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Election 1956 Results

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1956 presidential election in Illinois

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Illinois in 1956, 59.7% to 40.3%, a margin of 19.4 points and 856,043 votes.

Illinois voted 4.0 points more Republican 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.

Republicans led in 98 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Cook, cast 2,276,844 votes and went to the Republican by 14.1 points. The closest was Macoupin, where 21 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 2,631,725 59.7%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 1,775,682 40.3%
Total4,407,407

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 977,821 42.9% 1,299,023 57.1% 2,276,844 R+14.1
Du Page 23,103 20.1% 92,041 79.9% 115,144 R+59.9
Lake 32,279 32.5% 66,910 67.5% 99,189 R+34.9
St. Clair 55,295 56.9% 41,811 43.1% 97,106 D+13.9
Madison 47,897 54.8% 39,501 45.2% 87,398 D+9.6
Peoria 30,145 37.2% 50,996 62.8% 81,141 R+25.7
Winnebago 29,063 37.5% 48,421 62.5% 77,484 R+25.0
Kane 20,848 27.1% 56,068 72.9% 76,916 R+45.8
Sangamon 28,949 40.2% 42,986 59.8% 71,935 R+19.5
Will 25,188 35.5% 45,728 64.5% 70,916 R+29.0
Rock Island 29,145 48.1% 31,460 51.9% 60,605 R+3.8
La Salle 18,318 35.3% 33,544 64.7% 51,862 R+29.4
Macon 23,066 45.4% 27,705 54.6% 50,771 R+9.1
Vermilion 17,991 40.4% 26,594 59.6% 44,585 R+19.3
Champaign 13,799 32.8% 28,241 67.2% 42,040 R+34.4
Tazewell 16,230 40.6% 23,740 59.4% 39,970 R+18.8
McLean 12,332 32.4% 25,779 67.6% 38,111 R+35.3
Kankakee 11,088 33.5% 22,040 66.5% 33,128 R+33.1
McHenry 6,820 21.4% 24,978 78.6% 31,798 R+57.1
Adams 11,402 36.8% 19,601 63.2% 31,003 R+26.4
Knox 9,558 33.8% 18,693 66.2% 28,251 R+32.3
Macoupin 12,303 50.0% 12,324 50.0% 24,627 R+0.1
Henry 8,349 34.4% 15,935 65.6% 24,284 R+31.2
Williamson 10,345 43.4% 13,465 56.6% 23,810 R+13.1
Whiteside 6,158 25.9% 17,626 74.1% 23,784 R+48.2
Franklin 11,308 49.0% 11,761 51.0% 23,069 R+2.0
Fulton 8,702 41.2% 12,423 58.8% 21,125 R+17.6
Stephenson 6,349 30.8% 14,265 69.2% 20,614 R+38.4
Coles 7,569 37.8% 12,446 62.2% 20,015 R+24.4
De Kalb 4,826 24.2% 15,103 75.8% 19,929 R+51.6
Bureau 5,781 29.3% 13,930 70.7% 19,711 R+41.3
Christian 9,093 46.8% 10,341 53.2% 19,434 R+6.4
Marion 8,551 44.1% 10,834 55.9% 19,385 R+11.8
Livingston 5,197 27.1% 13,946 72.9% 19,143 R+45.7
Jackson 7,391 41.2% 10,536 58.8% 17,927 R+17.5
Jefferson 8,090 45.6% 9,637 54.4% 17,727 R+8.7
Montgomery 7,692 43.6% 9,953 56.4% 17,645 R+12.8
Ogle 3,660 21.7% 13,210 78.3% 16,870 R+56.6
Iroquois 4,487 27.0% 12,122 73.0% 16,609 R+46.0
Morgan 6,327 38.1% 10,273 61.9% 16,600 R+23.8
Lee 4,531 28.0% 11,658 72.0% 16,189 R+44.0
Saline 7,215 45.9% 8,501 54.1% 15,716 R+8.2
Randolph 6,778 44.5% 8,443 55.5% 15,221 R+10.9
Logan 4,793 33.3% 9,603 66.7% 14,396 R+33.4
McDonough 3,872 28.5% 9,733 71.5% 13,605 R+43.1
Hancock 4,854 36.5% 8,443 63.5% 13,297 R+27.0
Shelby 5,337 43.0% 7,088 57.0% 12,425 R+14.1
Edgar 4,362 35.4% 7,947 64.6% 12,309 R+29.1
Woodford 3,257 27.6% 8,526 72.4% 11,783 R+44.7
Fayette 4,914 42.2% 6,744 57.8% 11,658 R+15.7
Clinton 4,242 36.5% 7,385 63.5% 11,627 R+27.0
Perry 4,901 42.9% 6,513 57.1% 11,414 R+14.1
Effingham 4,455 39.1% 6,925 60.9% 11,380 R+21.7
Pike 5,382 47.6% 5,936 52.4% 11,318 R+4.9
White 4,778 43.8% 6,139 56.2% 10,917 R+12.5
Crawford 3,906 36.6% 6,756 63.4% 10,662 R+26.7
Warren 2,996 28.3% 7,586 71.7% 10,582 R+43.4
