1956 United States presidential election in Texas explained

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Election Name:	1956 United States presidential election in Texas
Country:	Texas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1952 United States presidential election in Texas
Previous Year:	1952
Next Election:	1960 United States presidential election in Texas
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]
Running Mate1:	Richard Nixon
Electoral Vote1:	24
Popular Vote1:	1,080,619
Percentage1:	55.26%
Nominee2:	Adlai Stevenson
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Illinois
Running Mate2:	Estes Kefauver
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	859,958
Percentage2:	43.98%
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 Texas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Eisenhower won his birth state of Texas with 55% of the vote, giving him 24 electoral votes. Despite Eisenhower becoming the first Republican to win Texas by double digits, this result nonetheless made Texas 4.12% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

Eisenhower became the first Republican to carry Texas twice, having won the state in 1952 as well.

Polls

Source	Rating	As of
Fort Worth Star-Telegram^[2]		November 2, 1956
Corpus Christi Times^[3]		November 3, 1956
The Philadelphia Inquirer^[4]		November 4, 1956
The Salt Lake Tribune^[5]		November 4, 1956

Results

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		T. Coleman Andrews Constitution/States’ Rights		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Anderson		4,181		60.47%		2,710		39.20%		23		0.33%		1,471		21.27%		6,914
	Andrews		1,131		53.53%		968		45.81%		14		0.66%		163		7.72%		2,113
	Angelina		5,274		52.24%		4,781		47.36%		41		0.41%		493		4.88%		10,096
	Aransas		757		63.67%		425		35.74%		7		0.59%		332		27.93%		1,189
	Archer		825		43.44%		1,067		56.19%		7		0.37%		-242		-12.75%		1,899
	Armstrong		372		46.62%		422		52.88%		4		0.50%		-50		-6.26%		798
	Atascosa		1,804		54.55%		1,492		45.12%		11		0.33%		312		9.43%		3,307
	Austin		2,501		67.12%		1,215		32.61%		10		0.27%		1,286		34.51%		3,726
	Bailey		871		40.49%		1,274		59.23%		6		0.28%		-403		-18.74%		2,151
	Bandera		1,083		76.05%		336		23.60%		5		0.35%		747		52.45%		1,424
	Bastrop		1,531		37.85%		2,504		61.90%		10		0.25%		-973		-24.05%		4,045
	Baylor		715		40.49%		1,047		59.29%		4		0.23%		-332		-18.80%		1,766
	Bee		2,401		55.26%		1,929		44.40%		15		0.35%		472		10.86%		4,345
	Bell		4,285		30.76%		9,603		68.93%		44		0.32%		-5,318		-38.17%		13,932
	Bexar		65,901		58.15%		46,790		41.29%		640		0.56%		19,111		16.86%		113,331
	Blanco		796		56.14%		615		43.37%		7		0.49%		181		12.77%		1,418
	Borden		127		34.51%		240		65.22%		1		0.27%		-113		-30.71%		368
	Bosque		1,654		49.65%		1,670		50.14%		7		0.21%		-16		-0.49%		3,331
