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Election 1956 Results

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1956 presidential election in Kansas

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Kansas in 1956, 65.4% to 34.2%, a margin of 31.2 points and 270,561 votes.

Kansas voted 15.8 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 104 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 118,360 votes and went to the Republican by 22.4 points. The closest was Hamilton, where 313 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 566,878 65.4%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 296,317 34.2%
All other candidates 3,048 0.4%
Total866,243

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 45,732 38.6% 72,292 61.1% 336 118,360 R+22.4
Wyandotte 37,842 52.1% 34,604 47.6% 186 72,632 D+4.5
Johnson 14,185 28.5% 35,511 71.4% 37 49,733 R+42.9
Shawnee 16,298 33.2% 32,647 66.5% 130 49,075 R+33.3
Reno 7,461 33.0% 15,057 66.6% 102 22,620 R+33.6
Montgomery 7,265 35.3% 13,252 64.3% 81 20,598 R+29.1
Crawford 7,799 44.7% 9,578 54.9% 60 17,437 R+10.2
Saline 4,908 30.5% 11,172 69.3% 37 16,117 R+38.9
Butler 6,158 39.0% 9,591 60.7% 45 15,794 R+21.7
Douglas 4,283 27.9% 11,029 71.8% 39 15,351 R+43.9
Leavenworth 5,480 38.2% 8,826 61.6% 33 14,339 R+23.3
Barton 4,378 33.5% 8,644 66.2% 41 13,063 R+32.7
Labette 5,202 40.2% 7,677 59.3% 57 12,936 R+19.1
Riley 2,784 22.8% 9,385 76.8% 44 12,213 R+54.0
Lyon 3,831 32.2% 8,021 67.3% 59 11,911 R+35.2
Sumner 4,088 36.6% 7,024 63.0% 46 11,158 R+26.3
Cowley 3,753 35.6% 6,734 63.9% 46 10,533 R+28.3
Harvey 3,084 29.4% 7,367 70.2% 43 10,494 R+40.8
McPherson 2,603 25.5% 7,521 73.7% 74 10,198 R+48.2
Cherokee 4,112 41.2% 5,824 58.4% 39 9,975 R+17.2
Dickinson 2,452 24.7% 7,422 74.9% 34 9,908 R+50.2
Franklin 2,591 28.2% 6,557 71.4% 33 9,181 R+43.2
Neosho 3,005 33.7% 5,886 66.0% 29 8,920 R+32.3
Atchison 3,134 35.8% 5,608 64.1% 9 8,751 R+28.3
Bourbon 3,151 37.1% 5,306 62.4% 47 8,504 R+25.3
Miami 3,428 40.4% 5,031 59.3% 25 8,484 R+18.9
Ford 2,710 32.6% 5,561 66.8% 49 8,320 R+34.3
Marshall 2,487 30.4% 5,664 69.3% 28 8,179 R+38.8
Ellis 3,058 40.6% 4,466 59.3% 4 7,528 R+18.7
Allen 2,143 28.5% 5,342 71.2% 23 7,508 R+42.6
Marion 1,644 23.5% 5,318 76.0% 36 6,998 R+52.5
Brown 1,519 22.7% 5,138 77.0% 20 6,677 R+54.2
Rice 1,926 29.3% 4,638 70.5% 17 6,581 R+41.2
Cloud 2,008 30.8% 4,466 68.6% 35 6,509 R+37.8
Nemaha 2,038 32.6% 4,195 67.1% 18 6,251 R+34.5
Wilson 1,645 26.7% 4,502 73.0% 20 6,167 R+46.3
Osage 1,979 32.2% 4,136 67.3% 32 6,147 R+35.1
Geary 2,078 33.9% 4,013 65.5% 32 6,123 R+31.6
Greenwood 1,763 29.6% 4,164 70.0% 21 5,948 R+40.4
Pottawatomie 1,422 24.6% 4,335 75.0% 25 5,782 R+50.4
Washington 1,389 24.6% 4,220 74.8% 32 5,641 R+50.2
Pratt 1,956 34.9% 3,620 64.5% 34 5,610 R+29.7
Clay 1,034 18.9% 4,378 80.2% 49 5,461 R+61.2
Russell 1,528 28.0% 3,920 71.8% 13 5,461 R+43.8
Finney 1,752 32.8% 3,576 66.9% 20 5,348 R+34.1
Republic 1,613 30.6% 3,621 68.8% 32 5,266 R+38.1
Jefferson 1,536 29.3% 3,677 70.2% 22 5,235 R+40.9
Jackson 1,356 28.0% 3,469 71.7% 12 4,837 R+43.7
Kingman 1,428 30.6% 3,226 69.1% 16 4,670 R+38.5
Coffey 1,247 27.4% 3,286 72.2% 16 4,549 R+44.8
