Dwight D. Eisenhower carried Virginia R+17.0. Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Virginia, 1956. Virginia held 12 electoral votes this cycle. The state ran 1.6 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).
Elections › 1956 › President › Virginia Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
akashic Virginia result
695,069 votes counted
Stevenson (D)
266,571
38.4%
Eisenhower (R)
384,820
55.4%
akashic 1956 presidential election
Virginia, 1956
Eisenhower R+17.0
1956 presidential margin by county for Virginia — 1956 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of Virginia — 1956 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1956 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states. West Virginia North Carolina Kentucky Maryland Tennessee Accomack County, VA · R+11.7 Albemarle County, VA · R+25.0 Alexandria city, VA · R+7.2 Alleghany County, VA · R+20.7 Amelia County, VA · R+19.8 Amherst County, VA · D+11.3 Appomattox County, VA · D+10.8 Arlington County, VA · R+13.1 Augusta County, VA · R+38.9 Bath County, VA · R+20.6 Bedford County, VA · R+8.3 Bland County, VA · R+15.4 Botetourt County, VA · R+24.0 Bristol city, VA · R+4.3 Brunswick County, VA · D+17.7 Buchanan County, VA · D+6.2 Buckingham County, VA · R+6.0 Buena Vista city, VA · R+24.4 Campbell County, VA · R+2.6 Caroline County, VA · R+2.7 Carroll County, VA · R+39.8 Charles City County, VA · R+53.1 Charlotte County, VA · D+22.5 Charlottesville city, VA · R+32.6 Chesapeake city, VA · D+9.7 Chesterfield County, VA · R+22.8 Clarke County, VA · R+3.7 Colonial Heights city, VA · R+3.7 Craig County, VA · D+1.6 Culpeper County, VA · R+20.1 Cumberland County, VA · R+17.8 Danville city, VA · R+27.9 Dickenson County, VA · D+3.5 Dinwiddie County, VA · D+18.1 Essex County, VA · R+25.0 Fairfax County, VA · R+13.8 Falls Church city, VA · R+8.3 Fauquier County, VA · R+14.3 Floyd County, VA · R+41.9 Fluvanna County, VA · R+23.3 Franklin County, VA · D+0.4 Frederick County, VA · R+14.2 Fredericksburg city, VA · R+26.6 Galax city, VA · R+37.3 Giles County, VA · R+5.8 Gloucester County, VA · R+26.2 Goochland County, VA · R+16.1 Grayson County, VA · R+24.8 Greene County, VA · R+34.5 Greensville County, VA · D+10.8 Halifax County, VA · D+11.9 Hampton city, VA · R+17.9 Hanover County, VA · R+27.7 Harrisonburg city, VA · R+58.6 Henrico County, VA · R+36.3 Henry County, VA · D+2.9 Highland County, VA · R+18.4 Hopewell city, VA · R+14.7 Isle of Wight County, VA · D+0.9 James City County, VA · R+35.7 King and Queen County, VA · R+22.7 King George County, VA · R+7.3 King William County, VA · R+37.1 Lancaster County, VA · R+51.6 Lee County, VA · R+10.0 Loudoun County, VA · R+11.4 Louisa County, VA · R+14.7 Lunenburg County, VA · D+22.7 Lynchburg city, VA · R+32.8 Madison County, VA · R+21.2 Martinsville city, VA · R+21.3 Mathews County, VA · R+39.3 Mecklenburg County, VA · D+11.4 Middlesex County, VA · R+30.8 Montgomery County, VA · R+41.9 Nelson County, VA · D+22.0 New Kent County, VA · R+37.7 Newport News city, VA · R+13.8 Norfolk city, VA · R+5.7 Northampton County, VA · R+5.3 Northumberland County, VA · R+40.2 Norton city, VA · R+10.6 Nottoway County, VA · D+3.5 Orange County, VA · R+21.9 Page County, VA · R+26.8 Patrick County, VA · D+10.8 