1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Alf Landon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Kansas
Running mate John Nance Garner Frank Knox
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 160,137 125,977
Percentage 54.02% 42.49%
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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.

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
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Franklin D. Roosevelt 48,262 100.00% 8
Total 48,262 100.00% 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
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Warren E. Green/No Preference 44,518 50.14% 8
William Borah 44,261 49.86% 0
Total 88,779 100.00% 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]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes % Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt John Nance Garner 160,137 54.02% 4
Republican Alf Landon Frank Knox 125,977 42.49% 0
Independent William Lemke Thomas C. O'Brien 10,338 3.49% 0
Total 296,452 100.0% 4

Results by county

County[4] Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Alfred Mossmann Landon
Republican 		William Frederick Lemke
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Aurora 1,801 60.78% 1,082 36.52% 80 2.70% 719 24.27% 2,963
Beadle 5,843 64.84% 2,965 32.90% 203 2.25% 2,878 31.94% 9,011
Bennett 807 59.82% 530 39.29% 12 0.89% 277 20.53% 1,349
Bon Homme 2,959 55.84% 2,236 42.20% 104 1.96% 723 13.64% 5,299
Brookings 3,161 43.29% 3,899 53.40% 242 3.31% -738 -10.11% 7,302
Brown 9,177 65.58% 4,505 32.19% 311 2.22% 4,672 33.39% 13,993
Brule 2,274 68.56% 982 29.61% 61 1.84% 1,292 38.95% 3,317
Buffalo 410 51.57% 368 46.29% 17 2.14% 42 5.28% 795
Butte 1,519 48.30% 1,525 48.49% 101 3.21% -6 -0.19% 3,145
Campbell 736 36.31% 1,236 60.98% 55 2.71% -500 -24.67% 2,027
Charles Mix 4,628 66.96% 2,209 31.96% 75 1.09% 2,419 35.00% 6,912
Clark 2,036 49.82% 1,883 46.07% 168 4.11% 153 3.74% 4,087
Clay 3,070 60.97% 1,692 33.60% 273 5.42% 1,378 27.37% 5,035
Codington 4,256 55.85% 3,005 39.44% 359 4.71% 1,251 16.42% 7,620
Corson 1,781 54.05% 1,408 42.73% 106 3.22% 373 11.32% 3,295
Custer 1,519 52.16% 1,365 46.88% 28 0.96% 154 5.29% 2,912
Davison 4,983 63.84% 2,510 32.16% 312 4.00% 2,473 31.68% 7,805
Day 3,335 58.21% 2,113 36.88% 281 4.90% 1,222 21.33% 5,729
Deuel 1,440 45.67% 1,595 50.59% 118 3.74% -155 -4.92% 3,153
Dewey 1,216 53.17% 1,012 44.25% 59 2.58% 204 8.92% 2,287
Douglas 1,680 53.01% 1,418 44.75% 71 2.24% 262 8.27% 3,169
Edmunds 2,030 52.21% 1,818 46.76% 40 1.03% 212 5.45% 3,888
Fall River 1,927 48.39% 1,876 47.11% 179 4.50% 51 1.28% 3,982
Faulk 1,404 54.95% 1,111 43.48% 40 1.57% 293 11.47% 2,555
Grant 2,101 51.76% 1,847 45.50% 111 2.73% 254 6.26% 4,059
Gregory 2,603 57.27% 1,868 41.10% 74 1.63% 735 16.17% 4,545
