Dwight D. Eisenhower won the 1956 presidential election with 457 of 531 electoral votes, defeating Adlai Stevenson II (74) by a margin of 383 electoral votes. Explore the full interactive map below.
Electoral Vote Results
Dwight D. Eisenhower 457 EV
Adlai Stevenson II 74 EV
531 total electoral votes · 266 needed to win.
Election Details
Winner
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Runner-Up
Adlai Stevenson II
EV Margin
383
Needed To Win
266
The 1956 map includes 531 electoral votes across 2 candidates with electoral votes.
1956 Election Background
The 1956 presidential election was a rematch of 1952. Incumbent Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson II in a larger landslide while the country weighed Cold War crises, civil rights, and Eisenhower's first-term health.
Election Day
November 6, 1956
Winner's Ticket
Dwight D. Eisenhower / Richard M. Nixon
Runner-up Ticket
Adlai Stevenson II / Estes Kefauver
Popular Vote
- Winner
- Dwight D. Eisenhower: 35,590,472 votes, 57.4%
- Runner-up
- Adlai Stevenson II: 26,022,752 votes, 42.0%
- Total
- 62,026,908 votes reported
Key Notes
- Eisenhower carried 41 states and won 457 electoral votes, while Stevenson won 73.
- The campaign took place during the Suez Crisis and the Hungarian Revolution, two major Cold War-era foreign policy events shortly before Election Day.
- Stevenson pushed a domestic program he called a New America, while Eisenhower campaigned from a position of broad personal popularity and a strong economy.
- One Alabama elector who was pledged to Stevenson cast an electoral vote for Walter B. Jones for president and Herman Talmadge for vice president.
- This was the second consecutive Eisenhower-Stevenson race and one of the rare presidential rematches won by the incumbent.