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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
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 |
47.04% |
2,801 |
1.12% |
11,998 |
4.80% |
250,105
|
References