass ^[6] Socialist Labor		Thomas Coleman Andrews ^[6] Constitutional States’ Rights		Darlington Hoopes ^[6] Socialist		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Hinsdale	76.73%	155	23.27%	47	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	53.47%	108
Larimer	71.77%	14,364	28.04%	5,612	0.04%	9	0.06%	12	0.09%	18	43.73%	8,752
Rio Blanco	71.47%	1,593	28.49%	635	0.04%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	42.98%	958
Grand	71.33%	1,239	28.55%	496	0.06%	1	0.06%	1	0.00%	0	42.77%	743
Kit Carson	70.96%	2,243	28.82%	911	0.09%	3	0.13%	4	0.00%	0	42.14%	1,332
Park	70.58%	715	29.32%	297	0.10%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	41.26%	418
Moffat	68.80%	1,762	31.12%	797	0.04%	1	0.04%	1	0.00%	0	37.68%	965
Douglas	68.08%	1,508	31.47%	697	0.09%	2	0.23%	5	0.14%	3	36.61%	811
Fremont	67.40%	6,040	32.31%	2,896	0.04%	4	0.16%	14	0.09%	8	35.08%	3,144
Boulder	66.89%	16,748	32.55%	8,149	0.48%	121	0.08%	21	0.00%	0	34.34%	8,599
Custer	66.83%	534	33.04%	264	0.13%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	33.79%	270
La Plata	66.81%	4,770	33.14%	2,366	0.03%	2	0.01%	1	0.01%	1	33.67%	2,404
Jackson	66.59%	594	33.30%	297	0.11%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	33.30%	297
Teller	66.42%	977	33.58%	494	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	32.83%	483
Ouray	65.90%	634	33.47%	322	0.10%	1	0.52%	5	0.00%	0	32.43%	312
Rio Grande	66.04%	2,816	33.79%	1,441	0.12%	5	0.05%	2	0.00%	0	32.25%	1,375
Washington	65.20%	2,020	34.44%	1,067	0.06%	2	0.13%	4	0.16%	5	30.76%	953
Clear Creek	64.87%	973	34.67%	520	0.07%	1	0.20%	3	0.20%	3	30.20%	453
Elbert	64.75%	1,295	35.10%	702	0.05%	1	0.05%	1	0.05%	1	29.65%	593
Delta	64.71%	4,531	35.10%	2,458	0.07%	5	0.06%	4	0.06%	4	29.61%	2,073
Kiowa	64.64%	810	35.36%	443	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	29.29%	367
Logan	64.50%	5,199	35.25%	2,841	0.07%	6	0.15%	12	0.02%	2	29.26%	2,358
Summit	64.61%	429	35.39%	235	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	29.22%	194
Yuma	64.26%	2,782	35.67%	1,544	0.05%	2	0.02%	1	0.00%	0	28.60%	1,238
Morgan	64.17%	5,325	35.62%	2,956	0.13%	11	0.07%	6	0.00%	0	28.55%	2,369
Jefferson	63.71%	25,398	35.80%	14,270	0.36%	145	0.08%	33	0.05%	19	27.91%	11,128
Montezuma	63.59%	2,492	35.77%	1,402	0.20%	8	0.43%	17	0.00%	0	27.81%	1,090
Chaffee	63.67%	2,284	36.33%	1,303	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	27.35%	981
Sedgwick	63.55%	1,334	36.21%	760	0.05%	1	0.05%	1	0.14%	3	27.35%	574
Arapahoe	63.11%	19,716	36.33%	11,351	0.50%	157	0.01%	4	0.05%	15	26.77%	8,365
Phillips	63.35%	1,535	36.61%	887	0.04%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	26.74%	648
Garfield	62.90%	3,332	36.87%	1,953	0.04%	2	0.15%	8	0.04%	2	26.03%	1,379
Mesa	62.79%	12,869	36.92%	7,567	0.12%	24	0.13%	26	0.05%	10	25.87%	5,302
Mineral	62.69%	168	36.94%	99	0.37%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	25.75%	69
Weld	62.75%	17,228	37.04%	10,170	0.12%	34	0.03%	7	0.06%	16	25.71%	7,058
Alamosa	62.33%	2,442	37.39%	1,465	0.18%	7	0.10%	4	0.00%	0	24.94%	977
Gunnison	62.31%	1,400	37.65%	846	0.04%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	24.66%	554
Pitkin	62.15%	550	37.74%	334	0.11%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	24.41%	216
Montrose	62.04%	4,054	37.66%	2,461	0.15%	10	0.03%	2	0.11%	7	24.38%	1,593
Crowley	62.05%	1,220	37.89%	745	0.05%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	24.16%	475
Cheyenne	61.70%	820	38.15%	507	0.15%	2	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	23.55%	313
