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The 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1956. Voters chose twelve representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. For the previous five decades Virginia had almost completely disenfranchised its black and poor white populations through the use of a cumulative poll tax and literacy tests.[2] So restricted was suffrage in this period that it has been calculated that a third of Virginia's electorate during the first half of the twentieth century comprised state employees and officeholders.[2]
This limited electorate allowed Virginian politics to be controlled for four decades by the Byrd Organization, as progressive "antiorganization" factions were rendered impotent by the inability of almost all their potential electorate to vote.[3] Historical fusion with the "Readjuster" Democrats,[4] defection of substantial proportions of the Northeast-aligned white electorate of the Shenandoah Valley and Southwest Virginia over free silver,[5] and an early move towards a "lily white" Jim Crow party[4] meant Republicans retained a small but permanent number of legislative seats and local offices in the western part of the state.[6]
In 1928, the GOP did carry the state's presidential electoral votes due to anti-Catholicism against Al Smith, but it was 1952 before any real changes occurred. In-migration from the traditionally Republican Northeast[7] turned growing Washington, D.C., and Richmond suburbs Republican not just in presidential elections but in congressional ones as well,[8] although the Republicans made no gains in the state legislature where all their few seats remained in the rural west.
1954 saw Virginia's politics severely jolted by Brown v. Board of Education—one of whose component cases Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, originated from a student protest in the state. Despite calls by Governor Thomas B. Stanley for a "calm" and "dispassionate" response, the Byrd machine recognised that segregation could unite most of Virginia's electorate behind it and avert criticism of its other policies.[9] State representative Howard W. Smith played a major role drafting the "Southern Manifesto",[10] which was signed by Virginia's entire congressional delegation, including its two GOP representatives. Although Eisenhower refused to publicly endorse Brown, the fact that he had appointed Brown author Earl Warren meant that there was substantial anger in the Southside, and as in 1948 a "states' rights" ticket,[11] this time headed by Virginian former Commissioner of Internal Revenue T. Coleman Andrews, was filled and placed on the Virginia ballot in mid-September,[12] when a poll said that 28 percent of likely voters would back a states' rights candidate if on the ballot.[13]
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Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Richmond Times-Dispatch[13] | Tossup | September 16, 1956 |
| The World-News[14] | Likely R | October 12, 1956 |
| The Raleigh Register[15] | Likely R | October 12, 1956 |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer[16] | Likely R | October 26, 1956 |
