Thomas E. Dewey carried South Dakota R+16.7.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in South Dakota, 1944. The state ran 24.1 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)

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South Dakota result

232,076 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

96,711

41.7%

Dewey (R)

135,365

58.3%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+16.7

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1944 presidential election

South Dakota, 1944

DeweyR+16.7

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican	58.3%	135,365
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	41.7%	96,711
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 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 — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−7.0%	1,011	1,163	2,174
Beadle County	D	+3.1%	3,842	3,610	7,452
Bennett County	D	+6.8%	566	494	1,060
Bon Homme County	R	−12.6%	1,981	2,553	4,534
Brookings County	R	−33.2%	2,073	4,136	6,209
Brown County	D	+6.2%	6,352	5,611	11,963
Brule County	D	+17.0%	1,412	1,002	2,414
Buffalo County	R	−12.9%	250	324	574
Butte County	R	−32.6%	928	1,824	2,752
Campbell County	R	−66.9%	208	1,047	1,255
Charles Mix County	D	+10.9%	2,701	2,171	4,872
Clark County	R	−23.1%	1,209	1,936	3,145
Clay County	R	−4.6%	1,796	1,970	3,766
Codington County	R	−3.5%	3,120	3,348	6,468
Corson County	R	−12.4%	786	1,008	1,794
Custer County	R	−28.8%	712	1,288	2,000
Davison County	D	+4.8%	3,222	2,929	6,151
Day County	R	−2.1%	2,487	2,593	5,080
Deuel County	R	−23.6%	1,180	1,910	3,090
Dewey County	R	−27.9%	515	913	1,428
Douglas County	R	−34.7%	719	1,483	2,202
Edmunds County	R	−29.4%	961	1,762	2,723
Fall River County	R	−26.7%	1,122	1,938	3,060
Faulk County	R	−9.8%	896	1,090	1,986
Grant County	R	−21.4%	1,475	2,278	3,753
Gregory County	R	−12.3%	1,613	2,067	3,680
Haakon County	R	−25.2%	381	638	1,019
Hamlin County	R	−27.9%	1,020	1,811	2,831
Hand County	R	−15.2%	1,146	1,558	2,704
Hanson County	R	−10.7%	864	1,070	1,934
Harding County	R	−5.6%	493	552	1,045
Hughes County	R	−28.2%	938	1,676	2,614
Hutchinson County	R	−68.9%	699	3,799	4,498
Hyde County	R	−29.9%	454	842	1,296
Jackson County	R	−14.3%	359	479	838
Jerauld County	R	−24.9%	731	1,217	1,948
Jones County	R	−27.6%	264	465	729
Kingsbury County	R	−37.5%	1,156	2,541	3,697
Lake County	R	−31.4%	1,543	2,956	4,499
Lawrence County	R	−30.8%	1,866	3,528	5,394
Lincoln County	R	−34.0%	1,625	3,298	4,923
Lyman County	R	−15.8%	630	867	1,497
Marshall County	R	−5.1%	1,363	1,511	2,874
McCook County	R	−36.8%	1,163	2,516	3,679
McPherson County	R	−69.6%	410	2,290	2,700
Meade County	R	−24.3%	1,164	1,912	3,076
Mellette County	R	−14.0%	410	544	954
Miner County	R	−17.2%	1,090	1,544	2,634
Minnehaha County	R	−15.3%	10,216	13,920	24,136
Moody County	R	−18.9%	1,420	2,080	3,500
Oglala Lakota County	R	−7.9%	480	562	1,042
Pennington County	R	−19.7%	3,517	5,246	8,763
Perkins County	R	−14.2%	995	1,325	2,320
Potter County	R	−16.5%	717	1,001	1,718
Roberts County	D	+5.3%	3,024	2,721	5,745
Sanborn County	R	−9.7%	998	1,212	2,210
Spink County	R	−1.7%	2,285	2,365	4,650
Stanley County	R	−24.3%	234	384	618
Sully County	R	−34.2%	300	612	912
Todd County	R	−3.8%	683	737	1,420
Tripp County	R	−7.6%	1,640	1,911	3,551
Turner County	R	−46.3%	1,304	3,549	4,853
Union County	R	−9.7%	2,057	2,501	4,558
Walworth County	R	−11.3%	1,222	1,533	2,755
Yankton County	R	−16.8%	2,359	3,313	5,672
Ziebach County	D	+3.4%	354	331	685