	Bowie		6,823		46.73%		7,675		52.56%		104		0.71%		-852		-5.83%		14,602
	Brazoria		9,536		56.49%		7,137		42.28%		208		1.23%		2,399		14.21%		16,881
	Brazos		4,942		58.58%		3,463		41.05%		31		0.37%		1,479		17.53%		8,436
	Brewster		837		63.22%		479		36.18%		8		0.60%		358		27.04%		1,324
	Briscoe		357		35.42%		648		64.29%		3		0.30%		-291		-28.87%		1,008
	Brooks		802		41.77%		1,108		57.71%		10		0.52%		-306		-15.94%		1,920
	Brown		3,664		53.26%		3,195		46.44%		21		0.31%		469		6.82%		6,880
	Burleson		1,173		40.24%		1,726		59.21%		16		0.55%		-553		-18.97%		2,915
	Burnet		1,163		44.90%		1,422		54.90%		5		0.19%		-259		-10.00%		2,590
	Caldwell		1,747		40.96%		2,513		58.92%		5		0.12%		-766		-17.96%		4,265
	Calhoun		1,912		63.90%		1,067		35.66%		13		0.43%		845		28.24%		2,992
	Callahan		1,140		48.45%		1,199		50.96%		14		0.59%		-59		-2.51%		2,353
	Cameron		11,952		56.85%		8,829		42.00%		241		1.15%		3,123		14.85%		21,022
	Camp		958		47.22%		1,053		51.90%		18		0.89%		-95		-4.68%		2,029
	Carson		1,061		51.91%		976		47.75%		7		0.34%		85		4.16%		2,044
	Cass		2,970		54.91%		2,395		44.28%		44		0.81%		575		10.63%		5,409
	Castro		697		34.75%		1,305		65.05%		4		0.20%		-608		-30.30%		2,006
	Chambers		1,520		63.52%		860		35.94%		13		0.54%		660		27.58%		2,393
	Cherokee		4,022		57.78%		2,912		41.83%		27		0.39%		1,110		15.95%		6,961
	Childress		1,268		45.61%		1,503		54.06%		9		0.32%		-235		-8.45%		2,780
	Clay		990		35.26%		1,813		64.57%		5		0.18%		-823		-29.31%		2,808
	Cochran		599		39.33%		923		60.60%		1		0.07%		-324		-21.27%		1,523
	Coke		549		44.10%		690		55.42%		6		0.48%		-141		-11.32%		1,245
	Coleman		2,247		58.50%		1,577		41.06%		17		0.44%		670		17.44%		3,841
	Collin		3,823		41.84%		5,280		57.79%		34		0.37%		-1,457		-15.95%		9,137
	Collingsworth		815		39.66%		1,229		59.81%		11		0.54%		-414		-20.15%		2,055
	Colorado		2,691		61.62%		1,648		37.74%		28		0.64%		1,043		23.88%		4,367
	Comal		3,397		74.54%		1,140		25.02%		20		0.44%		2,257		49.52%		4,557
	Comanche		1,900		48.99%		1,962		50.59%		16		0.41%		-62		-1.60%		3,878
	Concho		574		50.26%		567		49.65%		1		0.09%		7		0.61%		1,142
	Cooke		4,164		64.33%		2,272		35.10%		37		0.57%		1,892		29.23%		6,473
	Coryell		1,509		38.86%		2,372		61.09%		2		0.05%		-863		-22.23%		3,883
	Cottle		329		22.40%		1,138		77.47%		2		0.14%		-809		-55.07%		1,469
	Crane		626		46.44%		707		52.45%		15		1.11%		-81		-6.01%		1,348
	Crockett		702		69.57%		305		30.23%		2		0.20%		397		39.34%		1,009
	Crosby		704		28.00%		1,804		71.76%		6		0.24%		-1,100		-43.76%		2,514
	Culberson		324		54.36%		269		45.13%		3		0.50%		55		9.23%		596
	Dallam		1,018		48.41%		1,074		51.07%		11		0.52%		-56		-2.66%		2,103
	Dallas		125,361		65.06%		65,472		33.98%		1,862		0.97%		59,889		31.08%		192,695
	Dawson		1,615		44.01%		2,049		55.83%		6		0.16%		-434		-11.82%		3,670
	Deaf Smith		1,685		55.16%		1,361		44.55%		9		0.29%		324		10.61%		3,055
