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Adlai Stevenson vs Dwight D. Eisenhower

Adlai Stevenson vs Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956: electoral votes, popular vote and every state, side by side.

Adlai Stevenson

Elections
2 (1952, 1956)
Won
0
Electoral votes, all runs
162
Best popular vote
44.4% in 1952
Parties
Democratic
vs

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Elections
2 (1952, 1956)
Won
2
Electoral votes, all runs
899
Best popular vote
57.4% in 1956
Parties
Republican
Adlai Stevenson states
7
Dwight D. Eisenhower states
41
Popular vote
42.0% – 57.4%
Alabama: Adlai StevensonAlaskaArizona: Dwight D. EisenhowerArkansas: Adlai StevensonCalifornia: Dwight D. EisenhowerColorado: Dwight D. EisenhowerConnecticut: Dwight D. EisenhowerDelaware: Dwight D. EisenhowerDistrict of ColumbiaFlorida: Dwight D. EisenhowerGeorgia: Adlai StevensonHawaiiIdaho: Dwight D. EisenhowerIllinois: Dwight D. EisenhowerIndiana: Dwight D. EisenhowerIowa: Dwight D. EisenhowerKansas: Dwight D. EisenhowerKentucky: Dwight D. EisenhowerLouisiana: Dwight D. EisenhowerMaine: Dwight D. EisenhowerMaryland: Dwight D. EisenhowerMassachusetts: Dwight D. EisenhowerMichigan: Dwight D. EisenhowerMinnesota: Dwight D. EisenhowerMississippi: Adlai StevensonMissouri: Adlai StevensonMontana: Dwight D. EisenhowerNebraska: Dwight D. EisenhowerNevada: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Hampshire: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Jersey: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Mexico: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew York: Dwight D. EisenhowerNorth Carolina: Adlai StevensonNorth Dakota: Dwight D. EisenhowerOhio: Dwight D. EisenhowerOklahoma: Dwight D. EisenhowerOregon: Dwight D. EisenhowerPennsylvania: Dwight D. EisenhowerRhode Island: Dwight D. EisenhowerSouth Carolina: Adlai StevensonSouth Dakota: Dwight D. EisenhowerTennessee: Dwight D. EisenhowerTexas: Dwight D. EisenhowerUtah: Dwight D. EisenhowerVermont: Dwight D. EisenhowerVirginia: Dwight D. EisenhowerWashington: Dwight D. EisenhowerWest Virginia: Dwight D. EisenhowerWisconsin: Dwight D. EisenhowerWyoming: Dwight D. EisenhowerVermont: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Hampshire: Dwight D. EisenhowerMassachusetts: Dwight D. EisenhowerRhode Island: Dwight D. EisenhowerConnecticut: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Jersey: Dwight D. EisenhowerDelaware: Dwight D. EisenhowerMaryland: Dwight D. EisenhowerDistrict of Columbia
Every state, 1956
StateAdlai StevensonDwight D. EisenhowerGap (pts)EV
Alabama 56.5% 10 39.4% 17.1 10
Arizona 38.9% 61.0% 4 -22.1 4
Arkansas 52.5% 8 45.8% 6.7 8
California 44.3% 55.4% 32 -11.1 32
Colorado 39.3% 60.0% 6 -20.7 6
Connecticut 36.3% 63.7% 8 -27.4 8
Delaware 44.6% 55.1% 3 -10.5 3
Florida 42.7% 57.2% 10 -14.5 10
Georgia 66.4% 12 33.3% 33.1 12
