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Election 1956 Results

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1956 presidential election in Florida

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Florida in 1956, 57.2% to 42.7%, a margin of 14.5 points and 163,478 votes.

Florida voted 0.9 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+15.4.

The Republican hold continued from 1952, when Dwight D. Eisenhower also won.

Democrats led in 37 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 30. The largest, Dade, cast 236,522 votes and went to the Republican by 10.7 points. The closest was Glades, where 30 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
Dwight D. Eisenhower won Republican 643,849 57.2%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 480,371 42.7%
All other candidates 1,542 0.1%
Total1,125,762

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 105,559 44.6% 130,938 55.4% 25 236,522 R+10.7
Duval 53,127 49.8% 53,481 50.1% 164 106,772 R+0.3
Pinellas 28,113 27.4% 74,314 72.5% 105 102,532 R+45.1
Hillsborough 38,610 47.9% 41,889 52.0% 100 80,599 R+4.1
Broward 16,561 27.5% 43,552 72.2% 176 60,289 R+44.8
Orange 14,532 27.9% 37,482 72.0% 52 52,066 R+44.1
Palm Beach 14,321 28.6% 35,746 71.3% 80 50,147 R+42.7
Polk 18,626 44.0% 23,682 55.9% 24 42,332 R+11.9
Volusia 14,489 36.6% 25,103 63.4% 22 39,614 R+26.8
Escambia 22,320 62.8% 13,227 37.2% 11 35,558 D+25.6
Sarasota 5,052 26.6% 13,937 73.3% 14 19,003 R+46.8
Manatee 5,394 31.1% 11,904 68.6% 64 17,362 R+37.5
Lake 4,326 28.1% 10,888 70.8% 158 15,372 R+42.7
Alachua 6,889 46.4% 7,939 53.5% 18 14,846 R+7.1
Brevard 3,928 28.2% 10,004 71.8% 13,932 R+43.6
Leon 7,022 50.4% 6,828 49.0% 72 13,922 D+1.4
Bay 8,645 63.3% 4,971 36.4% 37 13,653 D+26.9
Marion 6,114 48.9% 6,362 50.9% 23 12,499 R+2.0
Lee 4,520 37.4% 7,565 62.6% 12,085 R+25.2
Pasco 4,181 42.9% 5,501 56.5% 60 9,742 R+13.5
St. Johns 3,940 43.4% 5,104 56.3% 29 9,073 R+12.8
Seminole 3,125 34.8% 5,841 65.1% 11 8,977 R+30.3
Okaloosa 5,748 67.3% 2,788 32.7% 8,536 D+34.7
Jackson 5,973 70.1% 2,543 29.9% 8,516 D+40.3
St. Lucie 2,731 33.3% 5,435 66.3% 26 8,192 R+33.0
Monroe 4,327 56.4% 3,337 43.5% 4 7,668 D+12.9
Putnam 3,232 43.2% 4,212 56.3% 41 7,485 R+13.1
Santa Rosa 4,144 68.5% 1,909 31.5% 6,053 D+36.9
Highlands 2,296 39.8% 3,480 60.2% 5,776 R+20.5
Indian River 1,699 29.5% 4,059 70.5% 5,758 R+41.0
Osceola 1,923 34.8% 3,602 65.2% 2 5,527 R+30.4
Columbia 3,246 63.7% 1,841 36.1% 8 5,095 D+27.6
Walton 3,225 66.8% 1,606 33.2% 4,831 D+33.5
Nassau 2,765 61.5% 1,717 38.2% 15 4,497 D+23.3
Clay 2,048 46.3% 2,372 53.7% 4,420 R+7.3
Martin 1,387 31.6% 2,997 68.3% 3 4,387 R+36.7
Suwannee 3,163 75.1% 1,046 24.9% 4,209 D+50.3
Gadsden 2,262 62.7% 1,321 36.6% 24 3,607 D+26.1
Holmes 2,516 70.8% 1,036 29.2% 3,552 D+41.7
Bradford 2,328 65.8% 1,203 34.0% 9 3,540 D+31.8
Hardee 1,890 54.3% 1,589 45.7% 3,479 D+8.7
Sumter 2,329 68.7% 1,061 31.3% 3,390 D+37.4
Collier 1,304 40.3% 1,934 59.7% 3,238 R+19.5
Washington 2,164 67.5% 1,027 32.0% 17 3,208 D+35.4
Citrus 1,527 49.0% 1,570 50.4% 20 3,117 R+1.4
Madison 2,064 66.8% 1,017 32.9% 8 3,089 D+33.9
Hernando 1,435 51.5% 1,295 46.4% 58 2,788 D+5.0
Levy 1,821 65.7% 934 33.7% 15 2,770 D+32.0
Taylor 1,945 71.5% 776 28.5% 2,721 D+43.0
De Soto 1,315 51.6% 1,234 48.4% 2,549 D+3.2
Charlotte 929 36.9% 1,589 63.1% 2,518 R+26.2
Gulf 1,793 75.9% 570 24.1% 2,363 D+51.8
Calhoun 1,701 75.4% 554 24.6% 2,255 D+50.9
Hendry 1,003 48.3% 1,071 51.6% 2 2,076 R+3.3
Hamilton 1,493 76.2% 464 23.7% 3 1,960 D+52.5
Baker 1,443 79.7% 366 20.2% 2 1,811 D+59.5
Jefferson 1,201 68.4% 540 30.7% 16 1,757 D+37.6
Franklin 958 62.7% 571 37.3% 1,529 D+25.3
Wakulla 1,074 73.2% 393 26.8% 1,467 D+46.4
Okeechobee 835 59.2% 575 40.8% 1,410 D+18.4
Dixie 904 70.7% 370 29.0% 4 1,278 D+41.8
Lafayette 1,054 84.9% 187 15.1% 1,241 D+69.9
Flagler 690 57.3% 498 41.4% 16 1,204 D+15.9
Union 958 81.5% 218 18.5% 1,176 D+62.9
Liberty 870 78.2% 238 21.4% 4 1,112 D+56.8
Gilchrist 925 87.1% 137 12.9% 1,062 D+74.2
Glades 339 52.3% 309 47.7% 648 D+4.6

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.

Florida in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+3.4
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+1.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+0.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+2.8
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+5.0
2000 George W. Bush (R) level
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+5.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+1.9
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+22.4
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+30.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.0
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+5.3
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+44.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+2.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+14.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+10.0
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.2
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.0
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+52.2
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+49.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+17.2
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+28.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+31.3
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+51.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.1
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+41.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+46.9
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+52.8
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.2
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+85.0
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+19.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.2
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+8.3
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.0