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County Results
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose six[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 65.51% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 34.49% of the popular vote.[4][5]
With 65.51% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Eisenhower's fourth strongest state after Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire.[6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 378,108 | 65.51% | |
Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 199,029 | 34.49% | |
Total votes | 577,137 | 100% |
County[7] | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 8,186 | 66.93% | 4,045 | 33.07% | 4,141 | 33.86% | 12,231 |
Antelope | 3,607 | 73.00% | 1,334 | 27.00% | 2,273 | 46.00% | 4,941 |
Arthur | 248 | 78.48% | 68 | 21.52% | 180 | 56.96% | 316 |
Banner | 329 | 64.01% | 185 | 35.99% | 144 | 28.02% | 514 |
Blaine | 416 | 73.63% | 149 | 26.37% | 267 | 47.26% | 565 |
Boone | 3,021 | 70.29% | 1,277 | 29.71% | 1,744 | 40.58% | 4,298 |
Box Butte | 2,991 | 68.71% | 1,362 | 31.29% | 1,629 | 37.42% | 4,353 |
Boyd | 1,414 | 62.51% | 848 | 37.49% | 566 | 25.02% | 2,262 |
Brown | 1,566 | 74.08% | 548 | 25.92% | 1,018 | 48.16% | 2,114 |
Buffalo | 7,342 | 70.31% | 3,100 | 29.69% | 4,242 | 40.62% | 10,442 |
Burt | 3,459 | 69.49% | 1,519 | 30.51% | 1,940 | 38.98% | 4,978 |
Butler | 2,864 | 56.07% | 2,244 | 43.93% | 620 | 12.14% | 5,108 |
Cass | 4,814 | 63.87% | 2,723 | 36.13% | 2,091 | 27.74% | 7,537 |
Cedar | 3,809 | 64.70% | 2,078 | 35.30% | 1,731 | 29.40% | 5,887 |
Chase | 1,444 | 68.31% | 670 | 31.69% | 774 | 36.62% | 2,114 |
Cherry | 2,414 | 73.20% | 884 | 26.80% | 1,530 | 46.40% | 3,298 |
Cheyenne | 3,809 | 63.58% | 2,182 | 36.42% | 1,627 | 27.16% | 5,991 |
Clay | 3,099 | 71.42% | 1,240 | 28.58% | 1,859 | 42.84% | 4,339 |
Colfax | 2,843 | 65.07% | 1,526 | 34.93% | 1,317 | 30.14% | 4,369 |
Cuming | 4,223 | 76.43% | 1,302 | 23.57% | 2,921 | 52.86% | 5,525 |
Custer | 5,798 | 70.51% | 2,425 | 29.49% | 3,373 | 41.02% | 8,223 |
Dakota | 2,516 | 53.08% | 2,224 | 46.92% | 292 | 6.16% | 4,740 |
Dawes | 2,523 | 73.86% | 893 | 26.14% | 1,630 | 47.72% | 3,416 |
Dawson | 6,503 | 76.13% | 2,039 | 23.87% | 4,464 | 52.26% | 8,542 |
Deuel | 1,165 | 79.85% | 294 | 20.15% | 871 | 59.70% | 1,459 |
Dixon | 2,493 | 59.09% | 1,726 | 40.91% | 767 | 18.18% | 4,219 |
Dodge | 9,210 | 69.26% | 4,088 | 30.74% | 5,122 | 38.52% | 13,298 |
Douglas | 73,270 | 59.39% | 50,110 | 40.61% | 23,160 | 18.78% | 123,380 |
Dundy | 1,196 | 70.73% | 495 | 29.27% | 701 | 41.46% | 1,691 |
Fillmore | 3,137 | 66.94% | 1,549 | 33.06% | 1,588 | 33.88% | 4,686 |
Franklin | 1,955 | 68.77% | 888 | 31.23% | 1,067 | 37.54% | 2,843 |
Frontier | 1,602 | 71.65% | 634 | 28.35% | 968 | 43.30% | 2,236 |
Furnas | 2,894 | 72.26% | 1,111 | 27.74% | 1,783 | 44.52% | 4,005 |
Gage | 7,514 | 67.64% | 3,595 | 32.36% | 3,919 | 35.28% | 11,109 |
Garden | 1,167 | 77.70% | 335 | 22.30% | 832 | 55.40% | 1,502 |
Garfield | 936 | 78.13% | 262 | 21.87% | 674 | 56.26% | 1,198 |
Gosper | 814 | 71.47% | 325 | 28.53% | 489 | 42.94% | 1,139 |
Grant | 433 | 83.27% | 87 | 16.73% | 346 | 66.54% | 520 |
Greeley | 1,240 | 57.67% | 910 | 42.33% | 330 | 15.34% | 2,150 |
Hall | 9,536 | 66.45% | 4,815 | 33.55% | 4,721 | 32.90% | 14,351 |
Hamilton | 3,217 | 74.95% | 1,075 | 25.05% | 2,142 | 49.90% | 4,292 |
Harlan | 1,850 | 68.57% | 848 | 31.43% | 1,002 | 37.14% | 2,698 |
Hayes | 726 | 70.01% | 311 | 29.99% | 415 | 40.02% | 1,037 |
Hitchcock | 1,570 | 67.94% | 741 | 32.06% | 829 | 35.88% | 2,311 |
