1956 United States presidential election in Texas
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Eisenhower won his birth state of Texas with 55% of the vote, giving him 24 electoral votes. Despite Eisenhower becoming the first Republican to win Texas by double digits, this result nonetheless made Texas 4.12% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.
Eisenhower became the first Republican to carry Texas twice, having won the state in 1952 as well.
Polls
[edit]Source | Rating | As of |
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram[2] | Likely D (flip) | November 2, 1956 |
Corpus Christi Times[3] | Tossup | November 3, 1956 |
The Philadelphia Inquirer[4] | Tilt D (flip) | November 4, 1956 |
The Salt Lake Tribune[5] | Tilt D (flip) | November 4, 1956 |
Results
[edit]Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) | Republican | Pennsylvania | 1,080,619[6] | 55.26% | 24 | Richard Nixon (incumbent) | California | 24 |
Adlai Stevenson II | Democratic | Illinois | 859,958[6] | 43.98% | 0 | Estes Kefauver | Tennessee | 0 |
T. Coleman Andrews | Constitution | Virginia | 14,589 | 0.75% | 0 | Thomas H. Werdel | California | 0 |
Write-in candidates | — | — | 377[6][c] | 0.02% | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Total | 1,955,943 | 100% | 24 | 24 | ||||
Needed to win | 266 | 266 |
Results by county
[edit]County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
T. Coleman Andrews Constitution/States’ Rights |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Anderson | 4,181 | 60.47% | 2,710 | 39.20% | 23 | 0.33% | 1,471 | 21.27% | 6,914 |
Andrews | 1,131 | 53.53% | 968 | 45.81% | 14 | 0.66% | 163 | 7.72% | 2,113 |
Angelina | 5,274 | 52.24% | 4,781 | 47.36% | 41 | 0.41% | 493 | 4.88% | 10,096 |
Aransas | 757 | 63.67% | 425 | 35.74% | 7 | 0.59% | 332 | 27.93% | 1,189 |
Archer | 825 | 43.44% | 1,067 | 56.19% | 7 | 0.37% | -242 | -12.75% | 1,899 |
Armstrong | 372 | 46.62% | 422 | 52.88% | 4 | 0.50% | -50 | -6.26% | 798 |
Atascosa | 1,804 | 54.55% | 1,492 | 45.12% | 11 | 0.33% | 312 | 9.43% | 3,307 |
Austin | 2,501 | 67.12% | 1,215 | 32.61% | 10 | 0.27% | 1,286 | 34.51% | 3,726 |
Bailey | 871 | 40.49% | 1,274 | 59.23% | 6 | 0.28% | -403 | -18.74% | 2,151 |
Bandera | 1,083 | 76.05% | 336 | 23.60% | 5 | 0.35% | 747 | 52.45% | 1,424 |
Bastrop | 1,531 | 37.85% | 2,504 | 61.90% | 10 | 0.25% | -973 | -24.05% | 4,045 |
Baylor | 715 | 40.49% | 1,047 | 59.29% | 4 | 0.23% | -332 | -18.80% | 1,766 |
Bee | 2,401 | 55.26% | 1,929 | 44.40% | 15 | 0.35% | 472 | 10.86% | 4,345 |
Bell | 4,285 | 30.76% | 9,603 | 68.93% | 44 | 0.32% | -5,318 | -38.17% | 13,932 |
Bexar | 65,901 | 58.15% | 46,790 | 41.29% | 640 | 0.56% | 19,111 | 16.86% | 113,331 |
Blanco | 796 | 56.14% | 615 | 43.37% | 7 | 0.49% | 181 | 12.77% | 1,418 |
Borden | 127 | 34.51% | 240 | 65.22% | 1 | 0.27% | -113 | -30.71% | 368 |
Bosque | 1,654 | 49.65% | 1,670 | 50.14% | 7 | 0.21% | -16 | -0.49% | 3,331 |
