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| Elections in South Dakota | ||
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The1928 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Ever since statehoodSouth Dakota had been solidly Republican apart from when supportingPopulist-backedWilliam Jennings Bryan[1] by an exceedingly narrow 0.22% margin in1896. However, the state had been one of the strongest for insurgentRobert M. La Follette senior in1924, and after La Follette died six months following that election his family would endorse New York CityCatholic DemocratAl Smith rather than any Republican.[2]
In the more Catholic states of North Dakota and Wisconsin, this endorsement would have a major effect in reviving a largely moribund Democratic Party at a presidential level, although it was not adequate to give Smith those states’ electoral votes.[3] In less Catholic and moreYankee-settled and Methodist South Dakota, anti-Catholicism was a powerful force in most areas and as a result Smith's gain on Davis’ vote was much less,[4] with the exception of a few powerfully pro-La Follette German Lutheran counties whose voters were lured by Smith's opposition toProhibition.[5]Armstrong County, a sparsely populated part of an Indian reservation, cast all 7 of its votes for Smith, setting a record for the nation.[6] Smith was the first ever Democrat to winMcPherson County,[7] but South Dakota still voted for Republican nominee Herbert Hoover by a margin of 20.98%, which made it 3.56% more Republican than the nation at-large in a major landslide.
| Presidential Candidate | Running Mate | Party | Electoral Vote (EV) | Popular Vote (PV) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover ofCalifornia | Charles Curtis | Republican | 157,603 | 60.18% | 5[8] |
| Al Smith | Joseph T. Robinson | Democratic | 102,660 | 39.20% | 0 |
| Frank Webb | Will Vereen | Farm Labor | 927 | 0.35% | 0 |
| Norman Thomas | James Maurer | Socialist | 443 | 0.17% | 0 |
| William Z. Foster | Benjamin Gitlow | Workers | 232 | 0.09% | 0 |
| County[9] | Herbert Clark Hoover Republican | Alfred Emmanuel Smith Democratic | Frank E. Webb Farm Labor | Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist | William Z. Foster Workers | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Armstrong | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 100.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -7 | -100.00% | 7 |
| Aurora | 1,552 | 51.72% | 1,426 | 47.52% | 14 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.07% | 126 | 4.20% | 3,001 |
| Beadle | 5,094 | 61.43% | 3,168 | 38.20% | 17 | 0.20% | 12 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,926 | 23.22% | 8,293 |
| Bennett | 766 | 58.16% | 544 | 41.31% | 4 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.08% | 222 | 16.86% | 1,317 |
| Bon Homme | 2,262 | 50.93% | 2,166 | 48.77% | 6 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 96 | 2.16% | 4,441 |
| Brookings | 4,586 | 70.05% | 1,915 | 29.25% | 42 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,671 | 40.80% | 6,547 |
| Brown | 7,266 | 58.03% | 5,065 | 40.45% | 67 | 0.54% | 48 | 0.38% | 76 | 0.61% | 2,201 | 17.58% | 12,522 |
| Brule | 1,431 | 46.46% | 1,599 | 51.92% | 15 | 0.49% | 28 | 0.91% | 7 | 0.23% | -168 | -5.45% | 3,080 |
| Buffalo | 405 | 51.01% | 387 | 48.74% | 2 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 18 | 2.27% | 794 |
| Butte | 1,988 | 69.36% | 840 | 29.31% | 11 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.21% | 21 | 0.73% | 1,148 | 40.06% | 2,866 |
| Campbell | 1,346 | 69.13% | 588 | 30.20% | 8 | 0.41% | 4 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 758 | 38.93% | 1,947 |
| Charles Mix | 3,087 | 50.28% | 3,039 | 49.50% | 6 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.10% | 48 | 0.78% | 6,140 |
