1956 United States presidential election in Colorado
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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November 6, 1956[1]
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 County Results
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Colorado was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 59.49% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.81% of the popular vote.[4][5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 394,479 | 59.49% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 263,997 | 39.81% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 3,308 | 0.50% | |
| Constitutional States’ Rights | T. Coleman Andrews | 759 | 0.11% | |
| Socialist | Darlington Hoopes | 531 | 0.08% | |
| Total votes | 663,074 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[6] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Eric Hass Socialist Labor |
T. Coleman Andrews Constitutional States’ Rights |
Darlington Hoopes Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 12,778 | 52.23% | 11,470 | 46.89% | 200 | 0.82% | 15 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,308 | 5.34% | 24,463 |
| Alamosa | 2,442 | 62.33% | 1,465 | 37.39% | 7 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 977 | 24.94% | 3,918 |
| Arapahoe | 19,716 | 63.11% | 11,351 | 36.33% | 157 | 0.50% | 4 | 0.01% | 15 | 0.05% | 8,365 | 26.78% | 31,243 |
| Archuleta | 635 | 59.91% | 423 | 39.91% | 2 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 20.00% | 1,060 |
| Baca | 1,715 | 59.63% | 1,150 | 39.99% | 8 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 565 | 19.64% | 2,876 |
| Bent | 1,718 | 57.25% | 1,283 | 42.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 435 | 14.50% | 3,001 |
| Boulder | 16,748 | 66.89% | 8,149 | 32.55% | 121 | 0.48% | 21 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,599 | 34.34% | 25,039 |
| Chaffee | 2,284 | 63.67% | 1,303 | 36.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 981 | 27.34% | 3,587 |
| Cheyenne | 820 | 61.70% | 507 | 38.15% | 2 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 313 | 23.55% | 1,329 |
| Clear Creek | 973 | 64.87% | 520 | 34.67% | 1 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.20% | 453 | 30.20% | 1,500 |
| Conejos | 1,884 | 55.89% | 1,471 | 43.64% | 8 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.02% | 7 | 0.21% | 413 | 12.25% | 3,371 |
| Costilla | 958 | 42.50% | 1,256 | 55.72% | 23 | 1.02% | 17 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | -298 | -13.22% | 2,254 |
| Crowley | 1,220 | 62.05% | 745 | 37.89% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 475 | 24.16% | 1,966 |
| Custer | 534 | 66.83% | 264 | 33.04% | 1 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 270 | 33.79% | 799 |
| Delta | 4,531 | 64.71% | 2,458 | 35.10% | 5 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.06% | 2,073 | 29.61% | 7,002 |
| Denver | 121,402 | 55.91% | 93,812 | 43.21% | 1,545 | 0.71% | 156 | 0.07% | 206 | 0.09% | 27,590 | 12.70% | 217,121 |
| Dolores | 544 | 60.38% | 354 | 39.29% | 2 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 190 | 21.09% | 901 |
| Douglas | 1,508 | 68.08% | 697 | 31.47% | 2 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.14% | 811 | 36.61% | 2,215 |
| Eagle | 1,154 | 57.36% | 852 | 42.35% | 4 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 302 | 15.01% | 2,012 |
| El Paso | 27,282 | 58.46% | 18,879 | 40.46% | 31 | 0.07% | 445 | 0.95% | 29 | 0.06% | 8,403 | 18.00% | 46,666 |
| Elbert | 1,295 | 64.75% | 702 | 35.10% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 593 | 29.65% | 2,000 |
| Fremont | 6,040 | 67.40% | 2,896 | 32.31% | 4 | 0.04% | 14 | 0.16% | 8 | 0.09% | 3,144 | 35.09% | 8,962 |
| Garfield | 3,332 | 62.90% | 1,953 | 36.87% | 2 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,379 | 26.03% | 5,297 |
| Gilpin | 394 | 61.66% | 244 | 38.18% | 1 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 150 | 23.48% | 639 |
| Grand | 1,239 | 71.33% | 496 | 28.55% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 743 | 42.78% | 1,737 |
| Gunnison | 1,400 | 62.31% | 846 | 37.65% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 554 | 24.66% | 2,247 |
| Hinsdale | 155 | 76.73% | 47 | 23.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 108 | 53.46% | 202 |
| Huerfano | 2,091 | 47.90% | 2,262 | 51.82% | 7 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.07% | -171 | -3.92% | 4,365 |
