South Dakota — 1936 presidential election
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Akashicstate1936 presidential electionSouth Dakota · PresidentRooseveltD+11.5
How it voted
Share of the 1936 vote
| Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic | 54.0% | 160,137 |
|---|---|---|
| Alf LandonRepublican | 42.5% | 125,977 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.5% | 10,338 |
1936presidential margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 1936 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
South Dakota cast 4 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (66 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora County, SD | Democratic | D+24.3 |
| Beadle County, SD | Democratic | D+31.9 |
| Bennett County, SD | Democratic | D+20.5 |
| Bon Homme County, SD | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Brookings County, SD | Republican | R+10.1 |
| Brown County, SD | Democratic | D+33.4 |
| Brule County, SD | Democratic | D+39.0 |
| Buffalo County, SD | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Butte County, SD | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Campbell County, SD | Republican | R+24.7 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | Democratic | D+35.0 |
| Clark County, SD | Democratic | D+3.7 |
| Clay County, SD | Democratic | D+27.4 |
| Codington County, SD | Democratic | D+16.4 |
| Corson County, SD | Democratic | D+11.3 |
| Custer County, SD | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Davison County, SD | Democratic | D+31.7 |
| Day County, SD | Democratic | D+21.3 |
| Deuel County, SD | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Dewey County, SD | Democratic | D+8.9 |
| Douglas County, SD | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Edmunds County, SD | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Fall River County, SD | Democratic | D+1.3 |
| Faulk County, SD | Democratic | D+11.5 |
| Grant County, SD | Democratic | D+6.3 |
| Gregory County, SD | Democratic | D+16.2 |
| Haakon County, SD | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Republican | R+6.6 |
| Hand County, SD | Democratic | D+13.3 |
| Hanson County, SD | Democratic | D+16.2 |
| Harding County, SD | Democratic | D+21.3 |
| Hughes County, SD | Democratic | D+3.5 |
| Hutchinson County, SD | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Hyde County, SD | Republican | R+7.4 |
| Jackson County, SD | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Jerauld County, SD | Democratic | D+10.7 |
| Jones County, SD | Democratic | D+0.9 |
| Kingsbury County, SD | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Lake County, SD | Republican | R+11.0 |
| Lawrence County, SD | Republican | R+13.2 |
| Lincoln County, SD | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Lyman County, SD | Democratic | D+9.5 |
| Marshall County, SD | Democratic | D+32.9 |
| McCook County, SD | Democratic | D+8.6 |
| McPherson County, SD | Republican | R+10.4 |
| Meade County, SD | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Mellette County, SD | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Miner County, SD | Democratic | D+19.0 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Moody County, SD | Democratic | D+8.2 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Democratic | D+2.5 |
| Pennington County, SD | Democratic | D+10.7 |
| Perkins County, SD | Democratic | D+15.5 |
| Potter County, SD | Democratic | D+18.4 |
| Roberts County, SD | Democratic | D+31.7 |
| Sanborn County, SD | Democratic | D+23.3 |
| Spink County, SD | Democratic | D+25.4 |
| Stanley County, SD | Democratic | D+11.4 |
| Sully County, SD | Republican | R+20.2 |
| Todd County, SD | Democratic | D+35.3 |
| Tripp County, SD | Democratic | D+22.6 |
| Turner County, SD | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Union County, SD | Democratic | D+29.0 |
| Walworth County, SD | Democratic | D+21.6 |
| Yankton County, SD | Democratic | D+22.1 |
| Ziebach County, SD | Democratic | D+13.3 |