| The Sunday Star[17] | Tilt D | October 28, 1956 |
| Fort Worth Star-Telegram[18] | Tilt D | November 2, 1956 |
| Corpus Christi Times[19] | Tossup | November 3, 1956 |
Results
| 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia[20] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Dwight Eisenhower (inc.) | 386,459 | 55.37% | 12 | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 267,760 | 38.36% | 0 | |
| States' Rights | T. Coleman Andrews | 42,964 | 6.16% | 0 | |
| Social Democratic | Darlington Hoopes | 444 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 351 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Totals | 697,978 | 100.00% | 12 | ||
Results by county or independent city
| 1956 United States presidential election in Virginia by county or independent city[21] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic |
T. Coleman Andrews States' Rights |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Accomack County | 2,823 | 54.25% | 2,213 | 42.52% | 162 | 3.11% | 6 | 0.12% | 610 | 11.72% | 5,204 |
| Albemarle County | 2,508 | 57.18% | 1,412 | 32.19% | 466 | 10.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,096 | 24.99% | 4,386 |
| Alleghany County | 1,135 | 55.26% | 822 | 40.02% | 97 | 4.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 313 | 15.24% | 2,054 |
| Amelia County | 745 | 43.11% | 403 | 23.32% | 571 | 33.04% | 9 | 0.52% | 174[b] | 10.07% | 1,728 |
| Amherst County | 1,529 | 42.59% | 1,933 | 53.84% | 124 | 3.45% | 4 | 0.11% | -404 | -11.25% | 3,590 |
| Appomattox County | 853 | 40.89% | 1,079 | 51.73% | 153 | 7.33% | 1 | 0.05% | -226 | -10.83% | 2,086 |
| Arlington County | 21,868 | 55.05% | 16,674 | 41.97% | 1,151 | 2.90% | 32 | 0.08% | 5,194 | 13.07% | 39,725 |
| Augusta County | 3,466 | 68.07% | 1,484 | 29.14% | 139 | 2.73% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,982 | 38.92% | 5,092 |
| Bath County | 739 | 58.47% | 479 | 37.90% | 45 | 3.56% | 1 | 0.08% | 260 | 20.57% | 1,264 |
| Bedford County | 3,148 | 52.07% | 2,649 | 43.81% | 241 | 3.99% | 8 | 0.13% | 499 | 8.25% | 6,046 |
| Bland County | 1,113 | 57.16% | 813 | 41.76% | 20 | 1.03% | 1 | 0.05% | 300 | 15.41% | 1,947 |
| Botetourt County | 2,280 | 60.67% | 1,377 | 36.64% | 101 | 2.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 903 | 24.03% | 3,758 |
| Brunswick County | 799 | 25.28% | 1,357 | 42.94% | 996 | 31.52% | 8 | 0.25% | 361[c] | 11.42% | 3,160 |
| Buchanan County | 3,191 | 46.71% | 3,616 | 52.94% | 21 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.04% | -425 | -6.22% | 6,831 |
| Buckingham County | 751 | 43.64% | 648 | 37.65% | 312 | 18.13% | 10 | 0.58% | 103 | 5.98% | 1,721 |
| Campbell County | 2,827 | 47.79% | 2,674 | 45.20% | 401 | 6.78% | 14 | 0.24% | 153 | 2.59% | 5,916 |
| Caroline County | 907 | 46.06% | 853 | 43.32% | 202 | 10.26% | 7 | 0.36% | 54 | 2.74% | 1,969 |
| Carroll County | 4,060 | 69.66% | 1,739 | 29.84% | 24 | 0.41% | 5 | 0.09% | 2,321 | 39.82% | 5,828 |
| Charles City County | 661 | 72.08% | 174 | 18.97% | 79 | 8.62% | 3 | 0.33% | 487 | 53.11% | 917 |
| Charlotte County | 791 | 27.86% | 1,431 | 50.41% | 605 | 21.31% | 12 | 0.42% | -640 | -22.54% | 2,839 |
