The 1956 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Arkansas was won by Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 52.46% of the popular vote against incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 45.82% of the popular vote.[4][5] This is currently the last election to date in which the Democratic candidate won Arkansas without winning the presidency.
Polls
edit| Source | Rating | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram[6] | Safe D | November 2, 1956 |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer[7] | Likely D | November 4, 1956 |
| The Salt Lake Tribune[8] | Likely D | November 4, 1956 |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 213,277 | 52.46% | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 186,287 | 45.82% | |
| Constitution | T. Coleman Andrews | 7,008 | 1.72% | |
| Total votes | 406,572 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
T. Coleman Andrews Constitution |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 2,736 | 48.55% | 2,826 | 50.15% | 73 | 1.30% | -90 | -1.60% | 5,635 |
| Ashley | 2,820 | 66.04% | 1,183 | 27.70% | 267 | 6.25% | 1,637 | 38.34% | 4,270 |
| Baxter | 1,451 | 45.46% | 1,721 | 53.92% | 20 | 0.63% | -270 | -8.46% | 3,192 |
| Benton | 3,744 | 36.33% | 6,500 | 63.08% | 61 | 0.59% | -2,756 | -26.75% | 10,305 |
| Boone | 2,829 | 47.10% | 3,153 | 52.50% | 24 | 0.40% | -324 | -5.40% | 6,006 |
| Bradley | 3,010 | 68.01% | 1,361 | 30.75% | 55 | 1.24% | 1,649 | 37.26% | 4,426 |
| Calhoun | 1,303 | 73.95% | 445 | 25.26% | 14 | 0.79% | 858 | 48.69% | 1,762 |
| Carroll | 1,651 | 41.48% | 2,310 | 58.04% | 19 | 0.48% | -659 | -16.56% | 3,980 |
| Chicot | 2,273 | 65.79% | 1,043 | 30.19% | 139 | 4.02% | 1,230 | 35.60% | 3,455 |
| Clark | 2,809 | 58.04% | 1,973 | 40.76% | 58 | 1.20% | 836 | 17.28% | 4,840 |
| Clay | 2,368 | 57.57% | 1,711 | 41.60% | 34 | 0.83% | 657 | 15.97% | 4,113 |
| Cleburne | 1,094 | 53.42% | 947 | 46.24% | 7 | 0.34% | 147 | 7.18% | 2,048 |
| Cleveland | 1,149 | 72.17% | 423 | 26.57% | 20 | 1.26% | 726 | 45.60% | 1,592 |
| Columbia | 2,845 | 52.74% | 2,342 | 43.42% | 207 | 3.84% | 503 | 9.32% | 5,394 |
| Conway | 2,618 | 61.15% | 1,636 | 38.22% | 27 | 0.63% | 982 | 22.93% | 4,281 |
| Craighead | 5,876 | 58.41% | 4,035 | 40.11% | 149 | 1.48% | 1,841 | 18.30% | 10,060 |
| Crawford | 2,723 | 46.60% | 3,090 | 52.88% | 30 | 0.51% | -367 | -6.28% | 5,843 |
| Crittenden | 2,120 | 43.51% | 2,476 | 50.81% | 277 | 5.68% | -356 | -7.30% | 4,873 |
| Cross | 2,165 | 63.36% | 1,176 | 34.42% | 76 | 2.22% | 989 | 28.94% | 3,417 |
| Dallas | 1,726 | 62.49% | 984 | 35.63% | 52 | 1.88% | 742 | 26.86% | 2,762 |
