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Election 1956 Results

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1956 presidential election in Virginia

Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) beat Adlai Stevenson II (Democrat) in Virginia in 1956, 55.4% to 38.4%, a margin of 17.0 points and 118,699 votes.

Virginia voted 1.6 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 99 of the 129 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 29 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Richmond, cast 44,291 votes and went to the Republican by 37.5 points. The closest was Rappahannock, where 9 votes separated the top two.

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Results

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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	386,459	55.4%
Adlai Stevenson II	Democratic	267,760	38.4%
T. Coleman Andrews	States' Rights	42,964	6.2%
All other candidates		795	0.1%
Total		697,978

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	10,758 24.3%	27,367 61.8%	6,166	44,291	R+37.5
Arlington	16,674 42.0%	21,868 55.0%	1,183	39,725	R+13.1
Fairfax	15,633 41.9%	20,761 55.7%	873	37,267	R+13.8
Norfolk	14,571 42.2%	18,650 54.0%	1,304	34,525	R+11.8
Roanoke	6,751 28.0%	16,708 69.4%	623	24,082	R+41.3
Henrico	5,032 23.8%	12,702 60.2%	3,367	21,101	R+36.3
Alexandria	7,451 45.3%	8,633 52.5%	365	16,449	R+7.2
Hampton	5,108 39.3%	7,432 57.2%	443	12,983	R+17.9
Portsmouth	5,683 49.7%	5,390 47.1%	363	11,436	D+2.6
Norfolk (Ext)	6,026 55.2%	4,558 41.7%	336	10,920	D+13.4
Chesterfield	3,306 30.3%	5,787 53.1%	1,801	10,894	R+22.8
Roanoke	2,899 27.0%	7,509 69.8%	345	10,753	R+42.9
Lynchburg	3,362 32.0%	6,806 64.8%	334	10,502	R+32.8
Wise	5,567 53.0%	4,871 46.4%	57	10,495	D+6.6
Princess Anne (Ext)	4,342 46.9%	4,675 50.5%	236	9,253	R+3.6
Scott	3,595 41.1%	5,116 58.4%	43	8,754	R+17.4
Lee	3,714 44.7%	4,548 54.8%	42	8,304	R+10.0
Washington	3,547 43.0%	4,651 56.4%	52	8,250	R+13.4
Pittsylvania	4,136 53.1%	2,870 36.8%	788	7,794	D+16.2
Danville	2,409 31.2%	4,561 59.0%	756	7,726	R+27.9
Tazewell	3,495 46.4%	3,960 52.6%	80	7,535	R+6.2
Russell	3,641 50.4%	3,550 49.1%	33	7,224	D+1.3
Smyth	2,374 33.0%	4,771 66.2%	59	7,204	R+33.3
Dickenson	3,695 51.7%	3,444 48.1%	14	7,153	D+3.5
Newport News	3,069 43.3%	3,779 53.3%	247	7,095	R+10.0
Buchanan	3,616 52.9%	3,191 46.7%	24	6,831	D+6.2
Montgomery	1,848 28.2%	4,598 70.1%	113	6,559	R+41.9
Grayson	2,426 37.3%	4,039 62.2%	31	6,496	R+24.8
