1956 United States presidential election in Colorado explained

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Election Name:	1956 United States presidential election in Colorado
Country:	Colorado
Flag Year:	1911
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1952 United States presidential election in Colorado
Previous Year:	1952
Next Election:	1960 United States presidential election in Colorado
Next Year:	1960
Votes For Election:	All 6 Colorado votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 6, 1956^[1]
Image1:	Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg
Nominee1:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	Pennsylvania^[2]
Running Mate1:	Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote1:	6
Popular Vote1:	394,479
Percentage1:	59.49%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	Estes Kefauver
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	263,997
Percentage2:	39.81%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Dwight D. Eisenhower
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

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

Colorado was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.49% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.81% of the popular vote.^{[4] [5]}

Results

Results by county

County^[6]	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Eric Hass Socialist Labor		T. Coleman Andrews Constitutional States’ Rights		Darlington Hoopes Socialist		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		12,778		52.23%		11,470		46.89%		200		0.82%		15		0.06%		0		0.00%		1,308		5.34%		24,463
	Alamosa		2,442		62.33%		1,465		37.39%		7		0.18%		4		0.10%		0		0.00%		977		24.94%		3,918
	Arapahoe		19,716		63.11%		11,351		36.33%		157		0.50%		4		0.01%		15		0.05%		8,365		26.78%		31,243
	Archuleta		635		59.91%		423		39.91%		2		0.19%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		212		20.00%		1,060
	Baca		1,715		59.63%		1,150		39.99%		8		0.28%		3		0.10%		0		0.00%		565		19.64%		2,876
	Bent		1,718		57.25%		1,283		42.75%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		435		14.50%		3,001
	Boulder		16,748		66.89%		8,149		32.55%		121		0.48%		21		0.08%		0		0.00%		8,599		34.34%		25,039
	Chaffee		2,284		63.67%		1,303		36.33%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		981		27.34%		3,587
	Cheyenne		820		61.70%		507		38.15%		2		0.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		313		23.55%		1,329
	Clear Creek		973		64.87%		520		34.67%		1		0.07%		3		0.20%		3		0.20%		453		30.20%		1,500
	Conejos		1,884		55.89%		1,471		43.64%		8		0.24%		1		0.02%		7		0.21%		413		12.25%		3,371
	Costilla		958		42.50%		1,256		55.72%		23		1.02%		17		0.75%		0		0.00%		-298		-13.22%		2,254
	Crowley		1,220		62.05%		745		37.89%		1		0.05%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		475		24.16%		1,966
	Custer		534		66.83%		264		33.04%		1		0.13%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		270		33.79%		799
	Delta		4,531		64.71%		2,458		35.10%		5		0.07%		4		0.06%		4		0.06%		2,073		29.61%		7,002
	Denver		121,402		55.91%		93,812		43.21%		1,545		0.71%		156		0.07%		206		0.09%		27,590		12.70%		217,121
	Dolores		544		60.38%		354		39.29%		2		0.22%		1		0.11%		0		0.00%		190		21.09%		901
	Douglas		1,508		68.08%		697		31.47%		2		0.09%		5		0.23%		3		0.14%		811		36.61%		2,215
	Eagle		1,154		57.36%		852		42.35%		4		0.20%		2		0.10%		0		0.00%		302		15.01%		2,012
	El Paso		27,282		58.46%		18,879		40.46%		31		0.07%		445		0.95%		29		0.06%		8,403		18.00%		46,666
	Elbert		1,295		64.75%		702		35.10%		1		0.05%		1		0.05%		1		0.05%		593		29.65%		2,000
	Fremont		6,040		67.40%		2,896		32.31%		4		0.04%		14		0.16%		8		0.09%		3,144		35.09%		8,962
	Garfield		3,332		62.90%		1,953		36.87%		2		0.04%		8		0.15%		2		0.04%		1,379		26.03%		5,297
	Gilpin		394		61.66%		244		38.18%		1		0.16%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		150		23.48%		639
	Grand		1,239		71.33%		496		28.55%		1		0.06%		1		0.06%		0		0.00%		743		42.78%		1,737
	Gunnison		1,400		62.31%		846		37.65%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		554		24.66%		2,247
	Hinsdale		155		76.73%		47		23.27%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		108		53.46%		202
