South Dakota — 1952 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1952 presidential electionSouth Dakota · PresidentEisenhowerR+38.5
How it voted
Share of the 1952 vote
| Dwight D. Eisenhower ✓Republican | 69.3% | 203,857 |
|---|---|---|
| Adlai StevensonDemocratic | 30.7% | 90,426 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1952presidential margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 1952 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 | Republican | R+18.8 |
| Beadle County, SD | Republican | R+30.7 |
| Bennett County, SD | Republican | R+25.7 |
| Bon Homme County, SD | Republican | R+31.1 |
| Brookings County, SD | Republican | R+52.6 |
| Brown County, SD | Republican | R+21.9 |
| Brule County, SD | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Buffalo County, SD | Republican | R+22.9 |
| Butte County, SD | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Campbell County, SD | Republican | R+80.3 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Clark County, SD | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Clay County, SD | Republican | R+40.1 |
| Codington County, SD | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Corson County, SD | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Custer County, SD | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Davison County, SD | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Day County, SD | Republican | R+21.6 |
| Deuel County, SD | Republican | R+44.3 |
| Dewey County, SD | Republican | R+32.6 |
| Douglas County, SD | Republican | R+59.9 |
| Edmunds County, SD | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Fall River County, SD | Republican | R+47.9 |
| Faulk County, SD | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Grant County, SD | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Gregory County, SD | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Haakon County, SD | Republican | R+49.6 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Hand County, SD | Republican | R+41.4 |
| Hanson County, SD | Republican | R+26.1 |
| Harding County, SD | Republican | R+46.7 |
| Hughes County, SD | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Hutchinson County, SD | Republican | R+66.3 |
| Hyde County, SD | Republican | R+45.6 |
| Jackson County, SD | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Jerauld County, SD | Republican | R+38.4 |
| Jones County, SD | Republican | R+39.2 |
| Kingsbury County, SD | Republican | R+56.5 |
| Lake County, SD | Republican | R+46.6 |
| Lawrence County, SD | Republican | R+53.1 |
| Lincoln County, SD | Republican | R+56.7 |
| Lyman County, SD | Republican | R+40.2 |
| Marshall County, SD | Republican | R+32.9 |
| McCook County, SD | Republican | R+45.3 |
| McPherson County, SD | Republican | R+74.0 |
| Meade County, SD | Republican | R+40.0 |
| Mellette County, SD | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Miner County, SD | Republican | R+31.2 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Moody County, SD | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Pennington County, SD | Republican | R+42.3 |
| Perkins County, SD | Republican | R+43.6 |
| Potter County, SD | Republican | R+47.5 |
| Roberts County, SD | Republican | R+17.1 |
| Sanborn County, SD | Republican | R+32.1 |
| Spink County, SD | Republican | R+30.1 |
| Stanley County, SD | Republican | R+41.3 |
| Sully County, SD | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Todd County, SD | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Tripp County, SD | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Turner County, SD | Republican | R+64.8 |
| Union County, SD | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Walworth County, SD | Republican | R+30.5 |
| Yankton County, SD | Republican | R+36.8 |
| Ziebach County, SD | Republican | R+35.4 |
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 | Dwight D. Eisenhower+461 | 1,45859.4% | 99740.6% | 00.0% | 2,455 |
| Beadle County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,044 | 6,48765.3% | 3,44334.7% | 00.0% | 9,930 |
| Bennett County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+357 | 87362.9% | 51637.1% | 00.0% | 1,389 |
| Bon Homme County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,499 | 3,15765.6% | 1,65834.4% | 00.0% | 4,815 |
| Brookings County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+4,127 | 5,98876.3% | 1,86123.7% | 00.0% | 7,849 |
| Brown County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,441 | 9,58160.9% | 6,14039.1% | 00.0% | 15,721 |
| Brule County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+186 | 1,57853.1% | 1,39246.9% | 00.0% | 2,970 |
| Buffalo County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+154 | 41361.5% | 25938.5% | 00.0% | 672 |
| Butte County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,852 | 2,68976.3% | 83723.7% | 00.0% | 3,526 |
| Campbell County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,368 | 1,53690.1% | 1689.9% | 00.0% | 1,704 |
| Charles Mix County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+526 | 3,31654.3% | 2,79045.7% | 00.0% | 6,106 |
| Clark County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,616 | 2,69271.4% | 1,07628.6% | 00.0% | 3,768 |
| Clay County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,890 | 3,30270.0% | 1,41230.0% | 00.0% | 4,714 |
| Codington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,776 | 5,75065.9% | 2,97434.1% | 00.0% | 8,724 |
| Corson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+968 | 1,75769.0% | 78931.0% | 00.0% | 2,546 |
| Custer County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,073 | 1,72572.6% | 65227.4% | 00.0% | 2,377 |
| Davison County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,547 | 4,77459.7% | 3,22740.3% | 00.0% | 8,001 |