| Desha | 2,935 | 70.03% | 1,204 | 28.73% | 52 | 1.24% | 1,731 | 41.30% | 4,191 |
| Drew | 2,234 | 62.30% | 1,265 | 35.28% | 87 | 2.43% | 969 | 27.02% | 3,586 |
| Faulkner | 3,428 | 58.50% | 2,399 | 40.94% | 33 | 0.56% | 1,029 | 17.56% | 5,860 |
| Franklin | 1,614 | 58.25% | 1,137 | 41.03% | 20 | 0.72% | 477 | 17.22% | 2,771 |
| Fulton | 958 | 54.09% | 799 | 45.12% | 14 | 0.79% | 159 | 8.97% | 1,771 |
| Garland | 5,437 | 36.06% | 9,427 | 62.53% | 212 | 1.41% | -3,990 | -26.47% | 15,076 |
| Grant | 1,272 | 59.47% | 818 | 38.24% | 49 | 2.29% | 454 | 21.23% | 2,139 |
| Greene | 3,454 | 64.09% | 1,898 | 35.22% | 37 | 0.69% | 1,556 | 28.87% | 5,389 |
| Hempstead | 2,694 | 53.91% | 2,227 | 44.57% | 76 | 1.52% | 467 | 9.34% | 4,997 |
| Hot Spring | 3,525 | 54.21% | 2,923 | 44.96% | 54 | 0.83% | 602 | 9.25% | 6,502 |
| Howard | 1,428 | 51.27% | 1,329 | 47.72% | 28 | 1.01% | 99 | 3.55% | 2,785 |
| Independence | 2,316 | 49.46% | 2,333 | 49.82% | 34 | 0.73% | -17 | -0.36% | 4,683 |
| Izard | 1,200 | 69.93% | 511 | 29.78% | 5 | 0.29% | 689 | 40.15% | 1,716 |
| Jackson | 3,699 | 73.09% | 1,323 | 26.14% | 39 | 0.77% | 2,376 | 46.95% | 5,061 |
| Jefferson | 6,426 | 51.17% | 5,743 | 45.73% | 389 | 3.10% | 683 | 5.44% | 12,558 |
| Johnson | 1,697 | 52.30% | 1,520 | 46.84% | 28 | 0.86% | 177 | 5.46% | 3,245 |
| Lafayette | 1,348 | 59.12% | 836 | 36.67% | 96 | 4.21% | 512 | 22.45% | 2,280 |
| Lawrence | 2,303 | 58.33% | 1,584 | 40.12% | 61 | 1.55% | 719 | 18.21% | 3,948 |
| Lee | 1,719 | 61.09% | 974 | 34.61% | 121 | 4.30% | 745 | 26.48% | 2,814 |
| Lincoln | 1,616 | 67.19% | 767 | 31.89% | 22 | 0.91% | 849 | 35.30% | 2,405 |
| Little River | 1,308 | 59.51% | 828 | 37.67% | 62 | 2.82% | 480 | 21.84% | 2,198 |
| Logan | 2,307 | 52.29% | 2,081 | 47.17% | 24 | 0.54% | 226 | 5.12% | 4,412 |
| Lonoke | 3,234 | 60.61% | 1,932 | 36.21% | 170 | 3.19% | 1,302 | 24.40% | 5,336 |
| Madison | 2,186 | 46.35% | 2,525 | 53.54% | 5 | 0.11% | -339 | -7.19% | 4,716 |
| Marion | 1,061 | 55.20% | 857 | 44.59% | 4 | 0.21% | 204 | 10.61% | 1,922 |
| Miller | 5,402 | 54.09% | 4,307 | 43.13% | 278 | 2.78% | 1,095 | 10.96% | 9,987 |
| Mississippi | 6,428 | 58.68% | 4,269 | 38.97% | 258 | 2.36% | 2,159 | 19.71% | 10,955 |
| Monroe | 1,460 | 55.43% | 1,099 | 41.72% | 75 | 2.85% | 361 | 13.71% | 2,634 |
| Montgomery | 846 | 46.25% | 965 | 52.76% | 18 | 0.98% | -119 | -6.51% | 1,829 |
| Nevada | 1,871 | 63.57% | 1,039 | 35.30% | 33 | 1.12% | 832 | 28.27% | 2,943 |
| Newton | 832 | 35.92% | 1,481 | 63.95% | 3 | 0.13% | -649 | -28.03% | 2,316 |
| Ouachita | 5,188 | 63.82% | 2,819 | 34.68% | 122 | 1.50% | 2,369 | 29.14% | 8,129 |
