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1944 United States presidential election in South Dakota South Dakota 1909 presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in South Dakota 1940 1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota 1948 All 4 South Dakota votes to the Electoral College November 7, 1944 x200px Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 4 135,365 58.33% 1944_portrait_of_FDR_(1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 0 96,711 41.67% 1944 United States presidential election in South Dakota results map by county.svg 300px County results
Dewey
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Roosevelt
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#002b84 90–100% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States)
The 1944 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose fourhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1944 1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49) December 25, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Dakota was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 58.33% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 41.67% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=46&year=1944 1944 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota December 25, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1944 The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944 December 25, 2017
With 58.33% of the popular vote, South Dakota would prove to be Dewey's third strongest state after Kansas and Nebraska.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1944&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1944 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05
Results
1944 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 135,365 58.33%
Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 96,711 41.67%
232,076 100%
Results by county
CountyScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 406-407 0405077114Thomas Edmund DeweyRepublicanFranklin Delano RooseveltDemocraticMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#% Armstrong 0 0.00% 4 100.00% -4 -100.00% 4 Aurora 1,163 53.50% 1,011 46.50% 152 6.99% 2,174 Beadle 3,610 48.44% 3,842 51.56% -232 -3.11% 7,452 Bennett 494 46.60% 566 53.40% -72 -6.79% 1,060 Bon Homme 2,553 56.31% 1,981 43.69% 572 12.62% 4,534 Brookings 4,136 66.61% 2,073 33.39% 2,063 33.23% 6,209 Brown 5,611 46.90% 6,352 53.10% -741 -6.19% 11,963 Brule 1,002 41.51% 1,412 58.49% -410 -16.98% 2,414 Buffalo 324 56.45% 250 43.55% 74 12.89% 574 Butte 1,824 66.28% 928 33.72% 896 32.56% 2,752 Campbell 1,047 83.43% 208 16.57% 839 66.85% 1,255 Charles Mix 2,171 44.56% 2,701 55.44% -530 -10.88% 4,872 Clark 1,936 61.56% 1,209 38.44% 727 23.12% 3,145 Clay 1,970 52.31% 1,796 47.69% 174 4.62% 3,766 Codington 3,348 51.76% 3,120 48.24% 228 3.53% 6,468 Corson 1,008 56.19% 786 43.81% 222 12.37% 1,794 Custer 1,288 64.40% 712 35.60% 576 28.80% 2,000 Davison 2,929 47.62% 3,222 52.38% -293 -4.76% 6,151 Day 2,593 51.04% 2,487 48.96% 106 2.09% 5,080 Deuel 1,910 61.81% 1,180 38.19% 730 23.62% 3,090 Dewey 913 64.12% 511 35.88% 402 28.23% 1,424 Douglas 1,483 67.35% 719 32.65% 764 34.70% 2,202 Edmunds 1,762 64.71% 961 35.29% 801 29.42% 2,723 Fall River 1,938 63.33% 1,122 36.67% 816 26.67% 3,060 Faulk 1,090 54.88% 896 45.12% 194 9.77% 1,986 Grant 2,278 60.70% 1,475 39.30% 803 21.40% 3,753 Gregory 2,067 56.17% 1,613 43.83% 454 12.34% 3,680 Haakon 638 62.61% 381 37.39% 257 25.22% 1,019 Hamlin 1,811 63.97% 1,020 36.03% 791 27.94% 2,831 Hand 1,558 57.62% 1,146 42.38% 412 15.24% 2,704 Hanson 1,070 55.33% 864 44.67% 206 10.65%1,934 Harding 552 52.82% 493 47.18% 59 5.65% 1,045 Hughes 1,676 64.12% 938 35.88% 738 28.23% 2,614 Hutchinson 3,799 84.46% 699 15.54% 3,100 68.92% 4,498 Hyde 842 64.97% 454 35.03% 388 29.94% 1,296 Jackson 340 61.48% 213 38.52% 127 22.97% 553 Jerauld 1,217 62.47% 731 37.53% 486 24.95% 1,948 Jones 465 63.79% 264 36.21% 201 27.57% 729 Kingsbury 2,541 68.73% 1,156 31.27% 1,385 37.46% 3,697 Lake 2,956 65.70% 1,543 34.30% 1,413 31.41% 4,499 Lawrence 3,528 65.41% 1,866 34.59% 1,662 30.81% 5,394 Lincoln 3,298 66.99% 1,625 33.01% 1,673 33.98% 4,923 Lyman 867 57.92% 630 42.08% 237 15.83% 1,497 Marshall 1,511 52.57% 1,363 47.43% 148 5.15% 2,874 McCook 2,516 68.39% 1,163 31.61% 1,353 36.78% 3,679 McPherson 2,290 84.81% 410 15.19% 1,880 69.63% 2,700 Meade 1,912 62.16% 1,164 37.84% 748 24.32% 3,076 Mellette 544 57.02% 410 42.98% 134 14.05% 954 Miner 1,544 58.62% 1,090 41.38% 454 17.24%2,634 Minnehaha 13,920 57.67% 10,216 42.33% 3,704 15.35% 24,136 Moody 2,080 59.43% 1,420 40.57% 660 18.86% 3,500 Pennington 5,246 59.87% 3,517 40.13% 1,729 19.73% 8,763 Perkins 1,325 57.11% 995 42.89% 330 14.22% 2,320 Potter 1,001 58.27% 717 41.73% 284 16.53% 1,718 Roberts 2,721 47.36% 3,024 52.64% -303 -5.27% 5,745 Sanborn 1,212 54.84% 998 45.16% 214 9.68% 2,210 Shannon 562 53.93% 480 46.07% 82 7.87%1,042 Spink 2,365 50.86% 2,285 49.14% 80 1.72%4,650 Stanley 384 62.14% 234 37.86% 150 24.27% 618 Sully 612 67.11% 300 32.89% 312 34.21% 912 Todd 737 51.90% 683 48.10% 54 3.80% 1,420 Tripp 1,911 53.82% 1,640 46.18% 271 7.63% 3,551 Turner 3,549 73.13% 1,304 26.87% 2,245 46.26% 4,853 Union 2,501 54.87% 2,057 45.13% 444 9.74% 4,558 Walworth 1,533 55.64% 1,222 44.36% 311 11.29% 2,755 Washabaugh 139 48.77% 146 51.23% -7 -2.46% 285 Yankton 3,313 58.41% 2,359 41.59% 954 16.82% 5,672 Ziebach 331 48.32% 354 51.68% -23 -3.36% 685Totals135,36558.33%96,71141.67%38,65416.66%232,076
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Bennett
Ziebach
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Day
Spink
See also
United States presidential elections in South Dakota
References
South Dakota
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Category:1944 South Dakota elections