Bowie | 6,823 | 46.73% | 7,675 | 52.56% | 104 | 0.71% | -852 | -5.83% | 14,602 |
Brazoria | 9,536 | 56.49% | 7,137 | 42.28% | 208 | 1.23% | 2,399 | 14.21% | 16,881 |
Brazos | 4,942 | 58.58% | 3,463 | 41.05% | 31 | 0.37% | 1,479 | 17.53% | 8,436 |
Brewster | 837 | 63.22% | 479 | 36.18% | 8 | 0.60% | 358 | 27.04% | 1,324 |
Briscoe | 357 | 35.42% | 648 | 64.29% | 3 | 0.30% | -291 | -28.87% | 1,008 |
Brooks | 802 | 41.77% | 1,108 | 57.71% | 10 | 0.52% | -306 | -15.94% | 1,920 |
Brown | 3,664 | 53.26% | 3,195 | 46.44% | 21 | 0.31% | 469 | 6.82% | 6,880 |
Burleson | 1,173 | 40.24% | 1,726 | 59.21% | 16 | 0.55% | -553 | -18.97% | 2,915 |
Burnet | 1,163 | 44.90% | 1,422 | 54.90% | 5 | 0.19% | -259 | -10.00% | 2,590 |
Caldwell | 1,747 | 40.96% | 2,513 | 58.92% | 5 | 0.12% | -766 | -17.96% | 4,265 |
Calhoun | 1,912 | 63.90% | 1,067 | 35.66% | 13 | 0.43% | 845 | 28.24% | 2,992 |
Callahan | 1,140 | 48.45% | 1,199 | 50.96% | 14 | 0.59% | -59 | -2.51% | 2,353 |
Cameron | 11,952 | 56.85% | 8,829 | 42.00% | 241 | 1.15% | 3,123 | 14.85% | 21,022 |
Camp | 958 | 47.22% | 1,053 | 51.90% | 18 | 0.89% | -95 | -4.68% | 2,029 |
Carson | 1,061 | 51.91% | 976 | 47.75% | 7 | 0.34% | 85 | 4.16% | 2,044 |
Cass | 2,970 | 54.91% | 2,395 | 44.28% | 44 | 0.81% | 575 | 10.63% | 5,409 |
Castro | 697 | 34.75% | 1,305 | 65.05% | 4 | 0.20% | -608 | -30.30% | 2,006 |
Chambers | 1,520 | 63.52% | 860 | 35.94% | 13 | 0.54% | 660 | 27.58% | 2,393 |
Cherokee | 4,022 | 57.78% | 2,912 | 41.83% | 27 | 0.39% | 1,110 | 15.95% | 6,961 |
Childress | 1,268 | 45.61% | 1,503 | 54.06% | 9 | 0.32% | -235 | -8.45% | 2,780 |
Clay | 990 | 35.26% | 1,813 | 64.57% | 5 | 0.18% | -823 | -29.31% | 2,808 |
Cochran | 599 | 39.33% | 923 | 60.60% | 1 | 0.07% | -324 | -21.27% | 1,523 |
Coke | 549 | 44.10% | 690 | 55.42% | 6 | 0.48% | -141 | -11.32% | 1,245 |
Coleman | 2,247 | 58.50% | 1,577 | 41.06% | 17 | 0.44% | 670 | 17.44% | 3,841 |
Collin | 3,823 | 41.84% | 5,280 | 57.79% | 34 | 0.37% | -1,457 | -15.95% | 9,137 |
Collingsworth | 815 | 39.66% | 1,229 | 59.81% | 11 | 0.54% | -414 | -20.15% | 2,055 |
Colorado | 2,691 | 61.62% | 1,648 | 37.74% | 28 | 0.64% | 1,043 | 23.88% | 4,367 |
Comal | 3,397 | 74.54% | 1,140 | 25.02% | 20 | 0.44% | 2,257 | 49.52% | 4,557 |
Comanche | 1,900 | 48.99% | 1,962 | 50.59% | 16 | 0.41% | -62 | -1.60% | 3,878 |
Concho | 574 | 50.26% | 567 | 49.65% | 1 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.61% | 1,142 |
Cooke | 4,164 | 64.33% | 2,272 | 35.10% | 37 | 0.57% | 1,892 | 29.23% | 6,473 |
Coryell | 1,509 | 38.86% | 2,372 | 61.09% | 2 | 0.05% | -863 | -22.23% | 3,883 |
Cottle | 329 | 22.40% | 1,138 | 77.47% | 2 | 0.14% | -809 | -55.07% | 1,469 |
Crane | 626 | 46.44% | 707 | 52.45% | 15 | 1.11% | -81 | -6.01% | 1,348 |
Crockett | 702 | 69.57% | 305 | 30.23% | 2 | 0.20% | 397 | 39.34% | 1,009 |
Crosby | 704 | 28.00% | 1,804 | 71.76% | 6 | 0.24% | -1,100 | -43.76% | 2,514 |
Culberson | 324 | 54.36% | 269 | 45.13% | 3 | 0.50% | 55 | 9.23% | 596 |