Haakon 948 48.47% 933 47.70% 75 3.83% 15 0.77% 1,956
Hamlin 1,622 45.64% 1,857 52.25% 75 2.11% -235 -6.61% 3,554
Hand 1,721 53.17% 1,289 39.82% 227 7.01% 432 13.35% 3,237
Hanson 1,530 56.50% 1,090 40.25% 88 3.25% 440 16.25% 2,708
Harding 819 59.26% 524 37.92% 39 2.82% 295 21.35% 1,382
Hughes 1,662 50.18% 1,547 46.71% 103 3.11% 115 3.47% 3,312
Hutchinson 2,500 43.10% 2,804 48.34% 497 8.57% -304 -5.24% 5,801
Hyde 683 45.11% 795 52.51% 36 2.38% -112 -7.40% 1,514
Jackson 593 53.71% 481 43.57% 30 2.72% 112 10.14% 1,104
Jerauld 1,343 53.63% 1,075 42.93% 86 3.43% 268 10.70% 2,504
Jones 620 49.05% 608 48.10% 36 2.85% 12 0.95% 1,264
Kingsbury 2,037 40.13% 2,813 55.42% 226 4.45% -776 -15.29% 5,076
Lake 2,520 41.94% 3,182 52.95% 307 5.11% -662 -11.02% 6,009
Lawrence 3,809 43.03% 4,974 56.19% 69 0.78% -1,165 -13.16% 8,852
Lincoln 2,541 42.17% 2,918 48.42% 567 9.41% -377 -6.26% 6,026
Lyman 1,321 54.14% 1,090 44.67% 29 1.19% 231 9.47% 2,440
Marshall 2,220 65.54% 1,105 32.62% 62 1.83% 1,115 32.92% 3,387
McCook 2,536 52.28% 2,117 43.64% 198 4.08% 419 8.64% 4,851
McPherson 1,556 44.39% 1,921 54.81% 28 0.80% -365 -10.41% 3,505
Meade 2,304 49.91% 2,064 44.71% 248 5.37% 240 5.20% 4,616
Mellette 808 52.91% 711 46.56% 8 0.52% 97 6.35% 1,527
Miner 2,051 57.74% 1,377 38.77% 124 3.49% 674 18.98% 3,552
Minnehaha 13,174 49.70% 12,418 46.85% 916 3.46% 756 2.85% 26,508
Moody 2,366 51.89% 1,992 43.68% 202 4.43% 374 8.20% 4,560
Pennington 5,557 53.29% 4,442 42.60% 429 4.11% 1,115 10.69% 10,428
Perkins 1,940 56.64% 1,408 41.11% 77 2.25% 532 15.53% 3,425
Potter 1,338 58.02% 914 39.64% 54 2.34% 424 18.39% 2,306
Roberts 3,820 64.19% 1,934 32.50% 197 3.31% 1,886 31.69% 5,951
Sanborn 1,919 59.89% 1,174 36.64% 111 3.46% 745 23.25% 3,204
Shannon 634 47.46% 667 49.93% 35 2.62% -33 -2.47% 1,336
Spink 3,569 60.79% 2,078 35.39% 224 3.82% 1,491 25.40% 5,871
Stanley 629 53.49% 495 42.09% 52 4.42% 134 11.39% 1,176
Sully 437 38.40% 667 58.61% 34 2.99% -230 -20.21% 1,138
Todd 1,318 67.04% 624 31.74% 24 1.22% 694 35.30% 1,966
Tripp 2,708 60.38% 1,693 37.75% 84 1.87% 1,015 22.63% 4,485
Turner 2,923 44.79% 3,214 49.25% 389 5.96% -291 -4.46% 6,526
Union 3,520 60.85% 1,845 31.89% 420 7.26% 1,675 28.95% 5,785
Walworth 2,212 60.34% 1,420 38.73% 34 0.93% 792 21.60% 3,666
Washabaugh 313 55.79% 238 42.42% 10 1.78% 75 13.37% 561
Washington 234 59.69% 158 40.31% 0 0.00% 76 19.39% 392
Yankton 4,349 58.47% 2,702 36.33% 387 5.20% 1,647 22.14% 7,438
Ziebach 737 55.46% 561 42.21% 31 2.33% 176 13.24% 1,329
Armstrong[a] 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A 0
Totals 160,137 54.02% 125,977 42.49% 10,348 3.49% 34,160 11.52% 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]

References

  1. ^ Sullivan, Robert David (June 29, 2016). "How the red and blue map evolved over the past century". America Magazine.
  2. ^ a b 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