Adlai Stevenson carried North Carolina D+1.3.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in North Carolina, 1956. North Carolina held 14 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 16.7 points more Democratic than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

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North Carolina result

1,165,592 votes counted

Electoral votes

14

Stevenson (D)

590,530

50.7%

Eisenhower (R)

575,062

49.3%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+1.3

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1956 presidential election

North Carolina, 1956

StevensonD+1.3

How it voted

Share of the 1956 vote

Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic	50.7%	590,530
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican	49.3%	575,062
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

100 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1956

100 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	R	−4.7%	11,029	12,123	23,152
Alexander County	R	−16.3%	2,710	3,767	6,477
Alleghany County	R	−0.9%	1,670	1,699	3,369
Anson County	D	+37.4%	3,598	1,640	5,238
Ashe County	R	−7.1%	3,982	4,588	8,570
Avery County	R	−61.1%	969	4,009	4,978
Beaufort County	D	+43.1%	5,730	2,277	8,007
Bertie County	D	+75.6%	3,373	469	3,842
Bladen County	D	+45.1%	4,078	1,542	5,620
Brunswick County	R	−0.0%	3,297	3,299	6,596
Buncombe County	R	−8.7%	19,044	22,655	41,699
Burke County	R	−19.3%	7,999	11,823	19,822
Cabarrus County	R	−33.7%	7,173	14,462	21,635
Caldwell County	R	−22.4%	6,861	10,833	17,694
Camden County	D	+40.7%	813	343	1,156
Carteret County	D	+0.9%	3,875	3,804	7,679
Caswell County	D	+34.4%	2,468	1,204	3,672
Catawba County	R	−25.5%	11,424	19,246	30,670
Chatham County	D	+5.4%	4,151	3,729	7,880
Cherokee County	R	−14.8%	2,843	3,830	6,673
Chowan County	D	+45.5%	1,485	556	2,041
Clay County	R	−5.7%	1,287	1,442	2,729
Cleveland County	D	+8.6%	8,408	7,076	15,484
Columbus County	D	+54.5%	7,805	2,300	10,105
Craven County	D	+36.2%	6,317	2,956	9,273
Cumberland County	D	+13.9%	8,862	6,699	15,561
Currituck County	D	+49.0%	1,425	488	1,913
Dare County	R	−10.1%	839	1,028	1,867
Davidson County	R	−23.7%	9,987	16,178	26,165
Davie County	R	−37.1%	2,110	4,599	6,709
Duplin County	D	+53.3%	6,931	2,110	9,041
Durham County	D	+2.3%	13,835	13,226	27,061
Edgecombe County	D	+61.9%	7,830	1,840	9,670
Forsyth County	R	−30.0%	15,819	29,368	45,187
Franklin County	D	+74.0%	5,298	792	6,090
Gaston County	R	−7.4%	15,671	18,159	33,830
Gates County	D	+57.0%	1,244	341	1,585
Graham County	R	−8.5%	1,486	1,762	3,248
Granville County	D	+46.6%	4,013	1,463	5,476
Greene County	D	+87.3%	3,285	222	3,507
Guilford County	R	−19.7%	21,948	32,751	54,699
Halifax County	D	+54.0%	7,860	2,346	10,206
Harnett County	D	+30.0%	7,421	3,998	11,419
Haywood County	D	+4.4%	7,598	6,955	14,553
Henderson County	R	−39.6%	4,003	9,243	13,246
Hertford County	D	+57.6%	2,708	729	3,437
Hoke County	D	+58.2%	1,944	513	2,457
Hyde County	D	+35.4%	1,028	491	1,519
Iredell County	R	−20.9%	7,286	11,125	18,411
Jackson County	D	+3.9%	3,787	3,503	7,290
Johnston County	D	+33.6%	9,852	4,893	14,745
Jones County	D	+64.9%	1,952	415	2,367
Lee County	D	+36.2%	4,163	1,948	6,111
Lenoir County	D	+45.5%	6,847	2,564	9,411
Lincoln County	R	−6.4%	5,838	6,637	12,475
Macon County	R	−6.0%	3,025	3,408	6,433
Madison County	R	−7.2%	3,693	4,263	7,956
Martin County	D	+85.5%	5,730	449	6,179
McDowell County	R	−10.9%	4,392	5,468	9,860
Mecklenburg County	R	−24.0%	27,227	44,469	71,696
Mitchell County	R	−59.9%	1,069	4,269	5,338
Montgomery County	R	−4.2%	3,088	3,359	6,447
Moore County	R	−5.1%	4,729	5,238	9,967
Nash County	D	+57.8%	9,969	2,665	12,634
New Hanover County	D	+3.9%	10,247	9,470	19,717
Northampton County	D	+70.1%	4,242	747	4,989
Onslow County	D	+48.5%	4,692	1,626	6,318
Orange County	D	+3.8%	4,743	4,396	9,139
Pamlico County	D	+18.1%	1,376	954	2,330
Pasquotank County	D	+23.7%	2,963	1,827	4,790
Pender County	D	+37.0%	2,196	1,009	3,205
Perquimans County	D	+18.1%	1,022	709	1,731
Person County	D	+32.7%	3,433	1,740	5,173
Pitt County	D	+65.0%	11,873	2,515	14,388
Polk County	R	−5.5%	2,527	2,823	5,350
Randolph County	R	−22.1%	8,404	13,174	21,578
Richmond County	D	+38.8%	6,592	2,907	9,499
Robeson County	D	+58.1%	10,516	2,785	13,301
Rockingham County	R	−0.5%	8,896	8,991	17,887
Rowan County	R	−28.6%	9,761	17,562	27,323
Rutherford County	R	−6.4%	7,208	8,200	15,408
Sampson County	D	+3.7%	7,197	6,685	13,882
Scotland County	D	+44.4%	3,042	1,171	4,213
Stanly County	R	−22.9%	6,693	10,667	17,360
Stokes County	R	−4.7%	3,948	4,341	8,289
Surry County	R	−12.4%	7,020	9,001	16,021
Swain County	R	−6.1%	1,794	2,026	3,820
Transylvania County	R	−6.4%	3,435	3,901	7,336
Tyrrell County	D	+18.8%	615	420	1,035
Union County	D	+31.0%	6,383	3,362	9,745
Vance County	D	+43.1%	4,922	1,955	6,877
Wake County	D	+19.2%	22,427	15,194	37,621
Warren County	D	+58.4%	2,733	718	3,451
Washington County	D	+30.7%	1,947	1,033	2,980
Watauga County	R	−18.0%	3,223	4,636	7,859
Wayne County	D	+23.1%	6,756	4,220	10,976
Wilkes County	R	−32.6%	5,870	11,544	17,414
Wilson County	D	+49.3%	8,328	2,830	11,158
Yadkin County	R	−39.7%	2,361	5,469	7,830
Yancey County	D	+2.7%	2,964	2,808	5,772