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Election 1956 Results

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1956 presidential election in Arkansas

Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) beat Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) in Arkansas in 1956, 52.5% to 45.8%, a margin of 6.6 points and 26,990 votes.

Arkansas voted 22.1 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+15.4.

The Democratic hold continued from 1952, when Adlai Stevenson II also won.

Democrats led in 57 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Pulaski, cast 50,301 votes and went to the Republican by 4.6 points. The closest was Independence, where 17 votes separated the two parties.

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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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Adlai Stevenson II won Democratic 213,277 52.5%
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 186,287 45.8%
All other candidates 7,008 1.7%
Total406,572

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Pulaski 23,372 46.5% 25,702 51.1% 1,227 50,301 R+4.6
Sebastian 7,489 42.0% 10,234 57.4% 118 17,841 R+15.4
Garland 5,437 36.1% 9,427 62.5% 212 15,076 R+26.5
Union 7,055 55.4% 5,059 39.8% 612 12,726 D+15.7
Washington 4,857 38.5% 7,683 60.9% 83 12,623 R+22.4
Jefferson 6,426 51.2% 5,743 45.7% 389 12,558 D+5.4
Mississippi 6,428 58.7% 4,269 39.0% 258 10,955 D+19.7
Benton 3,744 36.3% 6,500 63.1% 61 10,305 R+26.7
Craighead 5,876 58.4% 4,035 40.1% 149 10,060 D+18.3
Miller 5,402 54.1% 4,307 43.1% 278 9,987 D+11.0
White 4,895 55.9% 3,813 43.6% 42 8,750 D+12.4
Ouachita 5,188 63.8% 2,819 34.7% 122 8,129 D+29.1
Phillips 3,917 56.4% 2,826 40.7% 197 6,940 D+15.7
Hot Spring 3,525 54.2% 2,923 45.0% 54 6,502 D+9.3
Saline 3,705 58.1% 2,603 40.8% 70 6,378 D+17.3
Boone 2,829 47.1% 3,153 52.5% 24 6,006 R+5.4
Poinsett 3,817 63.6% 2,117 35.2% 72 6,006 D+28.3
Faulkner 3,428 58.5% 2,399 40.9% 33 5,860 D+17.6
Crawford 2,723 46.6% 3,090 52.9% 30 5,843 R+6.3
Arkansas 2,736 48.6% 2,826 50.2% 73 5,635 R+1.6
Columbia 2,845 52.7% 2,342 43.4% 207 5,394 D+9.3
Greene 3,454 64.1% 1,898 35.2% 37 5,389 D+28.9
Lonoke 3,234 60.6% 1,932 36.2% 170 5,336 D+24.4
Jackson 3,699 73.1% 1,323 26.1% 39 5,061 D+46.9
Pope 2,753 54.6% 2,267 44.9% 25 5,045 D+9.6
Hempstead 2,694 53.9% 2,227 44.6% 76 4,997 D+9.3
Crittenden 2,120 43.5% 2,476 50.8% 277 4,873 R+7.3
Clark 2,809 58.0% 1,973 40.8% 58 4,840 D+17.3
Madison 2,186 46.4% 2,525 53.5% 5 4,716 R+7.2
Independence 2,316 49.5% 2,333 49.8% 34 4,683 R+0.4
Bradley 3,010 68.0% 1,361 30.8% 55 4,426 D+37.3
Logan 2,307 52.3% 2,081 47.2% 24 4,412 D+5.1
Conway 2,618 61.2% 1,636 38.2% 27 4,281 D+22.9
Ashley 2,820 66.0% 1,183 27.7% 267 4,270 D+38.3
St. Francis 2,114 50.3% 1,884 44.9% 201 4,199 D+5.5
Desha 2,935 70.0% 1,204 28.7% 52 4,191 D+41.3
Clay 2,368 57.6% 1,711 41.6% 34 4,113 D+16.0
Carroll 1,651 41.5% 2,310 58.0% 19 3,980 R+16.6
Lawrence 2,303 58.3% 1,584 40.1% 61 3,948 D+18.2
Drew 2,234 62.3% 1,265 35.3% 87 3,586 D+27.0
Chicot 2,273 65.8% 1,043 30.2% 139 3,455 D+35.6
Cross 2,165 63.4% 1,176 34.4% 76 3,417 D+28.9
Yell 2,008 59.2% 1,381 40.7% 4 3,393 D+18.5
Searcy 909 26.9% 2,441 72.3% 24 3,374 R+45.4
Johnson 1,697 52.3% 1,520 46.8% 28 3,245 D+5.5
Baxter 1,451 45.5% 1,721 53.9% 20 3,192 R+8.5
Polk 1,287 40.9% 1,832 58.3% 24 3,143 R+17.3
Nevada 1,871 63.6% 1,039 35.3% 33 2,943 D+28.3
Scott 1,248 43.0% 1,637 56.5% 14 2,899 R+13.4
Randolph 1,763 60.9% 1,117 38.6% 13 2,893 D+22.3
Lee 1,719 61.1% 974 34.6% 121 2,814 D+26.5
Howard 1,428 51.3% 1,329 47.7% 28 2,785 D+3.6
Franklin 1,614 58.2% 1,137 41.0% 20 2,771 D+17.2
Dallas 1,726 62.5% 984 35.6% 52 2,762 D+26.9
Sevier 1,500 56.0% 1,159 43.3% 19 2,678 D+12.7
Woodruff 1,630 60.9% 992 37.1% 53 2,675 D+23.9
Van Buren 1,331 50.4% 1,296 49.1% 15 2,642 D+1.3
Monroe 1,460 55.4% 1,099 41.7% 75 2,634 D+13.7
Prairie 1,504 61.6% 917 37.6% 19 2,440 D+24.1
Lincoln 1,616 67.2% 767 31.9% 22 2,405 D+35.3
Newton 832 35.9% 1,481 63.9% 3 2,316 R+28.0
Lafayette 1,348 59.1% 836 36.7% 96 2,280 D+22.5
Little River 1,308 59.5% 828 37.7% 62 2,198 D+21.8
Grant 1,272 59.5% 818 38.2% 49 2,139 D+21.2
Cleburne 1,094 53.4% 947 46.2% 7 2,048 D+7.2
Marion 1,061 55.2% 857 44.6% 4 1,922 D+10.6
Pike 985 51.8% 905 47.6% 13 1,903 D+4.2
Montgomery 846 46.3% 965 52.8% 18 1,829 R+6.5
Fulton 958 54.1% 799 45.1% 14 1,771 D+9.0
Calhoun 1,303 74.0% 445 25.3% 14 1,762 D+48.7
Izard 1,200 69.9% 511 29.8% 5 1,716 D+40.2
Sharp 927 57.9% 645 40.3% 28 1,600 D+17.6
Cleveland 1,149 72.2% 423 26.6% 20 1,592 D+45.6
Stone 756 53.6% 651 46.1% 4 1,411 D+7.4
Perry 719 55.1% 572 43.9% 13 1,304 D+11.3

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.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.6
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+27.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.9
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+23.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+19.9
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+9.8
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+5.4
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.9
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+14.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+30.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.1
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+7.1
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+6.6
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+12.1
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+40.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+58.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.9
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.1
1928 Al Smith (D) D+20.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+31.9
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+19.8
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+37.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+34.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+20.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+15.2
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+28.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+48.6
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+27.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+16.8
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+17.1
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+17.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.4