	Huerfano		2,091		47.90%		2,262		51.82%		7		0.16%		2		0.05%		3		0.07%		-171		-3.92%		4,365
	Jackson		594		66.59%		297		33.30%		1		0.11%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		297		33.29%		892
	Jefferson		25,398		63.71%		14,270		35.80%		145		0.36%		33		0.08%		19		0.05%		11,128		27.91%		39,865
	Kiowa		810		64.64%		443		35.36%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		367		29.28%		1,253
	Kit Carson		2,243		70.96%		911		28.82%		3		0.09%		4		0.13%		0		0.00%		1,332		42.14%		3,161
	La Plata		4,770		66.81%		2,366		33.14%		2		0.03%		1		0.01%		1		0.01%		2,404		33.67%		7,140
	Lake		1,433		51.31%		1,355		48.51%		3		0.11%		2		0.07%		0		0.00%		78		2.80%		2,793
	Larimer		14,364		71.77%		5,612		28.04%		9		0.04%		12		0.06%		18		0.09%		8,752		43.73%		20,015
	Las Animas		5,290		50.80%		5,099		48.96%		16		0.15%		9		0.09%		0		0.00%		191		1.84%		10,414
	Lincoln		1,603		61.25%		1,012		38.67%		2		0.08%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		591		22.58%		2,617
	Logan		5,199		64.50%		2,841		35.25%		6		0.07%		12		0.15%		2		0.02%		2,358		29.25%		8,060
	Mesa		12,869		62.79%		7,567		36.92%		24		0.12%		26		0.13%		10		0.05%		5,302		25.87%		20,496
	Mineral		168		62.69%		99		36.94%		1		0.37%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		69		25.75%		268
	Moffat		1,762		68.80%		797		31.12%		1		0.04%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		965		37.68%		2,561
	Montezuma		2,492		63.59%		1,402		35.77%		8		0.20%		17		0.43%		0		0.00%		1,090		27.82%		3,919
	Montrose		4,054		62.04%		2,461		37.66%		10		0.15%		2		0.03%		7		0.11%		1,593		24.38%		6,534
	Morgan		5,325		64.17%		2,956		35.62%		11		0.13%		6		0.07%		0		0.00%		2,369		28.55%		8,298
	Otero		5,964		61.53%		3,722		38.40%		1		0.01%		3		0.03%		3		0.03%		2,242		23.13%		9,693
	Ouray		634		65.90%		322		33.47%		1		0.10%		5		0.52%		0		0.00%		312		32.43%		962
	Park		715		70.58%		297		29.32%		1		0.10%		15		0.06%		0		0.00%		418		41.26%		1,013
	Phillips		1,535		63.35%		887		36.61%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		648		26.74%		2,423
	Pitkin		550		62.15%		334		37.74%		1		0.11%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		216		24.41%		885
	Prowers		3,350		57.61%		2,460		42.30%		4		0.07%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		890		15.31%		5,815
	Pueblo		23,454		52.34%		20,433		45.60%		876		1.95%		4		0.01%		47		0.10%		3,021		6.74%		44,814
	Rio Blanco		1,593		71.47%		635		28.49%		1		0.04%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		958		42.98%		2,229
	Rio Grande		2,816		66.04%		1,441		33.79%		5		0.12%		2		0.05%		0		0.00%		1,375		32.25%		4,264
	Routt		1,811		57.55%		1,330		42.26%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		4		0.13%		481		15.29%		3,147
	Saguache		1,149		58.03%		823		41.57%		3		0.15%		5		0.25%		0		0.00%		326		16.46%		1,980
	San Juan		324		58.38%		231		41.62%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		93		16.76%		555
	San Miguel		648		57.86%		469		41.88%		3		0.27%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		179		15.98%		1,120
	Sedgwick		1,334		63.55%		760		36.21%		1		0.05%		1		0.05%		3		0.14%		574		27.34%		2,099
	Summit		429		64.61%		235		35.39%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		194		29.22%		664
	Teller		977		66.42%		494		33.58%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		483		32.84%		1,471
	Washington		2,020		65.20%		1,067		34.44%		2		0.06%		4		0.13%		5		0.16%		953		30.76%		3,098
	Weld		17,228		62.75%		10,170		37.04%		34		0.12%		7		0.03%		16		0.06%		7,058		25.71%		27,455
	Yuma		2,782		64.26%		1,544		35.67%		2		0.05%		1		0.02%		0		0.00%		1,238		28.59%		4,329
Total	394,479	59.49%	263,997	39.81%	3,308	0.50%	759	0.11%	531	0.08%	130,482	19.68%	663,074

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica. July 4, 2017.
2. Web site: The Presidents . September 27, 2017 . David Leip . Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania.
3. Web site: 1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65). July 4, 2017.
4. Web site: 1956 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado. July 4, 2017.
5. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956. July 4, 2017.
6. Our Campaigns; CO US President Race, November 06, 1956