| Perry | 719 | 55.14% | 572 | 43.87% | 13 | 1.00% | 147 | 11.27% | 1,304 |
| Phillips | 3,917 | 56.44% | 2,826 | 40.72% | 197 | 2.84% | 1,091 | 15.72% | 6,940 |
| Pike | 985 | 51.76% | 905 | 47.56% | 13 | 0.68% | 80 | 4.20% | 1,903 |
| Poinsett | 3,817 | 63.55% | 2,117 | 35.25% | 72 | 1.20% | 1,700 | 28.30% | 6,006 |
| Polk | 1,287 | 40.95% | 1,832 | 58.29% | 24 | 0.76% | -545 | -17.34% | 3,143 |
| Pope | 2,753 | 54.57% | 2,267 | 44.94% | 25 | 0.50% | 486 | 9.63% | 5,045 |
| Prairie | 1,504 | 61.64% | 917 | 37.58% | 19 | 0.78% | 587 | 24.06% | 2,440 |
| Pulaski | 23,372 | 46.46% | 25,702 | 51.10% | 1,227 | 2.44% | -2,330 | -4.64% | 50,301 |
| Randolph | 1,763 | 60.94% | 1,117 | 38.61% | 13 | 0.45% | 646 | 22.33% | 2,893 |
| St. Francis | 2,114 | 50.35% | 1,884 | 44.87% | 201 | 4.79% | 230 | 5.48% | 4,199 |
| Saline | 3,705 | 58.09% | 2,603 | 40.81% | 70 | 1.10% | 1,102 | 17.28% | 6,378 |
| Scott | 1,248 | 43.05% | 1,637 | 56.47% | 14 | 0.48% | -389 | -13.42% | 2,899 |
| Searcy | 909 | 26.94% | 2,441 | 72.35% | 24 | 0.71% | -1,532 | -45.41% | 3,374 |
| Sebastian | 7,489 | 41.98% | 10,234 | 57.36% | 118 | 0.66% | -2,745 | -15.38% | 17,841 |
| Sevier | 1,500 | 56.01% | 1,159 | 43.28% | 19 | 0.71% | 341 | 12.73% | 2,678 |
| Sharp | 927 | 57.94% | 645 | 40.31% | 28 | 1.75% | 282 | 17.63% | 1,600 |
| Stone | 756 | 53.58% | 651 | 46.14% | 4 | 0.28% | 105 | 7.44% | 1,411 |
| Union | 7,055 | 55.44% | 5,059 | 39.75% | 612 | 4.81% | 1,996 | 15.69% | 12,726 |
| Van Buren | 1,331 | 50.38% | 1,296 | 49.05% | 15 | 0.57% | 35 | 1.33% | 2,642 |
| Washington | 4,857 | 38.48% | 7,683 | 60.87% | 83 | 0.66% | -2,826 | -22.39% | 12,623 |
| White | 4,895 | 55.94% | 3,813 | 43.58% | 42 | 0.48% | 1,082 | 12.36% | 8,750 |
| Woodruff | 1,630 | 60.93% | 992 | 37.08% | 53 | 1.98% | 638 | 23.85% | 2,675 |
| Yell | 2,008 | 59.18% | 1,381 | 40.70% | 4 | 0.12% | 627 | 18.48% | 3,393 |
| Totals | 213,277 | 52.46% | 186,287 | 45.82% | 7,008 | 1.72% | 26,990 | 6.64% | 406,572 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
References
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "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 - Arkansas". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved June 10, 2017.
- ^ "Final Babson Poll Shows Eisenhower Winning Easily". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. CTS. November 2, 1956. p. 22.
- ^ "What the Polls Show — Eisenhower Victory Is Indicated across Nation". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1956. pp. B 1, B 3.
- ^ Lawrence, W.H. (November 4, 1956). ""Times Team" Counts Up 20-State GOP Margin". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. A 11.