1956 United States presidential election in Connecticut
← 1952 November 6, 1956 1960 →
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Pennsylvania[1][2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon Estes Kefauver
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 711,837 405,079
Percentage 63.72% 36.26%
President before election

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

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The 1956 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Connecticut voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower of Pennsylvania, over the Democratic nominee, former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Eisenhower ran with incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon of California, while Stevenson's running mate was Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee.

Eisenhower won Connecticut by a margin of 27.46%, which made Connecticut 12% more Republican than the nation-at-large and Eisenhower's eighth-best state in the nation. As of 2020, this was the most recent presidential election in which the Republican nominee carried the town of Bloomfield and the cities of Middletown, New Britain, and New Haven. This is also the most recent election where Connecticut voted more Republican than Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming.

Results

1956 United States presidential election in Connecticut[3]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Dwight David Eisenhower of Pennsylvania Richard Nixon of California 711,837 63.72% 8 100.00%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson II of Illinois Estes Kefauver of Tennessee 405,079 36.26% 0 0.00%
N/A Others Others 205 0.02% 0 0.00%
Total 1,117,121 100.00% 8 100.00%

By county

1956 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [4]
County Eisenhower % Eisenhower # Stevenson % Stevenson # Total #
Fairfield 70.2% 199,841 29.8% 84,890 284,731
Hartford 58.1% 175,894 41.9% 126,923 302,817
Litchfield 69.9% 40,029 30.1% 17,226 57,255
Middlesex 64.8% 25,496 35.2% 13,851 39,347
New Haven 63.0% 191,215 37.0% 112,208 303,423
New London 61.4% 43,453 38.6% 27,317 70,770
Tolland 63.5% 15,880 36.5% 9,111 24,991
Windham 59.6% 20,029 40.4% 13,553 33,582

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017. Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
  3. ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut".
  4. ^ "1956 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.


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