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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 .
South Dakota was won by Wendell Willkie (R –New York ), 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]
South Dakota would prove to be Willkie's largest win of any state, as he carried the state by 14.82 percentage points.[ 5] Additionally, with 57.41% of the popular vote, South Dakota was Willkie's strongest state in the 1940 election in terms of popular vote percentage.[ 6]
Results
Results by county
County[ 7]
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 [ a]
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
See also
Notes
^ No returns were canvassed for Armstrong County and voters from this county were listed in neighbouring counties.[ 8]
References