1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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 14[4] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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| Elections in North Carolina |
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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.[5][6] This would be the last time until 1992 that North Carolina would not vote for the winning candidate in a presidential election, and is also the most recent election in which it supported a losing Democratic candidate.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 590,530 | 50.66% | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 575,062 | 49.34% | |
| Total votes | 1,165,592 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Adlai Stevenson II[7] Democratic |
Dwight David Eisenhower[7] Republican |
Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Greene | 93.67% | 3,285 | 6.33% | 222 | 87.34% | 3,063 |
| Martin | 92.73% | 5,730 | 7.27% | 449 | 85.47% | 5,281 |
| Bertie | 87.79% | 3,373 | 12.21% | 469 | 75.59% | 2,904 |
| Franklin | 87.00% | 5,298 | 13.00% | 792 | 73.99% | 4,506 |
| Northampton | 85.03% | 4,242 | 14.97% | 747 | 70.05% | 3,495 |
| Pitt | 82.52% | 11,873 | 17.48% | 2,515 | 65.04% | 9,358 |
| Jones | 82.47% | 1,952 | 17.53% | 415 | 64.93% | 1,537 |
| Edgecombe | 80.97% | 7,830 | 19.03% | 1,840 | 61.94% | 5,990 |
| Warren | 79.19% | 2,733 | 20.81% | 718 | 58.39% | 2,015 |
| Hoke | 79.12% | 1,944 | 20.88% | 513 | 58.24% | 1,431 |
| Robeson | 79.06% | 10,516 | 20.94% | 2,785 | 58.12% | 7,731 |
| Nash | 78.91% | 9,969 | 21.09% | 2,665 | 57.81% | 7,304 |
| Hertford | 78.79% | 2,708 | 21.21% | 729 | 57.58% | 1,979 |
| Gates | 78.49% | 1,244 | 21.51% | 341 | 56.97% | 903 |
| Columbus | 77.24% | 7,805 | 22.76% | 2,300 | 54.48% | 5,505 |
| Halifax | 77.01% | 7,860 | 22.99% | 2,346 | 54.03% | 5,514 |
| Duplin | 76.66% | 6,931 | 23.34% | 2,110 | 53.32% | 4,821 |
| Wilson | 74.64% | 8,328 | 25.36% | 2,830 | 49.27% | 5,498 |
| Currituck | 74.49% | 1,425 | 25.51% | 488 | 48.98% | 937 |
| Onslow | 74.26% | 4,692 | 25.74% | 1,626 | 48.53% | 3,066 |
| Granville | 73.28% | 4,013 | 26.72% | 1,463 | 46.57% | 2,550 |
| Chowan | 72.76% | 1,485 | 27.24% | 556 | 45.52% | 929 |
| Lenoir | 72.76% | 6,847 | 27.24% | 2,564 | 45.51% | 4,283 |
| Bladen | 72.56% | 4,078 | 27.44% | 1,542 | 45.12% | 2,536 |
| Scotland | 72.21% | 3,042 | 27.79% | 1,171 | 44.41% | 1,871 |
| Vance | 71.57% | 4,922 | 28.43% | 1,955 | 43.14% | 2,967 |
| Beaufort | 71.56% | 5,730 | 28.44% | 2,277 | 43.12% | 3,453 |
| Camden | 70.33% | 813 | 29.67% | 343 | 40.66% | 470 |
| Richmond | 69.40% | 6,592 | 30.60% | 2,907 | 38.79% | 3,685 |
| Anson | 68.69% | 3,598 | 31.31% | 1,640 | 37.38% | 1,958 |
| Pender | 68.52% | 2,196 | 31.48% | 1,009 | 37.04% | 1,187 |
| Lee | 68.12% | 4,163 | 31.88% | 1,948 | 36.25% | 2,215 |
| Craven | 68.12% | 6,317 | 31.88% | 2,956 | 36.25% | 3,361 |
| Hyde | 67.68% | 1,028 | 32.32% | 491 | 35.35% | 537 |
| Caswell | 67.21% | 2,468 | 32.79% | 1,204 | 34.42% | 1,264 |
| Johnston | 66.82% | 9,852 | 33.18% | 4,893 | 33.63% | 4,959 |
| Person | 66.36% | 3,433 | 33.64% | 1,740 | 32.73% | 1,693 |
| Union | 65.50% | 6,383 | 34.50% | 3,362 | 31.00% | 3,021 |
| Washington | 65.34% | 1,947 | 34.66% | 1,033 | 30.67% | 914 |
| Harnett | 64.99% | 7,421 | 35.01% | 3,998 | 29.98% | 3,423 |
| Pasquotank | 61.86% | 2,963 | 38.14% | 1,827 | 23.72% | 1,136 |
| Wayne | 61.55% | 6,756 | 38.45% | 4,220 | 23.10% | 2,536 |
| Wake | 59.61% | 22,427 | 40.39% | 15,194 | 19.23% | 7,233 |
| Tyrrell | 59.42% | 615 | 40.58% | 420 | 18.84% | 195 |
| Pamlico | 59.06% | 1,376 | 40.94% | 954 | 18.11% | 422 |
| Perquimans | 59.04% | 1,022 | 40.96% | 709 | 18.08% | 313 |
| Cumberland | 56.95% | 8,862 | 43.05% | 6,699 | 13.90% | 2,163 |
