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Under each candidate (L ยป R): Pop. Vote Percentage - Electoral Points
----------------- Dwight D. Adlai E. T. Coleman
State | Electoral Eisenhower Stevenson Andrews
| Votes Republican Democrat States Rights
Group E (1st priority - 5,000 pts each, 45,000 pts total)
40. Tennessee (11) 49.21% 2,516 48.60% 2,484 2.11% ---
41. Texas (24) 55.26% 2,784 43.98% 2,216 0.75% ---
42. Utah (4) 64.56% 3,228 35.44% 1,772
43. Vermont (3) 72.16% 3,609 27.81% 1,391
44. Virginia (12) 55.37% 2,772 38.36% 1,920 6.16% 308
45. Washington (9) 53.91% 2,713 45.44% 2,287
46. West Virginia (8) 54.08% 2,704 45.92% 2,296
47. Wisconsin (12) 61.58% 3,097 37.84% 1,903 0.45% ---
48. Wyoming (3) 60.08% 3,004 39.92% 1,996
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So Far (45,000) 26,427 18,265 308
Needed to Win - 72,010 Eisenhower-R Stevenson-D Andrews-S.R.
Group A (2nd priority - 4,000 pts each, 40,000 pts total)
1. Alabama (11) 39.40% 1,643 56.54% 2,357
2. Arizona (4) 60.99% 2,442 38.90% 1,558 0.10% ---
3. Arkansas (8) 45.82% 1,865 52.46% 2,135 1.72% ---
4. California (32) 55.39% 2,223 44.27% 1,777
5. Colorado (6) 59.49% 2,396 39.81% 1,604
6. Connecticut (8) 63.72% 2,549 36.26% 1,451
7. Delaware (3) 55.09% 2,210 44.62% 1,790
8. Florida (10) 57.27% 2,291 42.73% 1,709
9. Georgia (12) 32.65% 1,317 66.48% 2,683
10. Idaho (4) 61.17% 2,448 38.78% 1,552
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So Far (85,000) 47,811 36,881 308
Needed to Win - 72,010 Eisenhower-R Stevenson-D Andrews-S.R.
***1 = Louisiana (Group B, below)
In this state, 7.21% of the popular vote was cast for the choice of
unpledged electors. As a result, the breakdown of Electoral Points
is based solely on evaluation of the percentages of the two named
candidates, Stevenson and Eisenhower.
Group B (3rd priority - 3,000 pts each, 30,000 pts total)
11. Illinois (27) 59.52% 1,789 40.29% 1,211
12. Indiana (13) 59.90% 1,804 39.70% 1,196
13. Iowa (9) 59.06% 1,777 40.65% 1,223 0.26% ---
14. Kansas (8) 65.44% 1,970 34.21% 1,030
15. Kentucky (10) 54.30% 1,637 45.21% 1,363
16. Louisiana (10) ***1 53.28% 1,723 39.51% 1,277
17. Maine (5) 70.87% 2,126 29.13% 874
18. Maryland (9) 60.04% 1,801 39.96% 1,199
19. Massachusetts (16) 59.32% 1,785 40.37% 1,215
20. Michigan (20) 55.63% 1,673 44.15% 1,327
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So Far (115,000) 65,896 48,796 308
Needed to Win - 72,010 Eisenhower-R Stevenson-D Andrews-S.R.
***2 = Mississippi (Group C, below)
In this state, 17.31% of the popular vote was cast for the choice of
unpledged electors. As a result, the breakdown of Electoral Points
is based solely on evaluation of the percentages of the two named
candidates, Stevenson and Eisenhower.
Group C (4th priority - 2,000 pts each, 20,000 pts total)
21. Minnesota (11) 53.68% 1,076 46.08% 924
22. Mississippi (8) ***2 24.46% 592 58.23% 1,408
23. Missouri (13) 49.89% 998 50.11% 1,002
24. Montana (4) 57.13% 1,143 42.87% 857
25. Nebraska (6) 65.51% 1,310 34.49% 690
26. Nevada (3) 57.97% 1,159 42.03% 841
27. New Hampshire (4) 66.11% 1,322 33.84% 678 0.04% ---
28. New Jersey (16) 64.68% 1,308 34.23% 692
29. New Mexico (4) 57.81% 1,161 41.78% 839
30. New York (45) 61.19% 1,224 38.78% 776
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So Far (135,000) 77,189 57,503 308
Needed to Win - 72,010 Eisenhower-R Stevenson-D Andrews-S.R.
***3 = South Carolina (Group D, below)
In this state, 29.45% of the popular vote was cast for the choice of
unpledged electors. As a result, the breakdown of Electoral Points
is based solely on evaluation of the percentages of the two named
candidates, Stevenson and Eisenhower.
Group D (5th priority - 1,000 pts each, 10,000 pts total)
31. North Carolina (14) 49.34% 493 50.66% 507
32. North Dakota (4) 61.72% 618 38.09% 382 0.19% ---
33. Ohio (25) 61.11% 611 38.89% 389
34. Oklahoma (8) 55.13% 551 44.87% 449
35. Oregon (6) 55.25% 553 44.75% 447
36. Pennsylvania (32) 56.49% 566 43.30% 434
37. Rhode Island (4) 58.26% 583 41.74% 417
38. South Carolina (8) ***3 25.18% 357 45.37% 643
39. South Dakota (4) 58.39% 584 41.61% 416
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TOTAL - 144,000 82,105 61,587 308
Needed to Win - 72,010 Eisenhower-R Stevenson-D Andrews-S.R.
Finish Order WINNER-1st Loser-2nd 3rd
Percentage of Points 57.01736% 42.98263% 0.21389%
Eisenhower-Stevenson Ratios -- Electoral Points: 1.333155-1
Electoral Votes: 6.260274-1
Electoral Votes (531) ++1 457 (86.06403%) 73 (13.74765%) 0
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|------- Actual (1956) Eisenhower-R Stevenson-D Andrews-S.R.
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Popular Votes (62,021,979) ++2 35,579,180 26,028,028 108,956
Pctage of Pop. Votes 57.36544% 41.96581% 0.17567%
++1 = A faithless Democrat elector in Alabama cast his ballot for Alabama Judge
Walter B. Jones (for President) and Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge (for
Vice President), instead of for Stevenson and his V.P. choice, Senator
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Richard Nixon was the GOP V.P. candidate.
++2 = Popular Vote results were obtained from the David Leip Atlas of U.S.
Presidential Elections web-site. It was the only source that provided
a distinct and separate national popular vote total for T. Coleman
Andrews.
Incidentally, Leip's Atlas also shows the national total for all
popular votes that went for unpledged electors - 196,318
(0.31653% of 62,021,979).
Click-on here for >>> Leip Atlas - 1956 Election Results
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