South Dakota — 1960 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1960 presidential electionSouth Dakota · PresidentNixonR+16.4
How it voted
Share of the 1960 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 58.2% | 178,417 |
|---|---|---|
| John F. KennedyDemocratic | 41.8% | 128,070 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1960presidential margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 1960 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+0.1 |
| Beadle County, SD | Republican | R+18.3 |
| Bennett County, SD | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Bon Homme County, SD | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Brookings County, SD | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Brown County, SD | Republican | R+0.9 |
| Brule County, SD | Democratic | D+6.6 |
| Buffalo County, SD | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Butte County, SD | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Campbell County, SD | Republican | R+57.2 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | Democratic | D+5.9 |
| Clark County, SD | Republican | R+22.1 |
| Clay County, SD | Republican | R+19.2 |
| Codington County, SD | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Corson County, SD | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Custer County, SD | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Davison County, SD | Democratic | D+0.04 |
| Day County, SD | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Deuel County, SD | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Dewey County, SD | Republican | R+5.6 |
| Douglas County, SD | Republican | R+57.5 |
| Edmunds County, SD | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Fall River County, SD | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Faulk County, SD | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Grant County, SD | Republican | R+10.5 |
| Gregory County, SD | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Haakon County, SD | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Republican | R+27.0 |
| Hand County, SD | Republican | R+14.5 |
| Hanson County, SD | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Harding County, SD | Republican | R+27.8 |
| Hughes County, SD | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Hutchinson County, SD | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Hyde County, SD | Republican | R+7.9 |
| Jackson County, SD | Republican | R+18.5 |
| Jerauld County, SD | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Jones County, SD | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Kingsbury County, SD | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Lake County, SD | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Lawrence County, SD | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Lincoln County, SD | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Lyman County, SD | Republican | R+15.6 |
| Marshall County, SD | Republican | R+0.9 |
| McCook County, SD | Republican | R+13.9 |
| McPherson County, SD | Republican | R+58.5 |
| Meade County, SD | Republican | R+15.8 |
| Mellette County, SD | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Miner County, SD | Republican | R+2.3 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | Republican | R+21.1 |
| Moody County, SD | Republican | R+5.0 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Democratic | D+26.8 |
| Pennington County, SD | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Perkins County, SD | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Potter County, SD | Republican | R+13.8 |
| Roberts County, SD | Democratic | D+3.9 |
| Sanborn County, SD | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Spink County, SD | Republican | R+3.3 |
| Stanley County, SD | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Sully County, SD | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Todd County, SD | Republican | R+0.3 |
| Tripp County, SD | Republican | R+17.0 |
| Turner County, SD | Republican | R+45.4 |
| Union County, SD | Republican | R+7.1 |
| Walworth County, SD | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Yankton County, SD | Republican | R+14.1 |
| Ziebach County, SD | Republican | R+5.2 |
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 | John F. Kennedy+3 | 1,26749.9% | 1,27050.1% | 00.0% | 2,537 |
| Beadle County | Richard Nixon+1,832 | 5,91159.2% | 4,07940.8% | 00.0% | 9,990 |
| Bennett County | Richard Nixon+172 | 77956.2% | 60743.8% | 00.0% | 1,386 |
| Bon Homme County | Richard Nixon+678 | 2,73057.1% | 2,05242.9% | 00.0% | 4,782 |
| Brookings County | Richard Nixon+2,736 | 5,71065.8% | 2,97434.2% | 00.0% | 8,684 |
| Brown County | Richard Nixon+144 | 8,03750.5% | 7,89349.5% | 00.0% | 15,930 |
| Brule County | John F. Kennedy+197 | 1,40346.7% | 1,60053.3% | 00.0% | 3,003 |
| Buffalo County | John F. Kennedy+40 | 29446.8% | 33453.2% | 00.0% | 628 |
