1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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The 1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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All 4 South Dakota votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Dakota was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 51.84% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 47.04% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 129,651 | 51.84% | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 117,653 | 47.04% | |
| Independent | Henry A. Wallace | 2,801 | 1.12% | |
| Total votes | 250,105 | 100% | ||
Results by county edit
| County[5] | Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Henry Wallace Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Armstrong | 1 | 14.29% | 6 | 85.71% | 0 | 0.00% | -5 | -71.43% | 7 |
| Aurora | 1,056 | 45.30% | 1,275 | 54.70% | 16 | 0.69% | -219 | -9.40% | 2,331 |
| Beadle | 3,662 | 45.58% | 4,372 | 54.42% | 77 | 0.96% | -710 | -8.84% | 8,034 |
| Bennett | 477 | 38.62% | 758 | 61.38% | 17 | 1.38% | -281 | -22.75% | 1,235 |
| Bon Homme | 2,283 | 52.36% | 2,077 | 47.64% | 48 | 1.10% | 206 | 4.72% | 4,360 |
| Brookings | 3,975 | 57.76% | 2,907 | 42.24% | 44 | 0.64% | 1,068 | 15.52% | 6,882 |
| Brown | 5,632 | 44.07% | 7,148 | 55.93% | 192 | 1.50% | -1,516 | -11.86% | 12,780 |
| Brule | 1,056 | 38.48% | 1,646 | 59.99% | 42 | 1.53% | -590 | -21.51% | 2,744 |
| Buffalo | 313 | 48.38% | 334 | 51.62% | 5 | 0.77% | -21 | -3.25% | 647 |
| Butte | 1,726 | 61.84% | 1,065 | 38.16% | 51 | 1.83% | 661 | 23.68% | 2,791 |
| Campbell | 1,518 | 78.05% | 410 | 21.08% | 17 | 0.87% | 1,108 | 56.97% | 1,945 |
| Charles Mix | 1,800 | 36.47% | 3,086 | 62.53% | 49 | 0.99% | -1,286 | -26.06% | 4,935 |
| Clark | 1,625 | 50.59% | 1,559 | 48.54% | 28 | 0.87% | 66 | 2.05% | 3,212 |
| Clay | 2,228 | 51.09% | 2,080 | 47.70% | 53 | 1.22% | 148 | 3.39% | 4,361 |
| Codington | 3,349 | 45.01% | 4,042 | 54.32% | 50 | 0.67% | -693 | -9.31% | 7,441 |
| Corson | 1,154 | 49.63% | 1,154 | 49.63% | 17 | 0.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,325 |
| Custer | 1,217 | 56.66% | 917 | 42.69% | 14 | 0.65% | 300 | 13.97% | 2,148 |
| Davison | 2,996 | 42.03% | 4,064 | 57.01% | 68 | 0.95% | -1,068 | -14.98% | 7,128 |
| Day | 2,438 | 42.91% | 3,146 | 55.38% | 97 | 1.71% | -708 | -12.46% | 5,681 |
| Deuel | 1,357 | 49.91% | 1,324 | 48.69% | 38 | 1.40% | 33 | 1.21% | 2,719 |
| Dewey | 864 | 53.80% | 727 | 45.27% | 15 | 0.93% | 137 | 8.53% | 1,606 |
| Douglas | 1,301 | 63.71% | 736 | 36.04% | 5 | 0.24% | 565 | 27.67% | 2,042 |
| Edmunds | 1,493 | 54.00% | 1,253 | 45.32% | 19 | 0.69% | 240 | 8.68% | 2,765 |
| Fall River | 2,037 | 59.72% | 1,348 | 39.52% | 26 | 0.76% | 689 | 20.20% | 3,411 |
| Faulk | 1,054 | 51.49% | 971 | 47.44% | 22 | 1.07% | 83 | 4.05% | 2,047 |
| Grant | 1,972 | 48.57% | 2,052 | 50.54% | 36 | 0.89% | -80 | -1.97% | 4,060 |
| Gregory | 1,723 | 48.37% | 1,793 | 50.34% | 46 | 1.29% | -70 | -1.97% | 3,562 |
| Haakon | 753 | 57.92% | 519 | 39.92% | 28 | 2.15% | 234 | 18.00% | 1,300 |
| Hamlin | 1,608 | 53.98% | 1,326 | 44.51% | 45 | 1.51% | 282 | 9.47% | 2,979 |
| Hand | 1,402 | 50.47% | 1,367 | 49.21% | 9 | 0.32% | 35 | 1.26% | 2,778 |
