Who won Utah in the 1956 presidential election?

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

How many electoral votes did Utah have in 1956?

Utah cast 4 electoral votes in the 1956 presidential election.

Did Utah vote for the national winner in 1956?

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

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1956

Utah: Eisenhower carries 4 EV.

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

Utah in 1956

The 1956 contest saw Utah line up behind Eisenhower, delivering 4 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Utah ended up on the winning side — Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Utah backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1952. Utah did not move alone — neighboring Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Nevada broke the same way in 1956. Across the 33 presidential elections Utah 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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