Who won Maryland in the 1956 presidential election?

Eisenhower (Republican) carried Maryland in 1956, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maryland have in 1956?

Maryland cast 9 electoral votes in the 1956 presidential election.

Did Maryland vote for the national winner in 1956?

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

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1956

Maryland: Eisenhower carries 9 EV.

Maryland cast its 9 electoral votes for Eisenhower (Republican). National winner: Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) — Maryland voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1956 result in Maryland

Maryland backed Eisenhower (Republican) in the 1956 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. Maryland ended up on the winning side — Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the White House that year.

It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Maryland backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1948. The region divided — Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware joined Maryland for the Republican ticket, while West Virginia did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Maryland has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 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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