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[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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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.[4][5]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dwight D. Eisenhower (inc.) | 171,569 | 58.39% | |
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 122,288 | 41.61% | |
| Total votes | 293,857 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican |
Adlai Stevenson Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| 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 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ Although he was born in Texas and grew up in Kansas before his military career, at the time of the 1952 election Eisenhower was president of Columbia University and was, officially, a resident of New York. During his first term as president, he moved his private residence to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and officially changed his residency to Pennsylvania.[2]
References
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1956 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "The Presidents". David Leip. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
Eisenhower's home state for the 1956 Election was Pennsylvania
- ^ "1956 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "1956 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1956". Retrieved July 22, 2017.