1940 United States presidential election in South Dakota
The 1940 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 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 Wendell Willkie (R–Indiana), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 57.41% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 42.59% of the popular vote.[3][4]
With 57.41% of the popular vote, South Dakota would prove to be Willkie's strongest state in the 1940 election in terms of popular vote percentage.[5]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 177,065 | 57.41% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 131,362 | 42.59% | |
| Total votes | 308,427 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[6] | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 1,408 | 50.41% | 1,385 | 49.59% | 23 | 0.82% | 2,793 |
| Beadle | 4,356 | 45.33% | 5,253 | 54.67% | -897 | -9.33% | 9,609 |
| Bennett | 915 | 51.55% | 860 | 48.45% | 55 | 3.10% | 1,775 |
| Bon Homme | 3,046 | 55.29% | 2,463 | 44.71% | 583 | 10.58% | 5,509 |
| Brookings | 5,016 | 65.25% | 2,671 | 34.75% | 2,345 | 30.51% | 7,687 |
| Brown | 6,598 | 45.05% | 8,048 | 54.95% | -1,450 | -9.90% | 14,646 |
| Brule | 1,352 | 42.42% | 1,835 | 57.58% | -483 | -15.16% | 3,187 |
| Buffalo | 491 | 55.42% | 395 | 44.58% | 96 | 10.84% | 886 |
| Butte | 2,164 | 60.99% | 1,384 | 39.01% | 780 | 21.98% | 3,548 |
| Campbell | 1,733 | 80.64% | 416 | 19.36% | 1,317 | 61.28% | 2,149 |
| Charles Mix | 2,993 | 47.54% | 3,303 | 52.46% | -310 | -4.92% | 6,296 |
| Clark | 2,622 | 61.75% | 1,624 | 38.25% | 998 | 23.50% | 4,246 |
| Clay | 2,463 | 52.08% | 2,266 | 47.92% | 197 | 4.17% | 4,729 |
| Codington | 4,320 | 53.83% | 3,705 | 46.17% | 615 | 7.66% | 8,025 |
| Corson | 1,709 | 56.27% | 1,328 | 43.73% | 381 | 12.55% | 3,037 |
| Custer | 1,796 | 60.94% | 1,151 | 39.06% | 645 | 21.89% | 2,947 |
| Davison | 3,659 | 46.38% | 4,230 | 53.62% | -571 | -7.24% | 7,889 |
| Day | 3,277 | 49.85% | 3,297 | 50.15% | -20 | -0.30% | 6,574 |
| Deuel | 2,304 | 66.40% | 1,166 | 33.60% | 1,138 | 32.80% | 3,470 |
| Dewey | 1,396 | 56.36% | 1,081 | 43.64% | 315 | 12.72% | 2,477 |
| Douglas | 1,977 | 65.53% | 1,040 | 34.47% | 937 | 31.06% | 3,017 |
| Edmunds | 2,341 | 61.87% | 1,443 | 38.13% | 898 | 23.73% | 3,784 |
| Fall River | 2,420 | 63.27% | 1,405 | 36.73% | 1,015 | 26.54% | 3,825 |
| Faulk | 1,431 | 54.41% | 1,199 | 45.59% | 232 | 8.82% | 2,630 |
| Grant | 2,981 | 59.38% | 2,039 | 40.62% | 942 | 18.76% | 5,020 |
| Gregory | 2,478 | 54.91% | 2,035 | 45.09% | 443 | 9.82% | 4,513 |
| Haakon | 1,129 | 61.49% | 707 | 38.51% | 422 | 22.98% | 1,836 |
| Hamlin | 2,279 | 64.00% | 1,282 | 36.00% | 997 | 28.00% | 3,561 |
| Hand | 2,002 | 55.46% | 1,608 | 44.54% | 394 | 10.91% | 3,610 |
| Hanson | 1,408 | 53.66% | 1,216 | 46.34% | 192 | 7.32% | 2,624 |
| Harding | 755 | 52.98% | 670 | 47.02% | 85 | 5.96% | 1,425 |
| Hughes | 1,982 | 59.27% | 1,362 | 40.73% | 620 | 18.54% | 3,344 |
