See main article: article and 1936 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1936 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| Country: | South Dakota |
| Flag Year: | 1909 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1932 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| Previous Year: | 1932 |
| Next Election: | 1940 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| Next Year: | 1940 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1936 |
| Image1: | FDR in 1933 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | John Nance Garner |
| Electoral Vote1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 160,137 |
| Percentage1: | 54.02% |
| Nominee2: | Alf Landon |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Kansas |
| Running Mate2: | Frank Knox |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 125,977 |
| Percentage2: | 42.49% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Before Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
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.
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%., 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| 1936 South Dakota Republican Primary - Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | ||||||||
| 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 | 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 | ||||||||||