1956 Presidential Election Interactive Map

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1956 Actual Election Results

Candidate Party Electoral Votes Popular Votes
Dwight D. Eisenhower (I) Republican 457 35,581,003
Adlai Stevenson Democratic 73 25,738,765
Other: See Election Facts Below 1

1956 Election Facts

  • Stevenson won Alabama; however one elector cast a vote for Walter B. Jones
  • Issues of the Day: Communism/USSR (McCarty hearings, Hungary, Suez Canal), Brown Segregation Ruling