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1956 presidential election in Vermont

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Vermont in 1956, 72.2% to 27.8%, a margin of 44.4 points and 67,850 votes.

Vermont voted 28.9 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 14 of the 14 counties as they stood then. The largest, Chittenden, cast 24,662 votes and went to the Republican by 14.4 points. The closest was Grand Isle, where 374 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 110,390 72.2%
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic 42,540 27.8%
All other candidates 39 0.0%
Total152,969

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Chittenden 10,554 42.8% 14,108 57.2% 24,662 R+14.4
Rutland 5,149 26.1% 14,570 73.9% 19,719 R+47.8
Windsor 3,817 21.2% 14,157 78.7% 5 17,979 R+57.5
Washington 4,539 28.6% 11,351 71.4% 5 15,895 R+42.9
Windham 2,475 19.8% 9,979 80.0% 22 12,476 R+60.1
Franklin 4,855 40.5% 7,125 59.5% 11,980 R+18.9
Bennington 2,596 23.5% 8,434 76.4% 4 11,034 R+52.9
Caledonia 1,752 18.8% 7,560 81.2% 9,312 R+62.4
Addison 1,665 21.8% 5,990 78.2% 7,655 R+56.5
Orleans 2,060 27.8% 5,344 72.2% 7,404 R+44.4
Orange 1,070 16.0% 5,616 84.0% 2 6,688 R+68.0
Lamoille 681 16.4% 3,464 83.6% 4,145 R+67.1
Essex 723 29.7% 1,714 70.3% 1 2,438 R+40.6
Grand Isle 604 38.2% 978 61.8% 1,582 R+23.6

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.

Vermont in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+31.5
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+35.4
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+26.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+35.6
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+37.0
2004 John Kerry (D) D+20.1
2000 Al Gore (D) D+9.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+22.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+15.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+17.1
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+6.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+11.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+32.6
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+44.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+43.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+24.6
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+14.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+9.9
1936 Alf Landon (R) R+13.2
1932 Herbert Hoover (R) R+16.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+34.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+62.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+52.6
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+27.2
1912 William Howard Taft (R) R+12.7
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+53.3
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+59.1
1900 William McKinley (R) R+52.9
1896 William McKinley (R) R+63.4
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+38.8
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+43.4
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+37.4
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+41.9
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+37.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+57.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+57.1