| Hanson | 860 | 47.05% | 953 | 52.13% | 15 | 0.82% | -93 | -5.09% | 1,828 |
| Harding | 529 | 50.87% | 479 | 46.06% | 32 | 3.08% | 50 | 4.81% | 1,040 |
| Hughes | 1,739 | 61.43% | 1,080 | 38.15% | 12 | 0.42% | 659 | 23.28% | 2,831 |
| Hutchinson | 2,906 | 70.01% | 1,209 | 29.13% | 36 | 0.87% | 1,697 | 40.88% | 4,151 |
| Hyde | 817 | 59.25% | 553 | 40.10% | 9 | 0.65% | 264 | 19.14% | 1,379 |
| Jackson | 432 | 56.40% | 321 | 41.91% | 13 | 1.70% | 111 | 14.49% | 766 |
| Jerauld | 1,085 | 54.60% | 876 | 44.09% | 26 | 1.31% | 209 | 10.52% | 1,987 |
| Jones | 522 | 55.06% | 414 | 43.67% | 12 | 1.27% | 108 | 11.39% | 948 |
| Kingsbury | 2,332 | 62.55% | 1,338 | 35.89% | 58 | 1.56% | 994 | 26.66% | 3,728 |
| Lake | 2,837 | 56.95% | 2,093 | 42.01% | 52 | 1.04% | 744 | 14.93% | 4,982 |
| Lawrence | 3,778 | 62.50% | 2,209 | 36.54% | 58 | 0.96% | 1,569 | 25.96% | 6,045 |
| Lincoln | 2,771 | 59.51% | 1,826 | 39.22% | 59 | 1.27% | 945 | 20.30% | 4,656 |
| Lyman | 993 | 51.94% | 904 | 47.28% | 15 | 0.78% | 89 | 4.65% | 1,912 |
| Marshall | 1,419 | 44.37% | 1,710 | 53.47% | 69 | 2.16% | -291 | -9.10% | 3,198 |
| McCook | 2,064 | 59.46% | 1,387 | 39.96% | 20 | 0.58% | 677 | 19.50% | 3,471 |
| McPherson | 2,034 | 76.24% | 611 | 22.90% | 23 | 0.86% | 1,423 | 53.34% | 2,668 |
| Meade | 2,053 | 54.47% | 1,681 | 44.60% | 35 | 0.93% | 372 | 9.87% | 3,769 |
| Mellette | 482 | 49.33% | 482 | 49.33% | 13 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 977 |
| Miner | 1,188 | 45.92% | 1,373 | 53.07% | 26 | 1.01% | -185 | -7.15% | 2,587 |
| Minnehaha | 14,047 | 53.77% | 11,770 | 45.05% | 308 | 1.18% | 2,277 | 8.72% | 26,125 |
| Moody | 1,691 | 50.19% | 1,630 | 48.38% | 48 | 1.42% | 61 | 1.81% | 3,369 |
| Pennington | 6,392 | 56.01% | 4,929 | 43.19% | 92 | 0.81% | 1,463 | 12.82% | 11,413 |
| Perkins | 1,424 | 55.04% | 1,096 | 42.37% | 67 | 2.59% | 328 | 12.68% | 2,587 |
| Potter | 1,044 | 49.69% | 1,039 | 49.45% | 18 | 0.86% | 5 | 0.24% | 2,101 |
| Roberts | 2,211 | 39.12% | 3,277 | 57.98% | 164 | 2.90% | -1,066 | -18.86% | 5,652 |
| Sanborn | 990 | 48.03% | 1,046 | 50.75% | 25 | 1.21% | -56 | -2.72% | 2,061 |
| Shannon | 641 | 44.09% | 803 | 55.23% | 10 | 0.69% | -162 | -11.14% | 1,454 |
| Spink | 2,310 | 45.59% | 2,702 | 53.33% | 55 | 1.09% | -392 | -7.74% | 5,067 |
| Stanley | 522 | 58.85% | 359 | 40.47% | 6 | 0.68% | 163 | 18.38% | 887 |
| Sully | 579 | 58.37% | 405 | 40.83% | 8 | 0.81% | 174 | 17.54% | 992 |
| Todd | 625 | 43.46% | 796 | 55.35% | 17 | 1.18% | -171 | -11.89% | 1,438 |
| Tripp | 1,845 | 48.32% | 1,918 | 50.24% | 55 | 1.44% | -73 | -1.91% | 3,818 |
| Turner | 3,048 | 66.26% | 1,514 | 32.91% | 38 | 0.83% | 1,534 | 33.35% | 4,600 |
| Union | 2,205 | 49.38% | 2,237 | 50.10% | 23 | 0.52% | -32 | -0.72% | 4,465 |
| Walworth | 1,607 | 50.94% | 1,513 | 47.96% | 35 | 1.11% | 94 | 2.98% | 3,155 |
| Washabaugh | 192 | 45.82% | 223 | 53.22% | 4 | 0.95% | -31 | -7.40% | 419 |
| Yankton | 2,904 | 49.28% | 2,932 | 49.75% | 57 | 0.97% | -28 | -0.48% | 5,893 |
| Ziebach | 463 | 47.24% | 503 | 51.33% | 14 | 1.43% | -40 | -4.08% | 980 |
| Totals | 129,651 | 51.84% | 117,653 | 47.04% | 2,801 | 1.12% | 11,998 | 4.80% | 250,105 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 406-407 ISBN 0405077114