| Butte County | Richard Nixon+1,178 | 2,49665.4% | 1,31834.6% | 00.0% | 3,814 |
| Campbell County | Richard Nixon+968 | 1,33078.6% | 36221.4% | 00.0% | 1,692 |
| Charles Mix County | John F. Kennedy+308 | 2,44647.0% | 2,75453.0% | 00.0% | 5,200 |
| Clark County | Richard Nixon+798 | 2,20461.1% | 1,40638.9% | 00.0% | 3,610 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+894 | 2,77259.6% | 1,87840.4% | 00.0% | 4,650 |
| Codington County | Richard Nixon+1,005 | 5,30955.2% | 4,30444.8% | 00.0% | 9,613 |
| Corson County | Richard Nixon+197 | 1,29054.1% | 1,09345.9% | 00.0% | 2,383 |
| Custer County | Richard Nixon+655 | 1,53363.6% | 87836.4% | 00.0% | 2,411 |
| Davison County | John F. Kennedy+3 | 4,10550.0% | 4,10850.0% | 00.0% | 8,213 |
| Day County | John F. Kennedy+209 | 2,62648.1% | 2,83551.9% | 00.0% | 5,461 |
| Deuel County | Richard Nixon+734 | 1,90761.9% | 1,17338.1% | 00.0% | 3,080 |
| Dewey County | Richard Nixon+124 | 1,16852.8% | 1,04447.2% | 00.0% | 2,212 |
| Douglas County | Richard Nixon+1,461 | 2,00278.7% | 54121.3% | 00.0% | 2,543 |
| Edmunds County | Richard Nixon+119 | 1,72851.8% | 1,60948.2% | 00.0% | 3,337 |
| Fall River County | Richard Nixon+1,066 | 2,49263.6% | 1,42636.4% | 00.0% | 3,918 |
| Faulk County | Richard Nixon+197 | 1,24054.3% | 1,04345.7% | 00.0% | 2,283 |
| Grant County | Richard Nixon+497 | 2,61155.3% | 2,11444.7% | 00.0% | 4,725 |
| Gregory County | Richard Nixon+285 | 2,06353.7% | 1,77846.3% | 00.0% | 3,841 |
| Haakon County | Richard Nixon+385 | 98062.2% | 59537.8% | 00.0% | 1,575 |
| Hamlin County | Richard Nixon+909 | 2,13963.5% | 1,23036.5% | 00.0% | 3,369 |
| Hand County | Richard Nixon+475 | 1,87257.3% | 1,39742.7% | 00.0% | 3,269 |
| Hanson County | John F. Kennedy+66 | 1,08748.5% | 1,15351.5% | 00.0% | 2,240 |
| Harding County | Richard Nixon+294 | 67663.9% | 38236.1% | 00.0% | 1,058 |
| Hughes County | Richard Nixon+1,284 | 3,32062.0% | 2,03638.0% | 00.0% | 5,356 |
| Hutchinson County | Richard Nixon+2,391 | 3,94871.7% | 1,55728.3% | 00.0% | 5,505 |
| Hyde County | Richard Nixon+113 | 77353.9% | 66046.1% | 00.0% | 1,433 |
| Jackson County | Richard Nixon+262 | 84159.2% | 57940.8% | 00.0% | 1,420 |
| Jerauld County | Richard Nixon+302 | 1,16557.4% | 86342.6% | 00.0% | 2,028 |
| Jones County | Richard Nixon+221 | 64460.4% | 42339.6% | 00.0% | 1,067 |
| Kingsbury County | Richard Nixon+1,210 | 2,88763.3% | 1,67736.7% | 00.0% | 4,564 |
| Lake County | Richard Nixon+1,296 | 3,52061.3% | 2,22438.7% | 00.0% | 5,744 |
| Lawrence County | Richard Nixon+2,471 | 5,08366.1% | 2,61233.9% | 00.0% | 7,695 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+1,568 | 3,55364.2% | 1,98535.8% | 00.0% | 5,538 |
| Lyman County | Richard Nixon+314 | 1,16657.8% | 85242.2% | 00.0% | 2,018 |
| Marshall County | Richard Nixon+30 | 1,70450.4% | 1,67449.6% | 00.0% | 3,378 |
| McCook County | Richard Nixon+578 | 2,37556.9% | 1,79743.1% | 00.0% | 4,172 |
| McPherson County | Richard Nixon+1,738 | 2,35479.3% | 61620.7% | 00.0% | 2,970 |
| Meade County | Richard Nixon+721 | 2,64457.9% | 1,92342.1% | 00.0% | 4,567 |
| Mellette County | Richard Nixon+264 | 77460.3% | 51039.7% | 00.0% | 1,284 |
| Miner County | Richard Nixon+61 | 1,37751.1% | 1,31648.9% | 00.0% | 2,693 |
| Minnehaha County | Richard Nixon+8,086 | 23,23860.5% | 15,15239.5% | 00.0% | 38,390 |
| Moody County | Richard Nixon+201 | 2,11952.5% | 1,91847.5% | 00.0% | 4,037 |
| Oglala Lakota County | John F. Kennedy+480 | 65536.6% | 1,13563.4% | 00.0% | 1,790 |
| Pennington County | Richard Nixon+3,886 | 11,36460.3% | 7,47839.7% | 00.0% | 18,842 |
| Perkins County | Richard Nixon+603 | 1,76760.3% | 1,16439.7% | 00.0% | 2,931 |
| Potter County | Richard Nixon+322 | 1,32656.9% | 1,00443.1% | 00.0% | 2,330 |
| Roberts County | John F. Kennedy+232 | 2,85748.0% | 3,08952.0% | 00.0% | 5,946 |
| Sanborn County | Richard Nixon+5 | 1,25450.1% | 1,24949.9% | 00.0% | 2,503 |
| Spink County | Richard Nixon+175 | 2,73851.7% | 2,56348.3% | 00.0% | 5,301 |
| Stanley County | John F. Kennedy+52 | 67848.2% | 73051.8% | 00.0% | 1,408 |
| Sully County | Richard Nixon+381 | 86464.1% | 48335.9% | 00.0% | 1,347 |
| Todd County | Richard Nixon+5 | 90950.1% | 90449.9% | 00.0% | 1,813 |
| Tripp County | Richard Nixon+718 | 2,46658.5% | 1,74841.5% | 00.0% | 4,214 |
| Turner County | Richard Nixon+2,573 | 4,12072.7% | 1,54727.3% | 00.0% | 5,667 |
| Union County | Richard Nixon+357 | 2,68853.6% | 2,33146.4% | 00.0% | 5,019 |
| Walworth County | Richard Nixon+938 | 2,40662.1% | 1,46837.9% | 00.0% | 3,874 |
| Yankton County | Richard Nixon+1,004 | 4,06557.0% | 3,06143.0% | 00.0% | 7,126 |
| Ziebach County | Richard Nixon+56 | 56852.6% | 51247.4% | 00.0% | 1,080 |
Nominees: John F. Kennedy (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged)
South Dakota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1960 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 — 1960 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.