| Chesterfield County | 5,787 | 53.12% | 3,306 | 30.35% | 1,791 | 16.44% | 10 | 0.09% | 2,481 | 22.77% | 10,894 |
| Clarke County | 785 | 48.91% | 725 | 45.17% | 95 | 5.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 60 | 3.74% | 1,605 |
| Craig County | 485 | 48.84% | 501 | 50.45% | 7 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | -16 | -1.61% | 993 |
| Culpeper County | 1,502 | 56.44% | 966 | 36.30% | 188 | 7.07% | 5 | 0.19% | 536 | 20.14% | 2,661 |
| Cumberland County | 566 | 42.91% | 331 | 25.09% | 416 | 31.54% | 6 | 0.45% | 150[b] | 11.37% | 1,319 |
| Dickenson County | 3,444 | 48.15% | 3,695 | 51.66% | 8 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.08% | -251 | -3.51% | 7,153 |
| Dinwiddie County | 807 | 30.71% | 1,282 | 48.78% | 524 | 19.94% | 15 | 0.57% | -475 | -18.07% | 2,628 |
| Essex County | 597 | 55.48% | 328 | 30.48% | 149 | 13.85% | 2 | 0.19% | 269 | 25.00% | 1,076 |
| Fairfax County | 20,761 | 55.71% | 15,633 | 41.95% | 862 | 2.31% | 11 | 0.03% | 5,128 | 13.76% | 37,267 |
| Fauquier County | 2,112 | 55.55% | 1,567 | 41.22% | 122 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.03% | 545 | 14.33% | 3,802 |
| Floyd County | 1,970 | 70.46% | 799 | 28.58% | 25 | 0.89% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,171 | 41.88% | 2,796 |
| Fluvanna County | 734 | 53.85% | 417 | 30.59% | 208 | 15.26% | 4 | 0.29% | 317 | 23.26% | 1,363 |
| Franklin County | 2,125 | 48.81% | 2,142 | 49.20% | 84 | 1.93% | 3 | 0.07% | -17 | -0.39% | 4,354 |
| Frederick County | 1,882 | 56.01% | 1,405 | 41.82% | 71 | 2.11% | 2 | 0.06% | 477 | 14.20% | 3,360 |
| Giles County | 2,270 | 51.84% | 2,016 | 46.04% | 81 | 1.85% | 12 | 0.27% | 254 | 5.80% | 4,379 |
| Gloucester County | 1,319 | 57.95% | 723 | 31.77% | 223 | 9.80% | 11 | 0.48% | 596 | 26.19% | 2,276 |
| Goochland County | 748 | 50.10% | 508 | 34.03% | 233 | 15.61% | 4 | 0.27% | 240 | 16.08% | 1,493 |
| Grayson County | 4,039 | 62.18% | 2,426 | 37.35% | 26 | 0.40% | 5 | 0.08% | 1,613 | 24.83% | 6,496 |
| Greene County | 539 | 63.49% | 246 | 28.98% | 63 | 7.42% | 1 | 0.12% | 293 | 34.51% | 849 |
| Greensville County | 724 | 29.08% | 994 | 39.92% | 760 | 30.52% | 12 | 0.48% | 234[c] | 9.40% | 2,490 |
| Halifax County | 1,782 | 30.73% | 2,470 | 42.59% | 1,513 | 26.09% | 34 | 0.59% | -688 | -11.86% | 5,799 |
| Hanover County | 2,272 | 54.07% | 1,109 | 26.39% | 813 | 19.35% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,163 | 27.68% | 4,202 |
| Henrico County | 12,702 | 60.20% | 5,032 | 23.85% | 3,354 | 15.89% | 13 | 0.06% | 7,670 | 36.35% | 21,101 |
| Henry County | 2,436 | 47.75% | 2,582 | 50.61% | 75 | 1.47% | 9 | 0.18% | -146 | -2.86% | 5,102 |
| Highland County | 633 | 58.02% | 432 | 39.60% | 23 | 2.11% | 3 | 0.27% | 201 | 18.42% | 1,091 |
| Isle of Wight County | 1,298 | 47.08% | 1,324 | 48.02% | 131 | 4.75% | 4 | 0.15% | -26 | -0.94% | 2,757 |
| James City County | 728 | 62.54% | 312 | 26.80% | 122 | 10.48% | 2 | 0.17% | 416 | 35.74% | 1,164 |
| King and Queen County | 495 | 54.64% | 289 | 31.90% | 116 | 12.80% | 6 | 0.66% | 206 | 22.74% | 906 |
