1940 United States presidential election in South Dakota South Dakota votes to theElectoral College County Results
Willkie
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Roosevelt
50–60%
The1940 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the1940 United States presidential election . Voters chose four[ 1] Electoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .
South Dakota was won byWendell Willkie (R –New York ), running withMinority Leader Charles L. McNary , with 57.41% of the popular vote, againstincumbent PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt (D –New York ), running withSecretary Henry A. Wallace , with 42.59% of the popular vote.[ 2] [ 3]
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.[ 4] [ 5]
County[ 6] Wendell Lewis Willkie Franklin Delano Roosevelt Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % 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 [ a] 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
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.[ 7]
