Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum 1956

Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum 1956 fóru fram þriðjudaginn 6. nóvember 1956. Dwight D. Eisenhower sitjandi forseti og Richard Nixon sitjandi varaforseti unnu sigur á Adlai Stevenson fyrrverandi fylkisstjóra Illinois og Estes Kefauver öldungadeildarþingmanni fyrir Tennessee.

Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum 1956

6. nóvember 1956
Kjörsókn	60,2% ( 3,1%)
Forsetaefni Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson Flokkur Repúblikana­flokkurinn Demókrata­flokkurinn Heimafylki Pennsylvanía Illinois Varaforsetaefni Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver Atkvæði kjörmannaráðs 457 73 Fylki 41 7 Atkvæði 35.579.180 26.028.028 Prósenta 57,4% 42,0%
Úrslit kosninganna. Litirnir tákna sigurvegara í hverju fylki (rauður = Eisenhower/Nixon; blár = Stevenson/Kefauver). Tölurnar segja til um fjölda kjörmanna á hvert fylki.
Forseti fyrir kosningu Dwight D. Eisenhower Repúblikanaflokkurinn Kjörinn forseti Dwight D. Eisenhower Repúblikanaflokkurinn

Niðurstöður

Fylki	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Adlai Stevenson	T. Coleman Andrews	Eric Hass
Alabama	39,39%	56,52%	4,09%	–
Arizona	60,99%	38,90%	0,10%	–
Arkansas	45,82%	52,46%	1,72%	–
Kalifornía	55,39%	44,27%	0,11%	0,01%
Colorado	59,49%	39,81%	0,11%	0,50%
Connecticut	63,72%	36,26%	–	–
Delaware	55,09%	44,62%	–	0,06%
Flórída	57,27%	42,73%	–	–
Georgía	32,65%	66,48%	–	–
Idaho	61,17%	38,78%	–	–
Illinois	59,52%	40,29%	–	0,19%
Indiana	59,90%	39,70%	–	0,07%
Iowa	59,06%	40,65%	0,26%	0,01%
Kansas	65,44%	34,21%	–	–
Kentucky	54,30%	45,21%	–	0,03%
Louisiana	53,28%	39,51%	7,21%	–
Maine	70,87%	29,13%	–	–
Maryland	60,04%	39,96%	–	–
Massachusetts	59,32%	40,37%	–	0,24%
Michigan	55,63%	44,15%	–	–
Minnesota	53,68%	46,08%	–	0,16%
Mississippi	24,46%	58,23%	17,31%	–
Missouri	49,89%	50,11%	–	–
Montana	57,13%	42,87%	–	–
Nebraska	65,51%	34,49%	–	–
Nevada	57,97%	42,03%	–	–
New Hampshire	66,11%	33,84%	0,04%	–
New Jersey	64,68%	34,23%	0,21%	0,27%
New Mexico	57,81%	41,78%	0,14%	0,03%
New York	61,19%	38,78%	–	–
Norður-Karólína	49,34%	50,66%	–	–
Norður-Dakóta	61,72%	38,09%	0,19%	–
Ohio	61,11%	38,89%	–	–
Oklahoma	55,13%	44,87%	–	–
Oregon	55,25%	44,75%	–	–
Pennsylvanía	56,49%	43,30%	–	0,16%
Rhode Island	58,26%	41,74%	–	–
Suður-Karólína	25,18%	45,37%	29,45%	–
Suður-Dakóta	58,39%	41,61%	–	–
Tennessee	49,21%	48,60%	2,11%	–
Texas	55,26%	43,98%	0,75%	–
Utah	64,56%	35,44%	–	–
Vermont	72,16%	27,81%	–	–
Virginía	55,37%	38,36%	6,16%	0,05%
Washington-fylki	53,91%	45,44%	–	0,65%
Vestur-Virginía	54,08%	45,92%	–	–
Wisconsin	61,58%	37,84%	0,45%	0,05%
Wyoming	60,08%	39,92%	–	–
Alríkis	57,37%	41,97%	0,49%	0,07%
Kjörmannaatkvæði	457	73	–	–

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• Kosningar í Bandaríkjunum 1956