| King George County | 655 | 51.70% | 563 | 44.44% | 47 | 3.71% | 2 | 0.16% | 92 | 7.26% | 1,267 |
| King William County | 887 | 62.16% | 357 | 25.02% | 180 | 12.61% | 3 | 0.21% | 530 | 37.14% | 1,427 |
| Lancaster County | 1,380 | 70.66% | 373 | 19.10% | 192 | 9.83% | 8 | 0.41% | 1,007 | 51.56% | 1,953 |
| Lee County | 4,548 | 54.77% | 3,714 | 44.73% | 30 | 0.36% | 12 | 0.14% | 834 | 10.04% | 8,304 |
| Loudoun County | 2,489 | 53.41% | 1,960 | 42.06% | 205 | 4.40% | 6 | 0.13% | 529 | 11.35% | 4,660 |
| Louisa County | 1,152 | 47.43% | 795 | 32.73% | 472 | 19.43% | 10 | 0.41% | 357 | 14.70% | 2,429 |
| Lunenburg County | 580 | 24.80% | 1,111 | 47.50% | 641 | 27.40% | 7 | 0.30% | 470[c] | 20.09% | 2,339 |
| Madison County | 850 | 56.86% | 533 | 35.65% | 111 | 7.42% | 1 | 0.07% | 317 | 21.20% | 1,495 |
| Mathews County | 1,018 | 65.42% | 406 | 26.09% | 132 | 8.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 612 | 39.33% | 1,556 |
| Mecklenburg County | 1,498 | 33.78% | 2,004 | 45.20% | 920 | 20.75% | 12 | 0.27% | -506 | -11.41% | 4,434 |
| Middlesex County | 721 | 58.00% | 338 | 27.19% | 180 | 14.48% | 4 | 0.32% | 383 | 30.81% | 1,243 |
| Montgomery County | 4,598 | 70.10% | 1,848 | 28.18% | 106 | 1.62% | 7 | 0.11% | 2,750 | 41.93% | 6,559 |
| Nansemond County | 1,753 | 40.21% | 2,492 | 57.16% | 98 | 2.25% | 17 | 0.39% | -739 | -16.95% | 4,360 |
| Nelson County | 764 | 37.20% | 1,215 | 59.15% | 73 | 3.55% | 2 | 0.10% | -451 | -21.96% | 2,054 |
| New Kent County | 510 | 57.95% | 178 | 20.23% | 189 | 21.48% | 3 | 0.34% | 321[b] | 36.48% | 880 |
| Norfolk County | 4,558 | 41.74% | 6,026 | 55.18% | 332 | 3.04% | 4 | 0.04% | -1,468 | -13.44% | 10,920 |
| Northampton County | 1,264 | 51.03% | 1,132 | 45.70% | 78 | 3.15% | 3 | 0.12% | 132 | 5.33% | 2,477 |
| Northumberland County | 1,191 | 62.68% | 428 | 22.53% | 277 | 14.58% | 4 | 0.21% | 763 | 40.16% | 1,900 |
| Nottoway County | 1,124 | 33.76% | 1,242 | 37.31% | 961 | 28.87% | 2 | 0.06% | -118 | -3.54% | 3,329 |
| Orange County | 1,344 | 53.55% | 794 | 31.63% | 363 | 14.46% | 9 | 0.36% | 550 | 21.91% | 2,510 |
| Page County | 2,372 | 62.73% | 1,358 | 35.92% | 49 | 1.30% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,014 | 26.82% | 3,781 |
| Patrick County | 1,345 | 43.93% | 1,677 | 54.77% | 38 | 1.24% | 2 | 0.07% | -332 | -10.84% | 3,062 |
| Pittsylvania County | 2,870 | 36.82% | 4,136 | 53.07% | 767 | 9.84% | 21 | 0.27% | -1,266 | -16.24% | 7,794 |
| Powhatan County | 729 | 54.08% | 297 | 22.03% | 314 | 23.29% | 8 | 0.59% | 415[b] | 30.79% | 1,348 |
| Prince Edward County | 932 | 31.43% | 437 | 14.74% | 1,588 | 53.56% | 8 | 0.27% | -656[b] | -22.12% | 2,965 |
| Prince George County | 689 | 46.24% | 642 | 43.09% | 149 | 10.00% | 10 | 0.67% | 47 | 3.15% | 1,490 |
| Princess Anne County | 4,675 | 50.52% | 4,342 | 46.93% | 227 | 2.45% | 9 | 0.10% | 333 | 3.60% | 9,253 |
| Prince William County | 2,023 | 50.96% | 1,851 | 46.62% | 95 | 2.39% | 1 | 0.03% | 172 | 4.33% | 3,970 |
| Pulaski County | 3,517 | 63.05% | 1,994 | 35.75% | 65 | 1.17% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,523 | 27.30% | 5,578 |
| Rappahannock County | 514 | 47.81% | 523 | 48.65% | 35 | 3.26% | 3 | 0.28% | -9 | -0.84% | 1,075 |