Dallam | 1,018 | 48.41% | 1,074 | 51.07% | 11 | 0.52% | -56 | -2.66% | 2,103 |
Dallas | 125,361 | 65.06% | 65,472 | 33.98% | 1,862 | 0.97% | 59,889 | 31.08% | 192,695 |
Dawson | 1,615 | 44.01% | 2,049 | 55.83% | 6 | 0.16% | -434 | -11.82% | 3,670 |
Deaf Smith | 1,685 | 55.16% | 1,361 | 44.55% | 9 | 0.29% | 324 | 10.61% | 3,055 |
Delta | 605 | 32.23% | 1,262 | 67.23% | 10 | 0.53% | -657 | -35.00% | 1,877 |
Denton | 5,350 | 51.71% | 4,972 | 48.06% | 24 | 0.23% | 378 | 3.65% | 10,346 |
DeWitt | 3,401 | 70.14% | 1,435 | 29.59% | 13 | 0.27% | 1,966 | 40.55% | 4,849 |
Dickens | 565 | 31.25% | 1,243 | 68.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -678 | -37.50% | 1,808 |
Dimmit | 705 | 61.90% | 427 | 37.49% | 7 | 0.61% | 278 | 24.41% | 1,139 |
Donley | 826 | 47.72% | 903 | 52.17% | 2 | 0.12% | -77 | -4.45% | 1,731 |
Duval | 1,459 | 31.89% | 3,110 | 67.98% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,651 | -36.09% | 4,575 |
Eastland | 3,580 | 58.61% | 2,512 | 41.13% | 16 | 0.26% | 1,068 | 17.48% | 6,108 |
Ector | 8,805 | 62.41% | 5,109 | 36.21% | 194 | 1.38% | 3,696 | 26.20% | 14,108 |
Edwards | 533 | 79.67% | 133 | 19.88% | 3 | 0.45% | 400 | 59.79% | 669 |
Ellis | 3,585 | 40.65% | 5,211 | 59.08% | 24 | 0.27% | -1,626 | -18.43% | 8,820 |
El Paso | 18,532 | 54.70% | 15,157 | 44.73% | 193 | 0.57% | 3,375 | 9.97% | 33,882 |
Erath | 2,775 | 53.66% | 2,377 | 45.97% | 19 | 0.37% | 398 | 7.69% | 5,171 |
Falls | 1,819 | 40.36% | 2,674 | 59.33% | 14 | 0.31% | -855 | -18.97% | 4,507 |
Fannin | 1,910 | 29.75% | 4,504 | 70.16% | 6 | 0.09% | -2,594 | -40.41% | 6,420 |
Fayette | 3,574 | 60.54% | 2,282 | 38.65% | 48 | 0.81% | 1,292 | 21.89% | 5,904 |
Fisher | 673 | 28.72% | 1,664 | 71.02% | 6 | 0.26% | -991 | -42.30% | 2,343 |
Floyd | 1,445 | 44.86% | 1,767 | 54.86% | 9 | 0.28% | -322 | -10.00% | 3,221 |
Foard | 243 | 26.07% | 687 | 73.71% | 2 | 0.21% | -444 | -47.64% | 932 |
Fort Bend | 3,779 | 59.83% | 2,464 | 39.01% | 73 | 1.16% | 1,315 | 20.82% | 6,316 |
Franklin | 556 | 33.88% | 1,082 | 65.94% | 3 | 0.18% | -526 | -32.06% | 1,641 |
Freestone | 1,627 | 47.09% | 1,813 | 52.47% | 15 | 0.43% | -186 | -5.38% | 3,455 |
Frio | 825 | 47.94% | 886 | 51.48% | 10 | 0.58% | -61 | -3.54% | 1,721 |
Gaines | 1,244 | 44.76% | 1,527 | 54.95% | 8 | 0.29% | -283 | -10.19% | 2,779 |
Galveston | 17,567 | 52.43% | 15,603 | 46.57% | 336 | 1.00% | 1,964 | 5.86% | 33,506 |
Garza | 628 | 44.38% | 786 | 55.55% | 1 | 0.07% | -158 | -11.17% | 1,415 |
Gillespie | 3,070 | 92.61% | 240 | 7.24% | 5 | 0.15% | 2,830 | 85.37% | 3,315 |
Glasscock | 224 | 56.28% | 174 | 43.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 50 | 12.56% | 398 |
Goliad | 902 | 72.33% | 338 | 27.11% | 7 | 0.56% | 564 | 45.22% | 1,247 |
Gonzales | 1,767 | 43.77% | 2,260 | 55.98% | 10 | 0.25% | -493 | -12.21% | 4,037 |
Gray | 5,047 | 61.90% | 3,034 | 37.21% | 72 | 0.88% | 2,013 | 24.69% | 8,153 |
Grayson | 7,402 | 45.33% | 8,876 | 54.35% | 52 | 0.32% | -1,474 | -9.02% | 16,330 |
