Who won Connecticut in the 1956 presidential election?

Eisenhower (Republican) carried Connecticut in 1956, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1956?

Connecticut cast 8 electoral votes in the 1956 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1956?

Yes. Connecticut backed Dwight D. Eisenhower, who won the presidency that year.

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1956

Connecticut: Eisenhower carries 8 EV.

Connecticut cast its 8 electoral votes for Eisenhower (Republican). National winner: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Connecticut, 1956

In 1956, Connecticut awarded its 8 electoral votes to Eisenhower of the Republican party. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1948. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 1956. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 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.

The 1956 national map

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