Who won Idaho in the 1956 presidential election?

Eisenhower (Republican) carried Idaho in 1956, winning its 4 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Idaho have in 1956?

Idaho cast 4 electoral votes in the 1956 presidential election.

Did Idaho vote for the national winner in 1956?

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

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1956

Idaho: Eisenhower carries 4 EV.

Idaho cast its 4 electoral votes for Eisenhower (Republican). National winner: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) — Idaho voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1956 result in Idaho

Idaho backed Eisenhower (Republican) in the 1956 presidential election, casting 4 electoral votes for the ticket. Idaho ended up on the winning side — Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Idaho backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1952. Idaho did not move alone — neighboring Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana broke the same way in 1956. Across the 34 presidential elections Idaho has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (23 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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