1956 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1956 United States presidential election 1956 United States presidential election in California California presidential no 1952 United States presidential election in California 1952 1960 United States presidential election in California 1960 86.56% (of registered voters) 0.29 pp 67.59% (of eligible voters) 6.48 ppHistorical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018 https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf California Secretary of State 2022-05-05 November 6, 1956 x200px Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) PennsylvaniaAlthough he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of his 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.http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/presidents.php The Presidents September 27, 2017 David Leip Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania Richard Nixon 32 3,027,668 55.39% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson II Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Estes Kefauver 0 2,420,135 44.27% 325px 400px County results Eisenhower #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Stevenson #86b6f2 50–60% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) The 1956 United States presidential election in California took place in November 1956 as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose 32 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. The Democratic primary in California was seen as such a decisive win for Adlai Stevenson that it ended the insurgent Kefauver campaign. California voted for the Republican incumbent, Dwight D. Eisenhower (with incumbent vice president and California native Richard Nixon as his running mate), in a landslide over the Democratic challenger, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. However, Stevenson did improve his performance in California from four years previous. California's result was about 4.3% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last presidential election in California where the Republican candidate won the counties of Alameda and San Francisco, both of which have become strongholds of the Democratic Party. Results 1956 United States presidential election in Californiahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1956&fips=6&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1956 Presidential General Election Results - California 2008-08-25 Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartysCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) 3,027,668 55.39% 32 Democratic Adlai Stevenson 2,420,135 44.27% 0 Prohibition Enoch A. Holtwick 11,119 0.20% 0 No party T. Coleman Andrews (write-in) 6,087 0.11% 0 No party Write-ins 819 0.01% 0 No party Eric Hass (write-in) 300 0.01% 0 No party Darlington Hoopes (write-in) 123 0.00% 0 No party Farrell Dobbs (write-in) 96 0.00% 0 No party Gerald L. K. Smith (write-in) 8 0.00% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 5,466,355 100.00% 32 Voter turnout — Results by county County Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican Adlai StevensonDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Alameda 192,911 52.40% 174,033 47.27% 1,187 0.33% 18,878 5.13% 368,131 Alpine 114 79.72% 29 20.28% 0 0.00% 85 59.44% 143 Amador 2,126 49.16% 2,181 50.43% 18 0.41% -55 -1.27% 4,325 Butte 18,382 58.43% 12,933 41.11% 147 0.46% 5,449 17.32% 31,462 Calaveras 2,843 57.91% 2,049 41.74% 17 0.35% 794 16.17% 4,909 Colusa 2,474 53.23% 2,171 46.71% 3 0.06% 303 6.52% 4,648 Contra Costa 74,971 50.98% 71,733 