| Clark | 2,665 | 65.46% | 1,370 | 33.65% | 30 | 0.74% | 5 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,295 | 31.81% | 4,071 |
| Clay | 2,573 | 63.42% | 1,474 | 36.33% | 10 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,099 | 27.09% | 4,057 |
| Codington | 3,762 | 53.08% | 3,299 | 46.55% | 21 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.01% | 463 | 6.53% | 7,087 |
| Corson | 1,847 | 56.92% | 1,374 | 42.34% | 11 | 0.34% | 10 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.09% | 473 | 14.58% | 3,245 |
| Custer | 1,464 | 66.85% | 715 | 32.65% | 9 | 0.41% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 749 | 34.20% | 2,190 |
| Davison | 3,821 | 58.15% | 2,729 | 41.53% | 12 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,092 | 16.62% | 6,571 |
| Day | 3,180 | 54.22% | 2,642 | 45.05% | 28 | 0.48% | 11 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.07% | 538 | 9.17% | 5,865 |
| Deuel | 1,869 | 64.40% | 999 | 34.42% | 22 | 0.76% | 9 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.10% | 870 | 29.98% | 2,902 |
| Dewey | 1,293 | 56.39% | 996 | 43.44% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 297 | 12.95% | 2,293 |
| Douglas | 1,949 | 68.68% | 879 | 30.97% | 6 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,070 | 37.70% | 2,838 |
| Edmunds | 1,743 | 51.95% | 1,597 | 47.60% | 7 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.09% | 146 | 4.35% | 3,355 |
| Fall River | 2,216 | 63.51% | 1,258 | 36.06% | 9 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 958 | 27.46% | 3,489 |
| Faulk | 1,907 | 62.46% | 1,135 | 37.18% | 3 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.07% | 772 | 25.29% | 3,053 |
| Grant | 2,508 | 59.49% | 1,656 | 39.28% | 29 | 0.69% | 17 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.14% | 852 | 20.21% | 4,216 |
| Gregory | 2,274 | 53.04% | 2,001 | 46.68% | 10 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 273 | 6.37% | 4,287 |
| Haakon | 1,255 | 64.33% | 663 | 33.98% | 25 | 1.28% | 6 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.10% | 592 | 30.34% | 1,951 |
| Hamlin | 1,959 | 63.19% | 1,088 | 35.10% | 34 | 1.10% | 5 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.45% | 871 | 28.10% | 3,100 |
| Hand | 2,430 | 63.26% | 1,397 | 36.37% | 7 | 0.18% | 7 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,033 | 26.89% | 3,841 |
| Hanson | 1,576 | 58.13% | 1,129 | 41.65% | 3 | 0.11% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 447 | 16.49% | 2,711 |
| Harding | 1,032 | 72.78% | 368 | 25.95% | 12 | 0.85% | 3 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.21% | 664 | 46.83% | 1,418 |
| Hughes | 1,912 | 61.56% | 1,171 | 37.70% | 16 | 0.52% | 4 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.10% | 741 | 23.86% | 3,106 |
| Hutchinson | 2,145 | 52.61% | 1,898 | 46.55% | 26 | 0.64% | 2 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.15% | 247 | 6.06% | 4,077 |
| Hyde | 960 | 60.80% | 608 | 38.51% | 7 | 0.44% | 3 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.06% | 352 | 22.29% | 1,579 |
| Jackson | 704 | 62.63% | 417 | 37.10% | 2 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 287 | 25.53% | 1,124 |
| Jerauld | 1,517 | 62.69% | 875 | 36.16% | 15 | 0.62% | 13 | 0.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 642 | 26.53% | 2,420 |
| Jones | 857 | 66.43% | 422 | 32.71% | 5 | 0.39% | 5 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.08% | 435 | 33.72% | 1,290 |
| Kingsbury | 3,499 | 71.88% | 1,352 | 27.77% | 15 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,147 | 44.10% | 4,868 |
| Lake | 3,048 | 63.41% | 1,744 | 36.28% | 15 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,304 | 27.13% | 4,807 |
| Lawrence | 4,141 | 69.63% | 1,785 | 30.02% | 17 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,356 | 39.62% | 5,947 |
