1956 United States presidential election in Maine

none June 2025 September 2023 1956 United States presidential election 1956 United States presidential election in Maine Maine presidential no 1952 United States presidential election in Maine 1952 1960 United States presidential election in Maine 1960 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 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.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 5 249,238 70.87% Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Estes Kefauver 0 102,468 29.13% 1956 United States presidential election in Maine results map by county.svg 350px County results Eisenhower #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) The 1956 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Maine overwhelmingly voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower of Pennsylvania, over the Democratic nominee, former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Eisenhower ran with incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon of California, while Stevenson's running mate was Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Eisenhower won Maine by a landslide margin of 41.74%. Although Maine was almost completely dominated by the Republican Party between 1856 and 1960 (apart from 1912 where the Republican vote was split), Eisenhower's performance is nonetheless the second-best by any presidential candidate in Maine, behind only Yankee Calvin Coolidge in 1924, who won a 1.16% higher share of the popular vote.Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Maine http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/compare.php?year=1956&fips=23&f=0&off=0&elect=0&type=state He carried every county in Maine, and won thirteen of sixteen with over seventy percent of the vote. This election would prove the last of a century of GOP dominance in the Yankee Northeast: over the following two elections, the Republican share would decline 39% in Maine as the party moved its target support base from the declining Northeast to the "Sun Belt" of the lower-tax South and Desert Southwest.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority; pp. 17, 507 1400852293 With 70.87% of the popular vote, Maine would prove to be Eisenhower's second strongest state after nearby Vermont.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1956&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1956 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05 Eisenhower's winning margin of over 146,000 votes is the largest in history for a presidential candidate in Maine. Results 1956 United States presidential election in Maine1956 Presidential General Election Results – Maine http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=23&year=1956&f=0&off=0&elect=0 Republican Party (United States) Dwight David Eisenhower Pennsylvania (incumbent) Richard Nixon California (incumbent) 249,238 70.87% 5 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Adlai Stevenson II Illinois Estes Kefauver Tennessee 102,468 29.13% 0 0.00% 351,706 100.00% 5 100.00% Results by county CountyDwight D. EisenhowerRepublicanAdlai StevensonDemocraticMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % Androscoggin 20,385 56.27% 15,842 43.73% 4,543 12.54% 36,227 Aroostook 16,001 72.44% 6,089 27.56% 9,912 44.88% 22,090 Cumberland 49,696 71.88% 19,438 28.12% 30,258 43.76% 69,134 Franklin 6,307 78.97% 1,680 21.03% 4,627 57.94% 7,987 Hancock 11,316 86.91% 1,704 13.09% 9,612 73.82% 13,020 Kennebec 23,028 66.73% 11,483 33.27% 11,545 33.46% 34,511 Knox 8,866 81.32% 2,037 18.68% 6,829 62.64% 10,903 Lincoln 7,191 86.07% 1,164 13.93% 6,027 72.14% 8,355 Oxford 12,607 73.04% 4,653 26.96% 7,954 46.08% 17,260 Penobscot 27,806 76.44% 8,568 23.56% 19,238 52.88% 36,374 Piscataquis 5,336 77.59% 1,541 22.41% 3,795 55.18% 6,877 Sagadahoc 6,201 72.94% 2,301 27.06% 3,900 45.88% 8,502 Somerset 10,471 71.77% 4,119 28.23% 6,352 43.54% 14,590 Waldo 6,590 82.64% 1,384 17.36% 5,206 65.28% 7,974 Washington 8,181 76.20% 2,555 23.80% 5,626 52.40% 10,736 York 29,256 62.03% 17,910 37.97% 11,346 24.06% 47,166Totals249,23870.87%102,46829.13%146,77041.74%351,706 See also United States presidential elections in Maine Notes References expanded Maine 1956 Category:1956 Maine elections