Petersburg city, VA · R+23.6 Pittsylvania County, VA · D+16.2 Portsmouth city, VA · D+2.6 Powhatan County, VA · R+32.0 Prince Edward County, VA · R+16.7 Prince George County, VA · R+3.2 Prince William County, VA · R+4.3 Pulaski County, VA · R+27.3 Radford city, VA · R+25.9 Rappahannock County, VA · D+0.8 Richmond city, VA · R+37.5 Richmond County, VA · R+43.4 Roanoke city, VA · R+41.3 Roanoke County, VA · R+42.9 Rockbridge County, VA · R+36.1 Rockingham County, VA · R+45.1 Russell County, VA · D+1.3 Scott County, VA · R+17.4 Shenandoah County, VA · R+39.8 Smyth County, VA · R+33.3 Southampton County, VA · D+20.5 Spotsylvania County, VA · R+10.5 Stafford County, VA · R+22.1 Staunton city, VA · R+53.2 Suffolk city, VA · D+3.1 Surry County, VA · D+14.6 Sussex County, VA · D+3.3 Tazewell County, VA · R+6.2 Virginia Beach city, VA · R+4.9 Warren County, VA · R+20.0 Washington County, VA · R+13.4 Waynesboro city, VA · R+45.1 Westmoreland County, VA · R+17.8 Williamsburg city, VA · R+33.4 Winchester city, VA · R+41.8 Wise County, VA · D+6.6 Wythe County, VA · R+32.4 York County, VA · R+23.7 How it voted
Share of the 1956 vote
Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓ Republican 55.4% 384,820 Adlai Stevenson Democratic 38.4% 266,571 Other All other candidates 6.3% 43,678
124 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Gold marks a county an independent or third-party candidate carried.
akashic Virginia's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context
Virginia's presidential margins Democratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: +5.8% in 2024. flipped D · 2008 +5.8% D R 1892 2024 Virginia's presidential margins Year Margin (D minus R) 1892 +17.5% 1896 +6.6% 1900 +11.5% 1904 +24.8% 1908 +22.2% 1912 +48.9% 1916 +34.7% 1920 +23.5% 1924 +29.7% 1928 −8.0% 1932 +38.4% 1936 +40.8% 1940 +36.5% 1944 +25.0% 1948 +6.8% 1952 −13.0% 1956 −17.0% 1960 −5.4% 1964 +7.1% 1968 −10.9% 1972 −37.7% 1976 −1.3% 1980 −12.7% 1984 −25.2% 1988 −20.5% 1992 −4.4% 1996 −2.0% 2000 −8.1% 2004 −8.2% 2008 +6.3% 2012 +3.9% 2016 +5.3% 2020 +10.1% 2024 +5.8%
akashic County results — 1956
124 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Accomack County R 2,213 2,823 5,204 Albemarle County R 1,412 2,508 4,386 Alexandria city R 7,451 8,633 16,449 Alleghany County R 1,455 2,260 3,884 Amelia County R 403 745 1,728 Amherst County D 1,933 1,529 3,590 Appomattox County D 1,079 853 2,086 Arlington County R 16,674 21,868 39,725 Augusta County R 1,484 3,466 5,092 Bath County R 479 739 1,264 Bedford County R 2,649 3,148 6,046 Bland County R 813 1,113 1,947 Botetourt County R 1,377 2,280 3,758 Bristol city R 1,645 1,794 3,457 Brunswick County D 1,357 799 3,160 Buchanan County D 3,616 3,191 6,831 Buckingham County R 648 751 1,721 Buena Vista city R 326 545 897 Campbell County R 2,674 2,827 5,916 Caroline County R 853 907 1,969 Carroll County R 1,739 4,060 5,828 Charles City County R 174 661 917 Charlotte County D 1,431 791 2,839 Charlottesville city R 1,783 3,746 6,023 Chesapeake city D 1,871 1,521 3,609 Chesterfield County R 3,306 5,787 10,894 Clarke County R 725 785 1,605 Colonial Heights city R 956 1,037 2,172 Craig County D 501 485 993 Culpeper County R 966 1,502 2,661 Cumberland County R 331 566 1,319 Danville city