1956 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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Election Name:1956 United States presidential election in Iowa
Country:Iowa
Flag Image:Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1952 United States presidential election in Iowa
Previous Year:1952
Next Election:1960 United States presidential election in Iowa
Next Year:1960
Votes For Election:All 10 Iowa 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
Running Mate1:Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote1:10
Popular Vote1:729,187
Percentage1:59.06%
Nominee2:Adlai Stevenson
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Illinois
Running Mate2:Estes Kefauver
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:501,858
Percentage2:40.65%
Map Size:312px
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 Iowa took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.06% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 40.65% of the popular vote.[3] [4] Iowa’s result weighed in as exactly 3% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Eisenhower carried every county except for Wapello County, thereby making him the first Republican to win the White House without carrying this county since Abraham Lincoln in 1860; this would be the last time a Republican presidential candidate won Dubuque County until Donald Trump in 2016.[5]

Results

Results by county

County[6] Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
T. Coleman Andrews
American Constitution
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
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Adair3,42659.16%2,36240.79%30.05%00.00%1,06418.37%5,791
Adams2,24855.92%1,75643.68%130.32%30.07%49212.24%4,020
Allamakee5,18266.23%2,62233.51%180.23%20.03%2,56032.72%7,824
Appanoose4,98055.00%4,06444.89%100.11%00.00%91610.11%9,054
Audubon3,05754.16%2,58545.80%00.00%20.04%4728.36%5,644
Benton5,63456.31%3,94639.44%4214.21%50.05%1,68816.87%10,006
Black Hawk28,25057.99%20,40341.88%560.11%100.02%7,84716.11%48,719
Boone6,74053.65%5,81546.28%90.07%00.00%9257.37%12,564
Bremer5,93067.15%2,89232.75%90.10%00.00%3,03834.40%8,831
Buchanan5,51261.01%3,51338.88%90.10%10.01%1,99922.13%9,035
Buena Vista6,47061.25%4,08338.65%70.07%30.03%2,38722.60%10,563
Butler5,66971.21%2,28928.75%30.04%00.00%3,38042.46%7,961
Calhoun4,40957.49%2,97238.75%2863.73%20.03%1,43718.74%7,669
Carroll5,81653.29%5,08546.60%90.08%30.03%7316.69%10,913
Cass6,10368.34%2,81831.56%90.10%00.00%3,28536.78%8,930
Cedar5,34464.71%2,91235.26%10.01%10.01%2,43229.45%8,258
Cerro Gordo12,44957.00%9,36242.86%210.10%90.04%3,08714.14%21,841
Cherokee4,82159.67%3,25440.28%30.04%10.01%1,56719.39%8,079
Chickasaw4,20556.10%3,27543.70%150.20%00.00%93012.40%7,495
Clarke2,46255.99%1,92943.87%50.11%10.02%53312.12%4,397
Clay5,10762.36%2,97036.26%1011.23%120.15%2,13726.10%8,190
Clayton6,52959.76%4,38440.12%120.11%10.01%2,14519.64%10,926
Clinton14,76563.62%8,39436.17%290.12%200.09%6,37127.45%23,208
Crawford4,60855.03%3,74944.77%150.18%20.02%85910.26%8,374
Dallas6,61956.06%5,18543.92%20.02%00.00%1,43412.14%11,806
Davis2,66151.88%2,45847.92%100.19%00.00%2033.96%5,129
Decatur2,91250.86%2,80649.01%60.10%10.02%1061.85%5,725
Delaware5,73268.49%2,62131.32%130.16%30.04%3,11137.17%8,369
Des Moines11,15255.88%8,78144.00%170.09%80.04%2,37111.88%19,958
Dickinson3,64159.14%2,49840.57%130.21%50.08%1,14318.57%6,157
Dubuque17,92357.36%13,17442.16%1330.43%170.05%4,74915.20%31,247
Emmet4,19363.68%2,38636.24%40.06%10.02%1,80727.44%6,584
Fayette7,91461.51%4,93538.36%130.10%40.03%2,97923.15%12,866
Floyd6,17262.17%3,73937.66%140.14%20.02%2,43324.51%9,927
Franklin4,56364.41%2,51335.47%70.10%10.01%2,05028.94%7,084
Fremont3,24158.81%2,25440.90%140.25%20.04%98717.91%5,511
Greene4,25559.41%2,80239.12%1051.47%00.00%1,45320.29%7,162
Grundy4,91571.99%1,90827.95%40.06%00.00%3,00744.04%6,827
Guthrie4,28358.91%2,98141.00%40.06%20.03%1,30217.91%7,270
Hamilton5,66759.56%3,82940.25%150.16%30.03%1,83819.31%9,514