Gilpin	61.66%	394	38.18%	244	0.16%	1	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	23.47%	150
Otero	61.53%	5,964	38.40%	3,722	0.01%	1	0.03%	3	0.03%	3	23.13%	2,242
Lincoln	61.25%	1,603	38.67%	1,012	0.08%	2	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	22.58%	591
Dolores	60.38%	544	39.29%	354	0.22%	2	0.11%	1	0.00%	0	21.09%	190
Archuleta	59.91%	635	39.91%	423	0.19%	2	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	20.00%	212
Baca	59.63%	1,715	39.99%	1,150	0.28%	8	0.10%	3	0.00%	0	19.65%	565
El Paso	58.46%	27,282	40.46%	18,879	0.07%	31	0.95%	445	0.06%	29	18.01%	8,403
San Juan	58.38%	324	41.62%	231	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	16.76%	93
Saguache	58.03%	1,149	41.57%	823	0.15%	3	0.25%	5	0.00%	0	16.46%	326
San Miguel	57.86%	648	41.88%	469	0.27%	3	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	15.98%	179
Prowers	57.61%	3,350	42.30%	2,460	0.07%	4	0.02%	1	0.00%	0	15.31%	890
Routt	57.55%	1,811	42.26%	1,330	0.03%	1	0.03%	1	0.13%	4	15.28%	481
Eagle	57.36%	1,154	42.35%	852	0.20%	4	0.10%	2	0.00%	0	15.01%	302
Bent	57.25%	1,718	42.75%	1,283	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	14.50%	435
Denver	55.91%	121,402	43.21%	93,812	0.71%	1,545	0.07%	156	0.09%	206	12.71%	27,590
Conejos ^[7]	55.89%	1,884	43.64%	1,471^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0.24%	8	0.02%	1	0.21%	7	12.25%	413
Pueblo	52.34%	23,454	45.60%	20,433	1.95%	876	0.01%	4	0.10%	47	6.74%	3,021
Adams	52.23%	12,778	46.89%	11,470	0.82%	200	0.06%	15	0.00%	0	5.35%	1,308
Lake	51.31%	1,433	48.51%	1,355	0.11%	3	0.07%	2	0.00%	0	2.79%	78
Las Animas	50.80%	5,290	48.96%	5,099	0.15%	16	0.09%	9	0.00%	0	1.83%	191
Huerfano	47.90%	2,091	51.82%	2,262	0.16%	7	0.05%	2	0.07%	3	-3.92%	-171
Costilla	42.50%	958	55.72%	1,256	1.02%	23	0.75%	17	0.00%	0	-13.22%	-298

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.
↑ The Stevenson figure in Our Campaigns is not in agreement with other figures for this county on the site or in America at the Polls.

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References

↑ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
↑ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
↑ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)" . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
↑ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado" . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
↑ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956" . Retrieved July 4, 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 06, 1956
↑ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 72 ISBN 0405077114

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[3] 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.

[9] The Stevenson figure in Our Campaigns is not in agreement with other figures for this county on the site or in America at the Polls.

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 4, 2017.

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

[4] "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)" . Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[5] "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado" . Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[6] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956" . Retrieved July 4, 2017.

[Our-7] 1 2 3 4 5 Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 06, 1956

[8] Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 72 ISBN 0405077114

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