Dwight D. Eisenhower carried South Dakota R+38.5.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in South Dakota, 1952. The state ran 27.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

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South Dakota result

294,283 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

90,426

30.7%

Eisenhower (R)

203,857

69.3%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+38.5

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1952 presidential election

South Dakota, 1952

EisenhowerR+38.5

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican	69.3%	203,857
Adlai StevensonDemocratic	30.7%	90,426
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 1952 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1952 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 — 1952

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−18.8%	997	1,458	2,455
Beadle County	R	−30.7%	3,443	6,487	9,930
Bennett County	R	−25.7%	516	873	1,389
Bon Homme County	R	−31.1%	1,658	3,157	4,815
Brookings County	R	−52.6%	1,861	5,988	7,849
Brown County	R	−21.9%	6,140	9,581	15,721
Brule County	R	−6.3%	1,392	1,578	2,970
Buffalo County	R	−22.9%	259	413	672
Butte County	R	−52.5%	837	2,689	3,526
Campbell County	R	−80.3%	168	1,536	1,704
Charles Mix County	R	−8.6%	2,790	3,316	6,106
Clark County	R	−42.9%	1,076	2,692	3,768
Clay County	R	−40.1%	1,412	3,302	4,714
Codington County	R	−31.8%	2,974	5,750	8,724
Corson County	R	−38.0%	789	1,757	2,546
Custer County	R	−45.1%	652	1,725	2,377
Davison County	R	−19.3%	3,227	4,774	8,001
Day County	R	−21.6%	2,351	3,648	5,999
Deuel County	R	−44.3%	879	2,279	3,158
Dewey County	R	−32.6%	665	1,307	1,972
Douglas County	R	−59.9%	528	2,103	2,631
Edmunds County	R	−36.5%	1,013	2,178	3,191
Fall River County	R	−47.9%	1,008	2,863	3,871
Faulk County	R	−37.4%	738	1,619	2,357
Grant County	R	−36.6%	1,500	3,234	4,734
Gregory County	R	−28.4%	1,372	2,463	3,835
Haakon County	R	−49.6%	396	1,176	1,572
Hamlin County	R	−43.0%	954	2,391	3,345
Hand County	R	−41.4%	937	2,262	3,199
Hanson County	R	−26.1%	773	1,320	2,093
Harding County	R	−46.7%	294	809	1,103
Hughes County	R	−51.7%	933	2,932	3,865
Hutchinson County	R	−66.3%	875	4,322	5,197
Hyde County	R	−45.6%	393	1,051	1,444
Jackson County	R	−39.6%	401	926	1,327
Jerauld County	R	−38.4%	677	1,520	2,197
Jones County	R	−39.2%	323	739	1,062
Kingsbury County	R	−56.5%	1,029	3,703	4,732
Lake County	R	−46.6%	1,466	4,020	5,486
Lawrence County	R	−53.1%	1,701	5,559	7,260
Lincoln County	R	−56.7%	1,212	4,387	5,599
Lyman County	R	−40.2%	666	1,561	2,227
Marshall County	R	−32.9%	1,135	2,248	3,383
McCook County	R	−45.3%	1,127	2,991	4,118
McPherson County	R	−74.0%	436	2,915	3,351
Meade County	R	−40.0%	1,334	3,109	4,443
Mellette County	R	−38.8%	347	787	1,134
Miner County	R	−31.2%	1,029	1,964	2,993
Minnehaha County	R	−43.0%	9,390	23,559	32,949
Moody County	R	−42.9%	1,089	2,728	3,817
Oglala Lakota County	R	−10.6%	774	957	1,731
Pennington County	R	−42.3%	4,470	11,029	15,499
Perkins County	R	−43.6%	849	2,160	3,009
Potter County	R	−47.5%	579	1,625	2,204
Roberts County	R	−17.1%	2,524	3,566	6,090
Sanborn County	R	−32.1%	905	1,761	2,666
Spink County	R	−30.1%	1,983	3,693	5,676
Stanley County	R	−41.3%	289	695	984
Sully County	R	−41.9%	352	860	1,212
Todd County	R	−25.3%	611	1,025	1,636
Tripp County	R	−31.8%	1,445	2,790	4,235
Turner County	R	−64.8%	984	4,604	5,588
Union County	R	−34.7%	1,645	3,393	5,038
Walworth County	R	−30.5%	1,262	2,369	3,631
Yankton County	R	−36.8%	2,220	4,802	7,022
Ziebach County	R	−35.4%	372	779	1,151