South Dakota results by county
66 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+719 | 1,80160.8% | 1,08236.5% | 802.7% | 2,963 |
| Beadle County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,878 | 5,84364.8% | 2,96532.9% | 2032.3% | 9,011 |
| Bennett County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+277 | 80759.8% | 53039.3% | 120.9% | 1,349 |
| Bon Homme County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+723 | 2,95955.8% | 2,23642.2% | 1042.0% | 5,299 |
| Brookings County | Alf Landon+738 | 3,16143.3% | 3,89953.4% | 2423.3% | 7,302 |
| Brown County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+4,672 | 9,17765.6% | 4,50532.2% | 3112.2% | 13,993 |
| Brule County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,292 | 2,27468.6% | 98229.6% | 611.8% | 3,317 |
| Buffalo County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+42 | 41051.6% | 36846.3% | 172.1% | 795 |
| Butte County | Alf Landon+6 | 1,51948.3% | 1,52548.5% | 1013.2% | 3,145 |
| Campbell County | Alf Landon+500 | 73636.3% | 1,23661.0% | 552.7% | 2,027 |
| Charles Mix County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,419 | 4,62867.0% | 2,20932.0% | 751.1% | 6,912 |
| Clark County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+153 | 2,03649.8% | 1,88346.1% | 1684.1% | 4,087 |
| Clay County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,378 | 3,07061.0% | 1,69233.6% | 2735.4% | 5,035 |
| Codington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,251 | 4,25655.9% | 3,00539.4% | 3594.7% | 7,620 |
| Corson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+373 | 1,78154.1% | 1,40842.7% | 1063.2% | 3,295 |
| Custer County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+154 | 1,51952.2% | 1,36546.9% | 281.0% | 2,912 |
| Davison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,473 | 4,98363.8% | 2,51032.2% | 3124.0% | 7,805 |
| Day County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,222 | 3,33558.2% | 2,11336.9% | 2814.9% | 5,729 |
| Deuel County | Alf Landon+155 | 1,44045.7% | 1,59550.6% | 1183.7% | 3,153 |
| Dewey County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+204 | 1,21653.2% | 1,01244.3% | 592.6% | 2,287 |
| Douglas County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+262 | 1,68053.0% | 1,41844.7% | 712.2% | 3,169 |
| Edmunds County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+212 | 2,03052.2% | 1,81846.8% | 401.0% | 3,888 |
| Fall River County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+51 | 1,92748.4% | 1,87647.1% | 1794.5% | 3,982 |
| Faulk County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+293 | 1,40455.0% | 1,11143.5% | 401.6% | 2,555 |
| Grant County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+254 | 2,10151.8% | 1,84745.5% | 1112.7% | 4,059 |
| Gregory County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+735 | 2,60357.3% | 1,86841.1% | 741.6% | 4,545 |
| Haakon County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+15 | 94848.5% | 93347.7% | 753.8% | 1,956 |
| Hamlin County | Alf Landon+235 | 1,62245.6% | 1,85752.3% | 752.1% | 3,554 |
| Hand County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+432 | 1,72153.2% | 1,28939.8% | 2277.0% | 3,237 |
| Hanson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+440 | 1,53056.5% | 1,09040.3% | 883.2% | 2,708 |
| Harding County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+295 | 81959.3% | 52437.9% | 392.8% | 1,382 |
| Hughes County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+115 | 1,66250.2% | 1,54746.7% | 1033.1% | 3,312 |
| Hutchinson County | Alf Landon+304 | 2,50043.1% | 2,80448.3% | 4978.6% | 5,801 |
| Hyde County | Alf Landon+112 | 68345.1% | 79552.5% | 362.4% | 1,514 |
| Jackson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+187 | 90654.4% | 71943.2% | 402.4% | 1,665 |
| Jerauld County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+268 | 1,34353.6% | 1,07542.9% | 863.4% | 2,504 |
| Jones County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+12 | 62049.1% | 60848.1% | 362.8% | 1,264 |
