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The1956 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Utah was won byincumbent PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice PresidentRichard Nixon, with 64.56 percent of the popular vote, againstAdlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running withSenatorEstes Kefauver, with 35.44 percent of the popular vote.[4][5] Utah swung over 11 points toward Eisenhower compared to1952. This was by far the largest Republican swing of any state in the western half of the country.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 215,631 | 64.56% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 118,364 | 35.44% | |
| Total votes | 333,995 | 100.00% | ||
| County[6][7] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaver | 1,190 | 53.60% | 1,030 | 46.40% | 160 | 7.20% | 2,220 |
| Box Elder | 5,804 | 68.34% | 2,689 | 31.66% | 3,115 | 36.68% | 8,493 |
| Cache | 10,349 | 73.82% | 3,671 | 26.18% | 6,678 | 47.64% | 14,020 |
| Carbon | 4,507 | 50.26% | 4,460 | 49.74% | 47 | 0.52% | 8,967 |
| Daggett | 102 | 53.13% | 90 | 46.88% | 12 | 6.25% | 192 |
| Davis | 12,122 | 66.71% | 6,050 | 33.29% | 6,072 | 33.42% | 18,172 |
| Duchesne | 1,856 | 67.99% | 874 | 32.01% | 982 | 35.98% | 2,730 |
| Emery | 1,679 | 64.04% | 943 | 35.96% | 736 | 28.08% | 2,622 |
| Garfield | 1,115 | 75.95% | 353 | 24.05% | 762 | 51.90% | 1,468 |
| Grand | 1,044 | 76.09% | 328 | 23.91% | 716 | 52.18% | 1,372 |
| Iron | 3,321 | 71.70% | 1,311 | 28.30% | 2,010 | 43.40% | 4,632 |
| Juab | 1,512 | 59.60% | 1,025 | 40.40% | 487 | 19.20% | 2,537 |
| Kane | 939 | 90.20% | 102 | 9.80% | 837 | 80.40% | 1,041 |
| Millard | 2,667 | 69.09% | 1,193 | 30.91% | 1,474 | 38.18% | 3,860 |
| Morgan | 905 | 67.39% | 438 | 32.61% | 467 | 34.78% | 1,343 |
| Piute | 548 | 75.27% | 180 | 24.73% | 368 | 50.54% | 728 |
| Rich | 561 | 68.92% | 253 | 31.08% | 308 | 37.84% | 814 |
| Salt Lake | 95,179 | 64.22% | 53,038 | 35.78% | 42,141 | 28.44% | 148,217 |
| San Juan | 1,119 | 72.47% | 425 | 27.53% | 694 | 44.94% | 1,544 |
| Sanpete | 3,883 | 68.59% | 1,778 | 31.41% | 2,105 | 37.18% | 5,661 |
| Sevier | 3,646 | 74.74% | 1,232 | 25.26% | 2,414 | 49.48% | 4,878 |
| Summit | 2,031 | 69.77% | 880 | 30.23% | 1,151 | 39.54% | 2,911 |
| Tooele | 3,390 | 55.82% | 2,683 | 44.18% | 707 | 11.64% | 6,073 |
| Uintah | 2,840 | 77.60% | 820 | 22.40% | 2,020 | 55.20% | 3,660 |
| Utah | 25,371 | 66.56% | 12,747 | 33.44% | 12,624 | 33.12% | 38,118 |
| Wasatch | 1,738 | 66.79% | 864 | 33.21% | 874 | 33.58% | 2,602 |
| Washington | 3,172 | 78.34% | 877 | 21.66% | 2,295 | 56.68% | 4,049 |
| Wayne | 499 | 63.81% | 283 | 36.19% | 216 | 27.62% | 782 |
| Weber | 22,542 | 55.95% | 17,747 | 44.05% | 4,795 | 11.90% | 40,289 |
| Totals | 215,631 | 64.56% | 118,364 | 35.44% | 97,267 | 29.12% | 333,995 |
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
