1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania explained

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The 1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 6, 1956 as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose 32 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Pennsylvania was the home state of President Eisenhower, as he moved to the Gettysburg area after World War II. Eisenhower won Pennsylvania by a solid 13.19% margin, and carried every county except Philadelphia and four heavily unionized coal counties in the southwestern "Black Country". This result nonetheless made Pennsylvania 2.21% more Democratic than the nation-at-large.

This was the last time Pennsylvania voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Eisenhower’s running mate, Richard Nixon, won the state in his re-election bid in 1972.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent)	2,585,252	56.49%	32
	Democratic	Adlai Stevenson	1,981,769	43.30%	0
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	7,447	0.16%	0
	Militant Workers	Farrell Dobbs	2,035	0.04%	0

Results by county

County	Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican		Adlai Stevenson Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		12,250		66.11%		6,281		33.89%		0		0.00%		5,969		32.22%		18,531
	Allegheny		384,939		54.83%		315,989		45.01%		1,102		0.16%		68,950		9.82%		702,030
	Armstrong		20,055		61.22%		12,671		38.68%		34		0.10%		7,384		22.54%		32,760
	Beaver		38,263		51.21%		36,373		48.68%		79		0.11%		1,890		2.53%		74,715
	Bedford		11,423		65.37%		6,038		34.55%		13		0.07%		5,385		30.82%		17,474
	Berks		57,258		57.30%		42,349		42.38%		320		0.32%		14,909		14.92%		99,927
	Blair		33,623		65.68%		17,503		34.19%		65		0.13%		16,120		31.49%		51,191
	Bradford		15,399		73.57%		5,502		26.29%		30		0.14%		9,897		47.28%		20,931
	Bucks		59,862		60.72%		38,541		39.09%		180		0.18%		21,321		21.63%		98,583
	Butler		26,238		65.61%		13,672		34.19%		79		0.20%		12,566		31.42%		39,989
	Cambria		46,373		52.55%		41,753		47.31%		123		0.14%		4,620		5.24%		88,249
	Cameron		2,462		74.52%		841		25.45%		1		0.03%		1,621		49.07%		3,304
	Carbon		13,150		57.27%		9,722		42.34%		89		0.39%		3,428		14.93%		22,961
	Centre		15,412		67.18%		7,483		32.62%		45		0.20%		7,929		34.56%		22,940
	Chester		47,225		70.24%		19,957		29.68%		50		0.07%		27,268		40.56%		67,232
	Clarion		10,048		66.94%		4,955		33.01%		8		0.05%		5,093		33.93%		15,011
	Clearfield		17,519		57.51%		12,852		42.19%		89		0.29%		4,667		15.32%		30,460
	Clinton		8,250		60.32%		5,411		39.56%		17		0.12%		2,839		20.76%		13,678
	Columbia		13,382		59.69%		9,024		40.25%		15		0.07%		4,358		19.44%		22,421
	Crawford		18,887		66.65%		9,346		32.98%		104		0.37%		9,541		33.67%		28,337
	Cumberland		29,468		68.10%		13,651		31.55%		153		0.35%		15,817		36.55%		43,272
	Dauphin		61,342		67.45%		29,226		32.14%		375		0.41%		32,116		35.31%		90,943
	Delaware		143,663		63.51%		82,024		36.26%		523		0.23%		61,639		27.25%		226,210
	Elk		8,947		61.84%		5,498		38.00%		23		0.16%		3,449		23.84%		14,468
	Erie		54,430		61.46%		33,802		38.17%		323		0.36%		20,628		23.29%		88,555
	Fayette		27,857		41.97%		38,312		57.72%		206		0.31%		-10,455		-15.75%		66,375
	Forest		1,535		71.13%		622		28.82%		1		0.05%		913		42.31%		2,158
	Franklin		19,121		63.33%		11,060		36.63%		12		0.04%		8,061		26.70%		30,193
