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| Turnout | 75.02%[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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The1956 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the1956 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight[3] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
West Virginia was won byincumbent PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice PresidentRichard Nixon, with 54.08 percent of the popular vote, againstAdlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running withSenatorEstes Kefauver, with 45.92 percent of the popular vote.[4][5] Along with Kentucky and Louisiana, West Virginia was one of three states that Dwight Eisenhower lost in 1952, but managed to flip in 1956. This was the last time West Virginia voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Eisenhower's vice president,Richard Nixon, won the state in his re-election bid in1972.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 449,297 | 54.08% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 381,534 | 45.92% | |
| Total votes | 830,831 | 100.00% | ||
| County[6] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barbour | 4,460 | 54.61% | 3,707 | 45.39% | 753 | 9.22% | 8,167 |
| Berkeley | 9,071 | 61.62% | 5,649 | 38.38% | 3,422 | 23.24% | 14,720 |
| Boone | 5,196 | 42.17% | 7,126 | 57.83% | -1,930 | -15.66% | 12,322 |
| Braxton | 3,441 | 46.79% | 3,913 | 53.21% | -472 | -6.42% | 7,354 |
| Brooke | 5,944 | 45.67% | 7,072 | 54.33% | -1,128 | -8.66% | 13,016 |
| Cabell | 28,882 | 61.07% | 18,408 | 38.93% | 10,474 | 22.14% | 47,290 |
| Calhoun | 2,094 | 52.06% | 1,928 | 47.94% | 166 | 4.12% | 4,022 |
| Clay | 2,820 | 51.76% | 2,628 | 48.24% | 192 | 3.52% | 5,448 |
| Doddridge | 2,594 | 73.51% | 935 | 26.49% | 1,659 | 47.02% | 3,529 |
| Fayette | 10,218 | 38.55% | 16,286 | 61.45% | -6,068 | -22.90% | 26,504 |
| Gilmer | 1,774 | 46.81% | 2,016 | 53.19% | -242 | -6.38% | 3,790 |
| Grant | 3,408 | 84.31% | 634 | 15.69% | 2,774 | 68.62% | 4,042 |
| Greenbrier | 7,684 | 52.99% | 6,817 | 47.01% | 867 | 5.98% | 14,501 |
| Hampshire | 2,676 | 53.18% | 2,356 | 46.82% | 320 | 6.36% | 5,032 |
| Hancock | 8,750 | 47.88% | 9,524 | 52.12% | -774 | -4.24% | 18,274 |
| Hardy | 2,202 | 49.36% | 2,259 | 50.64% | -57 | -1.28% | 4,461 |
| Harrison | 21,860 | 55.48% | 17,541 | 44.52% | 4,319 | 10.96% | 39,401 |
| Jackson | 4,984 | 65.75% | 2,596 | 34.25% | 2,388 | 31.50% | 7,580 |
| Jefferson | 3,380 | 50.20% | 3,353 | 49.80% | 27 | 0.40% | 6,733 |
| Kanawha | 58,597 | 53.81% | 50,289 | 46.19% | 8,308 | 7.62% | 108,886 |
| Lewis | 6,203 | 66.01% | 3,194 | 33.99% | 3,009 | 32.02% | 9,397 |
| Lincoln | 4,954 | 49.91% | 4,972 | 50.09% | -18 | -0.18% | 9,926 |
| Logan | 10,588 | 41.71% | 14,794 | 58.29% | -4,206 | -16.58% | 25,382 |
| Marion | 16,112 | 49.88% | 16,192 | 50.12% | -80 | -0.24% | 32,304 |
| Marshall | 10,223 | 57.80% | 7,463 | 42.20% | 2,760 | 15.60% | 17,686 |
| Mason | 6,306 | 62.59% | 3,769 | 37.41% | 2,537 | 25.18% | 10,075 |
| McDowell | 11,138 | 39.77% | 16,865 | 60.23% | -5,727 | -20.46% | 28,003 |
| Mercer | 14,648 | 52.53% | 13,236 | 47.47% | 1,412 | 5.06% | 27,884 |
| Mineral | 6,412 | 64.12% | 3,588 | 35.88% | 2,824 | 28.24% | 10,000 |
| Mingo | 7,916 | 44.15% | 10,014 | 55.85% | -2,098 | -11.70% | 17,930 |
| Monongalia | 14,046 | 56.05% | 11,016 | 43.95% | 3,030 | 12.10% | 25,062 |
| Monroe | 3,529 | 56.01% | 2,772 | 43.99% | 757 | 12.02% | 6,301 |
| Morgan | 2,946 | 72.74% | 1,104 | 27.26% | 1,842 | 45.48% | 4,050 |
| Nicholas | 5,263 | 51.89% | 4,880 | 48.11% | 383 | 3.78% | 10,143 |
| Ohio | 22,165 | 62.69% | 13,191 | 37.31% | 8,974 | 25.38% | 35,356 |
| Pendleton | 1,959 | 49.49% | 1,999 | 50.51% | -40 | -1.02% | 3,958 |
| Pleasants | 2,144 | 57.56% | 1,581 | 42.44% | 563 | 15.12% | 3,725 |
| Pocahontas | 2,937 | 53.69% | 2,533 | 46.31% | 404 | 7.38% | 5,470 |
| Preston | 7,953 | 70.27% | 3,365 | 29.73% | 4,588 | 40.54% | 11,318 |
| Putnam | 5,560 | 53.91% | 4,754 | 46.09% | 806 | 7.82% | 10,314 |
| Raleigh | 16,318 | 50.08% | 16,264 | 49.92% | 54 | 0.16% | 32,582 |
| Randolph | 5,448 | 48.88% | 5,697 | 51.12% | -249 | -2.24% | 11,145 |
| Ritchie | 4,140 | 73.78% | 1,471 | 26.22% | 2,669 | 47.56% | 5,611 |
| Roane | 4,701 | 59.85% | 3,153 | 40.15% | 1,548 | 19.70% | 7,854 |
| Summers | 3,712 | 48.99% | 3,865 | 51.01% | -153 | -2.02% | 7,577 |
| Taylor | 4,743 | 60.64% | 3,079 | 39.36% | 1,664 | 21.28% | 7,822 |
| Tucker | 2,326 | 52.21% | 2,129 | 47.79% | 197 | 4.42% | 4,455 |
| Tyler | 3,671 | 73.58% | 1,318 | 26.42% | 2,353 | 47.16% | 4,989 |
| Upshur | 5,707 | 73.28% | 2,081 | 26.72% | 3,626 | 46.56% | 7,788 |
| Wayne | 8,429 | 52.41% | 7,655 | 47.59% | 774 | 4.82% | 16,084 |
| Webster | 2,457 | 44.44% | 3,072 | 55.56% | -615 | -11.12% | 5,529 |
| Wetzel | 5,024 | 56.88% | 3,809 | 43.12% | 1,215 | 13.76% | 8,833 |
| Wirt | 1,444 | 54.95% | 1,184 | 45.05% | 260 | 9.90% | 2,628 |
| Wood | 21,096 | 61.30% | 13,320 | 38.70% | 7,776 | 22.60% | 34,416 |
| Wyoming | 7,044 | 49.74% | 7,118 | 50.26% | -74 | -0.52% | 14,162 |
| Totals | 449,297 | 54.08% | 381,534 | 45.92% | 67,763 | 8.16% | 830,831 |
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
State and district results of the1956 United States presidential election | ||
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