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Elections in South Dakota |
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The 1940 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose four [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Dakota was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 57.41% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 42.59% of the popular vote. [3] [4]
South Dakota would prove to be Willkie's largest win of any state, as he carried the state by 14.82 percentage points, despite Roosevelt carrying it by 12 percentage points four years prior. [5] Additionally, with 57.41% of the popular vote, South Dakota was Willkie's strongest state in the 1940 election in terms of popular vote percentage. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Wendell Willkie | 177,065 | 57.41% | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 131,362 | 42.59% | |
Total votes | 308,427 | 100% |
County [7] | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Aurora | 1,408 | 50.41% | 1,385 | 49.59% | 23 | 0.82% | 2,793 |
Beadle | 4,356 | 45.33% | 5,253 | 54.67% | -897 | -9.33% | 9,609 |
Bennett | 915 | 51.55% | 860 | 48.45% | 55 | 3.10% | 1,775 |
Bon Homme | 3,046 | 55.29% | 2,463 | 44.71% | 583 | 10.58% | 5,509 |
Brookings | 5,016 | 65.25% | 2,671 | 34.75% | 2,345 | 30.51% | 7,687 |
Brown | 6,598 | 45.05% | 8,048 | 54.95% | -1,450 | -9.90% | 14,646 |
Brule | 1,352 | 42.42% | 1,835 | 57.58% | -483 | -15.16% | 3,187 |
Buffalo | 491 | 55.42% | 395 | 44.58% | 96 | 10.84% | 886 |
Butte | 2,164 | 60.99% | 1,384 | 39.01% | 780 | 21.98% | 3,548 |
Campbell | 1,733 | 80.64% | 416 | 19.36% | 1,317 | 61.28% | 2,149 |
Charles Mix | 2,993 | 47.54% | 3,303 | 52.46% | -310 | -4.92% | 6,296 |
Clark | 2,622 | 61.75% | 1,624 | 38.25% | 998 | 23.50% | 4,246 |
Clay | 2,463 | 52.08% | 2,266 | 47.92% | 197 | 4.17% | 4,729 |
Codington | 4,320 | 53.83% | 3,705 | 46.17% | 615 | 7.66% | 8,025 |
Corson | 1,709 | 56.27% | 1,328 | 43.73% | 381 | 12.55% | 3,037 |
Custer | 1,796 | 60.94% | 1,151 | 39.06% | 645 | 21.89% | 2,947 |
Davison | 3,659 | 46.38% | 4,230 | 53.62% | -571 | -7.24% | 7,889 |
Day | 3,277 | 49.85% | 3,297 | 50.15% | -20 | -0.30% | 6,574 |
Deuel | 2,304 | 66.40% | 1,166 | 33.60% | 1,138 | 32.80% | 3,470 |
Dewey | 1,396 | 56.36% | 1,081 | 43.64% | 315 | 12.72% | 2,477 |
Douglas | 1,977 | 65.53% | 1,040 | 34.47% | 937 | 31.06% | 3,017 |
Edmunds | 2,341 | 61.87% | 1,443 | 38.13% | 898 | 23.73% | 3,784 |
Fall River | 2,420 | 63.27% | 1,405 | 36.73% | 1,015 | 26.54% | 3,825 |
Faulk | 1,431 | 54.41% | 1,199 | 45.59% | 232 | 8.82% | 2,630 |
Grant | 2,981 | 59.38% | 2,039 | 40.62% | 942 | 18.76% | 5,020 |
Gregory | 2,478 | 54.91% | 2,035 | 45.09% | 443 | 9.82% | 4,513 |
Haakon | 1,129 | 61.49% | 707 | 38.51% | 422 | 22.98% | 1,836 |
Hamlin | 2,279 | 64.00% | 1,282 | 36.00% | 997 | 28.00% | 3,561 |
