Dwight D. Eisenhower carried South Dakota R+16.8.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in South Dakota, 1956. The state ran 1.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+15.4 nationally).

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

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South Dakota result

293,857 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

122,288

41.6%

Eisenhower (R)

171,569

58.4%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+16.8

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1956 presidential election

South Dakota, 1956

EisenhowerR+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

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 1956 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1956 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 — 1956

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	D	+13.1%	1,374	1,055	2,429
Beadle County	R	−6.1%	4,614	5,216	9,830
Bennett County	R	−4.3%	685	746	1,431
Bon Homme County	R	−11.4%	2,144	2,696	4,840
Brookings County	R	−33.8%	2,620	5,293	7,913
Brown County	R	−6.6%	7,184	8,193	15,377
Brule County	D	+18.0%	1,894	1,317	3,211
Buffalo County	D	+0.6%	318	314	632
Butte County	R	−36.9%	1,028	2,231	3,259
Campbell County	R	−62.9%	289	1,268	1,557
Charles Mix County	D	+17.2%	3,117	2,202	5,319
Clark County	R	−17.7%	1,521	2,173	3,694
Clay County	R	−15.4%	1,928	2,632	4,560
Codington County	R	−15.4%	3,772	5,150	8,922
Corson County	R	−11.3%	1,112	1,394	2,506
Custer County	R	−27.9%	853	1,514	2,367
Davison County	R	−3.1%	3,809	4,056	7,865
Day County	D	+5.7%	2,971	2,652	5,623
Deuel County	R	−10.9%	1,363	1,698	3,061
Dewey County	R	−13.5%	912	1,197	2,109
Douglas County	R	−35.6%	813	1,713	2,526
Edmunds County	R	−3.2%	1,580	1,685	3,265
Fall River County	R	−34.8%	1,150	2,377	3,527
Faulk County	R	−4.3%	1,155	1,260	2,415
Grant County	R	−11.7%	2,070	2,621	4,691
Gregory County	R	−4.0%	1,795	1,945	3,740
Haakon County	R	−22.4%	594	936	1,530
Hamlin County	R	−23.4%	1,294	2,083	3,377
Hand County	R	−10.8%	1,453	1,804	3,257
Hanson County	D	+6.1%	1,187	1,050	2,237
Harding County	R	−26.7%	376	650	1,026
Hughes County	R	−26.8%	1,687	2,923	4,610
Hutchinson County	R	−46.3%	1,420	3,870	5,290
Hyde County	R	−11.7%	597	755	1,352
Jackson County	R	−12.0%	593	755	1,348
Jerauld County	R	−7.8%	1,005	1,175	2,180
Jones County	R	−12.1%	471	601	1,072
Kingsbury County	R	−29.8%	1,585	2,933	4,518
Lake County	R	−24.6%	2,058	3,404	5,462
Lawrence County	R	−42.7%	1,871	4,654	6,525
Lincoln County	R	−24.5%	2,141	3,529	5,670
Lyman County	R	−13.7%	873	1,151	2,024
Marshall County	R	−15.1%	1,758	2,382	4,140
McCook County	R	−55.7%	633	2,225	2,858
McPherson County	R	−0.1%	1,635	1,639	3,274
Meade County	R	−19.6%	1,658	2,467	4,125
Mellette County	R	−10.6%	520	643	1,163
Miner County	D	+2.1%	1,517	1,456	2,973
Minnehaha County	R	−26.0%	13,093	22,285	35,378
Moody County	R	−7.4%	1,840	2,133	3,973
Oglala Lakota County	D	+9.6%	949	782	1,731
Pennington County	R	−34.5%	5,332	10,955	16,287
Perkins County	R	−18.8%	1,191	1,743	2,934
Potter County	R	−26.3%	843	1,445	2,288
Roberts County	D	+6.4%	3,246	2,854	6,100
Sanborn County	R	−1.0%	1,302	1,327	2,629
Spink County	D	+3.4%	2,873	2,683	5,556
Stanley County	R	−1.7%	567	587	1,154
Sully County	R	−19.0%	494	726	1,220
Todd County	D	+5.4%	833	748	1,581
Tripp County	R	−5.9%	1,835	2,064	3,899
Turner County	R	−41.8%	1,682	4,096	5,778
Union County	R	−5.9%	2,343	2,636	4,979
Walworth County	R	−20.4%	1,409	2,132	3,541
Yankton County	R	−15.3%	2,987	4,063	7,050
Ziebach County	R	−14.1%	472	627	1,099