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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Utah governor election

George Dewey Clyde (Republican) beat L. C. Romney (Democrat) in Utah in 1956, 38.2% to 33.4%, a margin of 4.8 points and 15,867 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1952, when J. Bracken Lee won.

Republicans led in 22 of the 29 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Salt Lake, cast 147,664 votes and went to the Republican by 2.4 points. The closest was Juab, where 13 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George Dewey Clyde won Republican 127,164 38.2%
L. C. Romney Democratic 111,297 33.4%
J. Bracken Lee Independent 94,428 28.4%
Total332,889

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Salt Lake 47,593 32.2% 51,199 34.7% 48,872 147,664 R+2.4
Weber 16,766 41.8% 13,403 33.4% 9,969 40,138 D+8.4
Utah 12,868 33.8% 17,115 44.9% 8,107 38,090 R+11.1
Davis 5,919 32.8% 7,527 41.7% 4,583 18,029 R+8.9
Cache 3,503 25.0% 8,028 57.3% 2,468 13,999 R+32.3
Carbon 4,397 49.2% 992 11.1% 3,547 8,936 D+38.1
Box Elder 2,635 31.1% 3,603 42.5% 2,241 8,479 R+11.4
Tooele 2,490 41.1% 1,828 30.2% 1,742 6,060 D+10.9
Sanpete 1,713 30.2% 2,807 49.5% 1,151 5,671 R+19.3
Sevier 1,103 22.6% 2,185 44.8% 1,591 4,879 R+22.2
Iron 1,255 27.2% 2,086 45.2% 1,272 4,613 R+18.0
Washington 909 22.6% 2,436 60.6% 676 4,021 R+38.0
Millard 1,173 30.5% 1,645 42.8% 1,029 3,847 R+12.3
Uintah 742 20.3% 1,875 51.2% 1,044 3,661 R+30.9
Summit 977 33.6% 1,168 40.2% 761 2,906 R+6.6
Duchesne 808 30.0% 1,156 42.9% 732 2,696 R+12.9
Emery 942 36.0% 770 29.4% 908 2,620 D+6.6
Wasatch 948 36.5% 1,121 43.2% 527 2,596 R+6.7
Juab 1,012 39.8% 1,025 40.3% 504 2,541 R+0.5
Beaver 992 44.8% 702 31.7% 521 2,215 D+13.1
San Juan 469 30.6% 850 55.5% 212 1,531 R+24.9
Garfield 456 31.1% 748 51.1% 260 1,464 R+19.9
Grand 260 19.1% 350 25.8% 749 1,359 Others
Morgan 461 34.3% 592 44.0% 291 1,344 R+9.7
Kane 108 10.5% 748 72.7% 173 1,029 R+62.2
Rich 206 25.3% 433 53.1% 176 815 R+27.9
Wayne 296 38.1% 319 41.1% 161 776 R+3.0
Piute 194 27.0% 390 54.3% 134 718 R+27.3
Daggett 102 53.1% 63 32.8% 27 192 D+20.3

Counties as they stood in 1956; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Utah governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Spencer Cox (R) R+24.4
2020 Spencer J Cox (R) R+32.7
2016 Gary Herbert (R) R+37.9
2012 Gary R. Herbert (R) R+40.8
2010 Gary Herbert (R) R+32.2
2008 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+58.0
2004 Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) R+16.4
2000 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+13.5
1996 Mike O. Leavitt (R) R+51.7
1992 Mike Leavitt (R) R+19.0
1988 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+1.7
1984 Norman H. Bangerter (R) R+12.1
1980 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+10.7
1976 Scott M. Matheson (D) D+6.1
1972 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+39.4
1968 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+37.4
1964 Calvin L. Rampton (D) D+14.0
1960 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+5.3
1956 George Dewey Clyde (R) R+4.8
1952 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.2
1948 J. Bracken Lee (R) R+10.0
1944 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+0.4
1940 Herbert B. Maw (D) D+4.4
1936 Henry H. Blood (D) D+13.7
1932 Henry H. Blood (D) D+14.6
1928 George H. Dern (D) D+17.4
1924 George H. Dern (D) D+6.0
1920 Charles R. Mabey (R) R+18.5
1916 Simon Bamberger (D) D+13.2
1912 William Spry (R) R+5.8
1908 William Spry (R) R+8.6
1904 John C. Cutler (R) R+12.6
1900 Heber M. Wells (R) R+3.4
1895 Heber M. Wells (R) R+5.6