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Election 1956 Results

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1956 presidential election in Louisiana

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Louisiana in 1956, 53.3% to 39.5%, a margin of 13.8 points and 85,070 votes.

Louisiana voted 1.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+15.4.

Louisiana changed party: in 1952 it went Democratic, for Adlai Stevenson II.

Republicans led in 43 of the 64 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17 and other candidates in 4. The largest, Orleans, cast 164,634 votes and went to the Republican by 17.1 points. The closest was Tensas, where 16 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dwight D. Eisenhower won	Republican	329,047	53.3%
Adlai Stevenson II	Democratic	243,977	39.5%
T. Coleman Andrews	States' Rights	44,520	7.2%
Total		617,544

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Orleans	64,958 39.5%	93,082 56.5%	6,594	164,634	R+17.1
Jefferson	16,577 39.0%	24,324 57.2%	1,598	42,499	R+18.2
East Baton Rouge	17,072 40.3%	24,018 56.7%	1,241	42,331	R+16.4
Caddo	10,780 27.7%	23,432 60.3%	4,637	38,849	R+32.6
Calcasieu	12,255 45.8%	13,760 51.5%	718	26,733	R+5.6
Rapides	5,961 35.2%	9,105 53.8%	1,845	16,911	R+18.6
Ouachita	4,372 28.8%	7,094 46.8%	3,692	15,158	R+18.0
Lafayette	4,695 39.9%	6,711 57.1%	347	11,753	R+17.2
Tangipahoa	4,831 43.2%	5,788 51.7%	566	11,185	R+8.6
Iberia	3,544 33.4%	6,733 63.4%	338	10,615	R+30.0
Acadia	6,122 58.2%	4,204 40.0%	191	10,517	D+18.2
St. Landry	4,435 44.5%	5,141 51.6%	394	9,970	R+7.1
Lafourche	3,466 36.4%	5,741 60.3%	321	9,528	R+23.9
Vermilion	4,564 52.5%	3,877 44.6%	254	8,695	D+7.9
Washington	4,658 57.9%	3,081 38.3%	308	8,047	D+19.6
Terrebonne	2,460 32.0%	4,983 64.8%	241	7,684	R+32.8
St. Tammany	3,373 44.2%	3,965 51.9%	301	7,639	R+7.7
Avoyelles	3,628 49.6%	3,255 44.5%	436	7,319	D+5.1
St. Bernard	3,283 45.5%	3,648 50.5%	286	7,217	R+5.1
Webster	2,352 34.9%	3,280 48.7%	1,101	6,733	R+13.8
St. Mary	2,395 35.9%	4,097 61.5%	171	6,663	R+25.5
Jefferson Davis	2,346 35.4%	4,170 62.9%	110	6,626	R+27.5
Bossier	1,954 30.8%	3,107 49.0%	1,284	6,345	R+18.2
Natchitoches	2,028 35.1%	3,203 55.5%	539	5,770	R+20.4
Evangeline	3,336 58.7%	2,170 38.2%	174	5,680	D+20.5
Morehouse	1,512 29.2%	1,850 35.7%	1,820	5,182	R+6.5
Beauregard	2,276 44.2%	2,711 52.7%	159	5,146	R+8.5
Allen	2,284 46.7%	2,469 50.5%	140	4,893	R+3.8
Vernon	2,158 45.3%	2,372 49.8%	232	4,762	R+4.5
Ascension	2,606 57.5%	1,853 40.9%	76	4,535	D+16.6
Lincoln	1,014 22.4%	2,676 59.2%	830	4,520	R+36.8
Livingston	2,571 58.8%	1,628 37.2%	173	4,372	D+21.6
St. Charles	1,671 40.0%	2,417 57.9%	89	4,177	R+17.9
Sabine	1,800 43.5%	2,086 50.5%	248	4,134	R+6.9
Iberville	2,018 51.4%	1,843 47.0%	63	3,924	D+4.5
Claiborne	810 20.8%	2,084 53.6%	992	3,886	R+32.8
St. Martin	2,069 54.7%	1,615 42.7%	96	3,780	D+12.0
Desoto	1,206 32.0%	2,011 53.3%	554	3,771	R+21.3
St. James	1,832 48.7%	1,849 49.2%	78	3,759	R+0.5
Plaquemines	534 14.5%	2,998 81.2%	160	3,692	R+66.7
Richland	1,094 30.8%	1,063 29.9%	1,400	3,557	Others
Grant	1,542 43.6%	1,630 46.1%	367	3,539	R+2.5
Winn	1,225 35.0%	1,736 49.6%	542	3,503	R+14.6
Franklin	1,352 39.1%	1,130 32.7%	975	3,457	D+6.4
Union	878 25.7%	1,384 40.5%	1,156	3,418	R+14.8
Bienville	815 26.3%	1,515 48.9%	770	3,100	R+22.6
Assumption	1,282 41.4%	1,708 55.2%	106	3,096	R+13.8
La Salle	951 31.1%	1,885 61.6%	226	3,062	R+30.5
Pointe Coupee	1,542 52.1%	1,332 45.0%	84	2,958	D+7.1
Jackson	916 32.0%	1,553 54.3%	393	2,862	R+22.3
St. John The Baptist	1,278 47.1%	1,372 50.6%	64	2,714	R+3.5
West Carroll	875 33.4%	658 25.1%	1,089	2,622	Others
East Feliciana	1,304 53.6%	912 37.5%	219	2,435	D+16.1
West Baton Rouge	1,208 52.2%	1,035 44.7%	71	2,314	D+7.5
Concordia	699 33.0%	841 39.7%	576	2,116	R+6.7
Catahoula	707 39.2%	845 46.9%	250	1,802	R+7.7
Red River	803 44.9%	661 37.0%	324	1,788	D+7.9
Madison	276 16.3%	461 27.2%	955	1,692	Others
St. Helena	997 59.0%	545 32.3%	147	1,689	D+26.8
Caldwell	468 28.0%	587 35.2%	614	1,669	Others
Cameron	794 58.4%	547 40.2%	19	1,360	D+18.2
East Carroll	545 40.5%	415 30.8%	387	1,347	D+9.7
Tensas	324 31.6%	359 35.0%	343	1,026	R+3.4
West Feliciana	296 37.8%	442 56.4%	46	784	R+18.6

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.

Louisiana in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.0
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+19.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+17.2
2008	John McCain (R)	R+18.6
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+14.5
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.7
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+12.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+4.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+9.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.6
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+5.5
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+5.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.0
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+13.6
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+21.8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+5.8
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+61.2
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+71.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+77.7
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+85.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+52.6
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+56.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+38.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+78.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.0
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+72.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+78.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+58.1
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+54.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+53.1
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+46.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+14.9
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+25.0
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+3.3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+11.4
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+41.4

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