1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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  1972 November 2, 1976 1980  
  Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
Nominee Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Michigan Georgia
Running mate Bob Dole Walter Mondale
Electoral vote40
Popular vote151,505147,068
Percentage50.39%48.91%

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County Results

President before election

Gerald Ford
Republican

Elected President

Jimmy Carter
Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Incumbent President Gerald Ford won the state of South Dakota, defeating Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter by a slim margin of 1.48%. [1] Ford won all four of the state's electoral votes, but lost the national election to Carter.

Contents

South Dakota weighed in as 4 points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Codington County, Edmunds County, Faulk County, Gregory County, and McCook County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [2] This is also the last time a Democrat won any of South Dakota's congressional districts, namely the 1st, as both it and the 2nd would be eliminated after the 1980 census.

Results

Presidential Candidate Running Mate PartyElectoral Vote (EV)Popular Vote (PV)
Gerald Ford of Michigan Bob Dole Republican 4151,50550.39%
Jimmy Carter Walter Mondale Democratic 0147,06848.91%
Roger MacBride David Bergland Independent 01,6190.54%
Gus Hall Jarvis Tyner Independent03180.11%
Peter Camejo Willie Mae Reid Independent01680.06%

Results by county

County [3] Gerald Ford
Republican
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Roger MacBride
Independent
Gus Hall
Independent
Peter Camejo
Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Aurora 83139.40%1,26960.17%40.19%50.24%00.00%-438-20.77%2,109
Beadle 4,75849.22%4,84650.13%380.39%180.19%60.06%-88-0.91%9,666
Bennett 61054.91%48143.29%151.35%10.09%40.36%12911.62%1,111
Bon Homme 1,89746.58%2,15452.88%120.29%100.25%00.00%-257-6.30%4,073
Brookings 5,27852.64%4,68546.73%400.40%140.14%90.09%5935.91%10,026
Brown 7,60945.75%8,88853.44%910.55%290.17%160.10%-1,279-7.69%16,633
Brule 1,17543.15%1,53456.33%60.22%50.18%30.11%-359-13.18%2,723
Buffalo 19444.70%24055.30%00.00%00.00%00.00%-46-10.60%434
Butte 2,05559.19%1,36639.34%431.24%60.17%20.06%68919.85%3,472
Campbell 89764.49%48935.15%30.22%20.14%00.00%40829.34%1,391
Charles Mix 1,77940.49%2,59359.01%120.27%90.20%10.02%-814-18.52%4,394
Clark 1,44951.06%1,37648.48%70.25%40.14%20.07%732.58%2,838
Clay 2,64749.93%2,59348.92%410.77%110.21%90.17%541.01%5,301
Codington 4,50448.89%4,68050.80%190.21%70.08%30.03%-176-1.91%9,213
Corson 84646.41%96753.04%90.49%10.05%00.00%-121-6.63%1,823
Custer 1,37357.09%99541.37%341.41%20.08%10.04%37815.72%2,405
Davison 3,68844.71%4,51054.68%350.42%130.16%20.02%-822-9.97%8,248
Day 1,61737.98%2,61061.31%160.38%100.23%40.09%-993-23.33%4,257
Deuel 1,17744.38%1,46555.24%60.23%20.08%20.08%-288-10.86%2,652
Dewey 82053.46%70646.02%70.46%10.07%00.00%1147.44%1,534