Gregg | 9,440 | 65.02% | 4,881 | 33.62% | 198 | 1.36% | 4,559 | 31.40% | 14,519 |
Grimes | 1,281 | 53.96% | 1,079 | 45.45% | 14 | 0.59% | 202 | 8.51% | 2,374 |
Guadalupe | 4,296 | 66.86% | 2,099 | 32.67% | 30 | 0.47% | 2,197 | 34.19% | 6,425 |
Hale | 3,804 | 49.64% | 3,848 | 50.22% | 11 | 0.14% | -44 | -0.58% | 7,663 |
Hall | 687 | 31.53% | 1,487 | 68.24% | 5 | 0.23% | -800 | -36.71% | 2,179 |
Hamilton | 1,709 | 60.11% | 1,124 | 39.54% | 10 | 0.35% | 585 | 20.57% | 2,843 |
Hansford | 919 | 62.73% | 545 | 37.20% | 1 | 0.07% | 374 | 25.53% | 1,465 |
Hardeman | 1,119 | 46.45% | 1,281 | 53.18% | 9 | 0.37% | -162 | -6.73% | 2,409 |
Hardin | 2,130 | 47.12% | 2,371 | 52.46% | 19 | 0.42% | -241 | -5.34% | 4,520 |
Harris | 155,555 | 61.11% | 93,961 | 36.91% | 5,033 | 1.98% | 61,594 | 24.20% | 254,549 |
Harrison | 5,048 | 64.76% | 2,668 | 34.23% | 79 | 1.01% | 2,380 | 30.53% | 7,795 |
Hartley | 353 | 43.96% | 448 | 55.79% | 2 | 0.25% | -95 | -11.83% | 803 |
Haskell | 993 | 29.72% | 2,340 | 70.04% | 8 | 0.24% | -1,347 | -40.32% | 3,341 |
Hays | 1,873 | 47.98% | 2,017 | 51.66% | 14 | 0.36% | -144 | -3.68% | 3,904 |
Hemphill | 620 | 60.67% | 401 | 39.24% | 1 | 0.10% | 219 | 21.43% | 1,022 |
Henderson | 2,479 | 44.51% | 3,065 | 55.04% | 25 | 0.45% | -586 | -10.53% | 5,569 |
Hidalgo | 13,270 | 56.89% | 9,804 | 42.03% | 253 | 1.08% | 3,466 | 14.86% | 23,327 |
Hill | 2,487 | 37.08% | 4,199 | 62.61% | 21 | 0.31% | -1,712 | -25.53% | 6,707 |
Hockley | 2,001 | 38.58% | 3,175 | 61.22% | 10 | 0.19% | -1,174 | -22.64% | 5,186 |
Hood | 751 | 40.55% | 1,095 | 59.13% | 6 | 0.32% | -344 | -18.58% | 1,852 |
Hopkins | 2,206 | 41.26% | 3,118 | 58.31% | 23 | 0.43% | -912 | -17.05% | 5,347 |
Houston | 1,941 | 49.04% | 1,998 | 50.48% | 19 | 0.48% | -57 | -1.44% | 3,958 |
Howard | 3,051 | 40.30% | 4,506 | 59.52% | 14 | 0.18% | -1,455 | -19.22% | 7,571 |
Hudspeth | 316 | 45.66% | 368 | 53.18% | 8 | 1.16% | -52 | -7.52% | 692 |
Hunt | 4,508 | 52.47% | 4,051 | 47.15% | 33 | 0.38% | 457 | 5.32% | 8,592 |
Hutchinson | 5,110 | 54.73% | 4,184 | 44.82% | 42 | 0.45% | 926 | 9.91% | 9,336 |
Irion | 252 | 58.33% | 178 | 41.20% | 2 | 0.46% | 74 | 17.13% | 432 |
Jack | 1,327 | 56.54% | 997 | 42.48% | 23 | 0.98% | 330 | 14.06% | 2,347 |
Jackson | 2,259 | 58.64% | 1,571 | 40.78% | 22 | 0.57% | 688 | 17.86% | 3,852 |
Jasper | 2,430 | 56.41% | 1,856 | 43.08% | 22 | 0.51% | 574 | 13.33% | 4,308 |
Jeff Davis | 239 | 58.72% | 165 | 40.54% | 3 | 0.74% | 74 | 18.18% | 407 |
Jefferson | 30,102 | 54.31% | 25,057 | 45.21% | 270 | 0.49% | 5,045 | 9.10% | 55,429 |
Jim Hogg | 282 | 31.13% | 617 | 68.10% | 7 | 0.77% | -335 | -36.97% | 906 |
Jim Wells | 3,348 | 54.69% | 2,752 | 44.95% | 22 | 0.36% | 596 | 9.74% | 6,122 |
Johnson | 3,750 | 51.09% | 3,560 | 48.50% | 30 | 0.41% | 190 | 2.59% | 7,340 |
Jones | 2,073 | 44.32% | 2,594 | 55.46% | 10 | 0.21% | -521 | -11.14% | 4,677 |
Karnes | 1,764 | 51.62% | 1,636 | 47.88% | 17 | 0.50% | 128 | 3.74% | 3,417 |
Kaufman | 2,816 | 48.97% | 2,902 | 50.47% | 32 | 0.56% | -86 | -1.50% | 5,750 |
