Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1956 United States presidential election in North Carolina
Table title:
Results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Adlai Stevenson </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 590,530 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 50.66% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 575,062 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 49.34% </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Total votes </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,165,592 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100% </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
In the North Carolina 1956 United States presidential election, who was the winner and by what percentage of the popular vote did they win?
Answer:
North Carolina was won by Adlai Stevenson (D) with 50.66% of the votes against incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) who stood with 49.34% of the votes.