Grundy 2,618 25.5% 7,643 74.5% 10,261 R+49.0
Wayne 3,942 38.5% 6,300 61.5% 10,242 R+23.0
Lawrence 3,751 38.0% 6,111 62.0% 9,862 R+23.9
Jo Daviess 2,906 30.0% 6,780 70.0% 9,686 R+40.0
Carroll 2,693 29.2% 6,518 70.8% 9,211 R+41.5
Clark 3,519 39.2% 5,455 60.8% 8,974 R+21.6
Mercer 2,969 34.1% 5,739 65.9% 8,708 R+31.8
Clay 3,553 41.1% 5,095 58.9% 8,648 R+17.8
Greene 3,909 45.2% 4,737 54.8% 8,646 R+9.6
Alexander 4,167 48.4% 4,446 51.6% 8,613 R+3.2
Boone 1,890 22.0% 6,712 78.0% 8,602 R+56.1
Union 4,359 50.9% 4,210 49.1% 8,569 D+1.7
De Witt 3,093 36.8% 5,311 63.2% 8,404 R+26.4
Douglas 2,774 33.3% 5,565 66.7% 8,339 R+33.5
Ford 2,152 26.3% 6,030 73.7% 8,182 R+47.4
Washington 2,820 34.7% 5,315 65.3% 8,135 R+30.7
Mason 3,199 40.6% 4,690 59.4% 7,889 R+18.9
Richland 2,485 31.9% 5,309 68.1% 7,794 R+36.2
Jersey 3,415 44.7% 4,225 55.3% 7,640 R+10.6
Cass 3,368 44.9% 4,136 55.1% 7,504 R+10.2
Monroe 2,648 36.0% 4,716 64.0% 7,364 R+28.1
Bond 2,834 39.4% 4,353 60.6% 7,187 R+21.1
Wabash 2,713 38.0% 4,433 62.0% 7,146 R+24.1
Marshall 2,245 32.0% 4,769 68.0% 7,014 R+36.0
Piatt 2,356 33.8% 4,623 66.2% 6,979 R+32.5
Massac 2,359 35.6% 4,270 64.4% 6,629 R+28.8
Moultrie 2,751 42.2% 3,764 57.8% 6,515 R+15.5
Kendall 1,407 21.7% 5,064 78.3% 6,471 R+56.5
Hamilton 2,685 42.2% 3,679 57.8% 6,364 R+15.6
Jasper 2,895 48.2% 3,107 51.8% 6,002 R+3.5
Cumberland 2,272 41.2% 3,240 58.8% 5,512 R+17.6
Schuyler 2,189 41.5% 3,081 58.5% 5,270 R+16.9
Pulaski 2,246 43.0% 2,981 57.0% 5,227 R+14.1
Menard 1,833 36.5% 3,192 63.5% 5,025 R+27.0
Edwards 1,210 26.6% 3,340 73.4% 4,550 R+46.8
Johnson 1,549 34.2% 2,975 65.8% 4,524 R+31.5
Gallatin 2,230 50.5% 2,185 49.5% 4,415 D+1.0
Stark 1,118 25.6% 3,243 74.4% 4,361 R+48.7
Henderson 1,469 34.9% 2,746 65.1% 4,215 R+30.3
Scott 1,478 39.1% 2,303 60.9% 3,781 R+21.8
Brown 1,748 46.3% 2,027 53.7% 3,775 R+7.4
Calhoun 1,498 44.2% 1,893 55.8% 3,391 R+11.6
Hardin 1,444 42.8% 1,927 57.2% 3,371 R+14.3
Pope 922 33.3% 1,843 66.7% 2,765 R+33.3
Putnam 913 34.6% 1,728 65.4% 2,641 R+30.9

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.

Illinois in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+10.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+17.0
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+17.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+16.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.1
2004 John Kerry (D) D+10.3
2000 Al Gore (D) D+12.0
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.5
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.9
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+2.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.9
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+0.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.2
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+14.8
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+35.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+42.3
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+9.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.2
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.3
1900 William McKinley (R) R+8.4
1896 William McKinley (R) R+13.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+3.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+3.7
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+6.5
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+13.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4