Kendall | 1,519 | 81.10% | 341 | 18.21% | 13 | 0.69% | 1,178 | 62.89% | 1,873 |
Kenedy | 125 | 92.59% | 10 | 7.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 115 | 85.18% | 135 |
Kent | 234 | 30.99% | 519 | 68.74% | 2 | 0.26% | -285 | -37.75% | 755 |
Kerr | 3,555 | 77.38% | 1,025 | 22.31% | 14 | 0.30% | 2,530 | 55.07% | 4,594 |
Kimble | 821 | 62.82% | 484 | 37.03% | 2 | 0.15% | 337 | 25.79% | 1,307 |
King | 46 | 20.54% | 177 | 79.02% | 1 | 0.45% | -131 | -58.48% | 224 |
Kinney | 368 | 55.93% | 289 | 43.92% | 1 | 0.15% | 79 | 12.01% | 658 |
Kleberg | 2,121 | 46.39% | 2,436 | 53.28% | 15 | 0.33% | -315 | -6.89% | 4,572 |
Knox | 835 | 39.76% | 1,262 | 60.10% | 3 | 0.14% | -427 | -20.34% | 2,100 |
Lamar | 4,154 | 49.56% | 4,202 | 50.14% | 25 | 0.30% | -48 | -0.58% | 8,381 |
Lamb | 1,840 | 35.54% | 3,325 | 64.23% | 12 | 0.23% | -1,485 | -28.69% | 5,177 |
Lampasas | 1,308 | 53.45% | 1,134 | 46.34% | 5 | 0.20% | 174 | 7.11% | 2,447 |
La Salle | 449 | 43.85% | 574 | 56.05% | 1 | 0.10% | -125 | -12.20% | 1,024 |
Lavaca | 2,509 | 50.78% | 2,412 | 48.82% | 20 | 0.40% | 97 | 1.96% | 4,941 |
Lee | 1,200 | 52.77% | 1,061 | 46.66% | 13 | 0.57% | 139 | 6.11% | 2,274 |
Leon | 1,079 | 45.99% | 1,260 | 53.71% | 7 | 0.30% | -181 | -7.72% | 2,346 |
Liberty | 4,129 | 63.49% | 2,318 | 35.65% | 56 | 0.86% | 1,811 | 27.84% | 6,503 |
Limestone | 2,097 | 40.55% | 3,067 | 59.31% | 7 | 0.14% | -970 | -18.76% | 5,171 |
Lipscomb | 806 | 69.84% | 345 | 29.90% | 3 | 0.26% | 461 | 39.94% | 1,154 |
Live Oak | 1,077 | 65.71% | 521 | 31.79% | 41 | 2.50% | 556 | 33.92% | 1,639 |
Llano | 672 | 39.32% | 1,034 | 60.50% | 3 | 0.18% | -362 | -21.18% | 1,709 |
Loving | 55 | 60.44% | 36 | 39.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 19 | 20.88% | 91 |
Lubbock | 13,970 | 52.57% | 12,540 | 47.19% | 66 | 0.25% | 1,430 | 5.38% | 26,576 |
Lynn | 861 | 32.28% | 1,800 | 67.49% | 6 | 0.22% | -939 | -35.21% | 2,667 |
McCulloch | 1,292 | 52.63% | 1,158 | 47.17% | 5 | 0.20% | 134 | 5.46% | 2,455 |
McLennan | 15,561 | 48.85% | 16,181 | 50.80% | 111 | 0.35% | -620 | -1.95% | 31,853 |
McMullen | 226 | 54.72% | 185 | 44.79% | 2 | 0.48% | 41 | 9.93% | 413 |
Madison | 733 | 50.27% | 713 | 48.90% | 12 | 0.82% | 20 | 1.37% | 1,458 |
Marion | 1,126 | 60.93% | 709 | 38.37% | 13 | 0.70% | 417 | 22.56% | 1,848 |
Martin | 318 | 25.92% | 903 | 73.59% | 6 | 0.49% | -585 | -47.67% | 1,227 |
Mason | 885 | 63.67% | 504 | 36.26% | 1 | 0.07% | 381 | 27.41% | 1,390 |
Matagorda | 3,927 | 66.46% | 1,904 | 32.22% | 78 | 1.32% | 2,023 | 34.24% | 5,909 |
Maverick | 721 | 46.22% | 820 | 52.56% | 19 | 1.22% | -99 | -6.34% | 1,560 |
Medina | 2,668 | 63.51% | 1,516 | 36.09% | 17 | 0.40% | 1,152 | 27.42% | 4,201 |
Menard | 614 | 65.88% | 318 | 34.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 296 | 31.76% | 932 |
Midland | 8,287 | 69.99% | 3,468 | 29.29% | 86 | 0.73% | 4,819 | 40.70% | 11,841 |
Milam | 2,486 | 45.48% | 2,969 | 54.32% | 11 | 0.20% | -483 | -8.84% | 5,466 |
