1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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| | | Nominee | Gerald Ford | Jimmy Carter | | Party | Republican | Democratic | Home state | Michigan | Georgia | Running mate | Bob Dole | Walter Mondale | Electoral vote | 4 | 0 | Popular vote | 151,505 | 147,068 | Percentage | 50.39% | 48.91% | |
County Results Ford 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | Carter 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% | |
President before election Gerald Ford Republican | Elected President Jimmy Carter Democratic | |
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The 1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Gerald Ford won the state of South Dakota, defeating Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter by a slim margin of 1.48%.[1] Ford won all four of the state's electoral votes, but lost the national election to Carter.
South Dakota weighed in as 4 points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Codington County, Edmunds County, Faulk County, Gregory County, and McCook County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2] This is also the last time a Democrat won any of South Dakota's congressional districts, namely the 1st, as both it and the 2nd would be eliminated after the 1980 census.
Results
Results by county
County[3] | Gerald Ford Republican | Jimmy Carter Democratic | Roger MacBride Independent | Gus Hall Independent | Peter Camejo Independent | Margin | Total votes cast |
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
Aurora | 831 | 39.40% | 1,269 | 60.17% | 4 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -438 | -20.77% | 2,109 |
Beadle | 4,758 | 49.22% | 4,846 | 50.13% | 38 | 0.39% | 18 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.06% | -88 | -0.91% | 9,666 |
Bennett | 610 | 54.91% | 481 | 43.29% | 15 | 1.35% | 1 | 0.09% | 4 | 0.36% | 129 | 11.62% | 1,111 |
Bon Homme | 1,897 | 46.58% | 2,154 | 52.88% | 12 | 0.29% | 10 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -257 | -6.30% | 4,073 |
Brookings | 5,278 | 52.64% | 4,685 | 46.73% | 40 | 0.40% | 14 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.09% | 593 | 5.91% | 10,026 |
Brown | 7,609 | 45.75% | 8,888 | 53.44% | 91 | 0.55% | 29 | 0.17% | 16 | 0.10% | -1,279 | -7.69% | 16,633 |
Brule | 1,175 | 43.15% | 1,534 | 56.33% | 6 | 0.22% | 5 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.11% | -359 | -13.18% | 2,723 |
Buffalo | 194 | 44.70% | 240 | 55.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -46 | -10.60% | 434 |
Butte | 2,055 | 59.19% | 1,366 | 39.34% | 43 | 1.24% | 6 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.06% | 689 | 19.85% | 3,472 |
Campbell | 897 | 64.49% | 489 | 35.15% | 3 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 408 | 29.34% | 1,391 |
Charles Mix | 1,779 | 40.49% | 2,593 | 59.01% | 12 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.02% | -814 | -18.52% | 4,394 |
Clark | 1,449 | 51.06% | 1,376 | 48.48% | 7 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.07% | 73 | 2.58% | 2,838 |
Clay | 2,647 | 49.93% | 2,593 | 48.92% | 41 | 0.77% | 11 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.17% | 54 | 1.01% | 5,301 |
Codington | 4,504 | 48.89% | 4,680 | 50.80% | 19 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.03% | -176 | -1.91% | 9,213 |
Corson | 846 | 46.41% | 967 | 53.04% | 9 | 0.49% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -121 | -6.63% | 1,823 |
Custer | 1,373 | 57.09% | 995 | 41.37% | 34 | 1.41% | 2 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.04% | 378 | 15.72% | 2,405 |
Davison | 3,688 | 44.71% | 4,510 | 54.68% | 35 | 0.42% | 13 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.02% | -822 | -9.97% | 8,248 |
Day | 1,617 | 37.98% | 2,610 | 61.31% | 16 | 0.38% | 10 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.09% | -993 | -23.33% | 4,257 |
Deuel | 1,177 | 44.38% | 1,465 | 55.24% | 6 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.08% | -288 | -10.86% | 2,652 |
Dewey | 820 | 53.46% | 706 | 46.02% | 7 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 114 | 7.44% | 1,534 |
Douglas | 1,315 | 57.30% | 975 | 42.48% | 4 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 340 | 14.82% | 2,295 |
Edmunds | 1,294 | 44.13% | 1,629 | 55.56% | 3 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | -335 | -11.43% | 2,932 |
Fall River | 2,046 | 56.60% | 1,537 | 42.52% | 28 | 0.77% | 3 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.03% | 509 | 14.08% | 3,615 |
Faulk | 868 | 44.81% | 1,063 | 54.88% | 4 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | -195 | -10.07% | 1,937 |
Grant | 2,051 | 45.95% | 2,398 | 53.72% | 11 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | -347 | -7.77% | 4,464 |
Gregory | 1,475 | 46.90% | 1,658 | 52.72% | 12 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -183 | -5.82% | 3,145 |
Haakon | 812 | 61.89% | 477 | 36.36% | 20 | 1.52% | 2 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.08% | 335 | 25.53% | 1,312 |
Hamlin | 1,452 | 50.66% | 1,402 | 48.92% | 8 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 50 | 1.74% | 2,866 |