	Delta		605		32.23%		1,262		67.23%		10		0.53%		-657		-35.00%		1,877
	Denton		5,350		51.71%		4,972		48.06%		24		0.23%		378		3.65%		10,346
	DeWitt		3,401		70.14%		1,435		29.59%		13		0.27%		1,966		40.55%		4,849
	Dickens		565		31.25%		1,243		68.75%		0		0.00%		-678		-37.50%		1,808
	Dimmit		705		61.90%		427		37.49%		7		0.61%		278		24.41%		1,139
	Donley		826		47.72%		903		52.17%		2		0.12%		-77		-4.45%		1,731
	Duval		1,459		31.89%		3,110		67.98%		6		0.13%		-1,651		-36.09%		4,575
	Eastland		3,580		58.61%		2,512		41.13%		16		0.26%		1,068		17.48%		6,108
	Ector		8,805		62.41%		5,109		36.21%		194		1.38%		3,696		26.20%		14,108
	Edwards		533		79.67%		133		19.88%		3		0.45%		400		59.79%		669
	Ellis		3,585		40.65%		5,211		59.08%		24		0.27%		-1,626		-18.43%		8,820
	El Paso		18,532		54.70%		15,157		44.73%		193		0.57%		3,375		9.97%		33,882
	Erath		2,775		53.66%		2,377		45.97%		19		0.37%		398		7.69%		5,171
	Falls		1,819		40.36%		2,674		59.33%		14		0.31%		-855		-18.97%		4,507
	Fannin		1,910		29.75%		4,504		70.16%		6		0.09%		-2,594		-40.41%		6,420
	Fayette		3,574		60.54%		2,282		38.65%		48		0.81%		1,292		21.89%		5,904
	Fisher		673		28.72%		1,664		71.02%		6		0.26%		-991		-42.30%		2,343
	Floyd		1,445		44.86%		1,767		54.86%		9		0.28%		-322		-10.00%		3,221
	Foard		243		26.07%		687		73.71%		2		0.21%		-444		-47.64%		932
	Fort Bend		3,779		59.83%		2,464		39.01%		73		1.16%		1,315		20.82%		6,316
	Franklin		556		33.88%		1,082		65.94%		3		0.18%		-526		-32.06%		1,641
	Freestone		1,627		47.09%		1,813		52.47%		15		0.43%		-186		-5.38%		3,455
	Frio		825		47.94%		886		51.48%		10		0.58%		-61		-3.54%		1,721
	Gaines		1,244		44.76%		1,527		54.95%		8		0.29%		-283		-10.19%		2,779
	Galveston		17,567		52.43%		15,603		46.57%		336		1.00%		1,964		5.86%		33,506
	Garza		628		44.38%		786		55.55%		1		0.07%		-158		-11.17%		1,415
	Gillespie		3,070		92.61%		240		7.24%		5		0.15%		2,830		85.37%		3,315
	Glasscock		224		56.28%		174		43.72%		0		0.00%		50		12.56%		398
	Goliad		902		72.33%		338		27.11%		7		0.56%		564		45.22%		1,247
	Gonzales		1,767		43.77%		2,260		55.98%		10		0.25%		-493		-12.21%		4,037
	Gray		5,047		61.90%		3,034		37.21%		72		0.88%		2,013		24.69%		8,153
	Grayson		7,402		45.33%		8,876		54.35%		52		0.32%		-1,474		-9.02%		16,330
	Gregg		9,440		65.02%		4,881		33.62%		198		1.36%		4,559		31.40%		14,519
	Grimes		1,281		53.96%		1,079		45.45%		14		0.59%		202		8.51%		2,374
	Guadalupe		4,296		66.86%		2,099		32.67%		30		0.47%		2,197		34.19%		6,425
	Hale		3,804		49.64%		3,848		50.22%		11		0.14%		-44		-0.58%		7,663
	Hall		687		31.53%		1,487		68.24%		5		0.23%		-800		-36.71%		2,179
	Hamilton		1,709		60.11%		1,124		39.54%		10		0.35%		585		20.57%		2,843
	Hansford		919		62.73%		545		37.20%		1		0.07%		374		25.53%		1,465
	Hardeman		1,119		46.45%		1,281		53.18%		9		0.37%		-162		-6.73%		2,409
	Hardin		2,130		47.12%		2,371		52.46%		19		0.42%		-241		-5.34%		4,520
