Eisenhower took 66.11% of the vote to Stevenson's 33.84%, a margin of 32.27%. Eisenhower, a war hero and moderate Republican who had pledged to maintain popularNew Deal Democratic policies, had wide appeal beyond the boundaries of the traditional Republican coalition. New Hampshire had been narrowly carried by DemocratFranklin Roosevelt 3 out of 4 times, although the state narrowly reverted to the GOP in1948. However Eisenhower's unique personal appeal brought the state decisively back into the Republican column in both1952 and 1956,
Eisenhower in 1956 swept every county in New Hampshire, the first Republican to do so sinceCalvin Coolidge in1924. SinceFranklin Roosevelt won them in1932, the counties ofHillsborough County,Strafford County, andCoos County had become reliableNew Deal Democratic base counties, voting for Roosevelt all four times as well as forHarry S. Truman. Eisenhower had won back Strafford County and Coos County for the GOP in 1952, however, he had lost Hillsborough County, home toManchester andNashua, which had been a reliable Democratic bastion since voting for DemocratAl Smith in1928. However, in 1956, Eisenhower won a majority even in Hillsborough County.
Carroll County had long been the most Republican county in New Hampshire, voting 60% against FDR all four times and over 70% forThomas E. Dewey in 1948, and would give Eisenhower over 80% of vote in both 1952 and 1956. Eisenhower's 85.38% performance here in 1956 is the strongest performance ever by any candidate in any of New Hampshire's counties, and the only time any candidate has won over 85% in any New Hampshire county. As Eisenhower won a decisive re-election victory nationally, New Hampshire's results would make the state almost 17% more Republican than the national average, the third most Republican state in the nation behind its UpperNew England neighborsVermont andMaine,[3] a substantial jump from being only the twelfth most Republican state in 1952. The popular incumbent had governed in a very moderate way that appealed to New England voters, and was able to gain dramatically among voters in states like New Hampshire compared to 1952.
^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 ofColumbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence toGettysburg, Pennsylvania, and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania.
^"The Presidents". David Leip. RetrievedSeptember 27, 2017.Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
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