1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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 County Results Roosevelt 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | Landon 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% |
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The1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
South Dakota voted for theDemocratic candidateFranklin D. Roosevelt overRepublican candidateAlf Landon. Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 11.53%. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion when the following counties have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate:Douglas,Fall River,Haakon,Harding,Hughes andPerkins.[1] Roosevelt remains the only Democrat in history to carry the state twice, and this is the only time in history that South Dakota has voted Democratic in two consecutive presidential races.
Incumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, held on May 5, 1936.[2]
| 1936 South Dakota Democratic Primary - Results |
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 48,262 | 100.00% | 8 |
| Total | 48,262 | 100.00% | 8 |
U.S. SenatorWilliam Borah fromIdaho and formerSouth Dakota GovernorWarren 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 |
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
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| Warren E. Green/No Preference | 44,518 | 50.14% | 8 |
| William Borah | 44,261 | 49.86% | 0 |
| Total | 88,779 | 100.00% | 8 |
The general election was held on November 3, 1936.Armstrong County did not participate.
| County[4] | Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic | Alfred Mossmann Landon
Republican | William Frederick Lemke
Independent | Margin | Total votes cast |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
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| 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 |
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| Totals | 160,137 | 54.02% | 125,977 | 42.49% | 10,348 | 3.49% | 34,160 | 11.52% | 296,462 |
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- ^No returns were canvassed for Armstrong County and voters from this county were listed in neighbouring counties.[5]
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