| Richmond County | 761 | 67.89% | 274 | 24.44% | 85 | 7.58% | 1 | 0.09% | 487 | 43.44% | 1,121 |
| Roanoke County | 7,509 | 69.83% | 2,899 | 26.96% | 342 | 3.18% | 3 | 0.03% | 4,610 | 42.87% | 10,753 |
| Rockbridge County | 2,273 | 66.50% | 1,039 | 30.40% | 106 | 3.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,234 | 36.10% | 3,418 |
| Rockingham County | 4,324 | 71.74% | 1,605 | 26.63% | 93 | 1.54% | 5 | 0.08% | 2,719 | 45.11% | 6,027 |
| Russell County | 3,550 | 49.14% | 3,641 | 50.40% | 25 | 0.35% | 8 | 0.11% | -91 | -1.26% | 7,224 |
| Scott County | 5,116 | 58.44% | 3,595 | 41.07% | 36 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,521 | 17.37% | 8,754 |
| Shenandoah County | 4,164 | 69.18% | 1,769 | 29.39% | 84 | 1.40% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,395 | 39.79% | 6,019 |
| Smyth County | 4,771 | 66.23% | 2,374 | 32.95% | 56 | 0.78% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,397 | 33.27% | 7,204 |
| Southampton County | 1,290 | 35.29% | 2,039 | 55.79% | 317 | 8.67% | 9 | 0.25% | -749 | -20.49% | 3,655 |
| Spotsylvania County | 1,244 | 51.94% | 993 | 41.46% | 154 | 6.43% | 4 | 0.17% | 251 | 10.48% | 2,395 |
| Stafford County | 1,563 | 58.94% | 978 | 36.88% | 109 | 4.11% | 2 | 0.08% | 585 | 22.06% | 2,652 |
| Surry County | 425 | 32.52% | 616 | 47.13% | 259 | 19.82% | 7 | 0.54% | -191 | -14.61% | 1,307 |
| Sussex County | 785 | 39.31% | 851 | 42.61% | 357 | 17.88% | 4 | 0.20% | -66 | -3.30% | 1,997 |
| Tazewell County | 3,960 | 52.55% | 3,495 | 46.38% | 75 | 1.00% | 5 | 0.07% | 465 | 6.17% | 7,535 |
| Warren County | 2,003 | 58.83% | 1,322 | 38.83% | 77 | 2.26% | 3 | 0.09% | 681 | 20.00% | 3,405 |
| Washington County | 4,651 | 56.38% | 3,547 | 42.99% | 45 | 0.55% | 7 | 0.08% | 1,104 | 13.38% | 8,250 |
| Westmoreland County | 1,033 | 54.45% | 695 | 36.64% | 167 | 8.80% | 2 | 0.11% | 338 | 17.82% | 1,897 |
| Wise County | 4,871 | 46.41% | 5,567 | 53.04% | 51 | 0.49% | 6 | 0.06% | -696 | -6.63% | 10,495 |
| Wythe County | 3,484 | 65.65% | 1,766 | 33.28% | 56 | 1.06% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,718 | 32.37% | 5,307 |
| York County | 1,759 | 60.10% | 1,064 | 36.35% | 100 | 3.42% | 4 | 0.14% | 695 | 23.74% | 2,927 |
| Alexandria City | 8,633 | 52.48% | 7,451 | 45.30% | 357 | 2.17% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,182 | 7.19% | 16,449 |
| Bristol City | 1,794 | 51.89% | 1,645 | 47.58% | 17 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.03% | 149 | 4.31% | 3,457 |
| Buena Vista City | 545 | 60.76% | 326 | 36.34% | 24 | 2.68% | 2 | 0.22% | 219 | 24.41% | 897 |
| Charlottesville City | 3,746 | 62.19% | 1,783 | 29.60% | 490 | 8.14% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,963 | 32.59% | 6,023 |
| Clifton Forge City | 1,125 | 61.48% | 633 | 34.59% | 71 | 3.88% | 1 | 0.05% | 492 | 26.89% | 1,830 |
| Colonial Heights City | 1,037 | 47.74% | 956 | 44.01% | 177 | 8.15% | 2 | 0.09% | 81 | 3.73% | 2,172 |
| Covington City | 1,639 | 56.34% | 1,189 | 40.87% | 79 | 2.72% | 2 | 0.07% | 450 | 15.47% | 2,909 |
| Danville City | 4,561 | 59.03% | 2,409 | 31.18% | 740 | 9.58% | 16 | 0.21% | 2,152 | 27.85% | 7,726 |
