The 1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 3, 1936, as part of the 1936 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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South Dakota voted for the Democratic candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt over Republican candidate Alf Landon. Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 11.53%. As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion when the following counties have voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate: Douglas, Fall River, Haakon, Harding, Hughes and Perkins.[1]
Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, held on May 5, 1936.[2]
1936 South Dakota Democratic Primary - Results | |||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | 48,262 | 100.00% | 8 |
Total | 48,262 | 100.00% | 8 |
U.S. Senator William Borah from Idaho and former South Dakota Governor Warren E. Green (leading a "No Preference" delegate list) faced off in the Republican primary, held on May 5, 1936.[2]
1936 South Dakota Republican Primary - Results | |||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
Warren E. Green/No Preference | 44,518 | 50.14% | 8 |
William Borah | 44,261 | 49.86% | 0 |
Total | 88,779 | 100.00% | 8 |
The general election was held on November 3, 1936. Armstrong County did not participate.
1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota[3] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | John Nance Garner | 160,137 | 54.02% | 4 | |
Republican | Alf Landon | Frank Knox | 125,977 | 42.49% | 0 | |
Independent | William Lemke | Thomas C. O'Brien | 10,338 | 3.49% | 0 | |
Total | 296,452 | 100.0% | 4 |
County[4] | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Alfred Mossmann Landon Republican |
William Frederick Lemke Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Aurora | 1,801 | 60.78% | 1,082 | 36.52% | 80 | 2.70% | 719 | 24.27% | 2,963 |
Beadle | 5,843 | 64.84% | 2,965 | 32.90% | 203 | 2.25% | 2,878 | 31.94% | 9,011 |
Bennett | 807 | 59.82% | 530 | 39.29% | 12 | 0.89% | 277 | 20.53% | 1,349 |
Bon Homme | 2,959 | 55.84% | 2,236 | 42.20% | 104 | 1.96% | 723 | 13.64% | 5,299 |
Brookings | 3,161 | 43.29% | 3,899 | 53.40% | 242 | 3.31% | -738 | -10.11% | 7,302 |
Brown | 9,177 | 65.58% | 4,505 | 32.19% | 311 | 2.22% | 4,672 | 33.39% | 13,993 |
Brule | 2,274 | 68.56% | 982 | 29.61% | 61 | 1.84% | 1,292 | 38.95% | 3,317 |
Buffalo | 410 | 51.57% | 368 | 46.29% | 17 | 2.14% | 42 | 5.28% | 795 |
Butte | 1,519 | 48.30% | 1,525 | 48.49% | 101 | 3.21% | -6 | -0.19% | 3,145 |
Campbell | 736 | 36.31% | 1,236 | 60.98% | 55 | 2.71% | -500 | -24.67% | 2,027 |
Charles Mix | 4,628 | 66.96% | 2,209 | 31.96% | 75 | 1.09% | 2,419 | 35.00% | 6,912 |
Clark | 2,036 | 49.82% | 1,883 | 46.07% | 168 | 4.11% | 153 | 3.74% | 4,087 |
Clay | 3,070 | 60.97% | 1,692 | 33.60% | 273 | 5.42% | 1,378 | 27.37% | 5,035 |
Codington | 4,256 | 55.85% | 3,005 | 39.44% | 359 | 4.71% | 1,251 | 16.42% | 7,620 |
Corson | 1,781 | 54.05% | 1,408 | 42.73% | 106 | 3.22% | 373 | 11.32% | 3,295 |
Custer | 1,519 | 52.16% | 1,365 | 46.88% | 28 | 0.96% | 154 | 5.29% | 2,912 |
Davison | 4,983 | 63.84% | 2,510 | 32.16% | 312 | 4.00% | 2,473 | 31.68% | 7,805 |
Day | 3,335 | 58.21% | 2,113 | 36.88% | 281 | 4.90% | 1,222 | 21.33% | 5,729 |
Deuel | 1,440 | 45.67% | 1,595 | 50.59% | 118 | 3.74% | -155 | -4.92% | 3,153 |
Dewey | 1,216 | 53.17% | 1,012 | 44.25% | 59 | 2.58% | 204 | 8.92% | 2,287 |
Douglas | 1,680 | 53.01% | 1,418 | 44.75% | 71 | 2.24% | 262 | 8.27% | 3,169 |
Edmunds | 2,030 | 52.21% | 1,818 | 46.76% | 40 | 1.03% | 212 | 5.45% | 3,888 |
Fall River | 1,927 | 48.39% | 1,876 | 47.11% | 179 | 4.50% | 51 | 1.28% | 3,982 |
