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1956 United States presidential election in Arizona

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1956 United States presidential election in Arizona
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The 1956 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. States voters chose four[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Arizona was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RPennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 60.99% of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (DIllinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 39.90% of the popular vote.[4][5]

Eisenhower was the first Republican presidential candidate to ever carry Graham County, which was to become a Republican stronghold after 1964.[6]

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Results

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Results by county

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Electors

Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 11, 1956.[9] Andrews had no party affiliation and no slate of electors was pledged to him in Arizona.

Adlai Stevenson
& Estes Kefauver
Democratic Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
& Richard Nixon
Republican Party
  • Al J. Flood
  • Thomas J. Croaff
  • Arthur E. Parmer
  • A. J. Beaty
  • Andrew Baumert Jr.
  • James P. Boyle
  • Elsie Toles
  • C. B. Wilson
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Notes

  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]

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