| Day County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,297 | 3,64860.8% | 2,35139.2% | 00.0% | 5,999 |
| Deuel County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,400 | 2,27972.2% | 87927.8% | 00.0% | 3,158 |
| Dewey County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+642 | 1,30766.3% | 66533.7% | 00.0% | 1,972 |
| Douglas County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,575 | 2,10379.9% | 52820.1% | 00.0% | 2,631 |
| Edmunds County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,165 | 2,17868.3% | 1,01331.7% | 00.0% | 3,191 |
| Fall River County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,855 | 2,86374.0% | 1,00826.0% | 00.0% | 3,871 |
| Faulk County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+881 | 1,61968.7% | 73831.3% | 00.0% | 2,357 |
| Grant County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,734 | 3,23468.3% | 1,50031.7% | 00.0% | 4,734 |
| Gregory County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,091 | 2,46364.2% | 1,37235.8% | 00.0% | 3,835 |
| Haakon County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+780 | 1,17674.8% | 39625.2% | 00.0% | 1,572 |
| Hamlin County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,437 | 2,39171.5% | 95428.5% | 00.0% | 3,345 |
| Hand County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,325 | 2,26270.7% | 93729.3% | 00.0% | 3,199 |
| Hanson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+547 | 1,32063.1% | 77336.9% | 00.0% | 2,093 |
| Harding County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+515 | 80973.3% | 29426.7% | 00.0% | 1,103 |
| Hughes County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,999 | 2,93275.9% | 93324.1% | 00.0% | 3,865 |
| Hutchinson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,447 | 4,32283.2% | 87516.8% | 00.0% | 5,197 |
| Hyde County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+658 | 1,05172.8% | 39327.2% | 00.0% | 1,444 |
| Jackson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+525 | 92669.8% | 40130.2% | 00.0% | 1,327 |
| Jerauld County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+843 | 1,52069.2% | 67730.8% | 00.0% | 2,197 |
| Jones County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+416 | 73969.6% | 32330.4% | 00.0% | 1,062 |
| Kingsbury County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,674 | 3,70378.3% | 1,02921.7% | 00.0% | 4,732 |
| Lake County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,554 | 4,02073.3% | 1,46626.7% | 00.0% | 5,486 |
| Lawrence County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,858 | 5,55976.6% | 1,70123.4% | 00.0% | 7,260 |
| Lincoln County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,175 | 4,38778.4% | 1,21221.6% | 00.0% | 5,599 |
| Lyman County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+895 | 1,56170.1% | 66629.9% | 00.0% | 2,227 |
| Marshall County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,113 | 2,24866.4% | 1,13533.6% | 00.0% | 3,383 |
| McCook County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,864 | 2,99172.6% | 1,12727.4% | 00.0% | 4,118 |
| McPherson County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,479 | 2,91587.0% | 43613.0% | 00.0% | 3,351 |
| Meade County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,775 | 3,10970.0% | 1,33430.0% | 00.0% | 4,443 |
| Mellette County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+440 | 78769.4% | 34730.6% | 00.0% | 1,134 |
| Miner County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+935 | 1,96465.6% | 1,02934.4% | 00.0% | 2,993 |
| Minnehaha County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+14,169 | 23,55971.5% | 9,39028.5% | 00.0% | 32,949 |
| Moody County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,639 | 2,72871.5% | 1,08928.5% | 00.0% | 3,817 |
| Oglala Lakota County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+183 | 95755.3% | 77444.7% | 00.0% | 1,731 |
| Pennington County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+6,559 | 11,02971.2% | 4,47028.8% | 00.0% | 15,499 |
| Perkins County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,311 | 2,16071.8% | 84928.2% | 00.0% | 3,009 |
| Potter County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,046 | 1,62573.7% | 57926.3% | 00.0% | 2,204 |
| Roberts County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,042 | 3,56658.6% | 2,52441.4% | 00.0% | 6,090 |
| Sanborn County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+856 | 1,76166.1% | 90533.9% | 00.0% | 2,666 |
| Spink County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,710 | 3,69365.1% | 1,98334.9% | 00.0% | 5,676 |
| Stanley County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+406 | 69570.6% | 28929.4% | 00.0% | 984 |
| Sully County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+508 | 86071.0% | 35229.0% | 00.0% | 1,212 |
| Todd County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+414 | 1,02562.7% | 61137.3% | 00.0% | 1,636 |
| Tripp County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,345 | 2,79065.9% | 1,44534.1% | 00.0% | 4,235 |
| Turner County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+3,620 | 4,60482.4% | 98417.6% | 00.0% | 5,588 |
| Union County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,748 | 3,39367.3% | 1,64532.7% | 00.0% | 5,038 |
| Walworth County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+1,107 | 2,36965.2% | 1,26234.8% | 00.0% | 3,631 |
| Yankton County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+2,582 | 4,80268.4% | 2,22031.6% | 00.0% | 7,022 |
| Ziebach County | Dwight D. Eisenhower+407 | 77967.7% | 37232.3% | 00.0% | 1,151 |
Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
South Dakota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1952 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 — 1952 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.