Faulk | 1,404 | 54.95% | 1,111 | 43.48% | 40 | 1.57% | 293 | 11.47% | 2,555 |
Grant | 2,101 | 51.76% | 1,847 | 45.50% | 111 | 2.73% | 254 | 6.26% | 4,059 |
Gregory | 2,603 | 57.27% | 1,868 | 41.10% | 74 | 1.63% | 735 | 16.17% | 4,545 |
Haakon | 948 | 48.47% | 933 | 47.70% | 75 | 3.83% | 15 | 0.77% | 1,956 |
Hamlin | 1,622 | 45.64% | 1,857 | 52.25% | 75 | 2.11% | -235 | -6.61% | 3,554 |
Hand | 1,721 | 53.17% | 1,289 | 39.82% | 227 | 7.01% | 432 | 13.35% | 3,237 |
Hanson | 1,530 | 56.50% | 1,090 | 40.25% | 88 | 3.25% | 440 | 16.25% | 2,708 |
Harding | 819 | 59.26% | 524 | 37.92% | 39 | 2.82% | 295 | 21.35% | 1,382 |
Hughes | 1,662 | 50.18% | 1,547 | 46.71% | 103 | 3.11% | 115 | 3.47% | 3,312 |
Hutchinson | 2,500 | 43.10% | 2,804 | 48.34% | 497 | 8.57% | -304 | -5.24% | 5,801 |
Hyde | 683 | 45.11% | 795 | 52.51% | 36 | 2.38% | -112 | -7.40% | 1,514 |
Jackson | 593 | 53.71% | 481 | 43.57% | 30 | 2.72% | 112 | 10.14% | 1,104 |
Jerauld | 1,343 | 53.63% | 1,075 | 42.93% | 86 | 3.43% | 268 | 10.70% | 2,504 |
Jones | 620 | 49.05% | 608 | 48.10% | 36 | 2.85% | 12 | 0.95% | 1,264 |
Kingsbury | 2,037 | 40.13% | 2,813 | 55.42% | 226 | 4.45% | -776 | -15.29% | 5,076 |
Lake | 2,520 | 41.94% | 3,182 | 52.95% | 307 | 5.11% | -662 | -11.02% | 6,009 |
Lawrence | 3,809 | 43.03% | 4,974 | 56.19% | 69 | 0.78% | -1,165 | -13.16% | 8,852 |
Lincoln | 2,541 | 42.17% | 2,918 | 48.42% | 567 | 9.41% | -377 | -6.26% | 6,026 |
Lyman | 1,321 | 54.14% | 1,090 | 44.67% | 29 | 1.19% | 231 | 9.47% | 2,440 |
Marshall | 2,220 | 65.54% | 1,105 | 32.62% | 62 | 1.83% | 1,115 | 32.92% | 3,387 |
McCook | 2,536 | 52.28% | 2,117 | 43.64% | 198 | 4.08% | 419 | 8.64% | 4,851 |
McPherson | 1,556 | 44.39% | 1,921 | 54.81% | 28 | 0.80% | -365 | -10.41% | 3,505 |
Meade | 2,304 | 49.91% | 2,064 | 44.71% | 248 | 5.37% | 240 | 5.20% | 4,616 |
Mellette | 808 | 52.91% | 711 | 46.56% | 8 | 0.52% | 97 | 6.35% | 1,527 |
Miner | 2,051 | 57.74% | 1,377 | 38.77% | 124 | 3.49% | 674 | 18.98% | 3,552 |
Minnehaha | 13,174 | 49.70% | 12,418 | 46.85% | 916 | 3.46% | 756 | 2.85% | 26,508 |
Moody | 2,366 | 51.89% | 1,992 | 43.68% | 202 | 4.43% | 374 | 8.20% | 4,560 |
Pennington | 5,557 | 53.29% | 4,442 | 42.60% | 429 | 4.11% | 1,115 | 10.69% | 10,428 |
Perkins | 1,940 | 56.64% | 1,408 | 41.11% | 77 | 2.25% | 532 | 15.53% | 3,425 |
Potter | 1,338 | 58.02% | 914 | 39.64% | 54 | 2.34% | 424 | 18.39% | 2,306 |
Roberts | 3,820 | 64.19% | 1,934 | 32.50% | 197 | 3.31% | 1,886 | 31.69% | 5,951 |
Sanborn | 1,919 | 59.89% | 1,174 | 36.64% | 111 | 3.46% | 745 | 23.25% | 3,204 |
Shannon | 634 | 47.46% | 667 | 49.93% | 35 | 2.62% | -33 | -2.47% | 1,336 |
Spink | 3,569 | 60.79% | 2,078 | 35.39% | 224 | 3.82% | 1,491 | 25.40% | 5,871 |
Stanley | 629 | 53.49% | 495 | 42.09% | 52 | 4.42% | 134 | 11.39% | 1,176 |
Sully | 437 | 38.40% | 667 | 58.61% | 34 | 2.99% | -230 | -20.21% | 1,138 |
Todd | 1,318 | 67.04% | 624 | 31.74% | 24 | 1.22% | 694 | 35.30% | 1,966 |
Tripp | 2,708 | 60.38% | 1,693 | 37.75% | 84 | 1.87% | 1,015 | 22.63% | 4,485 |
Turner | 2,923 | 44.79% | 3,214 | 49.25% | 389 | 5.96% | -291 | -4.46% | 6,526 |
Union | 3,520 | 60.85% | 1,845 | 31.89% | 420 | 7.26% | 1,675 | 28.95% | 5,785 |
Walworth | 2,212 | 60.34% | 1,420 | 38.73% | 34 | 0.93% | 792 | 21.60% | 3,666 |
Washabaugh | 313 | 55.79% | 238 | 42.42% | 10 | 1.78% | 75 | 13.37% | 561 |
Washington | 234 | 59.69% | 158 | 40.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 76 | 19.39% | 392 |
Yankton | 4,349 | 58.47% | 2,702 | 36.33% | 387 | 5.20% | 1,647 | 22.14% | 7,438 |
Ziebach | 737 | 55.46% | 561 | 42.21% | 31 | 2.33% | 176 | 13.24% | 1,329 |
Armstrong[a] | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 |
Totals | 160,137 | 54.02% | 125,977 | 42.49% | 10,348 | 3.49% | 34,160 | 11.52% | 296,462 |