Idaho 38.8% 61.2% 4 -22.4 4
Illinois 40.3% 59.5% 27 -19.2 27
Indiana 39.7% 59.9% 13 -20.2 13
Iowa 40.7% 59.1% 10 -18.4 10
Kansas 34.2% 65.4% 8 -31.2 8
Kentucky 45.2% 54.3% 10 -9.1 10
Louisiana 39.5% 53.3% 10 -13.8 10
Maine 29.1% 70.9% 5 -41.8 5
Maryland 39.9% 60.0% 9 -20.1 9
Massachusetts 40.4% 59.3% 16 -18.9 16
Michigan 44.1% 55.6% 20 -11.5 20
Minnesota 46.1% 53.7% 11 -7.6 11
Mississippi 58.2% 8 24.5% 33.7 8
Missouri 50.1% 13 49.9% 0.2 13
Montana 42.9% 57.1% 4 -14.2 4
Nebraska 34.5% 65.5% 6 -31.0 6
Nevada 42.0% 58.0% 3 -16.0 3
New Hampshire 33.8% 66.1% 4 -32.3 4
New Jersey 34.2% 64.7% 16 -30.5 16
New Mexico 41.8% 57.8% 4 -16.0 4
New York 38.7% 61.2% 45 -22.5 45
North Carolina 50.7% 14 49.3% 1.4 14
North Dakota 38.1% 61.7% 4 -23.6 4
Ohio 38.9% 61.1% 25 -22.2 25
Oklahoma 44.9% 55.1% 8 -10.2 8
Oregon 44.7% 55.2% 6 -10.5 6
Pennsylvania 43.3% 56.5% 32 -13.2 32
Rhode Island 41.7% 58.3% 4 -16.6 4
South Carolina 45.4% 8 25.2% 20.2 8
South Dakota 41.6% 58.4% 4 -16.8 4
Tennessee 48.6% 49.2% 11 -0.6 11
Texas 44.0% 55.3% 24 -11.3 24
Utah 35.4% 64.6% 4 -29.2 4
Vermont 27.8% 72.2% 3 -44.4 3
Virginia 38.4% 55.4% 12 -17.0 12
Washington 45.4% 53.9% 9 -8.5 9
West Virginia 45.9% 54.1% 8 -8.2 8
Wisconsin 37.8% 61.6% 12 -23.8 12
Wyoming 39.9% 60.1% 3 -20.2 3
Adlai Stevenson states
9
Dwight D. Eisenhower states
39
Popular vote
44.4% – 54.9%
Alabama: Adlai StevensonAlaskaArizona: Dwight D. EisenhowerArkansas: Adlai StevensonCalifornia: Dwight D. EisenhowerColorado: Dwight D. EisenhowerConnecticut: Dwight D. EisenhowerDelaware: Dwight D. EisenhowerDistrict of ColumbiaFlorida: Dwight D. EisenhowerGeorgia: Adlai StevensonHawaiiIdaho: Dwight D. EisenhowerIllinois: Dwight D. EisenhowerIndiana: Dwight D. EisenhowerIowa: Dwight D. EisenhowerKansas: Dwight D. EisenhowerKentucky: Adlai StevensonLouisiana: Adlai StevensonMaine: Dwight D. EisenhowerMaryland: Dwight D. EisenhowerMassachusetts: Dwight D. EisenhowerMichigan: Dwight D. EisenhowerMinnesota: Dwight D. EisenhowerMississippi: Adlai StevensonMissouri: Dwight D. EisenhowerMontana: Dwight D. EisenhowerNebraska: Dwight D. EisenhowerNevada: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Hampshire: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Jersey: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Mexico: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew York: Dwight D. EisenhowerNorth Carolina: Adlai StevensonNorth Dakota: Dwight D. EisenhowerOhio: Dwight D. EisenhowerOklahoma: Dwight D. EisenhowerOregon: Dwight D. EisenhowerPennsylvania: Dwight D. EisenhowerRhode Island: Dwight D. EisenhowerSouth Carolina: Adlai StevensonSouth Dakota: Dwight D. EisenhowerTennessee: Dwight D. EisenhowerTexas: Dwight D. EisenhowerUtah: Dwight D. EisenhowerVermont: Dwight D. EisenhowerVirginia: Dwight D. EisenhowerWashington: Dwight D. EisenhowerWest Virginia: Adlai StevensonWisconsin: Dwight D. EisenhowerWyoming: Dwight D. EisenhowerVermont: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Hampshire: Dwight D. EisenhowerMassachusetts: Dwight D. EisenhowerRhode Island: Dwight D. EisenhowerConnecticut: Dwight D. EisenhowerNew Jersey: Dwight D. EisenhowerDelaware: Dwight D. EisenhowerMaryland: Dwight D. EisenhowerDistrict of Columbia