| Cleveland | 54.30% | 8,408 | 45.70% | 7,076 | 8.60% | 1,332 |
| Chatham | 52.68% | 4,151 | 47.32% | 3,729 | 5.36% | 422 |
| Haywood | 52.21% | 7,598 | 47.79% | 6,955 | 4.42% | 643 |
| New Hanover | 51.97% | 10,247 | 48.03% | 9,470 | 3.94% | 777 |
| Jackson | 51.95% | 3,787 | 48.05% | 3,503 | 3.90% | 284 |
| Orange | 51.90% | 4,743 | 48.10% | 4,396 | 3.80% | 347 |
| Sampson | 51.84% | 7,197 | 48.16% | 6,685 | 3.69% | 512 |
| Yancey | 51.35% | 2,964 | 48.65% | 2,808 | 2.70% | 156 |
| Durham | 51.13% | 13,835 | 48.87% | 13,226 | 2.25% | 609 |
| Carteret | 50.46% | 3,875 | 49.54% | 3,804 | 0.92% | 71 |
| Brunswick | 49.98% | 3,297 | 50.02% | 3,299 | -0.03% | -2 |
| Rockingham | 49.73% | 8,896 | 50.27% | 8,991 | -0.53% | -95 |
| Alleghany | 49.57% | 1,670 | 50.43% | 1,699 | -0.86% | -29 |
| Montgomery | 47.90% | 3,088 | 52.10% | 3,359 | -4.20% | -271 |
| Alamance | 47.64% | 11,029 | 52.36% | 12,123 | -4.73% | -1,094 |
| Stokes | 47.63% | 3,948 | 52.37% | 4,341 | -4.74% | -393 |
| Moore | 47.45% | 4,729 | 52.55% | 5,238 | -5.11% | -509 |
| Polk | 47.23% | 2,527 | 52.77% | 2,823 | -5.53% | -296 |
| Clay | 47.16% | 1,287 | 52.84% | 1,442 | -5.68% | -155 |
| Macon | 47.02% | 3,025 | 52.98% | 3,408 | -5.95% | -383 |
| Swain | 46.96% | 1,794 | 53.04% | 2,026 | -6.07% | -232 |
| Transylvania | 46.82% | 3,435 | 53.18% | 3,901 | -6.35% | -466 |
| Lincoln | 46.80% | 5,838 | 53.20% | 6,637 | -6.40% | -799 |
| Rutherford | 46.78% | 7,208 | 53.22% | 8,200 | -6.44% | -992 |
| Ashe | 46.46% | 3,982 | 53.54% | 4,588 | -7.07% | -606 |
| Madison | 46.42% | 3,693 | 53.58% | 4,263 | -7.16% | -570 |
| Gaston | 46.32% | 15,671 | 53.68% | 18,159 | -7.35% | -2,488 |
| Graham | 45.75% | 1,486 | 54.25% | 1,762 | -8.50% | -276 |
| Buncombe | 45.67% | 19,044 | 54.33% | 22,655 | -8.66% | -3,611 |
| Dare | 44.94% | 839 | 55.06% | 1,028 | -10.12% | -189 |
| McDowell | 44.54% | 4,392 | 55.46% | 5,468 | -10.91% | -1,076 |
| Surry | 43.82% | 7,020 | 56.18% | 9,001 | -12.37% | -1,981 |
| Cherokee | 42.60% | 2,843 | 57.40% | 3,830 | -14.79% | -987 |
| Alexander | 41.84% | 2,710 | 58.16% | 3,767 | -16.32% | -1,057 |
| Watauga | 41.01% | 3,223 | 58.99% | 4,636 | -17.98% | -1,413 |
| Burke | 40.35% | 7,999 | 59.65% | 11,823 | -19.29% | -3,824 |
| Guilford | 40.13% | 21,948 | 59.87% | 32,751 | -19.75% | -10,803 |
| Iredell | 39.57% | 7,286 | 60.43% | 11,125 | -20.85% | -3,839 |
| Randolph | 38.95% | 8,404 | 61.05% | 13,174 | -22.11% | -4,770 |
| Caldwell | 38.78% | 6,861 | 61.22% | 10,833 | -22.45% | -3,972 |
| Stanly | 38.55% | 6,693 | 61.45% | 10,667 | -22.89% | -3,974 |
| Davidson | 38.17% | 9,987 | 61.83% | 16,178 | -23.66% | -6,191 |
| Mecklenburg | 37.98% | 27,227 | 62.02% | 44,469 | -24.05% | -17,242 |
| Catawba | 37.25% | 11,424 | 62.75% | 19,246 | -25.50% | -7,822 |
| Rowan | 35.72% | 9,761 | 64.28% | 17,562 | -28.55% | -7,801 |
| Forsyth | 35.01% | 15,819 | 64.99% | 29,368 | -29.98% | -13,549 |
| Wilkes | 33.71% | 5,870 | 66.29% | 11,544 | -32.58% | -5,674 |
| Cabarrus | 33.15% | 7,173 | 66.85% | 14,462 | -33.69% | -7,289 |
| Davie | 31.45% | 2,110 | 68.55% | 4,599 | -37.10% | -2,489 |
| Henderson | 30.22% | 4,003 | 69.78% | 9,243 | -39.56% | -5,240 |
| Yadkin | 30.15% | 2,361 | 69.85% | 5,469 | -39.69% | -3,108 |
| Mitchell | 20.03% | 1,069 | 79.97% | 4,269 | -59.95% | -3,200 |
| Avery | 19.47% | 969 | 80.53% | 4,009 | -61.07% | -3,040 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- 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 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 June 10, 2017.
- "1956 Presidential General Election Results - North Carolina". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- Our Campaigns; NC US President Race, November 06, 1956
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