1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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  1932 November 3, 1936 1940  
  FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg LandonPortr (cropped).jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote40
Popular vote160,137125,977
Percentage54.02%42.49%

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County Results

The 1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

South Dakota voted for the Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt over Republican candidate Alf Landon. Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 11.53%. As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last occasion when the following counties have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Douglas, Fall River, Haakon, Harding, Hughes and Perkins. [1] Roosevelt remains the only Democrat in history to carry the state twice.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, held on May 5, 1936. [2]

1936 South Dakota Democratic Primary - Results
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
Franklin D. Roosevelt 48,262100.00%8
Total48,262100.00%8

Republican primary

U.S. Senator William Borah from Idaho and former South Dakota Governor Warren E. Green (leading a "No Preference" delegate list) faced off in the Republican primary, held on May 5, 1936. [2]

1936 South Dakota Republican Primary - Results
CandidateVotesPercentageDelegates
Warren E. Green/No Preference44,51850.14%8
William Borah 44,26149.86%0
Total88,779100.00%8

Results

The general election was held on November 3, 1936. Armstrong County did not participate.

1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota [3]
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotes%Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt John Nance Garner 160,13754.02%4
Republican Alf Landon Frank Knox 125,97742.49%0
Independent William Lemke Thomas C. O'Brien 10,3383.49%0
Total296,452100.0%4

Results by county

County [4] Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Alfred Mossmann Landon
Republican
William Frederick Lemke
Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%
Aurora 1,80160.78%1,08236.52%802.70%71924.27%2,963
Beadle 5,84364.84%2,96532.90%2032.25%2,87831.94%9,011
Bennett 80759.82%53039.29%120.89%27720.53%1,349
Bon Homme 2,95955.84%2,23642.20%1041.96%72313.64%5,299
Brookings 3,16143.29%3,89953.40%2423.31%-738-10.11%7,302
Brown 9,17765.58%4,50532.19%3112.22%4,67233.39%13,993
Brule 2,27468.56%98229.61%611.84%1,29238.95%3,317
Buffalo 41051.57%36846.29%172.14%425.28%795
Butte 1,51948.30%1,52548.49%1013.21%-6-0.19%3,145
Campbell 73636.31%1,23660.98%552.71%-500-24.67%2,027
Charles Mix 4,62866.96%2,20931.96%751.09%2,41935.00%6,912
Clark 2,03649.82%1,88346.07%1684.11%1533.74%4,087
Clay 3,07060.97%1,69233.60%2735.42%1,37827.37%5,035
Codington 4,25655.85%3,00539.44%3594.71%1,25116.42%7,620
Corson 1,78154.05%1,40842.73%1063.22%37311.32%3,295
Custer 1,51952.16%1,36546.88%280.96%1545.29%2,912
Davison 4,98363.84%2,51032.16%3124.00%2,47331.68%7,805
Day 3,33558.21%2,11336.88%2814.90%1,22221.33%5,729
Deuel 1,44045.67%1,59550.59%1183.74%-155-4.92%3,153
Dewey 1,21653.17%1,01244.25%592.58%2048.92%2,287
Douglas 1,68053.01%1,41844.75%712.24%2628.27%3,169
Edmunds 2,03052.21%1,81846.76%401.03%2125.45%3,888
Fall River 1,92748.39%1,87647.11%1794.50%511.28%3,982
Faulk 1,40454.95%1,11143.48%401.57%29311.47%2,555
Grant 2,10151.76%1,84745.50%1112.73%2546.26%4,059
Gregory 2,60357.27%1,86841.10%741.63%73516.17%4,545
Haakon 94848.47%93347.70%753.83%150.77%1,956
Hamlin 1,62245.64%1,85752.25%752.11%-235-6.61%3,554
Hand 1,72153.17%1,28939.82%2277.01%43213.35%3,237
Hanson 1,53056.50%1,09040.25%883.25%44016.25%2,708
Harding 81959.26%52437.92%392.82%29521.35%1,382
Hughes 1,66250.18%1,54746.71%1033.11%1153.47%3,312
Hutchinson 2,50043.10%2,80448.34%4978.57%-304-5.24%5,801
Hyde 68345.11%79552.51%362.38%-112-7.40%1,514
Jackson 59353.71%48143.57%302.72%11210.14%1,104
Jerauld 1,34353.63%1,07542.93%863.43%26810.70%2,504
Jones 62049.05%60848.10%362.85%120.95%1,264
Kingsbury 2,03740.13%2,81355.42%2264.45%-776-15.29%5,076
Lake 2,52041.94%3,18252.95%3075.11%-662-11.02%6,009
Lawrence 3,80943.03%4,97456.19%690.78%-1,165-13.16%8,852
Lincoln 2,54142.17%2,91848.42%5679.41%-377-6.26%6,026
Lyman 1,32154.14%1,09044.67%291.19%2319.47%2,440
Marshall 2,22065.54%1,10532.62%621.83%1,11532.92%3,387
McCook 2,53652.28%2,11743.64%1984.08%4198.64%4,851
McPherson 1,55644.39%1,92154.81%280.80%-365-10.41%3,505
Meade 2,30449.91%2,06444.71%2485.37%2405.20%4,616
Mellette 80852.91%71146.56%80.52%976.35%1,527
Miner 2,05157.74%1,37738.77%1243.49%67418.98%3,552
Minnehaha 13,17449.70%12,41846.85%9163.46%7562.85%26,508
Moody 2,36651.89%1,99243.68%2024.43%3748.20%4,560
Pennington 5,55753.29%4,44242.60%4294.11%1,11510.69%10,428
Perkins 1,94056.64%1,40841.11%772.25%53215.53%3,425
Potter 1,33858.02%91439.64%542.34%42418.39%2,306
Roberts 3,82064.19%1,93432.50%1973.31%1,88631.69%5,951
Sanborn 1,91959.89%1,17436.64%1113.46%74523.25%3,204
Shannon 63447.46%66749.93%352.62%-33-2.47%1,336
Spink 3,56960.79%2,07835.39%2243.82%1,49125.40%5,871
Stanley 62953.49%49542.09%524.42%13411.39%1,176
Sully 43738.40%66758.61%342.99%-230-20.21%1,138
Todd 1,31867.04%62431.74%241.22%69435.30%1,966
Tripp 2,70860.38%1,69337.75%841.87%1,01522.63%4,485
Turner 2,92344.79%3,21449.25%3895.96%-291-4.46%6,526
Union 3,52060.85%1,84531.89%4207.26%1,67528.95%5,785
Walworth 2,21260.34%1,42038.73%340.93%79221.60%3,666
Washabaugh 31355.79%23842.42%101.78%7513.37%561
Washington 23459.69%15840.31%00.00%7619.39%392
Yankton 4,34958.47%2,70236.33%3875.20%1,64722.14%7,438
Ziebach 73755.46%56142.21%312.33%17613.24%1,329
Armstrong [a] 0N/A0N/A0N/AN/AN/A0
Totals160,13754.02%125,97742.49%10,3483.49%34,16011.52%296,462

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. No returns were canvassed for Armstrong County and voters from this county were listed in neighbouring counties. [5]

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References

  1. Sullivan, Robert David (June 29, 2016). "How the red and blue map evolved over the past century". America Magazine.
  2. 1 2 South Dakota Department of Finance. South Dakota legislative manual 1937. pp. 382–384.
  3. "1936 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota" . Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  4. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 404-405 ISBN   0405077114
  5. Scammon (editor); America at the Polls, p. 412