| Kingsbury County | Alf Landon+776 | 2,03740.1% | 2,81355.4% | 2264.5% | 5,076 |
| Lake County | Alf Landon+662 | 2,52041.9% | 3,18253.0% | 3075.1% | 6,009 |
| Lawrence County | Alf Landon+1,165 | 3,80943.0% | 4,97456.2% | 690.8% | 8,852 |
| Lincoln County | Alf Landon+377 | 2,54142.2% | 2,91848.4% | 5679.4% | 6,026 |
| Lyman County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+231 | 1,32154.1% | 1,09044.7% | 291.2% | 2,440 |
| Marshall County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,115 | 2,22065.5% | 1,10532.6% | 621.8% | 3,387 |
| McCook County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+419 | 2,53652.3% | 2,11743.6% | 1984.1% | 4,851 |
| McPherson County | Alf Landon+365 | 1,55644.4% | 1,92154.8% | 280.8% | 3,505 |
| Meade County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+240 | 2,30449.9% | 2,06444.7% | 2485.4% | 4,616 |
| Mellette County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+97 | 80852.9% | 71146.6% | 80.5% | 1,527 |
| Miner County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+674 | 2,05157.7% | 1,37738.8% | 1243.5% | 3,552 |
| Minnehaha County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+756 | 13,17449.7% | 12,41846.8% | 9163.5% | 26,508 |
| Moody County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+374 | 2,36651.9% | 1,99243.7% | 2024.4% | 4,560 |
| Oglala Lakota County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+43 | 86850.2% | 82547.7% | 352.0% | 1,728 |
| Pennington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,115 | 5,55753.3% | 4,44242.6% | 4294.1% | 10,428 |
| Perkins County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+532 | 1,94056.6% | 1,40841.1% | 772.2% | 3,425 |
| Potter County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+424 | 1,33858.0% | 91439.6% | 542.3% | 2,306 |
| Roberts County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,886 | 3,82064.2% | 1,93432.5% | 1973.3% | 5,951 |
| Sanborn County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+745 | 1,91959.9% | 1,17436.6% | 1113.5% | 3,204 |
| Spink County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,491 | 3,56960.8% | 2,07835.4% | 2243.8% | 5,871 |
| Stanley County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+134 | 62953.5% | 49542.1% | 524.4% | 1,176 |
| Sully County | Alf Landon+230 | 43738.4% | 66758.6% | 343.0% | 1,138 |
| Todd County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+694 | 1,31867.0% | 62431.7% | 241.2% | 1,966 |
| Tripp County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,015 | 2,70860.4% | 1,69337.7% | 841.9% | 4,485 |
| Turner County | Alf Landon+291 | 2,92344.8% | 3,21449.2% | 3896.0% | 6,526 |
| Union County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,675 | 3,52060.8% | 1,84531.9% | 4207.3% | 5,785 |
| Walworth County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+792 | 2,21260.3% | 1,42038.7% | 340.9% | 3,666 |
| Yankton County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,647 | 4,34958.5% | 2,70236.3% | 3875.2% | 7,438 |
| Ziebach County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+176 | 73755.9% | 56142.5% | 211.6% | 1,319 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Alf Landon (R)
South Dakota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1936 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −36.5% |
| 1896 | +0.2% |
| 1900 | −15.6% |
| 1904 | −49.4% |
| 1908 | −23.8% |
| 1912 | +42.1% |
| 1916 | −3.9% |
| 1920 | −41.0% |
| 1924 | −36.3% |
| 1928 | −21.0% |
| 1932 | +29.2% |
| 1936 | +11.5% |
| 1940 | −14.8% |
| 1944 | −16.7% |
| 1948 | −4.8% |
| 1952 | −38.5% |
| 1956 | −16.8% |
| 1960 | −16.4% |
| 1964 | +11.2% |
| 1968 | −11.3% |
| 1972 | −8.6% |
| 1976 | −1.5% |
| 1980 | −28.8% |
| 1984 | −26.5% |
| 1988 | −6.3% |
| 1992 | −3.5% |
| 1996 | −3.5% |
| 2000 | −22.7% |
| 2004 | −21.3% |
| 2008 | −8.4% |
| 2012 | −18.0% |
| 2016 | −29.8% |
| 2020 | −26.2% |
| 2024 | −29.2% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1936 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.