48.78% 347 0.24% 3,238 2.20% 147,051 Del Norte 2,918 53.18% 2,552 46.51% 17 0.31% 366 6.67% 5,487 El Dorado 4,613 53.60% 3,957 45.97% 37 0.43% 656 7.63% 8,607 Fresno 51,611 43.33% 67,234 56.44% 270 0.23% -15,623 -13.11% 119,115 Glenn 3,463 51.96% 3,192 47.89% 10 0.15% 271 4.07% 6,665 Humboldt 19,019 52.57% 17,025 47.06% 133 0.37% 1,994 5.51% 36,177 Imperial 10,526 56.05% 8,197 43.65% 58 0.30% 2,329 12.40% 18,781 Inyo 3,524 66.19% 1,782 33.47% 18 0.34% 1,742 32.72% 5,324 Kern 46,220 51.31% 43,533 48.33% 322 0.36% 2,687 2.98% 90,075 Kings 6,195 42.28% 8,417 57.45% 40 0.27% -2,222 -15.17% 14,652 Lake 4,073 64.84% 2,185 34.78% 24 0.38% 1,888 30.06% 6,282 Lassen 2,533 42.48% 3,412 57.22% 18 0.30% -879 -14.74% 5,963 Los Angeles 1,260,206 55.38% 1,007,887 44.29% 7,331 0.33% 252,319 11.09% 2,275,424 Madera 5,239 42.12% 7,162 57.58% 38 0.30% -1,923 -15.46% 12,439 Marin 33,792 65.94% 17,301 33.76% 151 0.30% 16,491 32.18% 51,244 Mariposa 1,577 60.31% 1,031 39.43% 7 0.26% 546 20.88% 2,615 Mendocino 10,327 56.94% 7,767 42.82% 43 0.24% 2,560 14.12% 18,137 Merced 11,430 45.99% 13,366 53.78% 56 0.23% -1,936 -7.79% 24,852 Modoc 1,981 53.21% 1,729 46.44% 13 0.35% 252 6.77% 3,723 Mono 673 73.79% 237 25.99% 2 0.22% 436 47.80% 912 Monterey 29,514 59.54% 19,932 40.21% 127 0.25% 9,582 19.33% 49,573 Napa 13,610 55.93% 10,623 43.66% 100 0.41% 2,987 12.27% 24,333 Nevada 5,475 59.69% 3,667 39.98% 31 0.33% 1,808 19.71% 9,173 Orange 113,510 66.82% 54,895 32.31% 1,474 0.87% 58,615 34.51% 169,879 Placer 9,059 45.89% 10,611 53.76% 69 0.35% -1,552 -7.87% 19,739 Plumas 2,267 41.87% 3,127 57.75% 21 0.38% -860 -15.88% 5,415 Riverside 56,766 62.16% 34,098 37.34% 465 0.50% 22,668 24.82% 91,329 Sacramento 67,686 45.10% 82,134 54.73% 260 0.17% -14,448 -9.63% 150,080 San Benito 3,252 59.53% 2,201 40.29% 10 0.18% 1,051 19.24% 5,463 San Bernardino 86,263 56.88% 64,946 42.83% 443 0.29% 21,317 14.05% 151,652 San Diego 195,742 64.47% 106,716 35.15% 1,147 0.38% 89,026 29.32% 303,605 San Francisco 173,648 51.53% 161,766 48.01% 1,553 0.46% 11,882 3.52% 336,967 San Joaquin 44,491 54.52% 36,941 45.27% 168 0.21% 7,550 9.25% 81,600 San Luis Obispo 16,223 58.47% 11,407 41.11% 118 0.42% 4,816 17.36% 27,748 San Mateo 100,049 61.04% 63,637 38.83% 217 0.13% 36,412 22.21% 163,903 Santa Barbara 31,294 64.55% 16,925 34.91% 265 0.54% 14,369 29.64% 48,484 Santa Clara 105,657 59.09% 72,528 40.56% 633 0.35% 33,129 18.53% 178,818 Santa Cruz 22,109 63.58% 12,574 36.16% 93 0.26% 9,535 27.42% 34,776 Shasta 8,833 43.84% 11,239 55.78% 77 0.38% -2,406 -11.94% 20,149 Sierra 638 50.55% 620 49.13% 4 0.32% 18 1.42% 1,262 Siskiyou 6,841 49.79% 6,837 49.76% 63 0.45% 4 0.03% 13,741 Solano 17,865 41.68% 24,903 58.10% 95 0.22% -7,038 -16.42% 42,863 Sonoma 33,659 61.92% 20,616 37.92% 86 0.16% 13,043 24.00% 54,361 Stanislaus 26,695 48.60% 28,040 51.05% 192 0.35% -1,345 -2.45% 54,927 Sutter 6,327 62.79% 3,673 36.45% 77 0.76% 2,654 26.34% 10,077 Tehama 4,866 53.82% 4,143 45.82% 33 0.36% 723 8.00% 9,042 Trinity 1,447 50.42% 1,406 48.99% 17 0.59% 41 1.43% 2,870 Tulare 26,051 52.50% 23,407 47.17% 160 0.33% 2,644 5.33% 49,618 Tuolumne 3,619 52.12% 3,310 47.67% 14 0.21% 309 4.45% 6,943 Ventura 26,342 49.92% 26,276 49.80% 149 0.28% 66 0.12% 52,767 Yolo 9,347 47.99% 10,075 51.72% 57 0.29% -728 -3.73% 19,479 Yuba 4,782 55.76% 3,767 43.92% 27 0.32% 1,015 11.84% 8,576Total3,027,66855.39%2,420,13544.27%18,5520.34%607,53311.12%5,466,355 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Amador Madera Merced Placer Shasta Stanislaus Yolo Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Contra Costa References California 1956 President