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Election 1956 Results

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1956 presidential election in Michigan

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Michigan in 1956, 55.6% to 44.1%, a margin of 11.5 points and 353,749 votes.

Michigan voted 3.9 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.

Republicans led in 80 of the 83 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Wayne, cast 1,148,245 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.9 points. The closest was Alger, where 35 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 1,713,647 55.6%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 1,359,898 44.1%
All other candidates 6,923 0.2%
Total3,080,468

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wayne 664,618 57.9% 481,783 42.0% 1,844 1,148,245 D+15.9
Oakland 99,901 39.4% 152,990 60.4% 527 253,418 R+20.9
Kent 48,871 33.8% 94,969 65.7% 642 144,482 R+31.9
Genesee 62,808 45.4% 75,431 54.5% 235 138,474 R+9.1
Macomb 62,816 51.7% 58,337 48.0% 266 121,419 D+3.7
Ingham 27,323 33.1% 55,211 66.8% 120 82,654 R+33.7
Saginaw 25,681 37.0% 43,470 62.7% 210 69,361 R+25.6
Kalamazoo 17,808 29.0% 43,305 70.5% 320 61,433 R+41.5
Washtenaw 19,124 32.9% 38,911 66.9% 141 58,176 R+34.0
Muskegon 25,679 45.7% 30,395 54.0% 172 56,246 R+8.4
Berrien 18,454 34.1% 35,397 65.5% 194 54,045 R+31.3
Calhoun 20,184 38.3% 32,284 61.3% 175 52,643 R+23.0
Jackson 15,479 30.3% 35,453 69.4% 147 51,079 R+39.1
St. Clair 12,753 30.4% 29,116 69.5% 51 41,920 R+39.0
Bay 15,301 39.3% 23,519 60.4% 128 38,948 R+21.1
Ottawa 9,459 24.8% 28,611 74.9% 130 38,200 R+50.1
Monroe 14,414 43.3% 18,782 56.4% 109 33,305 R+13.1
Lenawee 7,857 27.1% 21,100 72.7% 74 29,031 R+45.6
Allegan 5,617 25.3% 16,509 74.4% 51 22,177 R+49.1
Marquette 9,543 43.2% 12,504 56.6% 37 22,084 R+13.4
Shiawassee 6,873 31.9% 14,600 67.7% 78 21,551 R+35.9
Eaton 6,053 30.5% 13,762 69.3% 35 19,850 R+38.8
Van Buren 5,678 29.8% 13,291 69.7% 94 19,063 R+39.9
Midland 4,422 25.0% 13,207 74.8% 33 17,662 R+49.7
St. Joseph 4,242 25.5% 12,328 74.1% 64 16,634 R+48.6
Houghton 6,866 41.6% 9,620 58.3% 25 16,511 R+16.7
Ionia 4,952 31.0% 11,001 68.8% 46 15,999 R+37.8
Tuscola 3,864 24.2% 12,052 75.6% 19 15,935 R+51.4
Clinton 3,673 25.4% 10,770 74.4% 31 14,474 R+49.0
Lapeer 3,913 27.1% 10,527 72.8% 19 14,459 R+45.7
Delta 6,489 45.4% 7,766 54.3% 45 14,300 R+8.9
Livingston 3,845 27.1% 10,315 72.6% 45 14,205 R+45.5
Sanilac 2,954 21.0% 11,095 78.9% 17 14,066 R+57.9
Montcalm 4,189 30.0% 9,759 69.8% 33 13,981 R+39.8
Hillsdale 3,428 24.8% 10,311 74.7% 67 13,806 R+49.9
Cass 4,842 35.1% 8,899 64.5% 47 13,788 R+29.4
Huron 3,192 23.3% 10,493 76.6% 19 13,704 R+53.3
Gratiot 3,267 24.0% 10,319 75.7% 44 13,630 R+51.7
Barry 3,907 29.3% 9,359 70.2% 63 13,329 R+40.9
Gogebic 6,142 47.1% 6,865 52.7% 25 13,032 R+5.5
Branch 3,827 30.0% 8,856 69.5% 61 12,744 R+39.5
Grand Traverse 3,256 26.3% 9,102 73.5% 30 12,388 R+47.2
Isabella 3,183 27.4% 8,415 72.4% 23 11,621 R+45.0
Dickinson 5,113 45.1% 6,200 54.7% 17 11,330 R+9.6
Chippewa 4,106 37.1% 6,957 62.8% 14 11,077 R+25.7
Menominee 4,610 42.9% 6,137 57.1% 10 10,757 R+14.2
Alpena 3,033 29.8% 7,142 70.2% 2 10,177 R+40.4
Newaygo 2,808 28.3% 7,088 71.5% 20 9,916 R+43.2
Iron 4,490 47.5% 4,955 52.4% 13 9,458 R+4.9
Mason 3,274 34.7% 6,142 65.1% 12 9,428 R+30.4
Manistee 3,014 36.2% 5,313 63.7% 9 8,336 R+27.6