| Jackson | 594 | 66.59% | 297 | 33.30% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 297 | 33.29% | 892 |
| Jefferson | 25,398 | 63.71% | 14,270 | 35.80% | 145 | 0.36% | 33 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.05% | 11,128 | 27.91% | 39,865 |
| Kiowa | 810 | 64.64% | 443 | 35.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 367 | 29.28% | 1,253 |
| Kit Carson | 2,243 | 70.96% | 911 | 28.82% | 3 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,332 | 42.14% | 3,161 |
| La Plata | 4,770 | 66.81% | 2,366 | 33.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,404 | 33.67% | 7,140 |
| Lake | 1,433 | 51.31% | 1,355 | 48.51% | 3 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 78 | 2.80% | 2,793 |
| Larimer | 14,364 | 71.77% | 5,612 | 28.04% | 9 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.06% | 18 | 0.09% | 8,752 | 43.73% | 20,015 |
| Las Animas | 5,290 | 50.80% | 5,099 | 48.96% | 16 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 191 | 1.84% | 10,414 |
| Lincoln | 1,603 | 61.25% | 1,012 | 38.67% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 591 | 22.58% | 2,617 |
| Logan | 5,199 | 64.50% | 2,841 | 35.25% | 6 | 0.07% | 12 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,358 | 29.25% | 8,060 |
| Mesa | 12,869 | 62.79% | 7,567 | 36.92% | 24 | 0.12% | 26 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.05% | 5,302 | 25.87% | 20,496 |
| Mineral | 168 | 62.69% | 99 | 36.94% | 1 | 0.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 69 | 25.75% | 268 |
| Moffat | 1,762 | 68.80% | 797 | 31.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 965 | 37.68% | 2,561 |
| Montezuma | 2,492 | 63.59% | 1,402 | 35.77% | 8 | 0.20% | 17 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,090 | 27.82% | 3,919 |
| Montrose | 4,054 | 62.04% | 2,461 | 37.66% | 10 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.11% | 1,593 | 24.38% | 6,534 |
| Morgan | 5,325 | 64.17% | 2,956 | 35.62% | 11 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,369 | 28.55% | 8,298 |
| Otero | 5,964 | 61.53% | 3,722 | 38.40% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,242 | 23.13% | 9,693 |
| Ouray | 634 | 65.90% | 322 | 33.47% | 1 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 312 | 32.43% | 962 |
| Park | 715 | 70.58% | 297 | 29.32% | 1 | 0.10% | 15 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 418 | 41.26% | 1,013 |
| Phillips | 1,535 | 63.35% | 887 | 36.61% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 648 | 26.74% | 2,423 |
| Pitkin | 550 | 62.15% | 334 | 37.74% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 216 | 24.41% | 885 |
| Prowers | 3,350 | 57.61% | 2,460 | 42.30% | 4 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 890 | 15.31% | 5,815 |
| Pueblo | 23,454 | 52.34% | 20,433 | 45.60% | 876 | 1.95% | 4 | 0.01% | 47 | 0.10% | 3,021 | 6.74% | 44,814 |
| Rio Blanco | 1,593 | 71.47% | 635 | 28.49% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 958 | 42.98% | 2,229 |
| Rio Grande | 2,816 | 66.04% | 1,441 | 33.79% | 5 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,375 | 32.25% | 4,264 |
| Routt | 1,811 | 57.55% | 1,330 | 42.26% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.13% | 481 | 15.29% | 3,147 |
| Saguache | 1,149 | 58.03% | 823 | 41.57% | 3 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 326 | 16.46% | 1,980 |
| San Juan | 324 | 58.38% | 231 | 41.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 93 | 16.76% | 555 |
| San Miguel | 648 | 57.86% | 469 | 41.88% | 3 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 15.98% | 1,120 |
| Sedgwick | 1,334 | 63.55% | 760 | 36.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.14% | 574 | 27.34% | 2,099 |
| Summit | 429 | 64.61% | 235 | 35.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 194 | 29.22% | 664 |
| Teller | 977 | 66.42% | 494 | 33.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 483 | 32.84% | 1,471 |
| Washington | 2,020 | 65.20% | 1,067 | 34.44% | 2 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.16% | 953 | 30.76% | 3,098 |
| Weld | 17,228 | 62.75% | 10,170 | 37.04% | 34 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.03% | 16 | 0.06% | 7,058 | 25.71% | 27,455 |
| Yuma | 2,782 | 64.26% | 1,544 | 35.67% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,238 | 28.59% | 4,329 |
| Total | 394,479 | 59.49% | 263,997 | 39.81% | 3,308 | 0.50% | 759 | 0.11% | 531 | 0.08% | 130,482 | 19.68% | 663,074 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Notes
- 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.