South Dakota 1948 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the South Dakota 1948 presidential election with 129,651 votes (51.8%), a margin of R+4.8. South Dakota's 3 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

47.0%

51.8%

117,653

Democratic Candidate (47.0%)

129,651

Republican Candidate (51.8%)

Total Votes: 250,105|Margin: R+4.8

County Results

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County Results (66 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Charles Mix County	D+26.1	R+18.9	R+17.1	4,935	D+15.2%
Bennett County	D+22.4	R+43.0	R+30.6	1,252	D+15.7%
Brule County	D+21.5	R+26.8	R+24.1	2,744	D+4.5%
Roberts County	D+18.9	R+21.5	R+14.5	5,652	D+13.6%
Davison County	D+15.0	R+19.2	R+19.1	7,128	D+10.2%
Day County	D+12.5	R+17.3	R+5.3	5,681	D+14.6%
Todd County	D+11.9	D+8.8	D+20.0	1,438	D+15.7%
Brown County	D+11.7	R+25.0	R+21.1	12,972	D+5.5%
Ogala Lakota County	D+11.1	D+41.1	D+63.7	1,454	D+19.0%
Aurora County	D+9.3	R+25.5	R+10.0	2,347	D+16.3%
Codington County	D+9.3	R+25.5	R+26.7	7,441	D+12.8%
Marshall County	D+9.1	R+19.7	R+15.8	3,198	D+14.2%
Beadle County	D+8.8	R+23.8	R+25.0	8,111	D+5.6%
Spink County	D+7.7	R+27.8	R+21.9	5,067	D+9.5%
Miner County	D+7.2	R+15.6	R+2.2	2,587	D+24.4%
Hanson County	D+5.1	R+24.2	R+17.8	1,828	D+15.7%
Ziebach County	D+4.1	R+34.5	R+8.8	980	D+0.7%
Buffalo County	D+3.2	R+27.4	R+3.4	652	D+16.1%
Sanborn County	D+2.7	R+28.5	R+27.7	2,061	D+12.4%
Grant County	D+2.0	R+23.7	R+26.0	4,060	D+23.4%
Gregory County	D+2.0	R+41.9	R+38.8	3,562	D+14.3%
Tripp County	D+1.9	R+45.6	R+45.0	3,818	D+9.5%
Union County	D+0.7	R+19.0	R+4.5	4,465	D+10.5%
Yankton County	D+0.5	R+30.4	R+27.4	5,893	D+17.3%
Corson County	Even	R+38.3	R+9.3	2,325	D+12.4%
Mellette County	Even	R+35.8	R+33.8	977	D+14.0%
Potter County	R+0.2	R+55.2	R+52.5	2,101	D+16.3%
Deuel County	R+1.2	R+27.9	R+23.9	2,719	D+22.4%
Hand County	R+1.3	R+41.2	R+41.0	2,778	D+14.0%
Moody County	R+1.8	R+12.7	R+1.5	3,369	D+17.0%
Clark County	R+2.1	R+40.8	R+29.0	3,212	D+21.1%
Walworth County	R+3.0	R+53.6	R+50.6	3,155	D+8.3%
Clay County	R+3.4	R+11.6	R+6.0	4,361	D+1.2%
Faulk County	R+4.1	R+40.1	R+31.9	2,047	D+5.7%
Lyman County	R+4.7	R+41.0	R+40.0	1,912	D+11.2%
Bon Homme County	R+4.7	R+37.8	R+27.4	4,408	D+7.9%
Harding County	R+4.8	R+53.6	R+58.9	1,040	D+0.8%
Jackson County	R+6.8	R+42.5	R+42.2	1,185	D+7.6%
Dewey County	R+8.2	R+25.2	R+9.8	1,613	D+19.7%
Edmunds County	R+8.7	R+34.2	R+21.2	2,765	D+20.7%
Minnehaha County	R+8.7	R+12.1	R+12.9	26,125	D+6.6%
Hamlin County	R+9.5	R+32.7	R+29.7	2,979	D+18.5%
Meade County	R+9.9	R+48.1	R+47.4	3,769	D+14.4%
Jerauld County	R+10.5	R+24.5	R+30.1	1,987	D+14.4%
Jones County	R+11.4	R+54.4	R+53.7	948	D+16.2%
Perkins County	R+12.7	R+50.3	R+40.3	2,587	D+1.5%
Pennington County	R+12.8	R+42.1	R+45.2	11,413	D+6.9%
Custer County	R+14.0	R+45.7	R+43.3	2,148	D+14.8%
Lake County	R+14.9	R+15.1	R+12.2	4,982	D+16.5%
Brookings County	R+15.4	R+16.3	R+23.9	6,926	D+17.8%
Sully County	R+17.5	R+55.0	R+51.5	992	D+16.7%
Haakon County	R+18.0	R+61.9	R+66.0	1,300	D+7.2%
Stanley County	R+18.4	R+42.6	R+45.5	887	D+5.9%
Hyde County	R+19.1	R+48.4	R+38.9	1,379	D+10.8%
McCook County	R+19.5	R+22.3	R+13.5	3,471	D+17.3%
Fall River County	R+20.2	R+45.5	R+41.3	3,411	D+6.5%
Lincoln County	R+20.3	R+23.7	R+20.5	4,656	D+13.7%
Butte County	R+23.3	R+51.5	R+56.7	2,842	D+9.3%
Hughes County	R+23.3	R+41.2	R+41.1	2,831	D+5.0%
Lawrence County	R+26.0	R+36.3	R+39.5	6,045	D+4.9%
Kingsbury County	R+26.7	R+32.7	R+25.8	3,728	D+10.8%
Douglas County	R+27.7	R+54.7	R+52.2	2,042	D+7.0%
Turner County	R+33.3	R+39.2	R+34.8	4,600	D+12.9%
Hutchinson County	R+40.9	R+51.0	R+46.2	4,151	D+28.0%
McPherson County	R+53.3	R+73.6	R+62.4	2,668	D+16.3%
Campbell County	R+57.0	R+72.7	R+65.4	1,945	D+9.9%

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County Results (66 counties)

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