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1956 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1956 United States presidential election in Arizona

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All 4 Arizona votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[a] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 176,990 112,880
Percentage 60.99% 38.90%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

The 1956 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. States voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Arizona was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.99% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.90% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential candidate to ever carry Graham County, which was to become a Republican stronghold after 1964.[6]

Results

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1956 United States presidential election in Arizona[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) 176,990 60.99%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 112,880 38.90%
Independent T. Coleman Andrews 303 0.10%
Majority 64,110 22.09%
Total votes 290,173 100.00%

Results by county

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County[7][8] Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
T. Coleman Andrews
Independent
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Apache 1,685 63.18% 981 36.78% 1 0.04% 704 26.40% 2,667
Cochise 6,893 56.36% 5,328 43.57% 9 0.07% 1,565 12.79% 12,230
Coconino 4,044 63.50% 2,314 36.33% 11 0.17% 1,730 27.17% 6,369
Gila 4,234 51.26% 4,026 48.74% 0 0.00% 208 2.52% 8,260
Graham 2,384 58.55% 1,688 41.45% 0 0.00% 696 17.10% 4,072
Greenlee 1,784 39.69% 2,711 60.31% 0 0.00% -927 -20.62% 4,495
Maricopa 92,140 62.96% 54,010 36.91% 191 0.13% 38,130 26.05% 146,341
Mohave 1,523 60.99% 968 38.77% 6 0.24% 555 22.22% 2,497
Navajo 3,928 65.80% 2,033 34.05% 9 0.15% 1,895 31.75% 5,970
Pima 39,298 62.49% 23,536 37.43% 51 0.08% 15,762 25.06% 62,885
Pinal 5,762 53.15% 5,063 46.70% 17 0.15% 699 6.45% 10,842
Santa Cruz 1,646 59.25% 1,131 40.71% 1 0.04% 515 18.54% 2,778
Yavapai 6,339 65.66% 3,315 34.34% 0 0.00% 3,024 31.32% 9,654
Yuma 5,330 47.96% 5,776 51.98% 7 0.06% -446 -4.02% 11,113
Totals 176,990 60.99% 112,880 38.90% 303 0.10% 64,110 22.09% 290,173

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Electors

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Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 11, 1956.[9] Andrews had no party affiliation and no slate of electors was pledged to him in Arizona.

Adlai Stevenson
& Estes Kefauver
Democratic Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
& Richard Nixon
Republican Party
  • Al J. Flood
  • Thomas J. Croaff
  • Arthur E. Parmer
  • A. J. Beaty
  • Andrew Baumert Jr.
  • James P. Boyle
  • Elsie Toles
  • C. B. Wilson

Notes

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  1. ^ 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.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  6. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 148 ISBN 0786422173
  7. ^ a b Arizona Secretary of State, Official Canvass General Election - November 7, 1956
  8. ^ a b Bill Turnbow's 1957 Arizona Political Almanac. Phoenix, Arizona: Sims Printing Co. p. 37. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  9. ^ "Official Canvass Primary Election - September 11, 1956". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024.