1956
What happened in Alabama, 1956
In 1956, Alabama awarded its 11 electoral votes to Stevenson of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Alabama among the states he did not carry.
It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Alabama backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1952. The region divided — Mississippi, Georgia, and Florida joined Alabama for the Democratic ticket, while Tennessee did not. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.
In the national count, Dwight D. Eisenhower took 457 of the 531 electoral votes, against Adlai Stevenson II's 73. Dwight D. Eisenhower led the national popular vote with 57.37% of the ballots cast.
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