Hand | 1,510 | 50.43% | 1,477 | 49.33% | 3 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 33 | 1.10% | 2,994 |
Hanson | 693 | 40.60% | 1,005 | 58.88% | 5 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | -312 | -18.28% | 1,707 |
Harding | 470 | 49.74% | 459 | 48.57% | 16 | 1.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 11 | 1.17% | 945 |
Hughes | 3,997 | 61.15% | 2,506 | 38.34% | 17 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.14% | 1,491 | 22.81% | 6,536 |
Hutchinson | 2,822 | 57.52% | 2,062 | 42.03% | 14 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 760 | 15.49% | 4,906 |
Hyde | 687 | 54.39% | 572 | 45.29% | 2 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.08% | 115 | 9.10% | 1,263 |
Jackson | 532 | 61.50% | 313 | 36.18% | 16 | 1.85% | 2 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.23% | 219 | 25.32% | 865 |
Jerauld | 821 | 49.19% | 845 | 50.63% | 2 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -24 | -1.44% | 1,669 |
Jones | 515 | 57.87% | 374 | 42.02% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 141 | 15.85% | 890 |
Kingsbury | 1,844 | 50.98% | 1,762 | 48.71% | 11 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 82 | 2.27% | 3,617 |
Lake | 2,530 | 46.20% | 2,930 | 53.51% | 10 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | -400 | -7.31% | 5,476 |
Lawrence | 4,206 | 56.46% | 3,102 | 41.64% | 129 | 1.73% | 9 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,104 | 14.82% | 7,449 |
Lincoln | 3,105 | 51.04% | 2,957 | 48.60% | 19 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.03% | 148 | 2.44% | 6,084 |
Lyman | 892 | 51.29% | 831 | 47.79% | 13 | 0.75% | 1 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.12% | 61 | 3.50% | 1,739 |
Marshall | 1,233 | 41.56% | 1,721 | 58.00% | 11 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -488 | -16.44% | 2,967 |
McCook | 1,744 | 48.74% | 1,822 | 50.92% | 11 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -78 | -2.18% | 3,578 |
McPherson | 1,662 | 70.22% | 693 | 29.28% | 6 | 0.25% | 6 | 0.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 969 | 40.94% | 2,367 |
Meade | 3,096 | 54.41% | 2,478 | 43.55% | 106 | 1.86% | 2 | 0.04% | 8 | 0.14% | 618 | 10.86% | 5,690 |
Mellette | 508 | 53.53% | 429 | 45.21% | 10 | 1.05% | 2 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 8.32% | 949 |
Miner | 839 | 39.21% | 1,289 | 60.23% | 9 | 0.42% | 1 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.09% | -450 | -21.02% | 2,140 |
Minnehaha | 23,286 | 51.12% | 22,068 | 48.44% | 151 | 0.33% | 26 | 0.06% | 25 | 0.05% | 1,218 | 2.68% | 45,556 |
Moody | 1,475 | 43.03% | 1,942 | 56.65% | 8 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | -467 | -13.62% | 3,428 |
Pennington | 13,352 | 56.34% | 10,058 | 42.44% | 273 | 1.15% | 5 | 0.02% | 11 | 0.05% | 3,294 | 13.90% | 23,699 |
Perkins | 1,298 | 50.08% | 1,262 | 48.69% | 29 | 1.12% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.08% | 36 | 1.39% | 2,592 |
Potter | 1,136 | 55.36% | 908 | 44.25% | 6 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 228 | 11.11% | 2,052 |
Roberts | 1,915 | 39.73% | 2,890 | 59.96% | 9 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.04% | -975 | -20.23% | 4,820 |
Sanborn | 881 | 46.08% | 1,025 | 53.61% | 5 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -144 | -7.53% | 1,912 |
Shannon | 301 | 27.84% | 756 | 69.94% | 17 | 1.57% | 5 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.19% | -455 | -42.10% | 1,081 |
Spink | 2,003 | 42.81% | 2,650 | 56.64% | 17 | 0.36% | 6 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.06% | -647 | -13.83% | 4,679 |
Stanley | 637 | 53.57% | 548 | 46.09% | 3 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 89 | 7.48% | 1,189 |
Sully | 630 | 55.31% | 505 | 44.34% | 4 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 125 | 10.97% | 1,139 |
Todd | 583 | 40.66% | 826 | 57.60% | 17 | 1.19% | 4 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.28% | -243 | -16.94% | 1,434 |
Tripp | 1,980 | 51.87% | 1,822 | 47.73% | 8 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.05% | 158 | 4.14% | 3,817 |
Turner | 2,694 | 58.34% | 1,906 | 41.27% | 16 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 788 | 17.07% | 4,618 |
Union | 2,297 | 47.26% | 2,540 | 52.26% | 21 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -243 | -5.00% | 4,860 |
Walworth | 2,187 | 58.66% | 1,516 | 40.67% | 19 | 0.51% | 4 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.05% | 671 | 17.99% | 3,728 |
Washabaugh | 229 | 43.54% | 276 | 52.47% | 17 | 3.23% | 4 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | -47 | -8.93% | 526 |
Yankton | 4,029 | 49.82% | 3,987 | 49.30% | 49 | 0.61% | 16 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.07% | 42 | 0.52% | 8,087 |
Ziebach | 369 | 48.49% | 370 | 48.62% | 15 | 1.97% | 5 | 0.66% | 2 | 0.26% | -1 | -0.13% | 761 |
Totals | 151,505 | 50.39% | 147,068 | 48.91% | 1,619 | 0.54% | 318 | 0.11% | 168 | 0.06% | 4,437 | 1.48% | 300,678 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References
- ^ "1976 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 02, 1976
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