1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina North Carolina 1885 presidential no 1952 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1952 1960 United States presidential election in North Carolina 1960 All 14 North Carolina votes to the Electoral College November 6, 1956https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1956 United States Presidential election of 1956 — Encyclopædia Britannica June 10, 2017 x200px Adlai Stevenson close-up.jpg Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Estes Kefauver 14 590,530 50.66% 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 0 575,062 49.34% 400px County results 400px Congressional district results Stevenson #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% 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) 1956 United States presidential election The 1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 14https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1953_1957.html#1956 1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65) June 10, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. As a former Confederate state, North Carolina had a history of Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party in state politics. However, unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party had sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain one-third of the statewide vote total in most general elections,Kevin Phillips (political commentator) Phillips Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority November 23, 2014 210, 242 Princeton University Press 978-0-691-16324-6 where turnout was higher than elsewhere in the former Confederacy due substantially to the state's early abolition of the poll tax in 1920.Valdimer Orlando Key Key Valdimer Orlando Southern Politics in State and Nation 502 Alfred A. Knopf 1949 Like Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina never had statewide white primaries, although certain counties did use a white primary until it was banned by Smith v. Allwright.Klarman Michael J. The White Primary Rulings: A Case Study in the Consequences of Supreme Court Decision-Making Florida State University Law Review 29 2001 55–107 Following the banning of white primaries by the Supreme Court, North Carolina in 1948 offered less support to the Dixiecrat bolt than any other former Confederate state, due to the economic liberalism of its Black Belt and solid Democratic party discipline due to consistent Republican opposition.Guthrie Paul Daniel The Dixiecrat Movement of 1948 Bowling Green State University August 1955 144207 183 Although there was little satisfaction with Harry S. Truman during his second term,Grayson A.G. December 1975 North Carolina and Harry Truman, 1944-1948 Journal of American Studies 9 3 283–300 10.1017/S0021875800003005 the loyalty of the white voters of the state's Black Belt and the previously anti-Al Smith Outer Banks meant that unlike Texas, Florida and Virginia, urban middle-class Republican voting was inadequate to carry North Carolina for Eisenhower.Strong Donald S. August 1955 The Presidential Election in the South, 1952 The Journal of Politics 17 3 343–389 10.1017/S0022381600091064 During the 1940s and 1950s, the proportion of blacks registered to vote in the state increased steadily from less than