| Hutchinson | 5,051 | 82.08% | 1,103 | 17.92% | 3,948 | 64.15% | 6,154 |
| Hyde | 1,018 | 60.31% | 670 | 39.69% | 348 | 20.62% | 1,688 |
| Jackson | 620 | 58.77% | 435 | 41.23% | 185 | 17.54% | 1,055 |
| Jerauld | 1,576 | 63.17% | 919 | 36.83% | 657 | 26.33% | 2,495 |
| Jones | 832 | 62.09% | 508 | 37.91% | 324 | 24.18% | 1,340 |
| Kingsbury | 3,551 | 70.26% | 1,503 | 29.74% | 2,048 | 40.52% | 5,054 |
| Lake | 4,179 | 68.87% | 1,889 | 31.13% | 2,290 | 37.74% | 6,068 |
| Lawrence | 5,288 | 60.07% | 3,515 | 39.93% | 1,773 | 20.14% | 8,803 |
| Lincoln | 4,081 | 66.59% | 2,048 | 33.41% | 2,033 | 33.17% | 6,129 |
| Lyman | 1,409 | 56.05% | 1,105 | 43.95% | 304 | 12.09% | 2,514 |
| Marshall | 1,989 | 50.21% | 1,972 | 49.79% | 17 | 0.43% | 3,961 |
| McCook | 3,310 | 66.12% | 1,696 | 33.88% | 1,614 | 32.24% | 5,006 |
| McPherson | 2,839 | 77.46% | 826 | 22.54% | 2,013 | 54.92% | 3,665 |
| Meade | 2,560 | 57.00% | 1,931 | 43.00% | 629 | 14.01% | 4,491 |
| Mellette | 990 | 52.24% | 905 | 47.76% | 85 | 4.49% | 1,895 |
| Miner | 2,095 | 60.55% | 1,365 | 39.45% | 730 | 21.10% | 3,460 |
| Minnehaha | 16,664 | 57.62% | 12,259 | 42.38% | 4,405 | 15.23% | 28,923 |
| Moody | 2,749 | 60.17% | 1,820 | 39.83% | 929 | 20.33% | 4,569 |
| Pennington | 6,603 | 57.51% | 4,878 | 42.49% | 1,725 | 15.02% | 11,481 |
| Perkins | 1,777 | 57.36% | 1,321 | 42.64% | 456 | 14.72% | 3,098 |
| Potter | 1,278 | 54.80% | 1,054 | 45.20% | 224 | 9.61% | 2,332 |
| Roberts | 3,504 | 48.30% | 3,750 | 51.70% | -246 | -3.39% | 7,254 |
| Sanborn | 1,732 | 55.34% | 1,398 | 44.66% | 334 | 10.67% | 3,130 |
| Shannon | 1,094 | 58.04% | 791 | 41.96% | 303 | 16.07% | 1,885 |
| Spink | 2,975 | 48.70% | 3,134 | 51.30% | -159 | -2.60% | 6,109 |
| Stanley | 679 | 55.66% | 541 | 44.34% | 138 | 11.31% | 1,220 |
| Sully | 840 | 64.71% | 458 | 35.29% | 382 | 29.43% | 1,298 |
| Todd | 1,245 | 50.14% | 1,238 | 49.86% | 7 | 0.28% | 2,483 |
| Tripp | 2,492 | 54.40% | 2,089 | 45.60% | 403 | 8.80% | 4,581 |
| Turner | 4,644 | 72.36% | 1,774 | 27.64% | 2,870 | 44.72% | 6,418 |
| Union | 3,116 | 54.44% | 2,608 | 45.56% | 508 | 8.87% | 5,724 |
| Walworth | 1,921 | 55.11% | 1,565 | 44.89% | 356 | 10.21% | 3,486 |
| Washabaugh | 358 | 48.91% | 374 | 51.09% | -16 | -2.19% | 732 |
| Washington | 335 | 52.59% | 302 | 47.41% | 33 | 5.18% | 637 |
| Yankton | 4,179 | 57.70% | 3,064 | 42.30% | 1,115 | 15.39% | 7,243 |
| Ziebach | 691 | 50.15% | 687 | 49.85% | 4 | 0.29% | 1,378 |
| Armstrong[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| Totals | 177,065 | 57.41% | 131,362 | 42.59% | 45,703 | 14.82% | 308,427 |
Notes
- No returns were canvassed for Armstrong County and voters from this county were listed in neighbouring counties.[7]
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- "1940 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- "1940 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 404-405 ISBN 0405077114
- Scammon (editor); American at the Polls, p. 412
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