Gerald Ford carried South Dakota R+1.5.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in South Dakota, 1976. The state ran 3.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)

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South Dakota result

300,678 votes counted

Carter (D)

147,068

48.9%

Ford (R)

151,505

50.4%

All others

2,105

0.7%

Margin

R+1.5

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1976 presidential election

South Dakota, 1976

FordR+1.5

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Gerald Ford ✓Republican	50.4%	151,505
Jimmy CarterDemocratic	48.9%	147,068
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	2,105

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 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 — 1976

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	D	+20.8%	1,269	831	2,109
Beadle County	D	+0.9%	4,846	4,758	9,666
Bennett County	R	−11.6%	481	610	1,111
Bon Homme County	D	+6.3%	2,154	1,897	4,073
Brookings County	R	−5.9%	4,685	5,278	10,026
Brown County	D	+7.7%	8,888	7,609	16,633
Brule County	D	+13.2%	1,534	1,175	2,723
Buffalo County	D	+10.6%	240	194	434
Butte County	R	−19.8%	1,366	2,055	3,472
Campbell County	R	−29.3%	489	897	1,391
Charles Mix County	D	+18.5%	2,593	1,779	4,394
Clark County	R	−2.6%	1,376	1,449	2,838
Clay County	R	−1.0%	2,593	2,647	5,301
Codington County	D	+1.9%	4,680	4,504	9,213
Corson County	D	+6.6%	967	846	1,823
Custer County	R	−15.7%	995	1,373	2,405
Davison County	D	+10.0%	4,510	3,688	8,248
Day County	D	+23.3%	2,610	1,617	4,257
Deuel County	D	+10.9%	1,465	1,177	2,652
Dewey County	R	−7.4%	706	820	1,534
Douglas County	R	−14.8%	975	1,315	2,295
Edmunds County	D	+11.4%	1,629	1,294	2,932
Fall River County	R	−14.1%	1,537	2,046	3,615
Faulk County	D	+10.1%	1,063	868	1,937
Grant County	D	+7.8%	2,398	2,051	4,464
Gregory County	D	+5.8%	1,658	1,475	3,145
Haakon County	R	−25.5%	477	812	1,312
Hamlin County	R	−1.7%	1,402	1,452	2,866
Hand County	R	−1.1%	1,477	1,510	2,994
Hanson County	D	+18.3%	1,005	693	1,707
Harding County	R	−1.2%	459	470	945
Hughes County	R	−22.8%	2,506	3,997	6,536
Hutchinson County	R	−15.5%	2,062	2,822	4,906
Hyde County	R	−9.1%	572	687	1,263
Jackson County	R	−12.4%	589	761	1,391
Jerauld County	D	+1.4%	845	821	1,669
Jones County	R	−15.8%	374	515	890
Kingsbury County	R	−2.3%	1,762	1,844	3,617
Lake County	D	+7.3%	2,930	2,530	5,476
Lawrence County	R	−14.8%	3,102	4,206	7,449
Lincoln County	R	−2.4%	2,957	3,105	6,084
Lyman County	R	−3.5%	831	892	1,739
Marshall County	D	+16.4%	1,721	1,233	2,967
McCook County	D	+2.2%	1,822	1,744	3,578
McPherson County	R	−40.9%	693	1,662	2,367
Meade County	R	−10.9%	2,478	3,096	5,690
Mellette County	R	−8.3%	429	508	949
Miner County	D	+21.0%	1,289	839	2,140
Minnehaha County	R	−2.7%	22,068	23,286	45,556
Moody County	D	+13.6%	1,942	1,475	3,428
Oglala Lakota County	D	+42.1%	756	301	1,081
Pennington County	R	−13.9%	10,058	13,352	23,699
Perkins County	R	−1.4%	1,262	1,298	2,592
Potter County	R	−11.1%	908	1,136	2,052
Roberts County	D	+20.2%	2,890	1,915	4,820
Sanborn County	D	+7.5%	1,025	881	1,912
Spink County	D	+13.8%	2,650	2,003	4,679
Stanley County	R	−7.5%	548	637	1,189
Sully County	R	−11.0%	505	630	1,139
Todd County	D	+16.9%	826	583	1,434
Tripp County	R	−4.1%	1,822	1,980	3,817
Turner County	R	−17.1%	1,906	2,694	4,618
Union County	D	+5.0%	2,540	2,297	4,860
Walworth County	R	−18.0%	1,516	2,187	3,728
Yankton County	R	−0.5%	3,987	4,029	8,087
Ziebach County	D	+0.1%	370	369	761