| Falls Church City | 1,462 | 53.13% | 1,233 | 44.80% | 55 | 2.00% | 2 | 0.07% | 229 | 8.32% | 2,752 |
| Fredericksburg City | 1,672 | 60.25% | 934 | 33.66% | 168 | 6.05% | 1 | 0.04% | 738 | 26.59% | 2,775 |
| Galax City | 761 | 68.31% | 346 | 31.06% | 7 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 415 | 37.25% | 1,114 |
| Hampton City | 7,432 | 57.24% | 5,108 | 39.34% | 421 | 3.24% | 22 | 0.17% | 2,324 | 17.90% | 12,983 |
| Harrisonburg City | 2,265 | 78.29% | 571 | 19.74% | 56 | 1.94% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,694 | 58.56% | 2,893 |
| Hopewell City | 1,908 | 53.91% | 1,388 | 39.22% | 235 | 6.64% | 8 | 0.23% | 520 | 14.69% | 3,539 |
| Lynchburg City | 6,806 | 64.81% | 3,362 | 32.01% | 329 | 3.13% | 5 | 0.05% | 3,444 | 32.79% | 10,502 |
| Martinsville City | 2,125 | 59.67% | 1,368 | 38.42% | 65 | 1.83% | 3 | 0.08% | 757 | 21.26% | 3,561 |
| Newport News City | 3,779 | 53.26% | 3,069 | 43.26% | 237 | 3.34% | 10 | 0.14% | 710 | 10.01% | 7,095 |
| Norfolk City | 18,650 | 54.02% | 14,571 | 42.20% | 1,285 | 3.72% | 19 | 0.06% | 4,079 | 11.81% | 34,525 |
| Norton City | 684 | 55.12% | 552 | 44.48% | 4 | 0.32% | 1 | 0.08% | 132 | 10.64% | 1,241 |
| Petersburg City | 3,166 | 58.10% | 1,882 | 34.54% | 395 | 7.25% | 6 | 0.11% | 1,284 | 23.56% | 5,449 |
| Portsmouth City | 5,390 | 47.13% | 5,683 | 49.69% | 348 | 3.04% | 15 | 0.13% | -293 | -2.56% | 11,436 |
| Radford City | 1,910 | 62.46% | 1,118 | 36.56% | 28 | 0.92% | 2 | 0.07% | 792 | 25.90% | 3,058 |
| Richmond City | 27,367 | 61.79% | 10,758 | 24.29% | 6,136 | 13.85% | 30 | 0.07% | 16,609 | 37.50% | 44,291 |
| Roanoke City | 16,708 | 69.38% | 6,751 | 28.03% | 611 | 2.54% | 12 | 0.05% | 9,957 | 41.35% | 24,082 |
| South Norfolk City | 1,521 | 42.14% | 1,871 | 51.84% | 212 | 5.87% | 5 | 0.14% | -350 | -9.70% | 3,609 |
| Staunton City | 2,908 | 74.93% | 843 | 21.72% | 129 | 3.32% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,065 | 53.21% | 3,881 |
| Suffolk City | 1,617 | 57.50% | 1,103 | 39.22% | 88 | 3.13% | 4 | 0.14% | 514 | 18.28% | 2,812 |
| Virginia Beach City | 1,355 | 53.28% | 1,111 | 43.69% | 63 | 2.48% | 14 | 0.55% | 244 | 9.59% | 2,543 |
| Warwick City | 4,872 | 56.39% | 3,406 | 39.42% | 352 | 4.07% | 10 | 0.12% | 1,466 | 16.97% | 8,640 |
| Waynesboro City | 2,049 | 71.00% | 748 | 25.92% | 89 | 3.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,301 | 45.08% | 2,886 |
| Williamsburg City | 775 | 62.60% | 362 | 29.24% | 99 | 8.00% | 2 | 0.16% | 413 | 33.36% | 1,238 |
| Winchester City | 2,375 | 69.46% | 945 | 27.64% | 96 | 2.81% | 3 | 0.09% | 1,430 | 41.83% | 3,419 |
| Totals | 386,459 | 55.37% | 267,760 | 38.36% | 42,964 | 6.16% | 795 | 0.11% | 118,699 | 17.01% | 697,978 |
Analysis
Despite the doubts of the Sunday Star and Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Virginia voted for the Republican nominee, incumbent President Dwight Eisenhower, over the Democratic nominee, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson and States' Rights Party nominee Andrews. Eisenhower ultimately won the national election with 57.37 percent of the vote.