Hand | 2,002 | 55.46% | 1,608 | 44.54% | 394 | 10.91% | 3,610 |
Hanson | 1,408 | 53.66% | 1,216 | 46.34% | 192 | 7.32% | 2,624 |
Harding | 755 | 52.98% | 670 | 47.02% | 85 | 5.96% | 1,425 |
Hughes | 1,982 | 59.27% | 1,362 | 40.73% | 620 | 18.54% | 3,344 |
Hutchinson | 5,051 | 82.08% | 1,103 | 17.92% | 3,948 | 64.15% | 6,154 |
Hyde | 1,018 | 60.31% | 670 | 39.69% | 348 | 20.62% | 1,688 |
Jackson | 620 | 58.77% | 435 | 41.23% | 185 | 17.54% | 1,055 |
Jerauld | 1,576 | 63.17% | 919 | 36.83% | 657 | 26.33% | 2,495 |
Jones | 832 | 62.09% | 508 | 37.91% | 324 | 24.18% | 1,340 |
Kingsbury | 3,551 | 70.26% | 1,503 | 29.74% | 2,048 | 40.52% | 5,054 |
Lake | 4,179 | 68.87% | 1,889 | 31.13% | 2,290 | 37.74% | 6,068 |
Lawrence | 5,288 | 60.07% | 3,515 | 39.93% | 1,773 | 20.14% | 8,803 |
Lincoln | 4,081 | 66.59% | 2,048 | 33.41% | 2,033 | 33.17% | 6,129 |
Lyman | 1,409 | 56.05% | 1,105 | 43.95% | 304 | 12.09% | 2,514 |
Marshall | 1,989 | 50.21% | 1,972 | 49.79% | 17 | 0.43% | 3,961 |
McCook | 3,310 | 66.12% | 1,696 | 33.88% | 1,614 | 32.24% | 5,006 |
McPherson | 2,839 | 77.46% | 826 | 22.54% | 2,013 | 54.92% | 3,665 |
Meade | 2,560 | 57.00% | 1,931 | 43.00% | 629 | 14.01% | 4,491 |
Mellette | 990 | 52.24% | 905 | 47.76% | 85 | 4.49% | 1,895 |
Miner | 2,095 | 60.55% | 1,365 | 39.45% | 730 | 21.10% | 3,460 |
Minnehaha | 16,664 | 57.62% | 12,259 | 42.38% | 4,405 | 15.23% | 28,923 |
Moody | 2,749 | 60.17% | 1,820 | 39.83% | 929 | 20.33% | 4,569 |
Pennington | 6,603 | 57.51% | 4,878 | 42.49% | 1,725 | 15.02% | 11,481 |
Perkins | 1,777 | 57.36% | 1,321 | 42.64% | 456 | 14.72% | 3,098 |
Potter | 1,278 | 54.80% | 1,054 | 45.20% | 224 | 9.61% | 2,332 |
Roberts | 3,504 | 48.30% | 3,750 | 51.70% | -246 | -3.39% | 7,254 |
Sanborn | 1,732 | 55.34% | 1,398 | 44.66% | 334 | 10.67% | 3,130 |
Shannon | 1,094 | 58.04% | 791 | 41.96% | 303 | 16.07% | 1,885 |
Spink | 2,975 | 48.70% | 3,134 | 51.30% | -159 | -2.60% | 6,109 |
Stanley | 679 | 55.66% | 541 | 44.34% | 138 | 11.31% | 1,220 |
Sully | 840 | 64.71% | 458 | 35.29% | 382 | 29.43% | 1,298 |
Todd | 1,245 | 50.14% | 1,238 | 49.86% | 7 | 0.28% | 2,483 |
Tripp | 2,492 | 54.40% | 2,089 | 45.60% | 403 | 8.80% | 4,581 |
Turner | 4,644 | 72.36% | 1,774 | 27.64% | 2,870 | 44.72% | 6,418 |
Union | 3,116 | 54.44% | 2,608 | 45.56% | 508 | 8.87% | 5,724 |
Walworth | 1,921 | 55.11% | 1,565 | 44.89% | 356 | 10.21% | 3,486 |
Washabaugh | 358 | 48.91% | 374 | 51.09% | -16 | -2.19% | 732 |
Washington | 335 | 52.59% | 302 | 47.41% | 33 | 5.18% | 637 |
Yankton | 4,179 | 57.70% | 3,064 | 42.30% | 1,115 | 15.39% | 7,243 |
Ziebach | 691 | 50.15% | 687 | 49.85% | 4 | 0.29% | 1,378 |
Armstrong [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 |
Totals | 177,065 | 57.41% | 131,362 | 42.59% | 45,703 | 14.82% | 308,427 |
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