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The 1952 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 United States presidential election . Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .[3]
South Dakota was won by Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R –New York ), running with California Senator Richard Nixon , with 69.27 percent of the popular vote, against Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II (D ), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman , with 30.73 percent of the popular vote. As of the 2016 presidential election [update] , this is the last election in which Oglala Lakota County , known until 2014 as Shannon County, voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[4]
With 69.27% of the popular vote, South Dakota would be Eisenhower's third strongest state after Vermont and neighboring North Dakota .[5]
Results
Results by county
County[6]
Dwight David Eisenhower Republican
Adlai Stevenson II Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
Armstrong
6
54.55%
5
45.45%
1
9.09%
11
Aurora
1,458
59.39%
997
40.61%
461
18.78%
2,455
Beadle
6,487
65.33%
3,443
34.67%
3,044
30.65%
9,930
Bennett
873
62.85%
516
37.15%
357
25.70%
1,389
Bon Homme
3,157
65.57%
1,658
34.43%
1,499
31.13%
4,815
Brookings
5,988
76.29%
1,861
23.71%
4,127
52.58%
7,849
Brown
9,581
60.94%
6,140
39.06%
3,441
21.89%
15,721
Brule
1,578
53.13%
1,392
46.87%
186
6.26%
2,970
Buffalo
413
61.46%
259
38.54%
154
22.92%
672
Butte
2,689
76.26%
837
23.74%
1,852
52.52%
3,526
Campbell
1,536
90.14%
168
9.86%
1,368
80.28%
1,704
Charles Mix
3,316
54.31%
2,790
45.69%
526
8.61%
6,106
Clark
2,692
71.44%
1,076
28.56%
1,616
42.89%
3,768
Clay
3,302
70.05%
1,412
29.95%
1,890
40.09%
4,714
Codington
5,750
65.91%
2,974
34.09%
2,776
31.82%
8,724
Corson
1,757
69.01%
789
30.99%
968
38.02%
2,546
Custer
1,725
72.57%
652
27.43%
1,073
45.14%
2,377
Davison
4,774
59.67%
3,227
40.33%
1,547
19.34%
8,001
Day
3,648
60.81%
2,351
39.19%
1,297
21.62%
5,999
Deuel
2,279
72.17%
879
27.83%
1,400
44.33%
3,158
Dewey
1,301
66.34%
660
33.66%
641
32.69%
1,961
Douglas
2,103
79.93%
528
20.07%
1,575
59.86%
2,631
Edmunds
2,178
68.25%
1,013
31.75%
1,165
36.51%
3,191
Fall River
2,863
73.96%
1,008
26.04%
1,855
47.92%
3,871
Faulk
1,619
68.69%
738
31.31%
881
37.38%
2,357
Grant
3,234
68.31%
1,500
31.69%
1,734
36.63%
4,734
Gregory
2,463
64.22%
1,372
35.78%
1,091
28.45%
3,835
Haakon
1,176
74.81%
396
25.19%
780
49.62%
1,572
Hamlin
2,391
71.48%
954
28.52%
1,437
42.96%
3,345
Hand
2,262
70.71%
937
29.29%
1,325
41.42%
3,199
Hanson
1,320
63.07%
773
36.93%
547
26.13%
2,093
Harding
809
73.35%
294
26.65%
515
46.69%
1,103
Hughes
2,932
75.86%
933
24.14%
1,999
51.72%
3,865
Hutchinson
4,322
83.16%
875
16.84%
3,447
66.33%
5,197
Hyde
1,051
72.78%
393
27.22%
658
45.57%
1,444
Jackson
607
70.50%
254
29.50%
353
41.00%
861
Jerauld
1,520
69.19%
677
30.81%
843
38.37%
2,197
Jones
739
69.59%
323
30.41%
416
39.17%
1,062
Kingsbury
3,703
78.25%
1,029
21.75%
2,674
56.51%
4,732
Lake
4,020
73.28%
1,466
26.72%
2,554
46.55%
5,486
Lawrence
5,559
76.57%
1,701
23.43%
3,858
53.14%
7,260
Lincoln
4,387
78.35%
1,212
21.65%
3,175
56.71%
5,599
Lyman
1,561
70.09%
666
29.91%
895
40.19%
2,227
Marshall
2,248
66.45%
1,135
33.55%
1,113
32.90%
3,383
McCook
2,991
72.63%
1,127
27.37%
1,864
45.26%
4,118
McPherson
2,915
86.99%
436
13.01%
2,479
73.98%
3,351
Meade
3,109
69.98%
1,334
30.02%
1,775
39.95%
4,443
Mellette
787
69.40%
347
30.60%
440
38.80%
1,134
Miner
1,964
65.62%
1,029
34.38%
935
31.24%
2,993
Minnehaha
23,559
71.50%
9,390
28.50%
14,169
43.00%
32,949
Moody
2,728
71.47%
1,089
28.53%
1,639
42.94%
3,817
Pennington
11,029
71.16%
4,470
28.84%
6,559
42.32%
15,499
Perkins
2,160
71.78%
849
28.22%
1,311
43.57%
3,009
Potter
1,625
73.73%
579
26.27%
1,046
47.46%
2,204
Roberts
3,566
58.56%
2,524
41.44%
1,042
17.11%
6,090
Sanborn
1,761
66.05%
905
33.95%
856
32.11%
2,666
Shannon
957
55.29%
774
44.71%
183
10.57%
1,731
Spink
3,693
65.06%
1,983
34.94%
1,710
30.13%
5,676
Stanley
695
70.63%
289
29.37%
406
41.26%
984
Sully
860
70.96%
352
29.04%
508
41.91%
1,212
Todd
1,025
62.65%
611
37.35%
414
25.31%
1,636
Tripp
2,790
65.88%
1,445
34.12%
1,345
31.76%
4,235
Turner
4,604
82.39%
984
17.61%
3,620
64.78%
5,588
Union
3,393
67.35%
1,645
32.65%
1,748
34.70%
5,038
Walworth
2,369
65.24%
1,262
34.76%
1,107
30.49%
3,631
Washabaugh
319
68.45%
147
31.55%
172
36.91%
466
Yankton
4,802
68.39%
2,220
31.61%
2,582
36.77%
7,022
Ziebach
779
67.68%
372
32.32%
407
35.36%
1,151
Totals
203,857
69.27%
90,426
30.73%
113,431
38.54%
294,283
References
^ "United States Presidential election of 1952 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved July 25, 2017 .
^ "U.S. presidential election, 1952" . Facts on File. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013 . Eisenhower, born in Texas, considered a resident of New York, and headquartered at the time in Paris, finally decided to run for the Republican nomination
^ a b "1952 Presidential Election Results South Dakota" .
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016
^ "1952 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. 408-409 ISBN 0405077114