ten percent to around twenty percent by the time of Brown v. Board of Education. Several Piedmont cities had blacks on their councils,Christensen Rob The paradox of Tar Heel politics: the personalities, elections, and events that shaped modern North Carolina The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics University of North Carolina Press 2008 9780807831892 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 264–265 although blacks in rural areas generally remained without hope of registering. The state would largely escape the overt “Massive Resistance” seen in neighbouring Virginia,Christensen. The paradox of Tar Heel politics, pp. 155-156 and four of its congressmen did not sign the Southern Manifesto.Southerners Who Refused To Sign the Southern Manifesto Badger Tony The Historical Journal 42 2 1999 528–532 Cambridge University Press 10.1017/S0018246X98008346 Nonetheless, although the Greensboro school board voted 6–1 to desegregate within a day of Brown,Telgen Diane Brown v. Board of Education 2005 Omnigraphics Detroit, Michigan 9780780807754 78 no serious desegregation would take place until well into the 1960s, while two non-signers would be challenged and defeated in 1956 primaries.These were Charles B. Deane and Richard Thurmond Chatham. Polls SourceRatingAs ofThe Daily PressLawrence David September 29, 1956 Dissension in South Won't Affect Adlai 4 The Daily Press Newport News, VirginiaSafe DSeptember 29, 1956The Daily Times-NewsHow Do Former Citizens for Eisenhower Stand? October 26, 1956 The Daily Times-News Burlington, North Carolina 4Safe DOctober 26, 1956Asheville Citizen-TimesRobinson Charles K. Ramsey Claude S. Robert Bunelle Polls Favor Ike and Democrats Asheville Citizen-Times Asheville, North Carolina October 28, 1956 28Safe DOctober 28, 1956Fort Worth Star-TelegramFinal Babson Poll Shows Eisenhower Winning Easily Fort Worth Star-Telegram CTS November 2, 1956 22Safe DNovember 2, 1956Corpus Christi TimesTrohan Walter November 3, 1956 Hour of Decision Near: Eisenhower Lead Increasing Daily 4 Corpus Christi Times Chicago Tribune ServiceLikely DNovember 3, 1956The Philadelphia InquirerNovember 4, 1956 What the Polls Show — Eisenhower Victory Is Indicated across Nation B 1, B 3 The Philadelphia InquirerLikely DNovember 4, 1956The Salt Lake TribuneLawrence W.H. November 4, 1956 "Times Team" Counts Up 20-State GOP Margin A 11 The Salt Lake TribuneLikely DNovember 4, 1956 Results 1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina Adlai Stevenson Democratic Party (United States) 590,530 50.66% Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) Republican Party (United States) 575,062 49.34% 1,165,592 100% Results by county CountyOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2637 NC US President Race, November 06, 1956Adlai StevensonDemocraticDwight D. EisenhowerRepublicanMarginTotal # % # % # % Alamance 11,029 47.64% 12,123 52.36% -1,094 -4.72% 23,152 Alexander 2,710 41.84% 3,767 58.16% -1,057 -16.32% 6,477 Alleghany 1,670 49.57% 1,699 50.43% -29 -0.86% 3,369 Anson 3,598 68.69% 1,640 31.31% 1,958 37.38% 5,238 Ashe 3,982 46.46% 4,588 53.54% -606 -7.08% 8,570 Avery 969 19.47% 4,009 80.53% -3,040 -61.06% 4,978 Beaufort 5,730 71.56% 2,277 28.44% 3,453 43.12% 8,007 Bertie 3,373 87.79% 469 12.21% 2,904 75.58% 3,842 Bladen 4,078 72.56% 1,542 