Holt | 4,237 | 69.33% | 1,874 | 30.67% | 2,363 | 38.66% | 6,111 |
Hooker | 368 | 85.19% | 64 | 14.81% | 304 | 70.38% | 432 |
Howard | 1,701 | 54.00% | 1,449 | 46.00% | 252 | 8.00% | 3,150 |
Jefferson | 4,267 | 71.25% | 1,722 | 28.75% | 2,545 | 42.50% | 5,989 |
Johnson | 2,160 | 65.45% | 1,140 | 34.55% | 1,020 | 30.90% | 3,300 |
Kearney | 2,158 | 64.80% | 1,172 | 35.20% | 986 | 29.60% | 3,330 |
Keith | 2,624 | 73.83% | 930 | 26.17% | 1,694 | 47.66% | 3,554 |
Keya Paha | 635 | 70.71% | 263 | 29.29% | 372 | 41.42% | 898 |
Kimball | 1,590 | 70.79% | 656 | 29.21% | 934 | 41.58% | 2,246 |
Knox | 3,814 | 64.38% | 2,110 | 35.62% | 1,704 | 28.76% | 5,924 |
Lancaster | 35,591 | 64.94% | 19,217 | 35.06% | 16,374 | 29.88% | 54,808 |
Lincoln | 7,523 | 62.70% | 4,475 | 37.30% | 3,048 | 25.40% | 11,998 |
Logan | 367 | 71.26% | 148 | 28.74% | 219 | 42.52% | 515 |
Loup | 441 | 76.03% | 139 | 23.97% | 302 | 52.06% | 580 |
Madison | 7,968 | 72.99% | 2,949 | 27.01% | 5,019 | 45.98% | 10,917 |
McPherson | 281 | 74.14% | 98 | 25.86% | 183 | 48.28% | 379 |
Merrick | 2,857 | 71.73% | 1,126 | 28.27% | 1,731 | 43.46% | 3,983 |
Morrill | 1,810 | 63.75% | 1,029 | 36.25% | 781 | 27.50% | 2,839 |
Nance | 1,779 | 69.55% | 779 | 30.45% | 1,000 | 39.10% | 2,558 |
Nemaha | 3,141 | 68.66% | 1,434 | 31.34% | 1,707 | 37.32% | 4,575 |
Nuckolls | 2,672 | 64.28% | 1,485 | 35.72% | 1,187 | 28.56% | 4,157 |
Otoe | 5,275 | 69.67% | 2,296 | 30.33% | 2,979 | 39.34% | 7,571 |
Pawnee | 1,830 | 64.17% | 1,022 | 35.83% | 808 | 28.34% | 2,852 |
Perkins | 1,296 | 66.06% | 666 | 33.94% | 630 | 32.12% | 1,962 |
Phelps | 3,502 | 72.73% | 1,313 | 27.27% | 2,189 | 45.46% | 4,815 |
Pierce | 2,800 | 70.85% | 1,152 | 29.15% | 1,648 | 41.70% | 3,952 |
Platte | 6,574 | 69.23% | 2,922 | 30.77% | 3,652 | 38.46% | 9,496 |
Polk | 2,482 | 68.62% | 1,135 | 31.38% | 1,347 | 37.24% | 3,617 |
Red Willow | 3,806 | 70.08% | 1,625 | 29.92% | 2,181 | 40.16% | 5,431 |
Richardson | 4,480 | 64.05% | 2,514 | 35.95% | 1,966 | 28.10% | 6,994 |
Rock | 928 | 76.76% | 281 | 23.24% | 647 | 53.52% | 1,209 |
Saline | 3,248 | 48.89% | 3,395 | 51.11% | -147 | -2.22% | 6,643 |
Sarpy | 3,826 | 60.47% | 2,501 | 39.53% | 1,325 | 20.94% | 6,327 |
Saunders | 4,973 | 59.86% | 3,335 | 40.14% | 1,638 | 19.72% | 8,308 |
Scotts Bluff | 8,027 | 63.12% | 4,690 | 36.88% | 3,337 | 26.24% | 12,717 |
Seward | 3,688 | 65.88% | 1,910 | 34.12% | 1,778 | 31.76% | 5,598 |
Sheridan | 2,618 | 74.57% | 893 | 25.43% | 1,725 | 49.14% | 3,511 |
Sherman | 1,429 | 53.97% | 1,219 | 46.03% | 210 | 7.94% | 2,648 |
Sioux | 499 | 65.74% | 260 | 34.26% | 239 | 31.48% | 759 |
Stanton | 1,676 | 65.14% | 897 | 34.86% | 779 | 30.28% | 2,573 |
Thayer | 3,346 | 69.81% | 1,447 | 30.19% | 1,899 | 39.62% | 4,793 |
Thomas | 422 | 77.72% | 121 | 22.28% | 301 | 55.44% | 543 |
Thurston | 1,722 | 55.05% | 1,406 | 44.95% | 316 | 10.10% | 3,128 |
Valley | 2,189 | 66.78% | 1,089 | 33.22% | 1,100 | 33.56% | 3,278 |
Washington | 3,531 | 67.10% | 1,731 | 32.90% | 1,800 | 34.20% | 5,262 |
Wayne | 3,040 | 72.68% | 1,143 | 27.32% | 1,897 | 45.36% | 4,183 |
Webster | 2,298 | 70.62% | 956 | 29.38% | 1,342 | 41.24% | 3,254 |
Wheeler | 391 | 64.20% | 218 | 35.80% | 173 | 28.40% | 609 |
York | 5,065 | 76.35% | 1,569 | 23.65% | 3,496 | 52.70% | 6,634 |
Totals | 378,108 | 65.51% | 199,029 | 34.49% | 179,079 | 31.02% | 577,137 |
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
State and district results of the 1956 United States presidential election
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