1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota

none June 2025 September 2023 1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota South Dakota 1963 presidential no 1972 United States presidential election in South Dakota 1972 1980 United States presidential election in South Dakota 1980 November 2, 1976 x200px Gerald Ford, second official portrait of the President of the United States, February 1976 (HQ) (cropped closer).jpg Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Michigan Bob Dole 4 151,505 50.39% Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 0 147,068 48.91% President Gerald Ford Republican Party (United States) Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) 1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota results map by county.svg 300px County results Ford #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% 1976 United States presidential election 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%.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1976&fips=46&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1976 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas August 19, 2016 Ford won all four of the state's electoral votes, but lost the national election to Carter. This is the closest that a Democrat presidential nominee has come to carrying South Dakota since 1964. South Dakota weighed in as 4 points more Republican than the national average. 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Codington County, Edmunds County, Faulk County, Gregory County, and McCook County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 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 Presidential CandidateRunning MatePartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)Gerald Ford of Michigan (incumbent)Bob DoleRepublican4151,50550.39%Jimmy CarterWalter MondaleDemocratic0147,06848.91%Roger MacBrideDavid BerglandIndependent01,6190.54%Gus HallJarvis TynerIndependent03180.11%Peter CamejoWillie Mae ReidIndependent01680.06% Results by county CountyOur Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 02, 1976Gerald FordRepublicanJimmy CarterDemocraticRoger MacBrideIndependentGus HallIndependentPeter CamejoIndependentMarginTotal 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% 761Totals151,50550.39%147,06848.91%1,6190.54%3180.11%1680.06%4,4371.48%300,678 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clay Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Beadle Codington Corson Faulk Grant Gregory Jerauld Lake Spink Washabaugh Ziebach See also United States presidential elections in South Dakota References South Dakota United States presidential