South Dakota — 1956 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1956 presidential electionSouth Dakota · PresidentEisenhowerR+16.8
How it voted
Share of the 1956 vote
| Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican | 58.4% | 171,569 |
|---|---|---|
| Adlai StevensonDemocratic | 41.6% | 122,288 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1956presidential margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
South Dakota cast 4 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (66 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora County, SD | Democratic | D+13.1 |
| Beadle County, SD | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Bennett County, SD | Republican | R+4.3 |
| Bon Homme County, SD | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Brookings County, SD | Republican | R+33.8 |
| Brown County, SD | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Brule County, SD | Democratic | D+18.0 |
| Buffalo County, SD | Democratic | D+0.6 |
| Butte County, SD | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Campbell County, SD | Republican | R+62.9 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | Democratic | D+17.2 |
| Clark County, SD | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Clay County, SD | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Codington County, SD | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Corson County, SD | Republican | R+11.3 |
| Custer County, SD | Republican | R+27.9 |
| Davison County, SD | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Day County, SD | Democratic | D+5.7 |
| Deuel County, SD | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Dewey County, SD | Republican | R+13.5 |
| Douglas County, SD | Republican | R+35.6 |
| Edmunds County, SD | Republican | R+3.2 |
| Fall River County, SD | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Faulk County, SD | Republican | R+4.3 |
| Grant County, SD | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Gregory County, SD | Republican | R+4.0 |
| Haakon County, SD | Republican | R+22.4 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Hand County, SD | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Hanson County, SD | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Harding County, SD | Republican | R+26.7 |
| Hughes County, SD | Republican | R+26.8 |
| Hutchinson County, SD | Republican | R+46.3 |
| Hyde County, SD | Republican | R+11.7 |
| Jackson County, SD | Republican | R+12.0 |
| Jerauld County, SD | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Jones County, SD | Republican | R+12.1 |
| Kingsbury County, SD | Republican | R+29.8 |
| Lake County, SD | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Lawrence County, SD | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Lincoln County, SD | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Lyman County, SD | Republican | R+13.7 |
| Marshall County, SD | Republican | R+15.1 |
| McCook County, SD | Republican | R+55.7 |
| McPherson County, SD | Republican | R+0.1 |
| Meade County, SD | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Mellette County, SD | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Miner County, SD | Democratic | D+2.1 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Moody County, SD | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Pennington County, SD | Republican | R+34.5 |
| Perkins County, SD | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Potter County, SD | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Roberts County, SD | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Sanborn County, SD | Republican | R+1.0 |
| Spink County, SD | Democratic | D+3.4 |
| Stanley County, SD | Republican | R+1.7 |
| Sully County, SD | Republican | R+19.0 |
| Todd County, SD | Democratic | D+5.4 |
| Tripp County, SD | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Turner County, SD | Republican | R+41.8 |
| Union County, SD | Republican | R+5.9 |
| Walworth County, SD | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Yankton County, SD | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Ziebach County, SD | Republican | R+14.1 |
South Dakota results by county
66 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora County | Adlai Stevenson+319 | 1,05543.4% | 1,37456.6% | 00.0% | 2,429 |
| Beadle County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+602 | 5,21653.1% | 4,61446.9% | 00.0% | 9,830 |
| Bennett County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+61 | 74652.1% | 68547.9% | 00.0% | 1,431 |
| Bon Homme County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+552 | 2,69655.7% | 2,14444.3% | 00.0% | 4,840 |
| Brookings County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,673 | 5,29366.9% | 2,62033.1% | 00.0% | 7,913 |
| Brown County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,009 | 8,19353.3% | 7,18446.7% | 00.0% | 15,377 |
| Brule County | Adlai Stevenson+577 | 1,31741.0% | 1,89459.0% | 00.0% | 3,211 |
| Buffalo County | Adlai Stevenson+4 | 31449.7% | 31850.3% | 00.0% | 632 |
| Butte County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,203 | 2,23168.5% | 1,02831.5% | 00.0% | 3,259 |
| Campbell County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+979 | 1,26881.4% | 28918.6% | 00.0% | 1,557 |
| Charles Mix County | Adlai Stevenson+915 | 2,20241.4% | 3,11758.6% | 00.0% | 5,319 |
| Clark County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+652 | 2,17358.8% | 1,52141.2% | 00.0% | 3,694 |
| Clay County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+704 | 2,63257.7% | 1,92842.3% | 00.0% | 4,560 |
| Codington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,378 | 5,15057.7% | 3,77242.3% | 00.0% | 8,922 |
| Corson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+282 | 1,39455.6% | 1,11244.4% | 00.0% | 2,506 |
