• Source: 1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky

      • The 1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
      Kentucky was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 54.30 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Senator Estes Kefauver, with 45.21 percent of the popular vote. Along with Louisiana and West Virginia, Kentucky was one of the 3 states Eisenhower lost in 1952, but managed to flip in 1956.


      Results




      = Results by county

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      Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican


      Boone
      Bracken
      Grant
      Graves
      Greenup
      Harlan
      Hardin
      Hart
      Jessamine
      Kenton
      LaRue
      Letcher
      Madison
      Marion
      Mercer
      Mason
      Muhlenberg
      Nelson
      Oldham
      Pendleton
      Perry
      Pike
      Rowan
      Woodford


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