South Dakota 1976 Presidential Election

Jimmy Carter vs. Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford won the South Dakota 1976 presidential election with 151,505 votes (50.4%), a margin of R+1.5. South Dakota's 3 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

48.9%

50.4%

147,068

Jimmy Carter (48.9%)

151,505

Gerald Ford (50.4%)

Total Votes: 300,678|Margin: R+1.5

County Results

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County Results (66 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Ogala Lakota County	D+42.1	D+41.1	D+63.7	1,081	R+13.2%
Day County	D+23.3	R+17.3	R+5.3	4,257	D+7.4%
Miner County	D+21.0	R+15.6	R+2.2	2,140	D+9.5%
Aurora County	D+20.8	R+25.5	R+10.0	2,109	D+13.0%
Roberts County	D+20.2	R+21.5	R+14.5	4,820	D+5.0%
Charles Mix County	D+18.5	R+18.9	R+17.1	4,394	D+4.3%
Hanson County	D+18.3	R+24.2	R+17.8	1,707	D+10.6%
Todd County	D+16.9	D+8.8	D+20.0	1,434	D+11.1%
Marshall County	D+16.4	R+19.7	R+15.8	2,967	D+11.8%
Spink County	D+13.8	R+27.8	R+21.9	4,679	D+18.5%
Moody County	D+13.6	R+12.7	R+1.5	3,428	D+6.7%
Brule County	D+13.2	R+26.8	R+24.1	2,723	D+5.3%
Edmunds County	D+11.4	R+34.2	R+21.2	2,932	D+9.0%
Deuel County	D+10.9	R+27.9	R+23.9	2,652	D+10.4%
Buffalo County	D+10.6	R+27.4	R+3.4	434	R+0.3%
Faulk County	D+10.1	R+40.1	R+31.9	1,937	D+11.0%
Davison County	D+10.0	R+19.2	R+19.1	8,248	R+0.7%
Grant County	D+7.8	R+23.7	R+26.0	4,464	D+8.1%
Brown County	D+7.7	R+25.0	R+21.1	16,633	D+7.2%
Sanborn County	D+7.5	R+28.5	R+27.7	1,912	D+7.1%
Lake County	D+7.3	R+15.1	R+12.2	5,476	D+7.9%
Corson County	D+6.6	R+38.3	R+9.3	1,823	D+23.7%
Bon Homme County	D+6.3	R+37.8	R+27.4	4,073	D+0.7%
Gregory County	D+5.8	R+41.9	R+38.8	3,145	D+9.4%
Union County	D+5.0	R+19.0	R+4.5	4,860	R+0.8%
McCook County	D+2.2	R+22.3	R+13.5	3,578	D+1.4%
Codington County	D+1.9	R+25.5	R+26.7	9,213	D+5.4%
Jerauld County	D+1.4	R+24.5	R+30.1	1,669	D+10.2%
Beadle County	D+0.9	R+23.8	R+25.0	9,666	D+16.8%
Ziebach County	D+0.1	R+34.5	R+8.8	761	D+12.5%
Yankton County	R+0.5	R+30.4	R+27.4	8,087	D+5.9%
Clay County	R+1.0	R+11.6	R+6.0	5,301	R+6.7%
Hand County	R+1.1	R+41.2	R+41.0	2,994	D+14.9%
Harding County	R+1.2	R+53.6	R+58.9	945	D+42.0%
Perkins County	R+1.4	R+50.3	R+40.3	2,592	D+29.1%
Hamlin County	R+1.7	R+32.7	R+29.7	2,866	D+12.3%
Kingsbury County	R+2.3	R+32.7	R+25.8	3,617	D+15.1%
Lincoln County	R+2.4	R+23.7	R+20.5	6,084	D+7.6%
Clark County	R+2.6	R+40.8	R+29.0	2,838	D+6.9%
Minnehaha County	R+2.7	R+12.1	R+12.9	45,556	R+2.5%
Lyman County	R+3.5	R+41.0	R+40.0	1,739	D+16.7%
Tripp County	R+4.1	R+45.6	R+45.0	3,817	D+21.4%
Brookings County	R+5.9	R+16.3	R+23.9	10,026	R+1.1%
Dewey County	R+7.4	R+25.2	R+9.8	1,534	D+10.6%
Stanley County	R+7.5	R+42.6	R+45.5	1,189	D+15.0%
Mellette County	R+8.3	R+35.8	R+33.8	949	D+10.6%
Hyde County	R+9.1	R+48.4	R+38.9	1,263	D+10.2%
Meade County	R+10.9	R+48.1	R+47.4	5,690	D+24.2%
Sully County	R+11.0	R+55.0	R+51.5	1,139	D+19.2%
Potter County	R+11.1	R+55.2	R+52.5	2,052	D+12.5%
Bennett County	R+11.6	R+43.0	R+30.6	1,111	D+14.2%
Jackson County	R+12.4	R+42.5	R+42.2	1,391	D+14.8%
Pennington County	R+13.9	R+42.1	R+45.2	23,699	D+8.8%
Fall River County	R+14.1	R+45.5	R+41.3	3,615	D+22.2%
Douglas County	R+14.8	R+54.7	R+52.2	2,295	D+8.7%
Lawrence County	R+14.8	R+36.3	R+39.5	7,449	D+15.9%
Hutchinson County	R+15.5	R+51.0	R+46.2	4,906	D+0.3%
Custer County	R+15.7	R+45.7	R+43.3	2,405	D+13.9%
Jones County	R+15.8	R+54.4	R+53.7	890	D+13.8%
Turner County	R+17.1	R+39.2	R+34.8	4,618	D+3.2%
Walworth County	R+18.0	R+53.6	R+50.6	3,728	D+12.4%
Butte County	R+19.8	R+51.5	R+56.7	3,472	D+18.5%
Hughes County	R+22.8	R+41.2	R+41.1	6,536	D+12.1%
Haakon County	R+25.5	R+61.9	R+66.0	1,312	D+21.4%
Campbell County	R+29.3	R+72.7	R+65.4	1,391	D+23.2%
McPherson County	R+40.9	R+73.6	R+62.4	2,367	D+13.1%

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County Results (66 counties)

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