27.44% 2,536 45.12% 5,620 Brunswick 3,297 49.98% 3,299 50.02% -2 -0.04% 6,596 Buncombe 19,044 45.67% 22,655 54.33% -3,611 -8.66% 41,699 Burke 7,999 40.35% 11,823 59.65% -3,824 -19.30% 19,822 Cabarrus 7,173 33.15% 14,462 66.85% -7,289 -33.70% 21,635 Caldwell 6,861 38.78% 10,833 61.22% -3,972 -22.44% 17,694 Camden 813 70.33% 343 29.67% 470 40.66% 1,156 Carteret 3,875 50.46% 3,804 49.54% 71 0.92% 7,679 Caswell 2,468 67.21% 1,204 32.79% 1,264 34.42% 3,672 Catawba 11,424 37.25% 19,246 62.75% -7,822 -25.50% 30,670 Chatham 4,151 52.68% 3,729 47.32% 422 5.36% 7,880 Cherokee 2,843 42.60% 3,830 57.40% -987 -14.80% 6,673 Chowan 1,485 72.76% 556 27.24% 929 45.52% 2,041 Clay 1,287 47.16% 1,442 52.84% -155 -5.68% 2,729 Cleveland 8,408 54.30% 7,076 45.70% 1,332 8.60% 15,484 Columbus 7,805 77.24% 2,300 22.76% 5,505 54.48% 10,105 Craven 6,317 68.12% 2,956 31.88% 3,361 36.24% 9,273 Cumberland 8,862 56.95% 6,699 43.05% 2,163 13.90% 15,561 Currituck 1,425 74.49% 488 25.51% 937 48.98% 1,913 Dare 839 44.94% 1,028 55.06% -189 -10.12% 1,867 Davidson 9,987 38.17% 16,178 61.83% -6,191 -23.66% 26,165 Davie 2,110 31.45% 4,599 68.55% -2,489 -37.10% 6,709 Duplin 6,931 76.66% 2,110 23.34% 4,821 53.32% 9,041 Durham 13,835 51.13% 13,226 48.87% 609 2.26% 27,061 Edgecombe 7,830 80.97% 1,840 19.03% 5,990 61.94% 9,670 Forsyth 15,819 35.01% 29,368 64.99% -13,549 -29.98% 45,187 Franklin 5,298 87.00% 792 13.00% 4,506 74.00% 6,090 Gaston 15,671 46.32% 18,159 53.68% -2,488 -7.36% 33,830 Gates 1,244 78.49% 341 21.51% 903 56.98% 1,585 Graham 1,486 45.75% 1,762 54.25% -276 -8.50% 3,248 Granville 4,013 73.28% 1,463 26.72% 2,550 46.56% 5,476 Greene 3,285 93.67% 222 6.33% 3,063 87.34% 3,507 Guilford 21,948 40.13% 32,751 59.87% -10,803 -19.74% 54,699 Halifax 7,860 77.01% 2,346 22.99% 5,514 54.02% 10,206 Harnett 7,421 64.99% 3,998 35.01% 3,423 29.98% 11,419 Haywood 7,598 52.21% 6,955 47.79% 643 4.42% 14,553 Henderson 4,003 30.22% 9,243 69.78% -5,240 -39.56% 13,246 Hertford 2,708 78.79% 729 21.21% 1,979 57.58% 3,437 Hoke 1,944 79.12% 513 20.88% 1,431 58.24% 2,457 Hyde 1,028 67.68% 491 32.32% 537 35.36% 1,519 Iredell 7,286 39.57% 11,125 60.43% -3,839 -20.86% 18,411 Jackson 3,787 51.95% 3,503 48.05% 284 3.90% 7,290 Johnston 9,852 66.82% 4,893 33.18% 4,959 33.64% 14,745 Jones 1,952 82.47% 415 17.53% 1,537 64.94% 2,367 Lee 4,163 68.12% 1,948 31.88% 2,215 36.24% 6,111 Lenoir 6,847 72.76% 2,564 27.24% 4,283 45.52% 9,411 Lincoln 5,838 46.80% 6,637 53.20% -799 -6.40% 12,475 Macon 3,025 47.02% 3,408 52.98% -383 -5.96% 6,433 Madison 3,693 46.42% 4,263 53.58% -570 -7.16% 7,956 Martin 5,730 92.73% 449 7.27% 5,281 85.46% 6,179 McDowell 4,392 44.54% 5,468 55.46% -1,076 -10.92% 9,860 Mecklenburg 27,227 37.98% 44,469 62.02% -17,242 -24.04% 71,696 Mitchell 1,069 20.03% 4,269 79.97% -3,200 -59.94% 5,338 Montgomery 3,088 47.90% 3,359 52.10% -271 -4.20% 6,447 Moore 4,729 47.45% 5,238 52.55% -509 -5.10% 9,967 Nash 9,969 78.91% 2,665 21.09% 7,304 57.82% 12,634 New Hanover 10,247 51.97% 9,470 48.03% 777 3.94% 19,717 Northampton 4,242 85.03% 747 14.97% 3,495 70.06% 4,989 Onslow 4,692 74.26% 1,626 25.74% 3,066 48.52% 6,318 Orange 4,743 51.90% 4,396 48.10% 347 3.80% 9,139 Pamlico 1,376 59.06% 954 40.94% 422 18.12% 2,330 Pasquotank 2,963 61.86% 1,827 38.14% 1,136 23.72% 4,790 Pender 2,196 68.52% 1,009 31.48% 1,187 37.04% 3,205 Perquimans 1,022 59.04% 