See main article: 1956 United States presidential election.
Election Name: | 1956 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
Country: | South Dakota |
Flag Year: | 1909 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1952 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
Previous Year: | 1952 |
Next Election: | 1960 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
Next Year: | 1960 |
Votes For Election: | All 4 South Dakota votes to the Electoral College |
Election Date: | November 6, 1956[1] |
Image1: | Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop.jpg |
Nominee1: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Home State1: | Pennsylvania |
Running Mate1: | Richard Nixon |
Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 171,569 |
Percentage1: | 58.39% |
Nominee2: | Adlai Stevenson |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Home State2: | Illinois |
Running Mate2: | Estes Kefauver |
Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 122,288 |
Percentage2: | 41.61% |
Map Size: | 350px |
President | |
Before Election: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1956 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6, 1956, as part of the 1956 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Dakota was won by incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–Pennsylvania), running with Vice President Richard Nixon, with 58.39 percent of the popular vote, against Adlai Stevenson (D–Illinois), running with Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, with 41.61% of the popular vote.[3] [4]
County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican | Adlai Stevenson Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||
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data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | |||||||
Aurora | 1,055 | 43.43% | 1,374 | 56.57% | -319 | -13.14% | 2,429 | ||||||||
Beadle | 5,216 | 53.06% | 4,614 | 46.94% | 602 | 6.12% | 9,830 | ||||||||
Bennett | 746 | 52.13% | 685 | 47.87% | 61 | 4.26% | 1,431 | ||||||||
Bon Homme | 2,696 | 55.70% | 2,144 | 44.30% | 552 | 11.40% | 4,840 | ||||||||
Brookings | 5,293 | 66.89% | 2,620 | 33.11% | 2,673 | 33.78% | 7,913 | ||||||||
Brown | 8,193 | 53.28% | 7,184 | 46.72% | 1,009 | 6.56% | 15,377 | ||||||||
Brule | 1,317 | 41.02% | 1,894 | 58.98% | -577 | -17.96% | 3,211 | ||||||||
Buffalo | 314 | 49.68% | 318 | 50.32% | -4 | -0.64% | 632 | ||||||||
Butte | 2,231 | 68.46% | 1,028 | 31.54% | 1,203 | 36.92% | 3,259 | ||||||||
Campbell | 1,268 | 81.44% | 289 | 18.56% | 979 | 62.88% | 1,557 | ||||||||
Charles Mix | 2,202 | 41.40% | 3,117 | 58.60% | -915 | -17.20% | 5,319 | ||||||||
Clark | 2,173 | 58.83% | 1,521 | 41.17% | 652 | 17.66% | 3,694 | ||||||||
Clay | 2,632 | 57.72% | 1,928 | 42.28% | 704 | 15.44% | 4,560 | ||||||||
Codington | 5,150 | 57.72% | 3,772 | 42.28% | 1,378 | 15.44% | 8,922 | ||||||||
Corson | 1,394 | 55.63% | 1,112 | 44.37% | 282 | 11.26% | 2,506 | ||||||||
Custer | 1,514 | 63.96% | 853 | 36.04% | 661 | 27.92% | 2,367 | ||||||||
Davison | 4,056 | 51.57% | 3,809 | 48.43% | 247 | 3.14% | 7,865 | ||||||||
Day | 2,652 | 47.16% | 2,971 | 52.84% | -319 | -5.68% | 5,623 | ||||||||
Deuel | 1,698 | 55.47% | 1,363 | 44.53% | 335 | 10.94% | 3,061 | ||||||||
Dewey | 1,197 | 56.76% | 912 | 43.24% | 285 | 13.52% | 2,109 | ||||||||
Douglas | 1,713 | 67.81% | 813 | 32.19% | 900 | 35.62% | 2,526 | ||||||||
Edmunds | 1,685 | 51.61% | 1,580 | 48.39% | 105 | 3.22% | 3,265 | ||||||||
