Warren G. Harding carried South Dakota R+41.0.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in South Dakota, 1920. The state ran 14.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)

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South Dakota result

182,237 votes counted

Cox (D)

35,938

19.7%

Harding (R)

110,692

60.7%

All others

35,607

19.5%

Margin

R+41.0

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1920 presidential election

South Dakota, 1920

HardingR+41.0

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

Warren G. Harding ✓Republican	60.7%	110,692
James M. CoxDemocratic	19.7%	35,938
OtherAll other candidates	19.5%	35,607

D+60

R+60

64 counties, each filled by 1920 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1920 contest in context

South Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−36.5%
1896	+0.2%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−49.4%
1908	−23.8%
1912	+42.1%
1916	+3.9%
1920	−41.0%
1924	−36.3%
1928	−21.0%
1932	+29.2%
1936	+11.5%
1940	−14.8%
1944	−16.7%
1948	−4.8%
1952	−38.5%
1956	−16.8%
1960	−16.4%
1964	+11.2%
1968	−11.3%
1972	−8.6%
1976	−1.5%
1980	−28.8%
1984	−26.5%
1988	−6.3%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−3.5%
2000	+22.7%
2004	−21.3%
2008	−8.4%
2012	−18.0%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−26.2%
2024	−29.2%

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County results — 1920

64 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−27.4%	445	1,004	2,041
Beadle County	R	−38.2%	925	2,852	5,044
Bennett County	R	−4.6%	199	220	452
Bon Homme County	R	−25.9%	960	1,872	3,517
Brookings County	R	−54.5%	564	2,743	3,996
Brown County	R	−42.7%	1,364	5,581	9,871
Brule County	R	−18.0%	671	1,036	2,030
Buffalo County	R	−29.6%	101	200	335
Butte County	R	−33.2%	672	1,722	3,159
Campbell County	R	−67.0%	67	1,128	1,583
Charles Mix County	R	−17.8%	1,305	2,021	4,028
Clark County	R	−45.2%	437	1,753	2,910
Clay County	R	−32.1%	907	1,885	3,046
Codington County	R	−40.7%	867	2,706	4,522
Corson County	R	−40.5%	484	1,448	2,378
Custer County	R	−31.1%	383	784	1,289
Davison County	R	−31.2%	1,105	2,605	4,810
Day County	R	−50.3%	436	2,739	4,579
Deuel County	R	−62.9%	159	1,569	2,243
Dewey County	R	−39.2%	335	880	1,390
Douglas County	R	−43.8%	386	1,247	1,964
Edmunds County	R	−48.9%	283	1,486	2,462
Fall River County	R	−27.4%	680	1,236	2,026
Faulk County	R	−48.6%	346	1,341	2,047
Grant County	R	−48.4%	350	1,813	3,022
Gregory County	R	−34.2%	744	1,833	3,182
Haakon County	R	−22.3%	393	713	1,436
Hamlin County	R	−47.4%	337	1,322	2,076
Hand County	R	−34.6%	655	1,511	2,474
Hanson County	R	−30.2%	418	1,001	1,930
Harding County	R	−39.2%	213	648	1,109
Hughes County	R	−45.8%	433	1,313	1,922
Hutchinson County	R	−44.5%	243	1,873	3,662
Hyde County	R	−46.0%	233	710	1,036
Jackson County	R	−46.1%	206	595	843
Jerauld County	R	−37.4%	357	1,038	1,820
Jones County	R	−36.2%	255	609	977
Kingsbury County	R	−57.0%	481	2,344	3,271
Lake County	R	−58.0%	398	2,333	3,334
Lawrence County	R	−40.9%	1,201	2,986	4,359
Lincoln County	R	−61.9%	441	2,790	3,794
Lyman County	R	−33.3%	463	1,050	1,761
Marshall County	R	−46.4%	266	1,557	2,782
McCook County	R	−42.2%	565	1,864	3,080
McPherson County	R	−67.4%	112	1,470	2,016
Meade County	R	−30.8%	894	1,894	3,245
Mellette County	R	−32.4%	261	533	839
Miner County	R	−31.3%	651	1,450	2,556
Minnehaha County	R	−43.8%	2,534	8,290	13,127
Moody County	R	−49.4%	371	1,667	2,623
Pennington County	R	−34.1%	1,205	2,568	3,998
Perkins County	R	−41.4%	417	1,326	2,195
Potter County	R	−55.1%	255	1,073	1,484
Roberts County	R	−40.2%	447	2,335	4,695
Sanborn County	R	−27.0%	517	1,125	2,255
Spink County	R	−47.6%	785	2,923	4,491
Stanley County	R	−19.4%	394	598	1,053
Sully County	R	−45.9%	147	542	861
Tripp County	R	−27.8%	968	1,819	3,066
Turner County	R	−52.5%	604	2,703	3,999
Union County	R	−37.5%	841	1,942	2,935
Walworth County	R	−40.6%	478	1,411	2,298
Yankton County	R	−34.1%	1,147	2,555	4,134
Ziebach County	R	−42.6%	177	507	775