709 40.96% 313 18.08% 1,731 Person 3,433 66.36% 1,740 33.64% 1,693 32.72% 5,173 Pitt 11,873 82.52% 2,515 17.48% 9,358 65.04% 14,388 Polk 2,527 47.23% 2,823 52.77% -296 -5.54% 5,350 Randolph 8,404 38.95% 13,174 61.05% -4,770 -22.10% 21,578 Richmond 6,592 69.40% 2,907 30.60% 3,685 38.80% 9,499 Robeson 10,516 79.06% 2,785 20.94% 7,731 58.12% 13,301 Rockingham 8,896 49.73% 8,991 50.27% -95 -0.54% 17,887 Rowan 9,761 35.72% 17,562 64.28% -7,801 -28.56% 27,323 Rutherford 7,208 46.78% 8,200 53.22% -992 -6.44% 15,408 Sampson 7,197 51.84% 6,685 48.16% 512 3.68% 13,882 Scotland 3,042 72.21% 1,171 27.79% 1,871 44.42% 4,213 Stanly 6,693 38.55% 10,667 61.45% -3,974 -22.90% 17,360 Stokes 3,948 47.63% 4,341 52.37% -393 -4.74% 8,289 Surry 7,020 43.82% 9,001 56.18% -1,981 -12.36% 16,021 Swain 1,794 46.96% 2,026 53.04% -232 -6.08% 3,820 Transylvania 3,435 46.82% 3,901 53.18% -466 -6.36% 7,336 Tyrrell 615 59.42% 420 40.58% 195 18.84% 1,035 Union 6,383 65.50% 3,362 34.50% 3,021 31.00% 9,745 Vance 4,922 71.57% 1,955 28.43% 2,967 43.14% 6,877 Wake 22,427 59.61% 15,194 40.39% 7,233 19.22% 37,621 Warren 2,733 79.19% 718 20.81% 2,015 58.38% 3,451 Washington 1,947 65.34% 1,033 34.66% 914 30.68% 2,980 Watauga 3,223 41.01% 4,636 58.99% -1,413 -17.98% 7,859 Wayne 6,756 61.55% 4,220 38.45% 2,536 23.10% 10,976 Wilkes 5,870 33.71% 11,544 66.29% -5,674 -32.58% 17,414 Wilson 8,328 74.64% 2,830 25.36% 5,498 49.28% 11,158 Yadkin 2,361 30.15% 5,469 69.85% -3,108 -39.70% 7,830 Yancey 2,964 51.35% 2,808 48.65% 156 2.70% 5,772Totals590,53050.66%575,06249.34%15,4681.32%1,165,592 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Alleghany Alamance Dare Cherokee Graham Macon McDowell Polk Rockingham Stokes Surry Swain Analysis North Carolina was carried by Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson of Illinois, with 50.66 percent of the popular vote, over incumbent Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 49.34 percent.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=37&year=1956 1956 Presidential General Election Results — North Carolina June 10, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1956 The American Presidency Project — Election of 1956 June 10, 2017 As in 1952, the key to Stevenson's victory was the powerful loyalty of Black Belt and Outer Banks white voters. The east–west partisan split seen in 1928 and 1952 became so consistent that Stevenson won only four counties in the western bloc — with Eisenhower's gain vis-à-vis 1952 of around 6 points concentrated in traditionally Democratic mountain and Piedmont counties — but in the coastal plain Eisenhower won only Dare and Brunswick Counties. Critical help for Stevenson also came from gaining a much larger proportion of the growing urban black electorate than elsewhere in the Confederacy.It is estimated that Eisenhower gained under forty percent of black voters in major North Carolina cities, whereas he gained over seventy percent in Atlanta and Richmond and over half in Memphis.Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 299 This was the last time until 1992 that North Carolina would vote for the losing candidate in a presidential election, and is also the last time that a Republican has won the presidency without carrying North Carolina. Notes References North Carolina 1956 Category:1956 North Carolina elections