1952 United States presidential election in South Dakota

Summary

The 1952 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.[3]

1952 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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All 4 South Dakota votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower Adlai Stevenson
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York[2] Illinois
Running mate Richard Nixon John Sparkman
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 203,857 90,426
Percentage 69.27% 30.73%

County Results
Eisenhower
  50-60%
  60-70%
  70-80%
  80-90%
  90-100%


President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

South Dakota was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (RNew York), running with California Senator Richard Nixon, with 69.27 percent of the popular vote, against Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II (D), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 30.73 percent of the popular vote.

With 69.27% of the popular vote, South Dakota would be Eisenhower's third strongest state after Vermont and neighboring North Dakota.[4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Oglala Lakota County, known until 2015 as Shannon County and home to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[5] This is also the last time any presidential candidate has won every single county in the state, which occurred once before in 1904.

This was also the last time Armstrong County participated in a presidential election, as the county was abolished and absorbed into the Southern portion of Dewey County.

Results edit

1952 United States presidential election in South Dakota[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower 203,857 69.27%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 90,426 30.73%
Total votes 294,283 100%

Results by county edit

County[6] Dwight David Eisenhower
Republican
Adlai Stevenson II
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Armstrong 6 54.55% 5 45.45% 1 9.09% 11
Aurora 1,458 59.39% 997 40.61% 461 18.78% 2,455
Beadle 6,487 65.33% 3,443 34.67% 3,044 30.65% 9,930
Bennett 873 62.85% 516 37.15% 357 25.70% 1,389
Bon Homme 3,157 65.57% 1,658 34.43% 1,499 31.13% 4,815
Brookings 5,988 76.29% 1,861 23.71% 4,127 52.58% 7,849
Brown 9,581 60.94% 6,140 39.06% 3,441 21.89% 15,721
Brule 1,578 53.13% 1,392 46.87% 186 6.26% 2,970
Buffalo 413 61.46% 259 38.54% 154 22.92% 672
Butte 2,689 76.26% 837 23.74% 1,852 52.52% 3,526
Campbell 1,536 90.14% 168 9.86% 1,368 80.28% 1,704
Charles Mix 3,316 54.31% 2,790 45.69% 526 8.61% 6,106
Clark 2,692 71.44% 1,076 28.56% 1,616 42.89% 3,768
Clay 3,302 70.05% 1,412 29.95% 1,890 40.09% 4,714
Codington 5,750 65.91% 2,974 34.09% 2,776 31.82% 8,724
Corson 1,757 69.01% 789 30.99% 968 38.02% 2,546
Custer 1,725 72.57% 652 27.43% 1,073 45.14% 2,377
Davison 4,774 59.67% 3,227 40.33% 1,547 19.34% 8,001
Day 3,648 60.81% 2,351 39.19% 1,297 21.62% 5,999
Deuel 2,279 72.17% 879 27.83% 1,400 44.33% 3,158
Dewey 1,301 66.34% 660 33.66% 641 32.69% 1,961
Douglas 2,103 79.93% 528 20.07% 1,575 59.86% 2,631
Edmunds 2,178 68.25% 1,013 31.75% 1,165 36.51% 3,191
Fall River 2,863 73.96% 1,008 26.04% 1,855 47.92% 3,871
Faulk 1,619 68.69% 738 31.31% 881 37.38% 2,357
Grant 3,234 68.31% 1,500 31.69% 1,734 36.63% 4,734
Gregory 2,463 64.22% 1,372 35.78% 1,091 28.45% 3,835
Haakon 1,176 74.81% 396 25.19% 780 49.62% 1,572
Hamlin 2,391 71.48% 954 28.52% 1,437 42.96% 3,345
Hand 2,262 70.71% 937 29.29% 1,325 41.42% 3,199
Hanson 1,320 63.07% 773 36.93% 547 26.13% 2,093
Harding 809 73.35% 294 26.65% 515 46.69% 1,103
Hughes 2,932 75.86% 933 24.14% 1,999 51.72% 3,865
Hutchinson 4,322 83.16% 875 16.84% 3,447 66.33% 5,197
Hyde 1,051 72.78% 393 27.22% 658 45.57% 1,444
Jackson 607 70.50% 254 29.50% 353 41.00% 861
Jerauld 1,520 69.19% 677 30.81% 843 38.37% 2,197
Jones 739 69.59% 323 30.41% 416 39.17% 1,062
Kingsbury 3,703 78.25% 1,029 21.75% 2,674 56.51% 4,732
Lake 4,020 73.28% 1,466 26.72% 2,554 46.55% 5,486
Lawrence 5,559 76.57% 1,701 23.43% 3,858 53.14% 7,260
Lincoln 4,387 78.35% 1,212 21.65% 3,175 56.71% 5,599
Lyman 1,561 70.09% 666 29.91% 895 40.19% 2,227
Marshall 2,248 66.45% 1,135 33.55% 1,113 32.90% 3,383
McCook 2,991 72.63% 1,127 27.37% 1,864 45.26% 4,118
McPherson 2,915 86.99% 436 13.01% 2,479 73.98% 3,351
Meade 3,109 69.98% 1,334 30.02% 1,775 39.95% 4,443
Mellette 787 69.40% 347 30.60% 440 38.80% 1,134
Miner 1,964 65.62% 1,029 34.38% 935 31.24% 2,993
Minnehaha 23,559 71.50% 9,390 28.50% 14,169 43.00% 32,949
Moody 2,728 71.47% 1,089 28.53% 1,639 42.94% 3,817
Pennington 11,029 71.16% 4,470 28.84% 6,559 42.32% 15,499
Perkins 2,160 71.78% 849 28.22% 1,311 43.57% 3,009
Potter 1,625 73.73% 579 26.27% 1,046 47.46% 2,204
Roberts 3,566 58.56% 2,524 41.44% 1,042 17.11% 6,090
Sanborn 1,761 66.05% 905 33.95% 856 32.11% 2,666
Shannon 957 55.29% 774 44.71% 183 10.57% 1,731
Spink 3,693 65.06% 1,983 34.94% 1,710 30.13% 5,676
Stanley 695 70.63% 289 29.37% 406 41.26% 984
Sully 860 70.96% 352 29.04% 508 41.91% 1,212
Todd 1,025 62.65% 611 37.35% 414 25.31% 1,636
Tripp 2,790 65.88% 1,445 34.12% 1,345 31.76% 4,235
Turner 4,604 82.39% 984 17.61% 3,620 64.78% 5,588
Union 3,393 67.35% 1,645 32.65% 1,748 34.70% 5,038
Walworth 2,369 65.24% 1,262 34.76% 1,107 30.49% 3,631
Washabaugh 319 68.45% 147 31.55% 172 36.91% 466
Yankton 4,802 68.39% 2,220 31.61% 2,582 36.77% 7,022
Ziebach 779 67.68% 372 32.32% 407 35.36% 1,151
Totals 203,857 69.27% 90,426 30.73% 113,431 38.54% 294,283

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952". Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013. Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
  3. ^ a b "1952 Presidential Election Results South Dakota".
  4. ^ "1952 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 408-409 ISBN 0405077114