PaPres 1956

Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1956
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Socialist Labor	Militant Workers	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Other
		Dwight D. Eisenhower	Adlai E. Stevenson			Eric Hass	Farrell Dobbs
Pennsylvania	4576503	2585252	1981769	603483	R	7447	2035	56.49	43.30	0.21
Adams	18531	12250	6281	5969	R	0	0	66.11	33.89	0.00
Allegheny	702030	384939	315989	68950	R	646	456	54.83	45.01	0.16
Armstrong	32760	20055	12671	7384	R	26	8	61.22	38.68	0.10
Beaver	74715	38263	36373	1890	R	63	16	51.21	48.68	0.11
Bedford	17474	11423	6038	5385	R	11	2	65.37	34.55	0.07
Berks	99927	57258	42349	14909	R	300	20	57.30	42.38	0.32
Blair	51191	33623	17503	16120	R	39	26	65.68	34.19	0.13
Bradford	20931	15399	5502	9897	R	25	5	73.57	26.29	0.14
Bucks	98583	59862	38541	21321	R	92	88	60.72	39.09	0.18
Butler	39989	26238	13672	12566	R	67	12	65.61	34.19	0.20
Cambria	88249	46373	41753	4620	R	80	43	52.55	47.31	0.14
Cameron	3304	2462	841	1621	R	1	0	74.52	25.45	0.03
Carbon	22961	13150	9722	3428	R	78	11	57.27	42.34	0.39
Centre	22940	15412	7483	7929	R	41	4	67.18	32.62	0.20
Chester	67232	47225	19957	27268	R	42	8	70.24	29.68	0.07
Clarion	15011	10048	4955	5093	R	5	3	66.94	33.01	0.05
Clearfield	30460	17519	12852	4667	R	68	21	57.51	42.19	0.29
Clinton	13678	8250	5411	2839	R	12	5	60.32	39.56	0.12
Columbia	22421	13382	9024	4358	R	10	5	59.69	40.25	0.07
Crawford	28337	18887	9346	9541	R	88	16	66.65	32.98	0.37
Cumberland	43272	29468	13651	15817	R	148	5	68.10	31.55	0.35
Dauphin	90943	61342	29226	32116	R	329	46	67.45	32.14	0.41
Delaware	226210	143663	82024	61639	R	443	80	63.51	36.26	0.23
Elk	14468	8947	5498	3449	R	15	8	61.84	38.00	0.16
Erie	88555	54430	33802	20628	R	295	28	61.46	38.17	0.36
Fayette	66375	27857	38312	-10455	D	188	18	41.97	57.72	0.31
Forest	2158	1535	622	913	R	1	0	71.13	28.82	0.05
Franklin	30193	19121	11060	8061	R	7	5	63.33	36.63	0.04
Fulton	4195	2370	1819	551	R	3	3	56.50	43.36	0.14
Greene	17403	7562	9827	-2265	D	7	7	43.45	56.47	0.08
Huntingdon	14333	9698	4618	5080	R	13	4	67.66	32.22	0.12
Indiana	29861	18593	11268	7325	R	0	0	62.27	37.73	0.00
Jefferson	19697	13051	6627	6424	R	16	3	66.26	33.64	0.10
Juniata	7044	4258	2779	1479	R	7	0	60.45	39.45	0.10
Lackawanna	120206	64386	55741	8645	R	64	15	53.56	46.37	0.07
Lancaster	95801	69026	26538	42488	R	112	125	72.05	27.70	0.25
Lawrence	45025	25037	19923	5114	R	45	20	55.61	44.25	0.14
Lebanon	33003	22556	10406	12150	R	28	13	68.35	31.53	0.12
Lehigh	79882	50564	29067	21497	R	231	20	63.30	36.39	0.31
Luzerne	158820	92458	65155	27303	R	856	351	58.22	41.02	0.76
Lycoming	40540	27030	13490	13540	R	14	6	66.67	33.28	0.05
McKean	19950	14725	5152	9573	R	67	6	73.81	25.82	0.37
Mercer	48674	28785	19769	9016	R	100	20	59.14	40.62	0.25
Mifflin	13725	8638	5078	3560	R	7	2	62.94	37.00	0.07
Monroe	15679	10081	5506	4575	R	85	7	64.30	35.12	0.59
Montgomery	192583	133270	59095	74175	R	175	43	69.20	30.69	0.11
Montour	6051	3976	2072	1904	R	3	0	65.71	34.24	0.05
Northampton	77697	43375	33749	9626	R	538	35	55.83	43.44	0.74
Northumberland	45765	28583	17141	11442	R	34	7	62.46	37.45	0.09
Perry	11112	7511	3576	3935	R	23	2	67.59	32.18	0.22
Philadelphia	892321	383414	507289	-123875	D	1367	251	42.97	56.85	0.18
Pike	5383	4160	1219	2941	R	4	0	77.28	22.65	0.07
Potter	7460	5181	2257	2924	R	19	3	69.45	30.25	0.29
Schuylkill	83406	51670	31645	20025	R	69	22	61.95	37.94	0.11
Snyder	9064	7102	1959	5143	R	2	1	78.35	21.61	0.03
Somerset	33748	20568	13163	7405	R	16	1	60.95	39.00	0.05
Sullivan	3297	2007	1286	721	R	3	1	60.87	39.01	0.12
Susquehanna	15055	10752	4293	6459	R	10	0	71.42	28.52	0.07
Tioga	14113	10827	3280	7547	R	5	1	76.72	23.24	0.04
Union	8478	6620	1844	4776	R	11	3	78.08	21.75	0.17
Venango	22715	17107	5594	11513	R	9	5	75.31	24.63	0.06
Warren	16651	12145	4463	7682	R	40	3	72.94	26.80	0.26
Washington	87615	39465	48052	-8587	D	53	45	45.04	54.84	0.11
Wayne	12768	9658	3092	6566	R	16	2	75.64	24.22	0.14
Westmoreland	139388	66580	72616	-6036	D	150	42	47.77	52.10	0.14
Wyoming	8029	5906	2120	3786	R	2	1	73.56	26.40	0.04
York	87068	48176	38743	9433	R	123	26	55.33	44.50	0.17

Source: The Pennsylvania Manual, 1957-58, p. 512.
(Revised 26 November 1998).

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