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The1956 United States presidential election in New Mexico took place on November 6, 1956. All 48 states were part of the1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to represent them in theElectoral College, which voted forPresident andVice President.
New Mexico was won by incumbent PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower by a 16-point landslide. Running against Eisenhower was formerGovernor of IllinoisAdlai Stevenson, whom Eisenhower had earlier defeated for thePresidency in1952.[2] This election reflected one of the last election cycles where theDemocratic Party still had their postCivil War political domination of theDeep South. This was also the last United States presidential election when either major party nominee was born in the nineteenth century.
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichRio Arriba County andSan Miguel County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |
| 146,788 | 57.81% | +2.42 | |
| Democratic | 106,098 | 41.78% | −2.50 | ||
| Prohibition |
| 607 | 0.24% | +0.12 | |
| Dixiecrat | 364 | 0.14% | N/A | ||
| Socialist Labor | 69 | 0.03% | +0.02 | ||
| Total votes | 253,926 | 100.00% | |||
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| County[4] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Bernalillo | 41,893 | 64.31% | 22,954 | 35.24% | 296 | 0.45% | 18,939 | 29.07% | 65,143 |
| Catron | 711 | 59.85% | 477 | 40.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 234 | 19.70% | 1,188 |
| Chaves | 7,538 | 63.37% | 4,270 | 35.89% | 88 | 0.74% | 3,268 | 27.48% | 11,896 |
| Colfax | 2,959 | 54.71% | 2,450 | 45.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 509 | 9.42% | 5,409 |
| Curry | 4,826 | 57.27% | 3,545 | 42.07% | 56 | 0.66% | 1,281 | 15.20% | 8,427 |
| De Baca | 779 | 59.33% | 528 | 40.21% | 6 | 0.46% | 251 | 19.12% | 1,313 |
| Dona Ana | 7,025 | 58.59% | 4,918 | 41.01% | 48 | 0.40% | 2,107 | 17.58% | 11,991 |
| Eddy | 6,691 | 45.77% | 7,820 | 53.50% | 107 | 0.73% | -1,129 | -7.73% | 14,618 |
| Grant | 3,224 | 43.70% | 4,122 | 55.88% | 31 | 0.42% | -898 | -12.18% | 7,377 |
| Guadalupe | 1,529 | 56.15% | 1,191 | 43.74% | 3 | 0.11% | 338 | 12.41% | 2,723 |
| Harding | 671 | 61.96% | 412 | 38.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 259 | 23.92% | 1,083 |
| Hidalgo | 790 | 50.51% | 771 | 49.30% | 3 | 0.19% | 19 | 1.21% | 1,564 |
| Lea | 5,661 | 47.66% | 6,140 | 51.69% | 78 | 0.65% | -479 | -4.03% | 11,879 |
| Lincoln | 1,956 | 64.77% | 1,059 | 35.07% | 5 | 0.16% | 897 | 29.70% | 3,020 |
| Los Alamos | 2,406 | 51.98% | 2,214 | 47.83% | 9 | 0.19% | 192 | 4.15% | 4,629 |
| Luna | 1,526 | 49.76% | 1,506 | 49.10% | 35 | 1.14% | 20 | 0.66% | 3,067 |
| McKinley | 4,450 | 56.97% | 3,331 | 42.64% | 30 | 0.39% | 1,119 | 14.33% | 7,811 |
| Mora | 1,736 | 58.47% | 1,233 | 41.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 503 | 16.94% | 2,969 |
| Otero | 3,919 | 60.45% | 2,558 | 39.46% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,361 | 20.99% | 6,483 |
| Quay | 2,311 | 53.52% | 1,988 | 46.04% | 19 | 0.44% | 323 | 7.48% | 4,318 |
| Rio Arriba | 4,566 | 51.53% | 4,291 | 48.43% | 3 | 0.04% | 275 | 3.10% | 8,860 |
| Roosevelt | 2,708 | 54.56% | 2,247 | 45.28% | 8 | 0.16% | 461 | 9.28% | 4,963 |
| San Juan | 5,194 | 67.54% | 2,425 | 31.53% | 71 | 0.93% | 2,769 | 36.01% | 7,690 |
| San Miguel | 5,083 | 55.86% | 4,014 | 44.11% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,069 | 11.75% | 9,100 |
| Sandoval | 1,979 | 55.68% | 1,574 | 44.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 405 | 11.39% | 3,554 |
| Santa Fe | 9,359 | 56.92% | 6,997 | 42.56% | 85 | 0.52% | 2,362 | 14.36% | 16,441 |
| Sierra | 1,954 | 65.00% | 1,035 | 34.43% | 17 | 0.57% | 919 | 30.57% | 3,006 |
| Socorro | 2,365 | 61.57% | 1,476 | 38.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 889 | 23.14% | 3,841 |
| Taos | 3,100 | 53.02% | 2,743 | 46.91% | 4 | 0.07% | 357 | 6.11% | 5,847 |
| Torrance | 1,567 | 56.23% | 1,201 | 43.09% | 19 | 0.68% | 366 | 13.14% | 2,787 |
| Union | 1,649 | 60.83% | 1,061 | 39.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 588 | 21.69% | 2,711 |
| Valencia | 4,663 | 56.74% | 3,547 | 43.16% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,116 | 13.58% | 8,218 |
| Totals | 146,788 | 57.81% | 106,098 | 41.78% | 1,040 | 0.41% | 40,690 | 16.03% | 253,926 |
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
