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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 four[2] 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.[3][4]

With 58.33% of the popular vote, South Dakota would prove to be Dewey's third strongest state after Kansas and Nebraska.[5]

Results

1944 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 135,365 58.33%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 96,711 41.67%
Total votes 232,076 100%

Results by county

County[6] Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican 		Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Margin Total 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% 685
Totals 135,365 58.33% 96,711 41.67% 38,654 16.66% 232,076

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota". Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944". Retrieved December 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "1944 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 406-407 ISBN 0405077114