Although Andrews cut into support for both candidates, Eisenhower improved upon his 1952 margin over Stevenson, although the state was marginally less Republican relative to the nation than in 1952. Andrews' support was centered in the Southside, and he won an absolute majority in Prince Edward County, the epicenter of "Massive Resistance" to school integration and the home of his state chairman Robert B. Crawford.[22] Andrews was nonetheless a weak candidate and poor campaigner, limiting severely his ability to attract segregationists dissatisfied with both major parties.[11]
The major change from 1952 was a rapid trend of the modest but growing black electorate towards Eisenhower: whereas in 1952 he had won less than a quarter of black voters in Richmond and Norfolk, it is believed he won over three-quarters in 1956.[11] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election when majority-black Charles City County has voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[23]
This was the first time that a Republican carried Virginia twice. Goochland County voted Republican for the first time since 1888. Prince George County since 1892, and Prince William County for the first time ever.[24]
This election marks the most recent time Virginia voted to the left of Maryland,[25][26] New York[27] or Massachusetts[28] (by margin of victory).
Notes
- ^ Although he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of the 1952 election Eisenhower was president of Columbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania.
- ^ a b c d e In this county or city where Stevenson ran third behind Andrews, margin given is Eisenhower vote minus Andrews vote and percentage given Eisenhower percentage minus Andrews percentage.
- ^ a b c In this county or city where Eisenhower ran third behind Andrews, margin given is Stevenson vote minus Andrews vote and percentage margin Stevenson percentage minus Andrews percentage
References
- ^ Leip, David. "The Presidents". Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
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- ^ Heinemann, Ronald L. (2008). Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607–2007. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. p. 357. ISBN 0813927692.
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- ^ Klarman, Michael (1976). "Why Massive Resistance?". In Webb, Clive (ed.). Southern Politics and the Second Reconstruction. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 21–38. ISBN 080181667X.
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- ^ "State Slate to be Field for Andrews". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. September 16, 1956. p. 1.
- ^ a b Latimer, James (September 16, 1956). "Poll Shows Undecided Voters May Swing Virginia Election". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia. p. 1.
- ^ "Polls Say Adlai Cuts Ike's Lead of 1952 — New Readers Still Strong Back President; Andrews Scores in Va". The World-News. Roanoke, Virginia. The Associated Press. October 12, 1952. p. 1.
- ^ "Eisenhower Leading Presidential Polls by Smaller Margins". The Raleigh Register. Beckley, West Virginia.
- ^ Shoemaker, Whitney (October 26, 1956). "The Political Scene: Virginia — Andrews' Third-Party Pictured as 2-Edged Knife". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia. p. 3.
- ^ Latimer, James (October 28, 1956). "Virginia". The Sunday Star. Washington, D.C. p. A-31.
- ^ "Final Babson Poll Shows Eisenhower Winning Easily". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. CTS. November 2, 1956. p. 22.
- ^ Trohan, Walter (November 3, 1956). "Hour of Decision Near: Eisenhower Lead Increasing Daily". Corpus Christi Times. Chicago Tribune Service. p. 4.
- ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 44.
- ^ "Presidential election of 1956 Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ "Stevenson Takes Lead in Southside Virginia". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 7, 1956. p. 2.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David (June 29, 2016). "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century". The National Catholic Review (America Magazine ed.).
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- ^ "Virginia Voting Results and Participants". CountingTheVotes.com. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ "Maryland Voting Results and Participants". CountingTheVotes.com. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ "New York Voting Results and Participants". CountingTheVotes.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "Massachusetts Voting Results and Participants". CountingTheVotes.com. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
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