| Custer County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+661 | 1,51464.0% | 85336.0% | 00.0% | 2,367 |
| Davison County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+247 | 4,05651.6% | 3,80948.4% | 00.0% | 7,865 |
| Day County | Adlai Stevenson+319 | 2,65247.2% | 2,97152.8% | 00.0% | 5,623 |
| Deuel County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+335 | 1,69855.5% | 1,36344.5% | 00.0% | 3,061 |
| Dewey County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+285 | 1,19756.8% | 91243.2% | 00.0% | 2,109 |
| Douglas County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+900 | 1,71367.8% | 81332.2% | 00.0% | 2,526 |
| Edmunds County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+105 | 1,68551.6% | 1,58048.4% | 00.0% | 3,265 |
| Fall River County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,227 | 2,37767.4% | 1,15032.6% | 00.0% | 3,527 |
| Faulk County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+105 | 1,26052.2% | 1,15547.8% | 00.0% | 2,415 |
| Grant County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+551 | 2,62155.9% | 2,07044.1% | 00.0% | 4,691 |
| Gregory County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+150 | 1,94552.0% | 1,79548.0% | 00.0% | 3,740 |
| Haakon County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+342 | 93661.2% | 59438.8% | 00.0% | 1,530 |
| Hamlin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+789 | 2,08361.7% | 1,29438.3% | 00.0% | 3,377 |
| Hand County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+351 | 1,80455.4% | 1,45344.6% | 00.0% | 3,257 |
| Hanson County | Adlai Stevenson+137 | 1,05046.9% | 1,18753.1% | 00.0% | 2,237 |
| Harding County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+274 | 65063.4% | 37636.6% | 00.0% | 1,026 |
| Hughes County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,236 | 2,92363.4% | 1,68736.6% | 00.0% | 4,610 |
| Hutchinson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,450 | 3,87073.2% | 1,42026.8% | 00.0% | 5,290 |
| Hyde County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+158 | 75555.8% | 59744.2% | 00.0% | 1,352 |
| Jackson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+162 | 75556.0% | 59344.0% | 00.0% | 1,348 |
| Jerauld County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+170 | 1,17553.9% | 1,00546.1% | 00.0% | 2,180 |
| Jones County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+130 | 60156.1% | 47143.9% | 00.0% | 1,072 |
| Kingsbury County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,348 | 2,93364.9% | 1,58535.1% | 00.0% | 4,518 |
| Lake County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,346 | 3,40462.3% | 2,05837.7% | 00.0% | 5,462 |
| Lawrence County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,783 | 4,65471.3% | 1,87128.7% | 00.0% | 6,525 |
| Lincoln County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,388 | 3,52962.2% | 2,14137.8% | 00.0% | 5,670 |
| Lyman County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+278 | 1,15156.9% | 87343.1% | 00.0% | 2,024 |
| Marshall County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+624 | 2,38257.5% | 1,75842.5% | 00.0% | 4,140 |
| McCook County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,592 | 2,22577.9% | 63322.1% | 00.0% | 2,858 |
| McPherson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4 | 1,63950.1% | 1,63549.9% | 00.0% | 3,274 |
| Meade County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+809 | 2,46759.8% | 1,65840.2% | 00.0% | 4,125 |
| Mellette County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+123 | 64355.3% | 52044.7% | 00.0% | 1,163 |
| Miner County | Adlai Stevenson+61 | 1,45649.0% | 1,51751.0% | 00.0% | 2,973 |
| Minnehaha County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+9,192 | 22,28563.0% | 13,09337.0% | 00.0% | 35,378 |
| Moody County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+293 | 2,13353.7% | 1,84046.3% | 00.0% | 3,973 |
| Oglala Lakota County | Adlai Stevenson+167 | 78245.2% | 94954.8% | 00.0% | 1,731 |
| Pennington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+5,623 | 10,95567.3% | 5,33232.7% | 00.0% | 16,287 |
| Perkins County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+552 | 1,74359.4% | 1,19140.6% | 00.0% | 2,934 |
| Potter County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+602 | 1,44563.2% | 84336.8% | 00.0% | 2,288 |
| Roberts County | Adlai Stevenson+392 | 2,85446.8% | 3,24653.2% | 00.0% | 6,100 |
| Sanborn County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+25 | 1,32750.5% | 1,30249.5% | 00.0% | 2,629 |
| Spink County | Adlai Stevenson+190 | 2,68348.3% | 2,87351.7% | 00.0% | 5,556 |
| Stanley County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+20 | 58750.9% | 56749.1% | 00.0% | 1,154 |
| Sully County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+232 | 72659.5% | 49440.5% | 00.0% | 1,220 |
| Todd County | Adlai Stevenson+85 | 74847.3% | 83352.7% | 00.0% | 1,581 |
| Tripp County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+229 | 2,06452.9% | 1,83547.1% | 00.0% | 3,899 |
| Turner County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,414 | 4,09670.9% | 1,68229.1% | 00.0% | 5,778 |
| Union County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+293 | 2,63652.9% | 2,34347.1% | 00.0% | 4,979 |
| Walworth County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+723 | 2,13260.2% | 1,40939.8% | 00.0% | 3,541 |
| Yankton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,076 | 4,06357.6% | 2,98742.4% | 00.0% | 7,050 |
| Ziebach County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+155 | 62757.1% | 47242.9% | 00.0% | 1,099 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
South Dakota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1956 contest in context
| 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% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1956 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.