	Harris		155,555		61.11%		93,961		36.91%		5,033		1.98%		61,594		24.20%		254,549
	Harrison		5,048		64.76%		2,668		34.23%		79		1.01%		2,380		30.53%		7,795
	Hartley		353		43.96%		448		55.79%		2		0.25%		-95		-11.83%		803
	Haskell		993		29.72%		2,340		70.04%		8		0.24%		-1,347		-40.32%		3,341
	Hays		1,873		47.98%		2,017		51.66%		14		0.36%		-144		-3.68%		3,904
	Hemphill		620		60.67%		401		39.24%		1		0.10%		219		21.43%		1,022
	Henderson		2,479		44.51%		3,065		55.04%		25		0.45%		-586		-10.53%		5,569
	Hidalgo		13,270		56.89%		9,804		42.03%		253		1.08%		3,466		14.86%		23,327
	Hill		2,487		37.08%		4,199		62.61%		21		0.31%		-1,712		-25.53%		6,707
	Hockley		2,001		38.58%		3,175		61.22%		10		0.19%		-1,174		-22.64%		5,186
	Hood		751		40.55%		1,095		59.13%		6		0.32%		-344		-18.58%		1,852
	Hopkins		2,206		41.26%		3,118		58.31%		23		0.43%		-912		-17.05%		5,347
	Houston		1,941		49.04%		1,998		50.48%		19		0.48%		-57		-1.44%		3,958
	Howard		3,051		40.30%		4,506		59.52%		14		0.18%		-1,455		-19.22%		7,571
	Hudspeth		316		45.66%		368		53.18%		8		1.16%		-52		-7.52%		692
	Hunt		4,508		52.47%		4,051		47.15%		33		0.38%		457		5.32%		8,592
	Hutchinson		5,110		54.73%		4,184		44.82%		42		0.45%		926		9.91%		9,336
	Irion		252		58.33%		178		41.20%		2		0.46%		74		17.13%		432
	Jack		1,327		56.54%		997		42.48%		23		0.98%		330		14.06%		2,347
	Jackson		2,259		58.64%		1,571		40.78%		22		0.57%		688		17.86%		3,852
	Jasper		2,430		56.41%		1,856		43.08%		22		0.51%		574		13.33%		4,308
	Jeff Davis		239		58.72%		165		40.54%		3		0.74%		74		18.18%		407
	Jefferson		30,102		54.31%		25,057		45.21%		270		0.49%		5,045		9.10%		55,429
	Jim Hogg		282		31.13%		617		68.10%		7		0.77%		-335		-36.97%		906
	Jim Wells		3,348		54.69%		2,752		44.95%		22		0.36%		596		9.74%		6,122
	Johnson		3,750		51.09%		3,560		48.50%		30		0.41%		190		2.59%		7,340
	Jones		2,073		44.32%		2,594		55.46%		10		0.21%		-521		-11.14%		4,677
	Karnes		1,764		51.62%		1,636		47.88%		17		0.50%		128		3.74%		3,417
	Kaufman		2,816		48.97%		2,902		50.47%		32		0.56%		-86		-1.50%		5,750
	Kendall		1,519		81.10%		341		18.21%		13		0.69%		1,178		62.89%		1,873
	Kenedy		125		92.59%		10		7.41%		0		0.00%		115		85.18%		135
	Kent		234		30.99%		519		68.74%		2		0.26%		-285		-37.75%		755
	Kerr		3,555		77.38%		1,025		22.31%		14		0.30%		2,530		55.07%		4,594
	Kimble		821		62.82%		484		37.03%		2		0.15%		337		25.79%		1,307
	King		46		20.54%		177		79.02%		1		0.45%		-131		-58.48%		224
	Kinney		368		55.93%		289		43.92%		1		0.15%		79		12.01%		658
	Kleberg		2,121		46.39%		2,436		53.28%		15		0.33%		-315		-6.89%		4,572
	Knox		835		39.76%		1,262		60.10%		3		0.14%		-427		-20.34%		2,100
	Lamar		4,154		49.56%		4,202		50.14%		25		0.30%		-48		-0.58%		8,381
	Lamb		1,840		35.54%		3,325		64.23%		12		0.23%		-1,485		-28.69%		5,177
	Lampasas		1,308		53.45%		1,134		46.34%		5		0.20%		174		7.11%		2,447
	La Salle		449		43.85%		574		56.05%		1		0.10%		-125		-12.20%		1,024