Jewell 1,034 23.0% 3,395 75.5% 67 4,496 R+52.5
Anderson 1,369 30.7% 3,080 69.0% 14 4,463 R+38.3
Harper 1,311 29.5% 3,111 70.0% 23 4,445 R+40.5
Mitchell 1,214 27.4% 3,198 72.2% 20 4,432 R+44.8
Pawnee 1,567 35.8% 2,788 63.7% 20 4,375 R+27.9
Doniphan 1,197 27.6% 3,130 72.1% 12 4,339 R+44.5
Rooks 1,238 28.7% 3,059 70.9% 19 4,316 R+42.2
Smith 1,139 26.4% 3,142 73.0% 26 4,307 R+46.5
Norton 1,194 28.0% 3,052 71.6% 18 4,264 R+43.6
Linn 1,177 28.2% 2,991 71.6% 7 4,175 R+43.4
Phillips 985 23.9% 3,117 75.5% 27 4,129 R+51.6
Seward 1,162 28.6% 2,885 71.0% 19 4,066 R+42.4
Osborne 1,023 25.6% 2,948 73.7% 28 3,999 R+48.1
Stafford 1,242 31.1% 2,728 68.4% 20 3,990 R+37.2
Barber 1,241 31.4% 2,698 68.3% 10 3,949 R+36.9
Morris 1,208 30.9% 2,677 68.6% 20 3,905 R+37.6
Ellsworth 1,351 34.7% 2,524 64.9% 14 3,889 R+30.2
Wabaunsee 802 23.2% 2,650 76.6% 6 3,458 R+53.4
Ottawa 1,037 30.6% 2,329 68.8% 19 3,385 R+38.2
Rush 1,080 34.9% 2,007 64.9% 7 3,094 R+30.0
Chautauqua 887 28.8% 2,180 70.8% 10 3,077 R+42.0
Woodson 870 28.4% 2,171 70.9% 22 3,063 R+42.5
Thomas 1,138 37.4% 1,888 62.1% 16 3,042 R+24.7
Decatur 920 31.1% 2,028 68.6% 9 2,957 R+37.5
Lincoln 681 23.4% 2,219 76.2% 12 2,912 R+52.8
Sherman 962 34.2% 1,825 65.0% 22 2,809 R+30.7
Elk 812 29.7% 1,909 69.9% 10 2,731 R+40.2
Ness 758 28.6% 1,876 70.8% 16 2,650 R+42.2
Edwards 771 29.7% 1,816 69.9% 10 2,597 R+40.2
Graham 725 30.1% 1,676 69.5% 11 2,412 R+39.4
Trego 726 30.2% 1,668 69.4% 9 2,403 R+39.2
Rawlins 711 29.8% 1,668 69.9% 8 2,387 R+40.1
Meade 575 24.8% 1,720 74.3% 20 2,315 R+49.5
Kiowa 517 22.9% 1,717 76.2% 20 2,254 R+53.2
Cheyenne 663 30.8% 1,479 68.8% 8 2,150 R+38.0
Chase 529 25.4% 1,553 74.4% 4 2,086 R+49.1
Sheridan 633 32.2% 1,324 67.4% 7 1,964 R+35.2
Gray 627 32.8% 1,278 66.8% 9 1,914 R+34.0
Stevens 565 30.6% 1,273 69.0% 7 1,845 R+38.4
Scott 451 24.6% 1,376 75.1% 5 1,832 R+50.5
Logan 493 27.0% 1,328 72.6% 8 1,829 R+45.7
Gove 492 27.0% 1,315 72.3% 12 1,819 R+45.2
Clark 529 29.7% 1,243 69.8% 8 1,780 R+40.1
Comanche 461 27.0% 1,238 72.4% 11 1,710 R+45.4
Hodgeman 435 28.0% 1,113 71.6% 6 1,554 R+43.6
Grant 459 30.1% 1,058 69.5% 6 1,523 R+39.3
Hamilton 552 38.7% 865 60.7% 9 1,426 R+21.9
Lane 380 27.6% 992 72.1% 4 1,376 R+44.5
Kearny 418 32.8% 854 67.0% 3 1,275 R+34.2
Morton 436 34.7% 814 64.8% 7 1,257 R+30.1
Haskell 341 29.0% 829 70.5% 6 1,176 R+41.5
Wichita 312 29.4% 747 70.4% 2 1,061 R+41.0
Wallace 251 26.7% 684 72.7% 6 941 R+46.0
Stanton 226 28.9% 549 70.2% 7 782 R+41.3
Greeley 174 22.4% 599 77.1% 4 777 R+54.7

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.

Kansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+14.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+9.0
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+21.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+45.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.9
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+18.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+9.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+24.2
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+24.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+32.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+37.7