Fall River | 2,377 | 67.39% | 1,150 | 32.61% | 1,227 | 34.78% | 3,527 | ||||||||
Faulk | 1,260 | 52.17% | 1,155 | 47.83% | 105 | 4.34% | 2,415 | ||||||||
Grant | 2,621 | 55.87% | 2,070 | 44.13% | 551 | 11.74% | 4,691 | ||||||||
Gregory | 1,945 | 52.01% | 1,795 | 47.99% | 150 | 4.02% | 3,740 | ||||||||
Haakon | 936 | 61.18% | 594 | 38.82% | 342 | 22.36% | 1,530 | ||||||||
Hamlin | 2,083 | 61.68% | 1,294 | 38.32% | 789 | 23.36% | 3,377 | ||||||||
Hand | 1,804 | 55.39% | 1,453 | 44.61% | 351 | 10.78% | 3,257 | ||||||||
Hanson | 1,050 | 46.94% | 1,187 | 53.06% | -137 | -6.12% | 2,237 | ||||||||
Harding | 650 | 63.35% | 376 | 36.65% | 274 | 26.70% | 1,026 | ||||||||
Hughes | 2,923 | 63.41% | 1,687 | 36.59% | 1,236 | 26.82% | 4,610 | ||||||||
Hutchinson | 3,870 | 73.16% | 1,420 | 26.84% | 2,450 | 46.32% | 5,290 | ||||||||
Hyde | 755 | 55.84% | 597 | 44.16% | 158 | 11.68% | 1,352 | ||||||||
Jackson | 490 | 54.57% | 408 | 45.43% | 82 | 9.14% | 898 | ||||||||
Jerauld | 1,175 | 53.90% | 1,005 | 46.10% | 170 | 7.80% | 2,180 | ||||||||
Jones | 601 | 56.06% | 471 | 43.94% | 130 | 12.12% | 1,072 | ||||||||
Kingsbury | 2,933 | 64.92% | 1,585 | 35.08% | 1,348 | 29.84% | 4,518 | ||||||||
Lake | 3,404 | 62.32% | 2,058 | 37.68% | 1,346 | 24.64% | 5,462 | ||||||||
Lawrence | 4,654 | 71.33% | 1,871 | 28.67% | 2,783 | 42.66% | 6,525 | ||||||||
Lincoln | 3,529 | 62.24% | 2,141 | 37.76% | 1,388 | 24.48% | 5,670 | ||||||||
Lyman | 1,151 | 56.87% | 873 | 43.13% | 278 | 13.74% | 2,024 | ||||||||
Marshall | 1,639 | 50.06% | 1,635 | 49.94% | 4 | 0.12% | 3,274 | ||||||||
McCook | 2,382 | 57.54% | 1,758 | 42.46% | 624 | 15.08% | 4,140 | ||||||||
McPherson | 2,225 | 77.85% | 633 | 22.15% | 1,592 | 55.70% | 2,858 | ||||||||
Meade | 2,467 | 59.81% | 1,658 | 40.19% | 809 | 19.62% | 4,125 | ||||||||
Mellette | 643 | 55.29% | 520 | 44.71% | 123 | 10.58% | 1,163 | ||||||||
Miner | 1,456 | 48.97% | 1,517 | 51.03% | -61 | -2.06% | 2,973 | ||||||||
Minnehaha | 22,285 | 62.99% | 13,093 | 37.01% | 9,192 | 25.98% | 35,378 | ||||||||
Moody | 2,133 | 53.69% | 1,840 | 46.31% | 293 | 7.38% | 3,973 | ||||||||
Pennington | 10,955 | 67.26% | 5,332 | 32.74% | 5,623 | 34.52% | 16,287 | ||||||||
Perkins | 1,743 | 59.41% | 1,191 | 40.59% | 552 | 18.82% | 2,934 | ||||||||
Potter | 1,445 | 63.16% | 843 | 36.84% | 602 | 26.32% | 2,288 | ||||||||
Roberts | 2,854 | 46.79% | 3,246 | 53.21% | -392 | -6.42% | 6,100 | ||||||||
Sanborn | 1,327 | 50.48% | 1,302 | 49.52% | 25 | 0.96% | 2,629 | ||||||||
Shannon | 782 | 45.18% | 949 | 54.82% | -167 | -9.64% | 1,731 | ||||||||
Spink | 2,683 | 48.29% | 2,873 | 51.71% | -190 | -3.42% | 5,556 | ||||||||
Stanley | 587 | 50.87% | 567 | 49.13% | 20 | 1.74% | 1,154 | ||||||||
Sully | 726 | 59.51% | 494 | 40.49% | 232 | 19.02% | 1,220 | ||||||||
Todd | 748 | 47.31% | 833 | 52.69% | -85 | -5.38% | 1,581 | ||||||||
Tripp | 2,064 | 52.94% | 1,835 | 47.06% | 229 | 5.88% | 3,899 | ||||||||
Turner | 4,096 | 70.89% | 1,682 | 29.11% | 2,414 | 41.78% | 5,778 | ||||||||
Union | 2,636 | 52.94% | 2,343 | 47.06% | 293 | 5.88% | 4,979 | ||||||||
Walworth | 2,132 | 60.21% | 1,409 | 39.79% | 723 | 20.42% | 3,541 | ||||||||
Washabaugh | 265 | 58.89% | 185 | 41.11% | 80 | 17.78% | 450 | ||||||||
Yankton | 4,063 | 57.63% | 2,987 | 42.37% | 1,076 | 15.26% | 7,050 | ||||||||
Ziebach | 627 | 57.05% | 472 | 42.95% | 155 | 14.10% | 1,099 | ||||||||
Totals | 171,569 | 58.39% | 122,288 | 41.61% | 49,281 | 16.78% | 293,857 |