	Lavaca		2,509		50.78%		2,412		48.82%		20		0.40%		97		1.96%		4,941
	Lee		1,200		52.77%		1,061		46.66%		13		0.57%		139		6.11%		2,274
	Leon		1,079		45.99%		1,260		53.71%		7		0.30%		-181		-7.72%		2,346
	Liberty		4,129		63.49%		2,318		35.65%		56		0.86%		1,811		27.84%		6,503
	Limestone		2,097		40.55%		3,067		59.31%		7		0.14%		-970		-18.76%		5,171
	Lipscomb		806		69.84%		345		29.90%		3		0.26%		461		39.94%		1,154
	Live Oak		1,077		65.71%		521		31.79%		41		2.50%		556		33.92%		1,639
	Llano		672		39.32%		1,034		60.50%		3		0.18%		-362		-21.18%		1,709
	Loving		55		60.44%		36		39.56%		0		0.00%		19		20.88%		91
	Lubbock		13,970		52.57%		12,540		47.19%		66		0.25%		1,430		5.38%		26,576
	Lynn		861		32.28%		1,800		67.49%		6		0.22%		-939		-35.21%		2,667
	McCulloch		1,292		52.63%		1,158		47.17%		5		0.20%		134		5.46%		2,455
	McLennan		15,561		48.85%		16,181		50.80%		111		0.35%		-620		-1.95%		31,853
	McMullen		226		54.72%		185		44.79%		2		0.48%		41		9.93%		413
	Madison		733		50.27%		713		48.90%		12		0.82%		20		1.37%		1,458
	Marion		1,126		60.93%		709		38.37%		13		0.70%		417		22.56%		1,848
	Martin		318		25.92%		903		73.59%		6		0.49%		-585		-47.67%		1,227
	Mason		885		63.67%		504		36.26%		1		0.07%		381		27.41%		1,390
	Matagorda		3,927		66.46%		1,904		32.22%		78		1.32%		2,023		34.24%		5,909
	Maverick		721		46.22%		820		52.56%		19		1.22%		-99		-6.34%		1,560
	Medina		2,668		63.51%		1,516		36.09%		17		0.40%		1,152		27.42%		4,201
	Menard		614		65.88%		318		34.12%		0		0.00%		296		31.76%		932
	Midland		8,287		69.99%		3,468		29.29%		86		0.73%		4,819		40.70%		11,841
	Milam		2,486		45.48%		2,969		54.32%		11		0.20%		-483		-8.84%		5,466
	Mills		912		55.34%		735		44.60%		1		0.06%		177		10.74%		1,648
	Mitchell		1,091		36.59%		1,891		63.41%		0		0.00%		-800		-26.82%		2,982
	Montague		2,003		45.81%		2,358		53.93%		11		0.25%		-355		-8.12%		4,372
	Montgomery		3,360		56.24%		2,572		43.05%		42		0.70%		788		13.19%		5,974
	Moore		1,820		44.95%		2,219		54.80%		10		0.25%		-399		-9.85%		4,049
	Morris		1,463		47.58%		1,592		51.77%		20		0.65%		-129		-4.19%		3,075
	Motley		411		44.38%		511		55.18%		4		0.43%		-100		-10.80%		926
	Nacogdoches		3,285		53.28%		2,855		46.31%		25		0.41%		430		6.97%		6,165
	Navarro		3,193		40.26%		4,723		59.55%		15		0.19%		-1,530		-19.29%		7,931
	Newton		1,030		49.61%		1,037		49.95%		9		0.43%		-7		-0.34%		2,076
	Nolan		2,232		46.69%		2,535		53.03%		13		0.27%		-303		-6.34%		4,780
	Nueces		19,985		49.89%		19,912		49.71%		162		0.40%		73		0.18%		40,059
	Ochiltree		1,209		69.48%		512		29.43%		19		1.09%		697		40.05%		1,740
	Oldham		284		49.13%		294		50.87%		0		0.00%		-10		-1.74%		578
	Orange		5,501		47.99%		5,910		51.56%		51		0.44%		-409		-3.57%		11,462
	Palo Pinto		2,818		54.20%		2,369		45.57%		12		0.23%		449		8.63%		5,199
	Panola		2,538		52.48%		2,225		46.01%		73		1.51%		313		6.47%		4,836
