1956

Reading the 1956 result in North Carolina

North Carolina backed Stevenson (Democratic) in the 1956 presidential election, casting 14 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) won the presidency, leaving North Carolina among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which North Carolina backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Georgia and South Carolina joined North Carolina for the Democratic ticket, while Virginia and Tennessee did not. Across the 58 presidential elections North Carolina has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (32 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.