R 2,409 4,561 7,726 Dickenson County D 3,695 3,444 7,153 Dinwiddie County D 1,282 807 2,628 Essex County R 328 597 1,076 Fairfax County R 15,633 20,761 37,267 Falls Church city R 1,233 1,462 2,752 Fauquier County R 1,567 2,112 3,802 Floyd County R 799 1,970 2,796 Fluvanna County R 417 734 1,363 Franklin County D 2,142 2,125 4,354 Frederick County R 1,405 1,882 3,360 Fredericksburg city R 934 1,672 2,775 Galax city R 346 761 1,114 Giles County R 2,016 2,270 4,379 Gloucester County R 723 1,319 2,276 Goochland County R 508 748 1,493 Grayson County R 2,426 4,039 6,496 Greene County R 246 539 849 Greensville County D 994 724 2,490 Halifax County D 2,470 1,782 5,799 Hampton city R 5,108 7,432 12,983 Hanover County R 1,109 2,272 4,202 Harrisonburg city R 571 2,265 2,893 Henrico County R 5,032 12,702 21,101 Henry County D 2,582 2,436 5,102 Highland County R 432 633 1,091 Hopewell city R 1,388 1,908 3,539 Isle of Wight County D 1,324 1,298 2,757 James City County R 312 728 1,164 King and Queen County R 289 495 906 King George County R 563 655 1,267 King William County R 357 887 1,427 Lancaster County R 373 1,380 1,953 Lee County R 3,714 4,548 8,304 Loudoun County R 1,960 2,489 4,660 Louisa County R 795 1,152 2,429 Lunenburg County D 1,111 580 2,339 Lynchburg city R 3,362 6,806 10,502 Madison County R 533 850 1,495 Martinsville city R 1,368 2,125 3,561 Mathews County R 406 1,018 1,556 Mecklenburg County D 2,004 1,498 4,434 Middlesex County R 338 721 1,243 Montgomery County R 1,848 4,598 6,559 Nelson County D 1,215 764 2,054 New Kent County R 178 510 880 Newport News city R 6,475 8,651 15,735 Norfolk city R 20,597 23,208 45,445 Northampton County R 1,132 1,264 2,477 Northumberland County R 428 1,191 1,900 Norton city R 552 684 1,241 Nottoway County D 1,242 1,124 3,329 Orange County R 794 1,344 2,510 Page County R 1,358 2,372 3,781 Patrick County D 1,677 1,345 3,062 Petersburg city R 1,882 3,166 5,449 Pittsylvania County D 4,136 2,870 7,794 Portsmouth city D 5,683 5,390 11,436 Powhatan County R 297 729 1,348 Prince Edward County O 437 932 2,965 Prince George County R 642 689 1,490 Prince William County R 1,851 2,023 3,970 Pulaski County R 1,994 3,517 5,578 Radford city R 1,118 1,910 3,058 Rappahannock County D 523 514 1,075 Richmond city R 10,758 27,367 44,291 Richmond County R 274 761 1,121 Roanoke city R 6,751 16,708 24,082 Roanoke County R 2,899 7,509 10,753 Rockbridge County R 1,039 2,273 3,418 Rockingham County R 1,605 4,324 6,027 Russell County D 3,641 3,550 7,224 Scott County R 3,595 5,116 8,754 Shenandoah County R 1,769 4,164 6,019 Smyth County R 2,374 4,771 7,204 Southampton County D 2,039 1,290 3,655 Spotsylvania County R 993 1,244 2,395 Stafford County R 978 1,563 2,652 Staunton city R 843 2,908 3,881 Suffolk city D 3,595 3,370 7,172 Surry County D 616 425 1,307 Sussex County D 851 785 1,997 Tazewell County R 3,495 3,960 7,535 Virginia Beach city R 5,453 6,030 11,796 Warren County R 1,322 2,003 3,405 Washington County R 3,547 4,651 8,250 Waynesboro city R 748 2,049 2,886 Westmoreland County R 695 1,033 1,897 Williamsburg city R 362 775 1,238 Winchester city R 945 2,375 3,419 Wise County D 5,567 4,871 10,495 Wythe County R 1,766 3,484 5,307 York County R 1,064 1,759 2,927
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