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United States of America
Election of 1956

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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1956

1
2
3
4
5
6

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Ewing Stevenson
Walter Burgwyn Jones
T. Coleman Andrews
(unpledged electors)
Other

Republican ^V1
Democratic ^V2
Democratic ^V3States' Rights
(nominal parties)

457
73
    1 ^V3
    0
    0

35,590,47226,022,752
0
107,929
196,145
110,046

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4
5
6

Richard M. Nixon(Carey) Estes Kefauver
Herman Talmadge
Thomas Werdel
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RepublicanDemocratic Democratic
States' Rights
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45773
1 ^V3
0
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Index

^V1	Eisenhower's popularity gave him a commanding lead through the campaign.
^V2	Stevenson proposed increases in social programs and treaties with the Soviet Union as a means to lower military spending and nuclear testing. Stevenson's grandfather was Vice President in 1892.
^V3	One unfaithful Alabama State elector voted for Walter B. Jones, a circuit court judge in the elector's home town and for vice president he voted for Thomas Werdel, the governor of the neighboring state of Georgia.
*	Becoming dominant in the campaigns, television advertisements were used for the first time. Many of the ads of both the Republican and Democrat Parties pandered to the "housewife" as Eisenhower's 1952 campaign was won, in part, by the female vote.

The admission of Alaska and Hawaii as states increase the electoral votes from 531 to 537.

United States of America
Election of 1956

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