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The 1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 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 Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 51.84% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 47.04% of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Dewey 129,651 51.84%
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 117,653 47.04%
Independent Henry A. Wallace 2,801 1.12%
Total votes 250,105 100%

Results by county

County[5] Thomas E. Dewey
Republican 		Harry S. Truman
Democratic 		Henry Wallace
Independent 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Armstrong 1 14.29% 6 85.71% 0 0.00% -5 -71.43% 7
Aurora 1,056 45.30% 1,275 54.70% 16 0.69% -219 -9.40% 2,331
Beadle 3,662 45.58% 4,372 54.42% 77 0.96% -710 -8.84% 8,034
Bennett 477 38.62% 758 61.38% 17 1.38% -281 -22.75% 1,235
Bon Homme 2,283 52.36% 2,077 47.64% 48 1.10% 206 4.72% 4,360
Brookings 3,975 57.76% 2,907 42.24% 44 0.64% 1,068 15.52% 6,882
Brown 5,632 44.07% 7,148 55.93% 192 1.50% -1,516 -11.86% 12,780
Brule 1,056 38.48% 1,646 59.99% 42 1.53% -590 -21.51% 2,744
Buffalo 313 48.38% 334 51.62% 5 0.77% -21 -3.25% 647
Butte 1,726 61.84% 1,065 38.16% 51 1.83% 661 23.68% 2,791
Campbell 1,518 78.05% 410 21.08% 17 0.87% 1,108 56.97% 1,945
Charles Mix 1,800 36.47% 3,086 62.53% 49 0.99% -1,286 -26.06% 4,935
Clark 1,625 50.59% 1,559 48.54% 28 0.87% 66 2.05% 3,212
Clay 2,228 51.09% 2,080 47.70% 53 1.22% 148 3.39% 4,361
Codington 3,349 45.01% 4,042 54.32% 50 0.67% -693 -9.31% 7,441
Corson 1,154 49.63% 1,154 49.63% 17 0.73% 0 0.00% 2,325
Custer 1,217 56.66% 917 42.69% 14 0.65% 300 13.97% 2,148
Davison 2,996 42.03% 4,064 57.01% 68 0.95% -1,068 -14.98% 7,128
Day 2,438 42.91% 3,146 55.38% 97 1.71% -708 -12.46% 5,681
Deuel 1,357 49.91% 1,324 48.69% 38 1.40% 33 1.21% 2,719
Dewey 864 53.80% 727 45.27% 15 0.93% 137 8.53% 1,606
Douglas 1,301 63.71% 736 36.04% 5 0.24% 565 27.67% 2,042
Edmunds 1,493 54.00% 1,253 45.32% 19 0.69% 240 8.68% 2,765
Fall River 2,037 59.72% 1,348 39.52% 26 0.76% 689 20.20% 3,411
Faulk 1,054 51.49% 971 47.44% 22 1.07% 83 4.05% 2,047
Grant 1,972 48.57% 2,052 50.54% 36 0.89% -80 -1.97% 4,060
Gregory 1,723 48.37% 1,793 50.34% 46 1.29% -70 -1.97% 3,562
Haakon 753 57.92% 519 39.92% 28 2.15% 234 18.00% 1,300
Hamlin 1,608 53.98% 1,326 44.51% 45 1.51% 282 9.47% 2,979
Hand 1,402 50.47% 1,367 49.21% 9 0.32% 35 1.26% 2,778
Hanson 860 47.05% 953 52.13% 15 0.82% -93 -5.09% 1,828
Harding 529 50.87% 479 46.06% 32 3.08% 50 4.81% 1,040
Hughes 1,739 61.43% 1,080 38.15% 12 0.42% 659 23.28% 2,831
Hutchinson 2,906 70.01% 1,209 29.13% 36 0.87% 1,697 40.88% 4,151
Hyde 817 59.25% 553 40.10% 9 0.65% 264 19.14% 1,379
Jackson 432 56.40% 321 41.91% 13 1.70% 111 14.49% 766
Jerauld 1,085 54.60% 876 44.09% 26 1.31% 209 10.52% 1,987
Jones 522 55.06% 414 43.67% 12 1.27% 108 11.39% 948
Kingsbury 2,332 62.55% 1,338 35.89% 58 1.56% 994 26.66% 3,728
Lake 2,837 56.95% 2,093 42.01% 52 1.04% 744 14.93% 4,982
Lawrence 3,778 62.50% 2,209 36.54% 58 0.96% 1,569 25.96% 6,045
Lincoln 2,771 59.51% 1,826 39.22% 59 1.27% 945 20.30% 4,656
Lyman 993 51.94% 904 47.28% 15 0.78% 89 4.65% 1,912
Marshall 1,419 44.37% 1,710 53.47% 69 2.16% -291 -9.10% 3,198
McCook 2,064 59.46% 1,387 39.96% 20 0.58% 677 19.50% 3,471
McPherson 2,034 76.24% 611 22.90% 23 0.86% 1,423 53.34% 2,668
Meade 2,053 54.47% 1,681 44.60% 35 0.93% 372 9.87% 3,769
Mellette 482 49.33% 482 49.33% 13 1.33% 0 0.00% 977
Miner 1,188 45.92% 1,373 53.07% 26 1.01% -185 -7.15% 2,587
Minnehaha 14,047 53.77% 11,770 45.05% 308 1.18% 2,277 8.72% 26,125
Moody 1,691 50.19% 1,630 48.38% 48 1.42% 61 1.81% 3,369
Pennington 6,392 56.01% 4,929 43.19% 92 0.81% 1,463 12.82% 11,413
Perkins 1,424 55.04% 1,096 42.37% 67 2.59% 328 12.68% 2,587
Potter 1,044 49.69% 1,039 49.45% 18 0.86% 5 0.24% 2,101
Roberts 2,211 39.12% 3,277 57.98% 164 2.90% -1,066 -18.86% 5,652
Sanborn 990 48.03% 1,046 50.75% 25 1.21% -56 -2.72% 2,061
Shannon 641 44.09% 803 55.23% 10 0.69% -162 -11.14% 1,454
Spink 2,310 45.59% 2,702 53.33% 55 1.09% -392 -7.74% 5,067
Stanley 522 58.85% 359 40.47% 6 0.68% 163 18.38% 887
Sully 579 58.37% 405 40.83% 8 0.81% 174 17.54% 992
Todd 625 43.46% 796 55.35% 17 1.18% -171 -11.89% 1,438
Tripp 1,845 48.32% 1,918 50.24% 55 1.44% -73 -1.91% 3,818
Turner 3,048 66.26% 1,514 32.91% 38 0.83% 1,534 33.35% 4,600
Union 2,205 49.38% 2,237 50.10% 23 0.52% -32 -0.72% 4,465
Walworth 1,607 50.94% 1,513 47.96% 35 1.11% 94 2.98% 3,155
Washabaugh 192 45.82% 223 53.22% 4 0.95% -31 -7.40% 419
Yankton 2,904 49.28% 2,932 49.75% 57 0.97% -28 -0.48% 5,893
Ziebach 463 47.24% 503 51.33% 14 1.43% -40 -4.08% 980
Totals 129,651 51.84% 117,653 47.04% 2,801 1.12% 11,998 4.80% 250,105

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 406-407 ISBN 0405077114