Bedford	2,649 43.8%	3,148 52.1%	249	6,046	R+8.3
Rockingham	1,605 26.6%	4,324 71.7%	98	6,027	R+45.1
Charlottesville	1,783 29.6%	3,746 62.2%	494	6,023	R+32.6
Shenandoah	1,769 29.4%	4,164 69.2%	86	6,019	R+39.8
Campbell	2,674 45.2%	2,827 47.8%	415	5,916	R+2.6
Carroll	1,739 29.8%	4,060 69.7%	29	5,828	R+39.8
Halifax	2,470 42.6%	1,782 30.7%	1,547	5,799	D+11.9
Pulaski	1,994 35.7%	3,517 63.1%	67	5,578	R+27.3
Petersburg	1,882 34.5%	3,166 58.1%	401	5,449	R+23.6
Wythe	1,766 33.3%	3,484 65.6%	57	5,307	R+32.4
Accomack	2,213 42.5%	2,823 54.2%	168	5,204	R+11.7
Henry	2,582 50.6%	2,436 47.7%	84	5,102	D+2.9
Augusta	1,484 29.1%	3,466 68.1%	142	5,092	R+38.9
Loudoun	1,960 42.1%	2,489 53.4%	211	4,660	R+11.4
Mecklenburg	2,004 45.2%	1,498 33.8%	932	4,434	D+11.4
Albemarle	1,412 32.2%	2,508 57.2%	466	4,386	R+25.0
Giles	2,016 46.0%	2,270 51.8%	93	4,379	R+5.8
Nansemond (Ext)	2,492 57.2%	1,753 40.2%	115	4,360	D+16.9
Franklin	2,142 49.2%	2,125 48.8%	87	4,354	D+0.4
Hanover	1,109 26.4%	2,272 54.1%	821	4,202	R+27.7
Prince William	1,851 46.6%	2,023 51.0%	96	3,970	R+4.3
Staunton	843 21.7%	2,908 74.9%	130	3,881	R+53.2
Fauquier	1,567 41.2%	2,112 55.5%	123	3,802	R+14.3
Page	1,358 35.9%	2,372 62.7%	51	3,781	R+26.8
Botetourt	1,377 36.6%	2,280 60.7%	101	3,758	R+24.0
Southampton	2,039 55.8%	1,290 35.3%	326	3,655	D+20.5
South Norfolk	1,871 51.8%	1,521 42.1%	217	3,609	D+9.7
Amherst	1,933 53.8%	1,529 42.6%	128	3,590	D+11.3
Martinsville	1,368 38.4%	2,125 59.7%	68	3,561	R+21.3
Hopewell	1,388 39.2%	1,908 53.9%	243	3,539	R+14.7
Bristol	1,645 47.6%	1,794 51.9%	18	3,457	R+4.3
Winchester	945 27.6%	2,375 69.5%	99	3,419	R+41.8
Rockbridge	1,039 30.4%	2,273 66.5%	106	3,418	R+36.1
Warren	1,322 38.8%	2,003 58.8%	80	3,405	R+20.0
Frederick	1,405 41.8%	1,882 56.0%	73	3,360	R+14.2
Nottoway	1,242 37.3%	1,124 33.8%	963	3,329	D+3.5
Brunswick	1,357 42.9%	799 25.3%	1,004	3,160	D+17.7
Patrick	1,677 54.8%	1,345 43.9%	40	3,062	D+10.8
Radford	1,118 36.6%	1,910 62.5%	30	3,058	R+25.9
Prince Edward	437 14.7%	932 31.4%	1,596	2,965	Others
York	1,064 36.4%	1,759 60.1%	104	2,927	R+23.7
Covington	1,189 40.9%	1,639 56.3%	81	2,909	R+15.5
Harrisonburg	571 19.7%	2,265 78.3%	57	2,893	R+58.6
Waynesboro	748 25.9%	2,049 71.0%	89	2,886	R+45.1
Charlotte	1,431 50.4%	791 27.9%	617	2,839	D+22.5
Suffolk	1,103 39.2%	1,617 57.5%	92	2,812	R+18.3
Floyd	799 28.6%	1,970 70.5%	27	2,796	R+41.9
Fredericksburg	934 33.7%	1,672 60.3%	169	2,775	R+26.6
Isle Of Wight	1,324 48.0%	1,298 47.1%	135	2,757	D+0.9
Falls Church	1,233 44.8%	1,462 53.1%	57	2,752	R+8.3
