South Dakota 1940 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the South Dakota 1940 presidential election with 177,065 votes (57.4%), a margin of R+14.8. South Dakota's 3 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

42.6%

57.4%

131,362

Democratic Candidate (42.6%)

177,065

Republican Candidate (57.4%)

Total Votes: 308,427|Margin: R+14.8

County Results

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County Results (66 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Brule County	D+15.2	R+26.8	R+24.1	3,187	R+23.8%
Brown County	D+9.9	R+25.0	R+21.1	14,646	R+23.5%
Beadle County	D+9.3	R+23.8	R+25.0	9,609	R+22.6%
Davison County	D+7.2	R+19.2	R+19.1	7,889	R+24.4%
Charles Mix County	D+4.9	R+18.9	R+17.1	6,296	R+30.1%
Roberts County	D+3.4	R+21.5	R+14.5	7,254	R+28.3%
Spink County	D+2.6	R+27.8	R+21.9	6,109	R+22.8%
Day County	D+0.3	R+17.3	R+5.3	6,574	R+21.0%
Todd County	R+0.3	D+8.8	D+20.0	2,483	R+35.6%
Ziebach County	R+0.3	R+34.5	R+8.8	1,378	R+13.6%
Marshall County	R+0.4	R+19.7	R+15.8	3,961	R+33.3%
Aurora County	R+0.8	R+25.5	R+10.0	2,793	R+25.1%
Bennett County	R+3.1	R+43.0	R+30.6	1,775	R+23.6%
Clay County	R+4.2	R+11.6	R+6.0	4,729	R+31.5%
Mellette County	R+4.5	R+35.8	R+33.8	1,895	R+10.8%
Harding County	R+6.0	R+53.6	R+58.9	1,425	R+27.3%
Hanson County	R+7.3	R+24.2	R+17.8	2,624	R+23.6%
Codington County	R+7.7	R+25.5	R+26.7	8,025	R+24.1%
Tripp County	R+8.8	R+45.6	R+45.0	4,581	R+31.4%
Faulk County	R+8.8	R+40.1	R+31.9	2,630	R+20.3%
Union County	R+8.9	R+19.0	R+4.5	5,724	R+37.8%
Jackson County	R+9.5	R+42.5	R+42.2	1,787	R+20.7%
Potter County	R+9.6	R+55.2	R+52.5	2,332	R+28.0%
Gregory County	R+9.8	R+41.9	R+38.8	4,513	R+26.0%
Walworth County	R+10.2	R+53.6	R+50.6	3,486	R+31.8%
Bon Homme County	R+10.6	R+37.8	R+27.4	5,509	R+24.2%
Sanborn County	R+10.7	R+28.5	R+27.7	3,130	R+33.9%
Buffalo County	R+10.8	R+27.4	R+3.4	886	R+16.1%
Hand County	R+10.9	R+41.2	R+41.0	3,610	R+24.3%
Stanley County	R+11.3	R+42.6	R+45.5	1,220	R+22.7%
Lyman County	R+12.1	R+41.0	R+40.0	2,514	R+21.6%
Corson County	R+12.5	R+38.3	R+9.3	3,037	R+23.9%
Dewey County	R+12.7	R+25.2	R+9.8	2,477	R+21.6%
Ogala Lakota County	R+13.3	D+41.1	D+63.7	2,522	R+15.8%
Meade County	R+14.0	R+48.1	R+47.4	4,491	R+19.2%
Perkins County	R+14.7	R+50.3	R+40.3	3,098	R+30.3%
Pennington County	R+15.0	R+42.1	R+45.2	11,481	R+25.7%
Minnehaha County	R+15.2	R+12.1	R+12.9	28,923	R+18.1%
Yankton County	R+15.4	R+30.4	R+27.4	7,243	R+37.5%
Hughes County	R+18.5	R+41.2	R+41.1	3,344	R+22.0%
Grant County	R+18.8	R+23.7	R+26.0	5,020	R+25.0%
Lawrence County	R+20.1	R+36.3	R+39.5	8,803	R+7.0%
Moody County	R+20.3	R+12.7	R+1.5	4,569	R+28.5%
Hyde County	R+20.6	R+48.4	R+38.9	1,688	R+13.2%
Miner County	R+21.1	R+15.6	R+2.2	3,460	R+40.1%
Custer County	R+21.9	R+45.7	R+43.3	2,947	R+27.2%
Butte County	R+22.0	R+51.5	R+56.7	3,548	R+21.8%
Haakon County	R+23.0	R+61.9	R+66.0	1,836	R+23.8%
Clark County	R+23.5	R+40.8	R+29.0	4,246	R+27.2%
Edmunds County	R+23.7	R+34.2	R+21.2	3,784	R+29.2%
Jones County	R+24.2	R+54.4	R+53.7	1,340	R+25.1%
Jerauld County	R+26.3	R+24.5	R+30.1	2,495	R+37.0%
Fall River County	R+26.5	R+45.5	R+41.3	3,825	R+27.8%
Hamlin County	R+28.0	R+32.7	R+29.7	3,561	R+21.4%
Sully County	R+29.4	R+55.0	R+51.5	1,298	R+9.2%
Brookings County	R+30.5	R+16.3	R+23.9	7,687	R+20.4%
Douglas County	R+31.1	R+54.7	R+52.2	3,017	R+39.3%
McCook County	R+32.2	R+22.3	R+13.5	5,006	R+40.9%
Deuel County	R+32.8	R+27.9	R+23.9	3,470	R+27.9%
Lincoln County	R+33.2	R+23.7	R+20.5	6,129	R+26.9%
Lake County	R+37.7	R+15.1	R+12.2	6,068	R+26.7%
Kingsbury County	R+40.5	R+32.7	R+25.8	5,054	R+25.2%
Turner County	R+44.7	R+39.2	R+34.8	6,418	R+40.3%
McPherson County	R+54.9	R+73.6	R+62.4	3,665	R+44.5%
Campbell County	R+61.3	R+72.7	R+65.4	2,149	R+36.6%
Hutchinson County	R+64.2	R+51.0	R+46.2	6,154	R+58.9%

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County Results (66 counties)

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