	Fulton		2,370		56.50%		1,819		43.36%		6		0.14%		551		13.14%		4,195
	Greene		7,562		43.45%		9,827		56.47%		14		0.08%		-2,265		-13.02%		17,403
	Huntingdon		9,698		67.66%		4,618		32.22%		17		0.12%		5,080		35.44%		14,333
	Indiana		18,593		62.27%		11,268		37.73%		0		0.00%		7,325		24.54%		29,861
	Jefferson		13,051		66.26%		6,627		33.64%		19		0.10%		6,424		32.62%		19,697
	Juniata		4,258		60.45%		2,779		39.45%		7		0.10%		1,479		21.00%		7,044
	Lackawanna		64,386		53.56%		55,741		46.37%		79		0.07%		8,645		7.19%		120,206
	Lancaster		69,026		72.05%		26,538		27.70%		237		0.25%		42,488		44.35%		95,801
	Lawrence		25,037		55.61%		19,923		44.25%		65		0.14%		5,114		11.36%		45,025
	Lebanon		22,556		68.35%		10,406		31.53%		41		0.12%		12,150		36.82%		33,003
	Lehigh		50,564		63.30%		29,067		36.39%		251		0.31%		21,497		26.91%		79,882
	Luzerne		92,458		58.22%		65,155		41.02%		1,207		0.76%		27,303		17.20%		158,820
	Lycoming		27,030		66.67%		13,490		33.28%		20		0.05%		13,540		33.39%		40,540
	McKean		14,725		73.81%		5,152		25.82%		73		0.37%		9,573		47.99%		19,950
	Mercer		28,785		59.14%		19,769		40.62%		120		0.25%		9,016		18.52%		48,674
	Mifflin		8,638		62.94%		5,078		37.00%		9		0.07%		3,560		25.94%		13,725
	Monroe		10,081		64.30%		5,506		35.12%		92		0.59%		4,575		29.18%		15,679
	Montgomery		133,270		69.20%		59,095		30.69%		218		0.11%		74,175		38.51%		192,583
	Montour		3,976		65.71%		2,072		34.24%		3		0.05%		1,904		31.47%		6,051
	Northampton		43,375		55.83%		33,749		43.44%		573		0.74%		9,626		12.39%		77,697
	Northumberland		28,583		62.46%		17,141		37.45%		41		0.09%		11,442		25.01%		45,765
	Perry		7,511		67.59%		3,576		32.18%		25		0.22%		3,935		35.41%		11,112
	Philadelphia		383,414		42.97%		507,289		56.85%		1,618		0.18%		-123,875		-13.88%		892,321
	Pike		4,160		77.28%		1,219		22.65%		4		0.07%		2,941		54.63%		5,383
	Potter		5,181		69.45%		2,257		30.25%		22		0.29%		2,924		39.20%		7,460
	Schuylkill		51,670		61.95%		31,645		37.94%		91		0.11%		20,025		24.01%		83,406
	Snyder		7,102		78.35%		1,959		21.61%		3		0.03%		5,143		56.74%		9,064
	Somerset		20,568		60.95%		13,163		39.00%		17		0.05%		7,405		21.95%		33,748
	Sullivan		2,007		60.87%		1,286		39.01%		4		0.12%		721		21.86%		3,297
	Susquehanna		10,752		71.42%		4,293		28.52%		10		0.07%		6,459		42.90%		15,055
	Tioga		10,827		76.72%		3,280		23.24%		6		0.04%		7,547		53.48%		14,113
	Union		6,620		78.08%		1,844		21.75%		14		0.17%		4,776		56.33%		8,478
	Venango		17,107		75.31%		5,594		24.63%		14		0.06%		11,513		50.68%		22,715
	Warren		12,145		72.94%		4,463		26.80%		43		0.26%		7,682		46.14%		16,651
	Washington		39,465		45.04%		48,052		54.84%		98		0.11%		-8,587		-9.80%		87,615
	Wayne		9,658		75.64%		3,092		24.22%		18		0.14%		6,566		51.42%		12,768
	Westmoreland		66,580		47.77%		72,616		52.10%		192		0.14%		-6,036		-4.33%		139,388
	Wyoming		5,906		73.56%		2,120		26.40%		3		0.04%		3,786		47.16%		8,029
	York		48,176		55.33%		38,743		44.50%		149		0.17%		9,433		10.83%		87,068
Totals	2,585,252	56.49%	1,981,769	43.30%	9,482	0.21%	603,483	13.19%	4,576,503

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Alleghany
• Beaver
• Cambria
• Lackawanna
• Lawrence

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Presidents . September 27, 2017 . David Leip . Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania.
2. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. 1956 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania. 2018-03-25.