The 1956 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Montana strongly voted for the Republican nominee, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. Eisenhower won Montana by 14.26%; however, owing to a five-year drought in the High Plains that resulted in a considerable protest vote for Stevenson, he did not do as well as had four years earlier.[2]
However, his strong Catholic appeal meant that Eisenhower gained substantially in the heavily Irish mining counties of the west.[3] His 48.61% in Deer Lodge County is the best by a Republican there since Warren G. Harding in 1920, and as of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is last election in which Silver Bow County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[4] In addition to that, this is the last election in which neighboring Deer Lodge and Silver Bow counties voted for different candidates, the two normally being Democratic strongholds. Eisenhower became the first Republican to carry Montana more than once.
Results
edit| 1956 United States presidential election in Montana[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (incumbent) | 154,933 | 57.13% | 4 | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 116,238 | 42.87% | 0 | |
| Totals | 271,171 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaverhead | 1,955 | 65.52% | 1,029 | 34.48% | 926 | 31.04% | 2,984 |
| Big Horn | 1,739 | 56.44% | 1,342 | 43.56% | 397 | 12.88% | 3,081 |
| Blaine | 1,460 | 50.38% | 1,438 | 49.62% | 22 | 0.76% | 2,898 |
| Broadwater | 869 | 65.93% | 449 | 34.07% | 420 | 31.86% | 1,318 |
| Carbon | 2,345 | 56.30% | 1,820 | 43.70% | 525 | 12.60% | 4,165 |
| Carter | 698 | 61.55% | 436 | 38.45% | 262 | 23.10% | 1,134 |
| Cascade | 12,455 | 52.88% | 11,098 | 47.12% | 1,357 | 5.76% | 23,553 |
| Chouteau | 1,721 | 48.96% | 1,794 | 51.04% | -73 | -2.08% | 3,515 |
| Custer | 3,240 | 58.30% | 2,317 | 41.70% | 923 | 16.60% | 5,557 |
| Daniels | 982 | 50.93% | 946 | 49.07% | 36 | 1.86% | 1,928 |
| Dawson | 2,463 | 56.08% | 1,929 | 43.92% | 534 | 12.16% | 4,392 |
| Deer Lodge | 3,551 | 48.36% | 3,792 | 51.64% | -241 | -3.28% | 7,343 |
| Fallon | 967 | 61.24% | 612 | 38.76% | 355 | 22.48% | 1,579 |
| Fergus | 3,771 | 57.77% | 2,757 | 42.23% | 1,014 | 15.54% | 6,528 |
| Flathead | 8,088 | 57.40% | 6,003 | 42.60% | 2,085 | 14.80% | 14,091 |
| Gallatin | 6,680 | 67.20% | 3,260 | 32.80% | 3,420 | 34.40% | 9,940 |
| Garfield | 558 | 56.82% | 424 | 43.18% | 134 | 13.64% | 982 |
| Glacier | 2,054 | 52.99% | 1,822 | 47.01% | 232 | 5.98% | 3,876 |
| Golden Valley | 383 | 59.94% | 256 | 40.06% | 127 | 19.88% | 639 |
| Granite | 896 | 62.70% | 533 | 37.30% | 363 | 25.40% | 1,429 |
| Hill | 3,415 | 53.24% | 2,999 | 46.76% | 416 | 6.48% | 6,414 |
| Jefferson | 1,049 | 61.38% | 660 | 38.62% | 389 | 22.76% | 1,709 |
| Judith Basin | 789 | 48.20% | 848 | 51.80% | -59 | -3.60% | 1,637 |
| Lake | 3,363 | 59.88% | 2,253 | 40.12% | 1,110 | 19.76% | 5,616 |
| Lewis and Clark | 7,959 | 64.41% | 4,397 | 35.59% | 3,562 | 28.82% | 12,356 |
| Liberty | 601 | 55.19% | 488 | 44.81% | 113 | 10.38% | 1,089 |
| Lincoln | 2,321 | 50.38% | 2,286 | 49.62% | 35 | 0.76% | 4,607 |
| Madison | 1,662 | 64.24% | 925 | 35.76% | 737 | 28.48% | 2,587 |
| McCone | 752 | 45.83% | 889 | 54.17% | -137 | -8.34% | 1,641 |
| Meagher | 712 | 66.73% | 355 | 33.27% | 357 | 33.46% | 1,067 |
| Mineral | 606 | 52.33% | 552 | 47.67% | 54 | 4.66% | 1,158 |
| Missoula | 10,627 | 61.12% | 6,760 | 38.88% | 3,867 | 22.24% | 17,387 |
| Musselshell | 1,165 | 51.10% | 1,115 | 48.90% | 50 | 2.20% | 2,280 |
| Park | 3,733 | 63.44% | 2,151 | 36.56% | 1,582 | 26.88% | 5,884 |
| Petroleum | 258 | 55.72% | 205 | 44.28% | 53 | 11.44% | 463 |
| Phillips | 1,605 | 52.94% | 1,427 | 47.06% | 178 | 5.88% | 3,032 |
| Pondera | 1,651 | 53.45% | 1,438 | 46.55% | 213 | 6.90% | 3,089 |
| Powder River | 700 | 60.55% | 456 | 39.45% | 244 | 21.10% | 1,156 |
| Powell | 1,683 | 58.09% | 1,214 | 41.91% | 469 | 16.18% | 2,897 |
| Prairie | 637 | 61.25% | 403 | 38.75% | 234 | 22.50% | 1,040 |
| Ravalli | 3,437 | 61.40% | 2,161 | 38.60% | 1,276 | 22.80% | 5,598 |
| Richland | 2,366 | 55.67% | 1,884 | 44.33% | 482 | 11.34% | 4,250 |
| Roosevelt | 1,985 | 47.37% | 2,205 | 52.63% | -220 | -5.26% | 4,190 |
| Rosebud | 1,516 | 63.01% | 890 | 36.99% | 626 | 26.02% | 2,406 |
| Sanders | 1,649 | 52.05% | 1,519 | 47.95% | 130 | 4.10% | 3,168 |
| Sheridan | 1,153 | 38.31% | 1,857 | 61.69% | -704 | -23.38% | 3,010 |
| Silver Bow | 11,619 | 50.31% | 11,475 | 49.69% | 144 | 0.62% | 23,094 |
| Stillwater | 1,540 | 60.32% | 1,013 | 39.68% | 527 | 20.64% | 2,553 |
| Sweet Grass | 1,129 | 71.28% | 455 | 28.72% | 674 | 42.56% | 1,584 |
| Teton | 1,728 | 51.58% | 1,622 | 48.42% | 106 | 3.16% | 3,350 |
| Toole | 1,927 | 56.89% | 1,460 | 43.11% | 467 | 13.78% | 3,387 |
| Treasure | 337 | 57.22% | 252 | 42.78% | 85 | 14.44% | 589 |
| Valley | 2,357 | 48.42% | 2,511 | 51.58% | -154 | -3.16% | 4868 |
| Wheatland | 932 | 61.72% | 578 | 38.28% | 354 | 23.44% | 1510 |
| Wibaux | 431 | 52.50% | 390 | 47.50% | 41 | 5.00% | 821 |
| Yellowstone | 18,664 | 64.91% | 10,088 | 35.09% | 8,576 | 29.82% | 28,752 |
| Totals | 154,933 | 57.13% | 116,238 | 42.87% | 38,695 | 14.26% | 271,171 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Democratic
editCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ 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.
References
edit- ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 317, 436 ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6
- ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 394
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ David Leip. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.