	Parker		3,390		51.46%		3,165		48.04%		33		0.50%		225		3.42%		6,588
	Parmer		1,028		42.76%		1,362		56.66%		14		0.58%		-334		-13.90%		2,404
	Pecos		1,425		60.20%		931		39.33%		11		0.46%		494		20.87%		2,367
	Polk		1,663		52.89%		1,465		46.60%		16		0.51%		198		6.29%		3,144
	Potter		11,943		57.66%		8,720		42.10%		49		0.24%		3,223		15.56%		20,712
	Presidio		494		48.48%		517		50.74%		8		0.79%		-23		-2.26%		1,019
	Rains		427		44.85%		524		55.04%		1		0.11%		-97		-10.19%		952
	Randall		4,609		62.28%		2,774		37.49%		17		0.23%		1,835		24.79%		7,400
	Reagan		669		63.47%		384		36.43%		1		0.09%		285		27.04%		1,054
	Real		350		64.70%		191		35.30%		0		0.00%		159		29.40%		541
	Red River		1,956		43.14%		2,567		56.62%		11		0.24%		-611		-13.48%		4,534
	Reeves		1,492		52.24%		1,356		47.48%		8		0.28%		136		4.76%		2,856
	Refugio		1,355		53.10%		1,188		46.55%		9		0.35%		167		6.55%		2,552
	Roberts		279		69.92%		118		29.57%		2		0.50%		161		40.35%		399
	Robertson		1,285		36.63%		2,212		63.06%		11		0.31%		-927		-26.43%		3,508
	Rockwall		657		41.50%		920		58.12%		6		0.38%		-263		-16.62%		1,583
	Runnels		2,416		62.54%		1,442		37.33%		5		0.13%		974		25.21%		3,863
	Rusk		5,140		59.96%		3,381		39.44%		52		0.61%		1,759		20.52%		8,573
	Sabine		801		46.71%		913		53.24%		1		0.06%		-112		-6.53%		1,715
	San Augustine		900		45.07%		1,086		54.38%		11		0.55%		-186		-9.31%		1,997
	San Jacinto		565		42.51%		755		56.81%		9		0.68%		-190		-14.30%		1,329
	San Patricio		3,302		46.82%		3,728		52.86%		22		0.31%		-426		-6.04%		7,052
	San Saba		797		35.87%		1,419		63.86%		6		0.27%		-622		-27.99%		2,222
	Schleicher		471		58.08%		336		41.43%		4		0.49%		135		16.65%		811
	Scurry		2,250		45.46%		2,691		54.37%		8		0.16%		-441		-8.91%		4,949
	Shackelford		849		60.26%		555		39.39%		5		0.35%		294		20.87%		1,409
	Shelby		1,988		36.54%		3,403		62.56%		49		0.90%		-1,415		-26.02%		5,440
	Sherman		481		55.35%		383		44.07%		5		0.58%		98		11.28%		869
	Smith		12,255		65.21%		6,468		34.42%		69		0.37%		5,787		30.79%		18,792
	Somervell		467		59.80%		309		39.56%		5		0.64%		158		20.24%		781
	Starr		547		16.71%		2,727		83.29%		0		0.00%		-2,180		-66.58%		3,274
	Stephens		1,832		61.66%		1,126		37.90%		13		0.44%		706		23.76%		2,971
	Sterling		223		59.79%		150		40.21%		0		0.00%		73		19.58%		373
	Stonewall		306		26.89%		829		72.85%		3		0.26%		-523		-45.96%		1,138
	Sutton		546		65.16%		290		34.61%		2		0.24%		256		30.55%		838
	Swisher		876		32.64%		1,802		67.14%		6		0.22%		-926		-34.50%		2,684
	Tarrant		66,329		59.65%		43,922		39.50%		946		0.85%		22,407		20.15%		111,197
	Taylor		9,488		56.82%		7,177		42.98%		34		0.20%		2,311		13.84%		16,699
	Terrell		350		61.51%		217		38.14%		2		0.35%		133		23.37%		569
	Terry		1,473		41.78%		2,050		58.14%		3		0.09%		-577		-16.36%		3,526
	Throckmorton		466		41.35%		656		58.21%		5		0.44%		-190		-16.86%		1,127
	Titus		1,971		45.78%		2,301		53.45%		33		0.77%		-330		-7.67%		4,305
