1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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.
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| Elections in South Dakota |
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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
| 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 Edmund Dewey Republican |
Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Henry Agard 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 | 39.08% | 1,646 | 60.92% | 42 | 1.55% | -590 | -21.84% | 2,702 |
| 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 | 2,801 | 1.12% | 11,998 | 4.80% | 250,105 | |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- "1948 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 406-407 ISBN 0405077114
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