See main article: 1956 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1956 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
Country: | Rhode Island |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1952 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
Previous Year: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1960 United States presidential election in Rhode Island |
Next Year: | 1960 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1956 |
Image1: | Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg |
Nominee1: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Pennsylvania[1] [2] |
Running Mate1: | Richard Nixon |
Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 225,819 |
Percentage1: | 58.26% |
Nominee2: | Adlai Stevenson |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Illinois |
Running Mate2: | Estes Kefauver |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 161,790 |
Percentage2: | 41.73% |
President | |
Before Election: | Dwight Eisenhower |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Dwight Eisenhower |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1956 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Rhode Island voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower of Pennsylvania, over the Democratic nominee, former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Eisenhower ran with incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon of California, while Stevenson's running mate was Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee.
Eisenhower won Rhode Island by a margin of 16.53%. Eisenhower's 225,819 votes is the most received by a Republican presidential candidate in the state's history. Eisenhower is also the last Republican to carry the state twice, as starting in 1960, Rhode Island would become reliably Democratic. In fact, it has only voted for the party on two more occasions, both amidst 49-state Republican landslides nationally. This is the last time a Republican has won a majority of the votes in Providence County(Nixon won it with a plurality in 1972).This is also the most recent presidential election when Rhode Island would vote more Republican than the nation as a whole.
To date, this is the last time that the cities of Central Falls and Woonsocket voted Republican.
County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
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% | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
Bristol | 10,070 | 59.88% | 6,748 | 40.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,322 | 19.76% | 16,818 | ||||||||||
Kent | 31,548 | 65.94% | 16,298 | 34.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 15,250 | 31.88% | 47,846 | ||||||||||
Newport | 16,063 | 63.00% | 9,433 | 37.00% | 2 | 0.00% | 6,630 | 26.00% | 25,498 | ||||||||||
Providence | 153,860 | 55.80% | 121,861 | 44.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 31,999 | 11.60% | 275,721 | ||||||||||
Washington | 14,278 | 65.71% | 7,450 | 34.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,828 | 31.42% | 21,728 | ||||||||||
Totals | 225,819 | 58.26% | 161,790 | 41.74% | 2 | 0.00% | 64,029 | 16.52% | 387,611 |