Every state, 1952
StateAdlai StevensonDwight D. EisenhowerGap (pts)EV
Alabama 64.6% 11 35.0% 29.6 11
Arizona 41.7% 58.3% 4 -16.6 4
Arkansas 55.9% 8 43.8% 12.1 8
California 42.7% 56.3% 32 -13.6 32
Colorado 39.0% 60.3% 6 -21.3 6
Connecticut 43.9% 55.7% 8 -11.8 8
Delaware 47.9% 51.8% 3 -3.9 3
Florida 45.0% 55.0% 10 -10.0 10
Georgia 69.7% 12 30.3% 39.4 12
Idaho 34.4% 65.4% 4 -31.0 4
Illinois 44.9% 54.8% 27 -9.9 27
Indiana 41.0% 58.1% 13 -17.1 13
Iowa 35.6% 63.8% 10 -28.2 10
Kansas 30.5% 68.8% 8 -38.3 8
Kentucky 49.9% 10 49.8% 0.1 10
Louisiana 52.9% 10 47.1% 5.8 10
Maine 33.8% 66.0% 5 -32.2 5
Maryland 43.8% 55.4% 9 -11.6 9
Massachusetts 45.5% 54.2% 16 -8.7 16
Michigan 44.0% 55.4% 20 -11.4 20
Minnesota 44.1% 55.3% 11 -11.2 11
Mississippi 60.4% 8 39.6% 20.8 8
Missouri 49.1% 50.7% 13 -1.6 13
Montana 40.1% 59.4% 4 -19.3 4
Nebraska 30.8% 69.2% 6 -38.4 6
Nevada 38.6% 61.4% 3 -22.8 3
New Hampshire 39.1% 60.9% 4 -21.8 4
New Jersey 42.0% 56.8% 16 -14.8 16
New Mexico 44.3% 55.4% 4 -11.1 4
New York 43.6% 55.5% 45 -11.9 45
North Carolina 53.9% 14 46.1% 7.8 14
North Dakota 28.4% 71.0% 4 -42.6 4
Ohio 43.2% 56.8% 25 -13.6 25
Oklahoma 45.4% 54.6% 8 -9.2 8
Oregon 38.9% 60.5% 6 -21.6 6
Pennsylvania 46.9% 52.7% 32 -5.8 32
Rhode Island 49.0% 50.9% 4 -1.9 4
South Carolina 50.7% 8 2.9% 47.8 8
South Dakota 30.7% 69.3% 4 -38.6 4
Tennessee 49.7% 50.0% 11 -0.3 11
Texas 46.7% 53.1% 24 -6.4 24
Utah 41.1% 58.9% 4 -17.8 4
Vermont 28.2% 71.5% 3 -43.3 3
Virginia 43.4% 56.3% 12 -12.9 12
Washington 44.7% 54.3% 9 -9.6 9
West Virginia 51.9% 8 48.1% 3.8 8
Wisconsin 38.7% 61.0% 12 -22.3 12
Wyoming 37.1% 62.7% 3 -25.6 3

Questions and answers

Who won between Adlai Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956?

Dwight D. Eisenhower won the presidency. Electoral votes: Adlai Stevenson 73, Dwight D. Eisenhower 457. Popular vote: Adlai Stevenson 42.0%, Dwight D. Eisenhower 57.4%.

How many states did Adlai Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower each win in 1956?

Adlai Stevenson carried 7 and Dwight D. Eisenhower carried 41.

Who won between Adlai Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952?

Dwight D. Eisenhower won the presidency. Electoral votes: Adlai Stevenson 89, Dwight D. Eisenhower 442. Popular vote: Adlai Stevenson 44.4%, Dwight D. Eisenhower 54.9%.

How many states did Adlai Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower each win in 1952?

Adlai Stevenson carried 9 and Dwight D. Eisenhower carried 39.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data