1956 United States presidential election in Montana explained

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Election Name:1956 United States presidential election in Montana
Country:Montana
Flag Year:1905
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1952 United States presidential election in Montana
Previous Year:1952
Next Election:1960 United States presidential election in Montana
Next Year:1960
Image1:Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg
Nominee1:Dwight D. Eisenhower
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:Pennsylvania[1]
Running Mate1:Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote1:4
Popular Vote1:154,933
Percentage1:57.13%
Nominee2:Adlai Stevenson
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Illinois
Running Mate2:Estes Kefauver
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:116,238
Percentage2:42.87%
Map Size:350px
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 Montana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Montana strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower won Montana by 14.26%; however, owing to a five-year drought in the High Plains that resulted in a considerable protest vote for Stevenson, he did not do as well as had four years earlier.[2]

However, his strong Catholic appeal meant that Eisenhower gained substantially in the heavily Irish mining counties of the west.[3] His 48.61% in Deer Lodge County is the best by a Republican there since Warren G. Harding in 1920, and, this is last election in which Silver Bow County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[4] In addition to that, this is the last election in which neighboring Deer Lodge and Silver Bow counties voted for different candidates, the two normally being Democratic strongholds. Eisenhower became the first Republican to carry Montana more than once.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Montana[5]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanDwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent)154,93357.13%4
DemocraticAdlai Stevenson116,23842.87%0
Totals271,171100.00%4

Results by county

CountyDwight D. Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
%%%
Beaverhead1,95565.52%1,02934.48%92631.04%2,984
Big Horn1,73956.44%1,34243.56%39712.88%3,081
Blaine1,46050.38%1,43849.62%220.76%2,898
Broadwater86965.93%44934.07%42031.86%1,318
Carbon2,34556.30%1,82043.70%52512.60%4,165
Carter69861.55%43638.45%26223.10%1,134
Cascade12,45552.88%11,09847.12%1,3575.76%23,553
Chouteau1,72148.96%1,79451.04%-73-2.08%3,515
Custer3,24058.30%2,31741.70%92316.60%5,557
Daniels98250.93%94649.07%361.86%1,928
Dawson2,46356.08%1,92943.92%53412.16%4,392
Deer Lodge3,55148.36%3,79251.64%-241-3.28%7,343
Fallon96761.24%61238.76%35522.48%1,579
Fergus3,77157.77%2,75742.23%1,01415.54%6,528
Flathead8,08857.40%6,00342.60%2,08514.80%14,091
Gallatin6,68067.20%3,26032.80%3,42034.40%9,940
Garfield55856.82%42443.18%13413.64%982
Glacier2,05452.99%1,82247.01%2325.98%3,876
Golden Valley38359.94%25640.06%12719.88%639
Granite89662.70%53337.30%36325.40%1,429
Hill3,41553.24%2,99946.76%4166.48%6,414
Jefferson1,04961.38%66038.62%38922.76%1,709
Judith Basin78948.20%84851.80%-59-3.60%1,637
Lake3,36359.88%2,25340.12%1,11019.76%5,616
Lewis and Clark7,95964.41%4,39735.59%3,56228.82%12,356
Liberty60155.19%48844.81%11310.38%1,089
Lincoln2,32150.38%2,28649.62%350.76%4,607
Madison1,66264.24%92535.76%73728.48%2,587
McCone75245.83%88954.17%-137-8.34%1,641
Meagher71266.73%35533.27%35733.46%1,067
Mineral60652.33%55247.67%544.66%1,158
Missoula10,62761.12%6,76038.88%3,86722.24%17,387
Musselshell1,16551.10%1,11548.90%502.20%2,280
Park3,73363.44%2,15136.56%1,58226.88%5,884
Petroleum25855.72%20544.28%5311.44%463
Phillips1,60552.94%1,42747.06%1785.88%3,032
Pondera1,65153.45%1,43846.55%2136.90%3,089
Powder River70060.55%45639.45%24421.10%1,156
Powell1,68358.09%1,21441.91%46916.18%2,897
Prairie63761.25%40338.75%23422.50%1,040
Ravalli3,43761.40%2,16138.60%1,27622.80%5,598
Richland2,36655.67%1,88444.33%48211.34%4,250
Roosevelt1,98547.37%2,20552.63%-220-5.26%4,190
Rosebud1,51663.01%89036.99%62626.02%2,406
Sanders1,64952.05%1,51947.95%1304.10%3,168
Sheridan1,15338.31%1,85761.69%-704-23.38%3,010
Silver Bow11,61950.31%11,47549.69%1440.62%23,094
Stillwater1,54060.32%1,01339.68%52720.64%2,553
Sweet Grass1,12971.28%45528.72%67442.56%1,584
Teton1,72851.58%1,62248.42%1063.16%3,350
Toole1,92756.89%1,46043.11%46713.78%3,387
Treasure33757.22%25242.78%8514.44%589
Valley2,35748.42%2,51151.58%-154-3.16%4868
Wheatland93261.72%57838.28%35423.44%1510
Wibaux43152.50%39047.50%415.00%821
Yellowstone18,66464.91%10,08835.09%8,57629.82%28,752
Totals154,93357.13%116,23842.87%38,69514.26%271,171

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Presidents . September 27, 2017 . David Leip . Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania.
  2. Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 317, 436
  3. Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 394
  4. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  5. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1956 Presidential General Election Results – Montana.