Wexford 2,604 33.9% 5,052 65.8% 27 7,683 R+31.9
Mecosta 1,768 24.3% 5,492 75.4% 19 7,279 R+51.2
Emmet 1,903 28.4% 4,764 71.2% 28 6,695 R+42.7
Oceana 1,868 29.3% 4,479 70.3% 25 6,372 R+41.0
Cheboygan 1,910 30.3% 4,379 69.6% 7 6,296 R+39.2
Iosco 1,660 27.4% 4,385 72.5% 3 6,048 R+45.1
Charlevoix 1,935 32.9% 3,924 66.8% 15 5,874 R+33.9
Osceola 1,236 21.3% 4,549 78.3% 26 5,811 R+57.0
Ontonagon 2,175 42.2% 2,976 57.7% 4 5,155 R+15.5
Antrim 1,376 27.5% 3,623 72.3% 9 5,008 R+44.9
Presque Isle 1,917 38.5% 3,058 61.4% 3 4,978 R+22.9
Clare 1,194 24.2% 3,721 75.5% 13 4,928 R+51.3
Mackinac 1,540 31.9% 3,279 68.0% 4 4,823 R+36.1
Leelanau 1,287 30.1% 2,987 69.8% 4 4,278 R+39.7
Gladwin 1,117 26.3% 3,121 73.5% 10 4,248 R+47.2
Ogemaw 1,300 30.7% 2,931 69.2% 6 4,237 R+38.5
Alger 2,105 50.2% 2,070 49.4% 18 4,193 D+0.8
Schoolcraft 1,723 41.2% 2,453 58.7% 1 4,177 R+17.5
Arenac 1,520 36.6% 2,631 63.3% 4 4,155 R+26.7
Benzie 1,046 28.4% 2,620 71.2% 15 3,681 R+42.8
Baraga 1,574 44.4% 1,968 55.5% 3 3,545 R+11.1
Roscommon 827 23.6% 2,674 76.2% 8 3,509 R+52.6
Missaukee 727 22.9% 2,433 76.8% 8 3,168 R+53.9
Otsego 1,095 36.2% 1,930 63.7% 3 3,028 R+27.6
Alcona 788 28.3% 1,991 71.5% 5 2,784 R+43.2
Lake 1,083 40.1% 1,614 59.8% 2 2,699 R+19.7
Luce 651 27.2% 1,734 72.6% 5 2,390 R+45.3
Kalkaska 636 30.5% 1,443 69.1% 9 2,088 R+38.6
Montmorency 608 30.5% 1,385 69.4% 3 1,996 R+38.9
Crawford 547 28.3% 1,380 71.5% 3 1,930 R+43.2
Keweenaw 689 45.2% 834 54.8% 1,523 R+9.5
Oscoda 294 22.0% 1,044 78.0% 1,338 R+56.1

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.

Michigan in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+1.4
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+2.8
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.2
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+16.5
2004 John Kerry (D) D+3.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+5.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+13.2
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+7.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+7.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+19.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.5
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.4
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+14.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+6.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+33.6
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.0
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.7
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.0
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+0.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+41.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+50.5
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+8.0
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+29.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+43.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+19.2
1896 William McKinley (R) R+10.3
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.4
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+4.9
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+0.8
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+15.2
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+8.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+27.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.0