Culpeper	966 36.3%	1,502 56.4%	193	2,661	R+20.1
Stafford	978 36.9%	1,563 58.9%	111	2,652	R+22.1
Dinwiddie	1,282 48.8%	807 30.7%	539	2,628	D+18.1
Virginia Beach	1,111 43.7%	1,355 53.3%	77	2,543	R+9.6
Orange	794 31.6%	1,344 53.5%	372	2,510	R+21.9
Greensville	994 39.9%	724 29.1%	772	2,490	D+10.8
Northampton	1,132 45.7%	1,264 51.0%	81	2,477	R+5.3
Louisa	795 32.7%	1,152 47.4%	482	2,429	R+14.7
Spotsylvania	993 41.5%	1,244 51.9%	158	2,395	R+10.5
Lunenburg	1,111 47.5%	580 24.8%	648	2,339	D+22.7
Gloucester	723 31.8%	1,319 58.0%	234	2,276	R+26.2
Colonial Hts.	956 44.0%	1,037 47.7%	179	2,172	R+3.7
Appomattox	1,079 51.7%	853 40.9%	154	2,086	D+10.8
Alleghany	822 40.0%	1,135 55.3%	97	2,054	R+15.2
Nelson	1,215 59.2%	764 37.2%	75	2,054	D+22.0
Sussex	851 42.6%	785 39.3%	361	1,997	D+3.3
Caroline	853 43.3%	907 46.1%	209	1,969	R+2.7
Lancaster	373 19.1%	1,380 70.7%	200	1,953	R+51.6
Bland	813 41.8%	1,113 57.2%	21	1,947	R+15.4
Northumberland	428 22.5%	1,191 62.7%	281	1,900	R+40.2
Westmoreland	695 36.6%	1,033 54.5%	169	1,897	R+17.8
Clifton Forge	633 34.6%	1,125 61.5%	72	1,830	R+26.9
Amelia	403 23.3%	745 43.1%	580	1,728	R+19.8
Buckingham	648 37.7%	751 43.6%	322	1,721	R+6.0
Clarke	725 45.2%	785 48.9%	95	1,605	R+3.7
Mathews	406 26.1%	1,018 65.4%	132	1,556	R+39.3
Madison	533 35.7%	850 56.9%	112	1,495	R+21.2
Goochland	508 34.0%	748 50.1%	237	1,493	R+16.1
Prince George	642 43.1%	689 46.2%	159	1,490	R+3.2
King William	357 25.0%	887 62.2%	183	1,427	R+37.1
Fluvanna	417 30.6%	734 53.9%	212	1,363	R+23.3
Powhatan	297 22.0%	729 54.1%	322	1,348	R+32.0
Cumberland	331 25.1%	566 42.9%	422	1,319	R+17.8
Surry	616 47.1%	425 32.5%	266	1,307	D+14.6
King George	563 44.4%	655 51.7%	49	1,267	R+7.3
Bath	479 37.9%	739 58.5%	46	1,264	R+20.6
Middlesex	338 27.2%	721 58.0%	184	1,243	R+30.8
Norton	552 44.5%	684 55.1%	5	1,241	R+10.6
Williamsburg	362 29.2%	775 62.6%	101	1,238	R+33.4
James City	312 26.8%	728 62.5%	124	1,164	R+35.7
Richmond	274 24.4%	761 67.9%	86	1,121	R+43.4
Galax	346 31.1%	761 68.3%	7	1,114	R+37.3
Highland	432 39.6%	633 58.0%	26	1,091	R+18.4
Essex	328 30.5%	597 55.5%	151	1,076	R+25.0
Rappahannock	523 48.7%	514 47.8%	38	1,075	D+0.8
Craig	501 50.5%	485 48.8%	7	993	D+1.6
Charles City	174 19.0%	661 72.1%	82	917	R+53.1
King And Queen	289 31.9%	495 54.6%	122	906	R+22.7
Buena Vista	326 36.3%	545 60.8%	26	897	R+24.4
New Kent	178 20.2%	510 58.0%	192	880	R+37.7
Greene	246 29.0%	539 63.5%	64	849	R+34.5

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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