Mills | 912 | 55.34% | 735 | 44.60% | 1 | 0.06% | 177 | 10.74% | 1,648 |
Mitchell | 1,091 | 36.59% | 1,891 | 63.41% | 0 | 0.00% | -800 | -26.82% | 2,982 |
Montague | 2,003 | 45.81% | 2,358 | 53.93% | 11 | 0.25% | -355 | -8.12% | 4,372 |
Montgomery | 3,360 | 56.24% | 2,572 | 43.05% | 42 | 0.70% | 788 | 13.19% | 5,974 |
Moore | 1,820 | 44.95% | 2,219 | 54.80% | 10 | 0.25% | -399 | -9.85% | 4,049 |
Morris | 1,463 | 47.58% | 1,592 | 51.77% | 20 | 0.65% | -129 | -4.19% | 3,075 |
Motley | 411 | 44.38% | 511 | 55.18% | 4 | 0.43% | -100 | -10.80% | 926 |
Nacogdoches | 3,285 | 53.28% | 2,855 | 46.31% | 25 | 0.41% | 430 | 6.97% | 6,165 |
Navarro | 3,193 | 40.26% | 4,723 | 59.55% | 15 | 0.19% | -1,530 | -19.29% | 7,931 |
Newton | 1,030 | 49.61% | 1,037 | 49.95% | 9 | 0.43% | -7 | -0.34% | 2,076 |
Nolan | 2,232 | 46.69% | 2,535 | 53.03% | 13 | 0.27% | -303 | -6.34% | 4,780 |
Nueces | 19,985 | 49.89% | 19,912 | 49.71% | 162 | 0.40% | 73 | 0.18% | 40,059 |
Ochiltree | 1,209 | 69.48% | 512 | 29.43% | 19 | 1.09% | 697 | 40.05% | 1,740 |
Oldham | 284 | 49.13% | 294 | 50.87% | 0 | 0.00% | -10 | -1.74% | 578 |
Orange | 5,501 | 47.99% | 5,910 | 51.56% | 51 | 0.44% | -409 | -3.57% | 11,462 |
Palo Pinto | 2,818 | 54.20% | 2,369 | 45.57% | 12 | 0.23% | 449 | 8.63% | 5,199 |
Panola | 2,538 | 52.48% | 2,225 | 46.01% | 73 | 1.51% | 313 | 6.47% | 4,836 |
Parker | 3,390 | 51.46% | 3,165 | 48.04% | 33 | 0.50% | 225 | 3.42% | 6,588 |
Parmer | 1,028 | 42.76% | 1,362 | 56.66% | 14 | 0.58% | -334 | -13.90% | 2,404 |
Pecos | 1,425 | 60.20% | 931 | 39.33% | 11 | 0.46% | 494 | 20.87% | 2,367 |
Polk | 1,663 | 52.89% | 1,465 | 46.60% | 16 | 0.51% | 198 | 6.29% | 3,144 |
Potter | 11,943 | 57.66% | 8,720 | 42.10% | 49 | 0.24% | 3,223 | 15.56% | 20,712 |
Presidio | 494 | 48.48% | 517 | 50.74% | 8 | 0.79% | -23 | -2.26% | 1,019 |
Rains | 427 | 44.85% | 524 | 55.04% | 1 | 0.11% | -97 | -10.19% | 952 |
Randall | 4,609 | 62.28% | 2,774 | 37.49% | 17 | 0.23% | 1,835 | 24.79% | 7,400 |
Reagan | 669 | 63.47% | 384 | 36.43% | 1 | 0.09% | 285 | 27.04% | 1,054 |
Real | 350 | 64.70% | 191 | 35.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 159 | 29.40% | 541 |
Red River | 1,956 | 43.14% | 2,567 | 56.62% | 11 | 0.24% | -611 | -13.48% | 4,534 |
Reeves | 1,492 | 52.24% | 1,356 | 47.48% | 8 | 0.28% | 136 | 4.76% | 2,856 |
Refugio | 1,355 | 53.10% | 1,188 | 46.55% | 9 | 0.35% | 167 | 6.55% | 2,552 |
Roberts | 279 | 69.92% | 118 | 29.57% | 2 | 0.50% | 161 | 40.35% | 399 |
Robertson | 1,285 | 36.63% | 2,212 | 63.06% | 11 | 0.31% | -927 | -26.43% | 3,508 |
Rockwall | 657 | 41.50% | 920 | 58.12% | 6 | 0.38% | -263 | -16.62% | 1,583 |
Runnels | 2,416 | 62.54% | 1,442 | 37.33% | 5 | 0.13% | 974 | 25.21% | 3,863 |
Rusk | 5,140 | 59.96% | 3,381 | 39.44% | 52 | 0.61% | 1,759 | 20.52% | 8,573 |
Sabine | 801 | 46.71% | 913 | 53.24% | 1 | 0.06% | -112 | -6.53% | 1,715 |
San Augustine | 900 | 45.07% | 1,086 | 54.38% | 11 | 0.55% | -186 | -9.31% | 1,997 |