	Tom Green		9,070		64.63%		4,923		35.08%		40		0.29%		4,147		29.55%		14,033
	Travis		23,551		53.98%		19,982		45.80%		98		0.22%		3,569		8.18%		43,631
	Trinity		865		43.98%		1,091		55.47%		11		0.56%		-226		-11.49%		1,967
	Tyler		1,734		68.24%		797		31.37%		10		0.39%		937		36.87%		2,541
	Upshur		2,737		57.45%		1,995		41.88%		32		0.67%		742		15.57%		4,764
	Upton		999		54.29%		834		45.33%		7		0.38%		165		8.96%		1,840
	Uvalde		2,449		70.72%		994		28.70%		20		0.58%		1,455		42.02%		3,463
	Val Verde		1,660		50.81%		1,598		48.91%		9		0.28%		62		1.90%		3,267
	Van Zandt		2,142		42.25%		2,919		57.57%		9		0.18%		-777		-15.32%		5,070
	Victoria		5,596		62.85%		3,280		36.84%		28		0.31%		2,316		26.01%		8,904
	Walker		1,991		59.86%		1,287		38.70%		48		1.44%		704		21.16%		3,326
	Waller		1,426		59.49%		929		38.76%		42		1.75%		497		20.73%		2,397
	Ward		1,772		51.63%		1,638		47.73%		22		0.64%		134		3.90%		3,432
	Washington		2,975		75.83%		933		23.78%		15		0.38%		2,042		52.05%		3,923
	Webb		2,744		31.96%		5,827		67.86%		16		0.19%		-3,083		-35.90%		8,587
	Wharton		4,714		57.47%		3,439		41.92%		50		0.61%		1,275		15.55%		8,203
	Wheeler		1,178		48.22%		1,252		51.25%		13		0.53%		-74		-3.03%		2,443
	Wichita		12,181		48.83%		12,726		51.01%		41		0.16%		-545		-2.18%		24,948
	Wilbarger		2,230		48.62%		2,347		51.17%		10		0.22%		-117		-2.55%		4,587
	Willacy		1,656		56.17%		1,261		42.77%		31		1.05%		395		13.40%		2,948
	Williamson		2,947		40.00%		4,402		59.75%		18		0.24%		-1,455		-19.75%		7,367
	Wilson		1,519		41.30%		2,149		58.43%		10		0.27%		-630		-17.13%		3,678
	Winkler		1,471		52.97%		1,287		46.34%		19		0.68%		184		6.63%		2,777
	Wise		2,058		45.49%		2,443		54.00%		23		0.51%		-385		-8.51%		4,524
	Wood		2,508		53.11%		2,199		46.57%		15		0.32%		309		6.54%		4,722
	Yoakum		923		48.20%		989		51.64%		3		0.16%		-66		-3.44%		1,915
	Young		2,083		50.44%		2,028		49.10%		19		0.46%		55		1.34%		4,130
	Zapata		637		41.80%		886		58.14%		1		0.07%		-249		-16.34%		1,524
	Zavala		896		62.79%		528		37.00%		3		0.21%		368		25.79%		1,427
Totals	1,080,619	55.26%	859,958	43.98%	14,591	0.75%	220,661	11.28%	1,955,545

See also

• United States presidential elections in Texas

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Presidents . September 27, 2017 . David Leip . Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania.
2. News: Final Babson Poll Shows Eisenhower Winning Easily. Fort Worth Star-Telegram. CTS. November 2, 1956. 22.
3. News: Trohan. Walter. November 3, 1956. Hour of Decision Near: Eisenhower Lead Increasing Daily. 4. Corpus Christi Times. Chicago Tribune Service.
4. News: November 4, 1956. What the Polls Show — Eisenhower Victory Is Indicated across Nation. B 1, B 3. The Philadelphia Inquirer.
5. News: Lawrence. W.H.. November 4, 1956. "Times Team" Counts Up 20-State GOP Margin. A 11. The Salt Lake Tribune.