| Lincoln | 3,463 | 71.40% | 1,364 | 28.12% | 14 | 0.29% | 9 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,099 | 43.28% | 4,850 |
| Lyman | 1,488 | 54.75% | 1,222 | 44.96% | 5 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 266 | 9.79% | 2,718 |
| Marshall | 1,858 | 57.13% | 1,315 | 40.44% | 73 | 2.24% | 4 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.06% | 543 | 16.70% | 3,252 |
| McCook | 2,234 | 55.78% | 1,758 | 43.90% | 10 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 476 | 11.89% | 4,005 |
| McPherson | 1,234 | 45.52% | 1,468 | 54.15% | 6 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.04% | -234 | -8.63% | 2,711 |
| Meade | 2,845 | 66.04% | 1,441 | 33.45% | 11 | 0.26% | 10 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,404 | 32.59% | 4,308 |
| Mellette | 943 | 50.13% | 927 | 49.28% | 5 | 0.27% | 6 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 0.85% | 1,881 |
| Miner | 1,990 | 59.37% | 1,341 | 40.01% | 13 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.03% | 649 | 19.36% | 3,352 |
| Minnehaha | 13,741 | 66.68% | 6,805 | 33.02% | 35 | 0.17% | 20 | 0.10% | 7 | 0.03% | 6,936 | 33.66% | 20,608 |
| Moody | 2,108 | 59.63% | 1,416 | 40.06% | 5 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.06% | 692 | 19.58% | 3,535 |
| Pennington | 4,645 | 66.97% | 2,266 | 32.67% | 9 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,379 | 34.30% | 6,936 |
| Perkins | 2,262 | 68.57% | 1,010 | 30.62% | 12 | 0.36% | 11 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,252 | 37.95% | 3,299 |
| Potter | 1,240 | 52.77% | 1,100 | 46.81% | 6 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 140 | 5.96% | 2,350 |
| Roberts | 2,966 | 52.73% | 2,619 | 46.56% | 26 | 0.46% | 7 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.12% | 347 | 6.17% | 5,625 |
| Sanborn | 1,576 | 54.08% | 1,321 | 45.33% | 12 | 0.41% | 4 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 255 | 8.75% | 2,914 |
| Shannon | 469 | 43.63% | 601 | 55.91% | 2 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -132 | -12.28% | 1,075 |
| Spink | 3,868 | 60.89% | 2,451 | 38.59% | 16 | 0.25% | 14 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,417 | 22.31% | 6,352 |
| Stanley | 736 | 62.32% | 437 | 37.00% | 1 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.08% | 299 | 25.32% | 1,181 |
| Sully | 999 | 70.50% | 415 | 29.29% | 3 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 584 | 41.21% | 1,417 |
| Todd | 789 | 48.43% | 831 | 51.01% | 7 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -42 | -2.58% | 1,629 |
| Tripp | 2,396 | 53.02% | 2,099 | 46.45% | 10 | 0.22% | 14 | 0.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 297 | 6.57% | 4,519 |
| Turner | 3,362 | 70.65% | 1,380 | 29.00% | 10 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,982 | 41.65% | 4,759 |
| Union | 2,415 | 53.19% | 2,106 | 46.39% | 5 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.11% | 309 | 6.81% | 4,540 |
| Walworth | 1,854 | 59.96% | 1,216 | 39.33% | 15 | 0.49% | 5 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.06% | 638 | 20.63% | 3,092 |
| Washabaugh | 294 | 50.69% | 282 | 48.62% | 3 | 0.52% | 1 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 12 | 2.07% | 580 |
| Washington | 205 | 47.34% | 228 | 52.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -23 | -5.31% | 433 |
| Yankton | 2,971 | 50.88% | 2,841 | 48.66% | 14 | 0.24% | 9 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.07% | 130 | 2.23% | 5,839 |
| Ziebach | 759 | 55.00% | 615 | 44.57% | 2 | 0.14% | 3 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.07% | 144 | 10.43% | 1,380 |
| Totals | 157,603 | 60.19% | 102,660 | 39.20% | 927 | 0.35% | 443 | 0.17% | 224 | 0.09% | 54,943 | 20.98% | 261,857 |