San Jacinto | 565 | 42.51% | 755 | 56.81% | 9 | 0.68% | -190 | -14.30% | 1,329 |
San Patricio | 3,302 | 46.82% | 3,728 | 52.86% | 22 | 0.31% | -426 | -6.04% | 7,052 |
San Saba | 797 | 35.87% | 1,419 | 63.86% | 6 | 0.27% | -622 | -27.99% | 2,222 |
Schleicher | 471 | 58.08% | 336 | 41.43% | 4 | 0.49% | 135 | 16.65% | 811 |
Scurry | 2,250 | 45.46% | 2,691 | 54.37% | 8 | 0.16% | -441 | -8.91% | 4,949 |
Shackelford | 849 | 60.26% | 555 | 39.39% | 5 | 0.35% | 294 | 20.87% | 1,409 |
Shelby | 1,988 | 36.54% | 3,403 | 62.56% | 49 | 0.90% | -1,415 | -26.02% | 5,440 |
Sherman | 481 | 55.35% | 383 | 44.07% | 5 | 0.58% | 98 | 11.28% | 869 |
Smith | 12,255 | 65.21% | 6,468 | 34.42% | 69 | 0.37% | 5,787 | 30.79% | 18,792 |
Somervell | 467 | 59.80% | 309 | 39.56% | 5 | 0.64% | 158 | 20.24% | 781 |
Starr | 547 | 16.71% | 2,727 | 83.29% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,180 | -66.58% | 3,274 |
Stephens | 1,832 | 61.66% | 1,126 | 37.90% | 13 | 0.44% | 706 | 23.76% | 2,971 |
Sterling | 223 | 59.79% | 150 | 40.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 19.58% | 373 |
Stonewall | 306 | 26.89% | 829 | 72.85% | 3 | 0.26% | -523 | -45.96% | 1,138 |
Sutton | 546 | 65.16% | 290 | 34.61% | 2 | 0.24% | 256 | 30.55% | 838 |
Swisher | 876 | 32.64% | 1,802 | 67.14% | 6 | 0.22% | -926 | -34.50% | 2,684 |
Tarrant | 66,329 | 59.65% | 43,922 | 39.50% | 946 | 0.85% | 22,407 | 20.15% | 111,197 |
Taylor | 9,488 | 56.82% | 7,177 | 42.98% | 34 | 0.20% | 2,311 | 13.84% | 16,699 |
Terrell | 350 | 61.51% | 217 | 38.14% | 2 | 0.35% | 133 | 23.37% | 569 |
Terry | 1,473 | 41.78% | 2,050 | 58.14% | 3 | 0.09% | -577 | -16.36% | 3,526 |
Throckmorton | 466 | 41.35% | 656 | 58.21% | 5 | 0.44% | -190 | -16.86% | 1,127 |
Titus | 1,971 | 45.78% | 2,301 | 53.45% | 33 | 0.77% | -330 | -7.67% | 4,305 |
Tom Green | 9,070 | 64.63% | 4,923 | 35.08% | 40 | 0.29% | 4,147 | 29.55% | 14,033 |
Travis | 23,551 | 53.98% | 19,982 | 45.80% | 98 | 0.22% | 3,569 | 8.18% | 43,631 |
Trinity | 865 | 43.98% | 1,091 | 55.47% | 11 | 0.56% | -226 | -11.49% | 1,967 |
Tyler | 1,734 | 68.24% | 797 | 31.37% | 10 | 0.39% | 937 | 36.87% | 2,541 |
Upshur | 2,737 | 57.45% | 1,995 | 41.88% | 32 | 0.67% | 742 | 15.57% | 4,764 |
Upton | 999 | 54.29% | 834 | 45.33% | 7 | 0.38% | 165 | 8.96% | 1,840 |
Uvalde | 2,449 | 70.72% | 994 | 28.70% | 20 | 0.58% | 1,455 | 42.02% | 3,463 |
Val Verde | 1,660 | 50.81% | 1,598 | 48.91% | 9 | 0.28% | 62 | 1.90% | 3,267 |
Van Zandt | 2,142 | 42.25% | 2,919 | 57.57% | 9 | 0.18% | -777 | -15.32% | 5,070 |
Victoria | 5,596 | 62.85% | 3,280 | 36.84% | 28 | 0.31% | 2,316 | 26.01% | 8,904 |
Walker | 1,991 | 59.86% | 1,287 | 38.70% | 48 | 1.44% | 704 | 21.16% | 3,326 |
Waller | 1,426 | 59.49% | 929 | 38.76% | 42 | 1.75% | 497 | 20.73% | 2,397 |
Ward | 1,772 | 51.63% | 1,638 | 47.73% | 22 | 0.64% | 134 | 3.90% | 3,432 |
Washington | 2,975 | 75.83% | 933 | 23.78% | 15 | 0.38% | 2,042 | 52.05% | 3,923 |
Webb | 2,744 | 31.96% | 5,827 | 67.86% | 16 | 0.19% | -3,083 | -35.90% | 8,587 |