Douglas 1,31557.30%97542.48%40.17%10.04%00.00%34014.82%2,295
Edmunds 1,29444.13%1,62955.56%30.10%60.20%00.00%-335-11.43%2,932
Fall River 2,04656.60%1,53742.52%280.77%30.08%10.03%50914.08%3,615
Faulk 86844.81%1,06354.88%40.21%20.10%00.00%-195-10.07%1,937
Grant 2,05145.95%2,39853.72%110.25%30.07%10.02%-347-7.77%4,464
Gregory 1,47546.90%1,65852.72%120.38%00.00%00.00%-183-5.82%3,145
Haakon 81261.89%47736.36%201.52%20.15%10.08%33525.53%1,312
Hamlin 1,45250.66%1,40248.92%80.28%30.10%10.03%501.74%2,866
Hand 1,51050.43%1,47749.33%30.10%30.10%10.03%331.10%2,994
Hanson 69340.60%1,00558.88%50.29%40.23%00.00%-312-18.28%1,707
Harding 47049.74%45948.57%161.69%00.00%00.00%111.17%945
Hughes 3,99761.15%2,50638.34%170.26%70.11%90.14%1,49122.81%6,536
Hutchinson 2,82257.52%2,06242.03%140.29%70.14%10.02%76015.49%4,906
Hyde 68754.39%57245.29%20.16%10.08%10.08%1159.10%1,263
Jackson 53261.50%31336.18%161.85%20.23%20.23%21925.32%865
Jerauld 82149.19%84550.63%20.12%10.06%00.00%-24-1.44%1,669
Jones 51557.87%37442.02%10.11%00.00%00.00%14115.85%890
Kingsbury 1,84450.98%1,76248.71%110.30%00.00%00.00%822.27%3,617
Lake 2,53046.20%2,93053.51%100.18%50.09%10.02%-400-7.31%5,476
Lawrence 4,20656.46%3,10241.64%1291.73%90.12%30.04%1,10414.82%7,449
Lincoln 3,10551.04%2,95748.60%190.31%10.02%20.03%1482.44%6,084
Lyman 89251.29%83147.79%130.75%10.06%20.12%613.50%1,739
Marshall 1,23341.56%1,72158.00%110.37%20.07%00.00%-488-16.44%2,967
McCook 1,74448.74%1,82250.92%110.31%10.03%00.00%-78-2.18%3,578
McPherson 1,66270.22%69329.28%60.25%60.25%00.00%96940.94%2,367
Meade 3,09654.41%2,47843.55%1061.86%20.04%80.14%61810.86%5,690
Mellette 50853.53%42945.21%101.05%20.21%00.00%798.32%949
Miner 83939.21%1,28960.23%90.42%10.05%20.09%-450-21.02%2,140
Minnehaha 23,28651.12%22,06848.44%1510.33%260.06%250.05%1,2182.68%45,556
Moody 1,47543.03%1,94256.65%80.23%20.06%10.03%-467-13.62%3,428
Pennington 13,35256.34%10,05842.44%2731.15%50.02%110.05%3,29413.90%23,699
Perkins 1,29850.08%1,26248.69%291.12%10.04%20.08%361.39%2,592
Potter 1,13655.36%90844.25%60.29%10.05%10.05%22811.11%2,052
Roberts 1,91539.73%2,89059.96%90.19%40.08%20.04%-975-20.23%4,820
Sanborn 88146.08%1,02553.61%50.26%10.05%00.00%-144-7.53%1,912
Shannon 30127.84%75669.94%171.57%50.46%20.19%-455-42.10%1,081
Spink 2,00342.81%2,65056.64%170.36%60.13%30.06%-647-13.83%4,679
Stanley 63753.57%54846.09%30.25%10.08%00.00%897.48%1,189
Sully 63055.31%50544.34%40.35%00.00%00.00%12510.97%1,139
Todd 58340.66%82657.60%171.19%40.28%40.28%-243-16.94%1,434
Tripp 1,98051.87%1,82247.73%80.21%50.13%20.05%1584.14%3,817
Turner 2,69458.34%1,90641.27%160.35%20.04%00.00%78817.07%4,618
Union 2,29747.26%2,54052.26%210.43%20.04%00.00%-243-5.00%4,860
Walworth 2,18758.66%1,51640.67%190.51%40.11%20.05%67117.99%3,728
Washabaugh 22943.54%27652.47%173.23%40.76%00.00%-47-8.93%526
Yankton 4,02949.82%3,98749.30%490.61%160.20%60.07%420.52%8,087
Ziebach 36948.49%37048.62%151.97%50.66%20.26%-1-0.13%761
Totals151,50550.39%147,06848.91%1,6190.54%3180.11%1680.06%4,4371.48%300,678

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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