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Election 1956 Results

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1956 presidential election in Oklahoma

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Oklahoma in 1956, 55.1% to 44.9%, a margin of 10.3 points and 88,188 votes.

Oklahoma voted 5.2 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 39 of the 77 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 38. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 142,907 votes and went to the Republican by 19.5 points. The closest was Okfuskee, where 32 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dwight D. Eisenhower won	Republican	473,769	55.1%
Adlai Stevenson II	Democratic	385,581	44.9%
Total		859,350

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	57,512 40.2%	85,395 59.8%	142,907	R+19.5
Tulsa	43,805 34.5%	83,219 65.5%	127,024	R+31.0
Kay	8,071 35.2%	14,837 64.8%	22,908	R+29.5
Garfield	6,769 30.6%	15,348 69.4%	22,117	R+38.8
Muskogee	10,413 48.5%	11,057 51.5%	21,470	R+3.0
Washington	5,529 30.7%	12,488 69.3%	18,017	R+38.6
Pottawatomie	8,895 51.1%	8,496 48.9%	17,391	D+2.3
Comanche	8,756 53.8%	7,532 46.2%	16,288	D+7.5
Payne	6,320 40.3%	9,381 59.7%	15,701	R+19.5
Creek	7,102 46.1%	8,295 53.9%	15,397	R+7.7
Carter	9,341 61.0%	5,974 39.0%	15,315	D+22.0
Okmulgee	7,626 53.2%	6,703 46.8%	14,329	D+6.4
Stephens	7,524 54.3%	6,324 45.7%	13,848	D+8.7
Cleveland	5,987 43.5%	7,766 56.5%	13,753	R+12.9
Pittsburg	8,382 61.5%	5,239 38.5%	13,621	D+23.1
Osage	5,939 44.9%	7,296 55.1%	13,235	R+10.3
Ottawa	5,721 45.9%	6,730 54.1%	12,451	R+8.1
Grady	6,773 56.6%	5,191 43.4%	11,964	D+13.2
Caddo	5,884 52.5%	5,331 47.5%	11,215	D+4.9
Seminole	5,897 53.0%	5,230 47.0%	11,127	D+6.0
Pontotoc	5,950 55.3%	4,814 44.7%	10,764	D+10.6
Garvin	6,451 62.6%	3,850 37.4%	10,301	D+25.2
Canadian	3,896 40.6%	5,702 59.4%	9,598	R+18.8
Le Flore	5,276 55.0%	4,310 45.0%	9,586	D+10.1
Lincoln	3,909 43.9%	4,993 56.1%	8,902	R+12.2
Bryan	5,729 66.1%	2,939 33.9%	8,668	D+32.2
Mayes	3,760 44.6%	4,677 55.4%	8,437	R+10.9
Logan	2,875 35.1%	5,326 64.9%	8,201	R+29.9
Rogers	3,185 41.5%	4,487 58.5%	7,672	R+17.0
McCurtain	4,761 63.8%	2,707 36.2%	7,468	D+27.5
Custer	3,026 42.0%	4,182 58.0%	7,208	R+16.0
Hughes	4,278 60.6%	2,783 39.4%	7,061	D+21.2
Sequoyah	3,560 51.7%	3,330 48.3%	6,890	D+3.3
Jackson	4,435 65.4%	2,343 34.6%	6,778	D+30.9
Beckham	3,561 52.7%	3,194 47.3%	6,755	D+5.4
Craig	3,106 46.7%	3,543 53.3%	6,649	R+6.6
Cherokee	2,991 47.7%	3,277 52.3%	6,268	R+4.6
Kiowa	3,371 55.4%	2,713 44.6%	6,084	D+10.8
Wagoner	2,544 41.8%	3,537 58.2%	6,081	R+16.3
Woods	2,123 35.9%	3,787 64.1%	5,910	R+28.2
Delaware	2,679 46.5%	3,078 53.5%	5,757	R+6.9
Washita	3,191 55.6%	2,552 44.4%	5,743	D+11.1
Blaine	1,844 32.4%	3,855 67.6%	5,699	R+35.3
Choctaw	3,469 61.1%	2,206 38.9%	5,675	D+22.3
Pawnee	2,264 40.0%	3,390 60.0%	5,654	R+19.9
Kingfisher	1,668 29.8%	3,935 70.2%	5,603	R+40.5
Adair	2,418 43.4%	3,152 56.6%	5,570	R+13.2
Noble	2,017 36.3%	3,536 63.7%	5,553	R+27.4
Nowata	2,268 41.7%	3,168 58.3%	5,436	R+16.6
Texas	1,886 36.2%	3,320 63.8%	5,206	R+27.5
Tillman	3,366 65.0%	1,810 35.0%	5,176	D+30.1
McClain	2,981 58.9%	2,081 41.1%	5,062	D+17.8
Woodward	1,618 32.2%	3,405 67.8%	5,023	R+35.6
McIntosh	2,728 55.9%	2,149 44.1%	4,877	D+11.9
Grant	1,953 41.2%	2,788 58.8%	4,741	R+17.6
Okfuskee	2,331 50.3%	2,299 49.7%	4,630	D+0.7
Alfalfa	1,371 29.7%	3,251 70.3%	4,622	R+40.7
Murray	2,482 57.8%	1,809 42.2%	4,291	D+15.7
Atoka	2,424 58.3%	1,731 41.7%	4,155	D+16.7
Haskell	2,381 57.5%	1,758 42.5%	4,139	D+15.1
Major	951 25.2%	2,826 74.8%	3,777	R+49.6
Pushmataha	2,273 60.3%	1,499 39.7%	3,772	D+20.5
Jefferson	2,539 68.2%	1,186 31.8%	3,725	D+36.3
Greer	1,907 56.0%	1,499 44.0%	3,406	D+12.0
Johnston	2,232 65.9%	1,157 34.1%	3,389	D+31.7
Latimer	1,994 59.0%	1,387 41.0%	3,381	D+18.0
Dewey	1,448 43.3%	1,896 56.7%	3,344	R+13.4
Cotton	1,889 57.5%	1,398 42.5%	3,287	D+14.9
Marshall	2,100 64.6%	1,151 35.4%	3,251	D+29.2
Beaver	946 31.6%	2,046 68.4%	2,992	R+36.8
Ellis	920 32.4%	1,916 67.6%	2,836	R+35.1
Harmon	1,743 67.6%	837 32.4%	2,580	D+35.1
Coal	1,596 63.4%	920 36.6%	2,516	D+26.9
Love	1,756 70.6%	731 29.4%	2,487	D+41.2
Roger Mills	1,367 56.0%	1,072 44.0%	2,439	D+12.1
Harper	736 31.6%	1,596 68.4%	2,332	R+36.9
Cimarron	812 43.5%	1,053 56.5%	1,865	R+12.9

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.

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+34.3
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+33.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.4
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+33.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+31.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+31.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+7.8
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+37.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+49.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+15.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.5
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+28.3
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+5.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+5.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+11.2
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.2

1956 presidential election in Oklahoma

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