Wharton | 4,714 | 57.47% | 3,439 | 41.92% | 50 | 0.61% | 1,275 | 15.55% | 8,203 |
Wheeler | 1,178 | 48.22% | 1,252 | 51.25% | 13 | 0.53% | -74 | -3.03% | 2,443 |
Wichita | 12,181 | 48.83% | 12,726 | 51.01% | 41 | 0.16% | -545 | -2.18% | 24,948 |
Wilbarger | 2,230 | 48.62% | 2,347 | 51.17% | 10 | 0.22% | -117 | -2.55% | 4,587 |
Willacy | 1,656 | 56.17% | 1,261 | 42.77% | 31 | 1.05% | 395 | 13.40% | 2,948 |
Williamson | 2,947 | 40.00% | 4,402 | 59.75% | 18 | 0.24% | -1,455 | -19.75% | 7,367 |
Wilson | 1,519 | 41.30% | 2,149 | 58.43% | 10 | 0.27% | -630 | -17.13% | 3,678 |
Winkler | 1,471 | 52.97% | 1,287 | 46.34% | 19 | 0.68% | 184 | 6.63% | 2,777 |
Wise | 2,058 | 45.49% | 2,443 | 54.00% | 23 | 0.51% | -385 | -8.51% | 4,524 |
Wood | 2,508 | 53.11% | 2,199 | 46.57% | 15 | 0.32% | 309 | 6.54% | 4,722 |
Yoakum | 923 | 48.20% | 989 | 51.64% | 3 | 0.16% | -66 | -3.44% | 1,915 |
Young | 2,083 | 50.44% | 2,028 | 49.10% | 19 | 0.46% | 55 | 1.34% | 4,130 |
Zapata | 637 | 41.80% | 886 | 58.14% | 1 | 0.07% | -249 | -16.34% | 1,524 |
Zavala | 896 | 62.79% | 528 | 37.00% | 3 | 0.21% | 368 | 25.79% | 1,427 |
Totals | 1,080,619 | 55.26% | 859,958 | 43.98% | 14,591 | 0.75% | 220,661 | 11.28% | 1,955,545 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Andrews
- Angelina
- Bosque
- Briscoe
- Cass
- Cherokee
- Hudspeth
- Irion
- Jasper
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Jim Wells
- Lee
- Montgomery
- Nacogdoches
- Nueces
- Panola
- Polk
- Rusk
- Wood
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]- Armstrong
- Bailey
- Brazoria
- Castro
- Childress
- Collingsworth
- Dallam
- Comanche
- Dawson
- Donley
- Floyd
- Frio
- Galveston
- Hale
- Hardeman
- Hartley
- Hays
- Jones
- Lamb
- Marion
- Madison
- Motley
- Marion
- Madison
- Madison
- Parmer
- Presidio
- Scurry
- Upshur
- Swisher
- Walker
- Wheeler
- Wilbarger
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ among top 2 candidates
- ^ Although he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of the 1952 election Eisenhower was president of Columbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania.
- ^ These write-in votes were not listed by county but only as a statewide total.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- ^ "Final Babson Poll Shows Eisenhower Winning Easily". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. CTS. November 2, 1956. p. 22.
- ^ Trohan, Walter (November 3, 1956). "Hour of Decision Near: Eisenhower Lead Increasing Daily". Corpus Christi Times. Chicago Tribune Service. p. 4.
- ^ "What the Polls Show — Eisenhower Victory Is Indicated across Nation". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1956. pp. B 1, B 3.
- ^ Lawrence, W.H. (November 4, 1956). ""Times Team" Counts Up 20-State GOP Margin". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. A 11.
- ^ a b c Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1956 Presidential General Election Results — Texas