South Dakota 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the South Dakota 1956 presidential election with 171,569 votes (58.4%), a margin of R+16.8. South Dakota's 3 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

41.6%

58.4%

122,288

Democratic Candidate (41.6%)

171,569

Republican Candidate (58.4%)

Total Votes: 293,857|Margin: R+16.8

County Results

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County Results (66 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Brule County	D+18.0	R+26.8	R+24.1	3,211	D+24.2%
Charles Mix County	D+17.2	R+18.9	R+17.1	5,319	D+25.8%
Aurora County	D+13.1	R+25.5	R+10.0	2,429	D+31.9%
Ogala Lakota County	D+9.6	D+41.1	D+63.7	1,731	D+20.2%
Roberts County	D+6.4	R+21.5	R+14.5	6,100	D+23.5%
Hanson County	D+6.1	R+24.2	R+17.8	2,237	D+32.3%
Day County	D+5.7	R+17.3	R+5.3	5,623	D+27.3%
Todd County	D+5.4	D+8.8	D+20.0	1,581	D+30.7%
Spink County	D+3.4	R+27.8	R+21.9	5,556	D+33.5%
Miner County	D+2.1	R+15.6	R+2.2	2,973	D+33.3%
Buffalo County	D+0.6	R+27.4	R+3.4	632	D+23.6%
McPherson County	R+0.1	R+73.6	R+62.4	3,274	D+73.9%
Sanborn County	R+1.0	R+28.5	R+27.7	2,629	D+31.2%
Stanley County	R+1.7	R+42.6	R+45.5	1,154	D+39.5%
Davison County	R+3.1	R+19.2	R+19.1	7,865	D+16.2%
Edmunds County	R+3.2	R+34.2	R+21.2	3,265	D+33.3%
Gregory County	R+4.0	R+41.9	R+38.8	3,740	D+24.4%
Bennett County	R+4.3	R+43.0	R+30.6	1,431	D+21.4%
Faulk County	R+4.3	R+40.1	R+31.9	2,415	D+33.0%
Tripp County	R+5.9	R+45.6	R+45.0	3,899	D+25.9%
Union County	R+5.9	R+19.0	R+4.5	4,979	D+28.8%
Beadle County	R+6.1	R+23.8	R+25.0	9,830	D+24.5%
Brown County	R+6.6	R+25.0	R+21.1	15,377	D+15.3%
Moody County	R+7.4	R+12.7	R+1.5	3,973	D+35.6%
Jerauld County	R+7.8	R+24.5	R+30.1	2,180	D+30.6%
Mellette County	R+10.6	R+35.8	R+33.8	1,163	D+28.2%
Hand County	R+10.8	R+41.2	R+41.0	3,257	D+30.6%
Deuel County	R+10.9	R+27.9	R+23.9	3,061	D+33.4%
Corson County	R+11.3	R+38.3	R+9.3	2,506	D+26.8%
Bon Homme County	R+11.4	R+37.8	R+27.4	4,840	D+19.7%
Hyde County	R+11.7	R+48.4	R+38.9	1,352	D+33.9%
Grant County	R+11.7	R+23.7	R+26.0	4,691	D+24.9%
Jackson County	R+12.0	R+42.5	R+42.2	1,348	D+27.5%
Jones County	R+12.1	R+54.4	R+53.7	1,072	D+27.0%
Dewey County	R+13.5	R+25.2	R+9.8	2,109	D+19.0%
Lyman County	R+13.7	R+41.0	R+40.0	2,024	D+26.5%
Ziebach County	R+14.1	R+34.5	R+8.8	1,099	D+21.3%
Marshall County	R+15.1	R+19.7	R+15.8	4,140	D+17.8%
Yankton County	R+15.3	R+30.4	R+27.4	7,050	D+21.5%
Clay County	R+15.4	R+11.6	R+6.0	4,560	D+24.7%
Codington County	R+15.4	R+25.5	R+26.7	8,922	D+16.4%
Clark County	R+17.6	R+40.8	R+29.0	3,694	D+25.2%
Perkins County	R+18.8	R+50.3	R+40.3	2,934	D+24.8%
Sully County	R+19.0	R+55.0	R+51.5	1,220	D+22.9%
Meade County	R+19.6	R+48.1	R+47.4	4,125	D+20.3%
Walworth County	R+20.4	R+53.6	R+50.6	3,541	D+10.1%
Haakon County	R+22.4	R+61.9	R+66.0	1,530	D+27.3%
Hamlin County	R+23.4	R+32.7	R+29.7	3,377	D+19.6%
Lincoln County	R+24.5	R+23.7	R+20.5	5,670	D+32.2%
Lake County	R+24.6	R+15.1	R+12.2	5,462	D+21.9%
Minnehaha County	R+26.0	R+12.1	R+12.9	35,378	D+17.0%
Potter County	R+26.3	R+55.2	R+52.5	2,288	D+21.1%
Harding County	R+26.7	R+53.6	R+58.9	1,026	D+20.0%
Hughes County	R+26.8	R+41.2	R+41.1	4,610	D+24.9%
Custer County	R+27.9	R+45.7	R+43.3	2,367	D+17.2%
Kingsbury County	R+29.8	R+32.7	R+25.8	4,518	D+26.7%
Brookings County	R+33.8	R+16.3	R+23.9	7,913	D+18.8%
Pennington County	R+34.5	R+42.1	R+45.2	16,287	D+7.8%
Fall River County	R+34.8	R+45.5	R+41.3	3,527	D+13.1%
Douglas County	R+35.6	R+54.7	R+52.2	2,526	D+24.2%
Butte County	R+36.9	R+51.5	R+56.7	3,259	D+15.6%
Turner County	R+41.8	R+39.2	R+34.8	5,778	D+23.0%
Lawrence County	R+42.7	R+36.3	R+39.5	6,525	D+10.5%
Hutchinson County	R+46.3	R+51.0	R+46.2	5,290	D+20.0%
McCook County	R+55.7	R+22.3	R+13.5	2,858	R+10.4%
Campbell County	R+62.9	R+72.7	R+65.4	1,557	D+17.4%

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County Results (66 counties)

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