Hancock4,30560.51%2,80339.40%40.06%20.03%1,50221.11%7,114
Hardin6,64263.67%3,77536.19%60.06%90.09%2,86727.48%10,432
Harrison5,20958.30%3,70941.51%170.19%00.00%1,50016.79%8,935
Henry5,81868.49%2,66731.39%100.12%00.00%3,15137.10%8,495
Howard3,49152.85%3,10647.02%70.11%10.02%3855.83%6,605
Humboldt3,74757.58%2,75642.35%40.06%00.00%99115.23%6,507
Ida3,22660.75%2,08339.23%10.02%00.00%1,14321.52%5,310
Iowa4,87562.68%2,75335.40%1391.79%100.13%2,12227.28%7,777
Jackson5,57562.61%3,18135.72%1471.65%20.02%2,39426.89%8,905
Jasper9,31056.67%7,09843.21%140.09%60.04%2,21213.46%16,428
Jefferson4,80762.76%2,84537.15%70.09%00.00%1,96225.61%7,659
Johnson11,29856.28%8,76743.67%110.05%00.00%2,53112.61%20,076
Jones5,60562.51%3,35237.38%60.07%40.04%2,25325.13%8,967
Keokuk4,68056.13%3,64943.76%70.08%20.02%1,03112.37%8,338
Kossuth6,68054.74%5,51445.18%60.05%40.03%1,1669.56%12,204
Lee11,57158.35%8,22641.48%290.15%30.02%3,34516.87%19,829
Linn33,40260.60%21,66739.31%400.07%70.01%11,73521.29%55,116
Louisa3,18463.07%1,85836.81%60.12%00.00%1,32626.26%5,048
Lucas3,39758.25%2,43141.68%30.05%10.02%96616.57%5,832
Lyon4,35670.83%1,79029.11%40.07%00.00%2,56641.72%6,150
Madison3,88359.34%2,65240.53%50.08%40.06%1,23118.81%6,544
Mahaska6,86462.21%3,96535.93%2011.82%40.04%2,89926.28%11,034
Marion6,83056.13%5,31643.69%180.15%40.03%1,51412.44%12,168
Marshall10,30562.74%5,75535.04%3572.17%80.05%4,55027.70%16,425
Mills3,53964.89%1,89734.78%170.31%10.02%1,64230.11%5,454
Mitchell4,17561.29%2,63038.61%50.07%20.03%1,54522.68%6,812
Monona3,85452.47%3,47747.34%120.16%20.03%3775.13%7,345
Monroe2,98453.17%2,61646.61%90.16%30.05%3686.56%5,612
Montgomery5,02765.77%2,59733.98%190.25%00.00%2,43031.79%7,643
Muscatine8,55259.81%5,71839.99%220.15%60.04%2,83419.82%14,298
O'Brien6,13867.32%2,97032.57%80.09%20.02%3,16834.75%9,118
Osceola2,98662.57%1,77937.28%70.15%00.00%1,20725.29%4,772
Page7,38070.98%3,00128.86%130.13%30.03%4,37942.12%10,397
Palo Alto3,79551.14%3,62448.83%20.03%00.00%1712.31%7,421
Plymouth7,24667.42%3,50232.58%00.00%00.00%3,74434.84%10,748
Pocahontas3,60652.89%3,20146.95%90.13%20.03%4055.94%6,818
Polk62,39254.02%53,02545.91%590.05%150.01%9,3678.11%115,491
Pottawattamie17,63257.87%12,73141.78%960.32%90.03%4,90116.09%30,468
Poweshiek5,14558.81%3,60241.17%10.01%10.01%1,54317.64%8,749
Ringgold2,71360.42%1,77539.53%20.04%00.00%93820.89%4,490
Sac4,87459.99%3,24839.98%20.02%10.01%1,62620.01%8,125
Scott27,96559.37%18,96940.27%1460.31%240.05%8,99619.10%47,104
Shelby4,42556.78%3,30042.35%680.87%00.00%1,12514.43%7,793
Sioux9,65178.29%2,66621.63%110.09%00.00%6,98556.66%12,328
Story13,26467.54%6,35232.34%200.10%40.02%6,91235.20%19,640
Tama5,95255.25%4,79544.51%230.21%30.03%1,15710.74%10,773
Taylor3,53359.10%2,43640.75%70.12%20.03%1,09718.35%5,978
Union4,66662.21%2,82837.70%70.09%00.00%1,83824.51%7,501
Van Buren3,23363.79%1,83336.17%10.02%10.02%1,40027.62%5,068
Wapello10,40148.65%10,96051.26%160.07%40.02%-559-2.61%21,381
Warren5,43059.19%3,72940.65%150.16%00.00%1,70118.54%9,174
Washington5,84465.84%3,02234.05%80.09%20.02%2,82231.79%8,876
Wayne3,34056.64%2,55343.29%40.07%00.00%78713.35%5,897
Webster11,09752.72%9,90147.04%330.16%180.09%1,1965.68%21,049
Winnebago3,92660.84%2,52139.07%50.08%10.02%1,40521.77%6,453
Winneshiek6,19259.20%4,25140.64%140.13%30.03%1,94118.56%10,460
Woodbury25,39955.89%19,99744.00%410.09%80.02%5,40211.89%45,445
Worth2,70052.25%2,46547.71%10.02%10.02%2354.54%5,167
Wright5,51258.70%3,86541.16%120.13%10.01%1,64717.54%9,390
Totals729,18759.06%501,85840.65%3,2020.26%3170.03%227,32918.41%1,234,564

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica. July 9, 2017.
  2. Web site: 1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65). July 9, 2017.
  3. Web site: 1956 Presidential General Election Results – Iowa. July 9, 2017.
  4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1956. July 9, 2017.
  5. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. Web site: IA US President Race, November 06, 1956. Our Campaigns.