32 0 55.39% 44.27% | 3,027,668 2,240,135 Start date November 6, 1956 | |
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The 1956 United States presidential election in California refers to how California participated in the 1956 United States presidential election. California voted for the Republican incumbent, Dwight D. Eisenhower, in a landslide over the Democratic challenger, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson.
As of 2012, this is the last Presidential election in California where the Republican candidate won the counties of Alameda and San Francisco, both of which have become strongholds of the Democratic Party.
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United States presidential election in California, 1956 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA