1968 United States presidential election in South Dakota explained

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Election Name:1968 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Country:South Dakota
Flag Year:1963
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1964 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Previous Year:1964
Next Election:1972 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Next Year:1972
Election Date:November 5, 1968[1]
Image1:Nixon_30-0316a_(cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Richard Nixon
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:New York
Running Mate1:Spiro Agnew
Electoral Vote1:4
Popular Vote1:149,841
Percentage1:53.27%
Nominee2:Hubert Humphrey
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:Minnesota
Running Mate2:Edmund Muskie
Electoral Vote2:0
Popular Vote2:118,023
Percentage2:41.96%
President
Before Election:Lyndon B. Johnson
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Richard Nixon
After Party:Republican Party (United States)
Map Size:350px

The 1968 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Dakota was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (R–New York), with 53.27 percent of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (DMinnesota), with 41.96 percent of the popular vote. Independent candidate George Wallace would carry five Southern states, but finished with a mere 4.76 percent of South Dakota's popular vote.[3] [4] Although the West River region of South Dakota possessed powerful racial conflicts akin to Wallace's native South – although between Whites and Native Americans rather than between Whites and Blacks – significant anti-Southern feeling amongst its Yankee descendants limited Wallace's appeal even there,[5] and in the East River with fewer Native Americans and a strong Scandinavian-American influence,[6] Wallace possessed generally insignificant appeal. Although he performed reasonably in some West River counties, within the more populous East River Wallace cracked half his national percentage (6.75%) only in Hyde and Sully Counties. Consequently, South Dakota proved Wallace's eighth-weakest state nationally.

Results

Results by county

County[7] Richard Nixon
Republican
Hubert Humphrey
Democratic
George Wallace
Independent
MarginTotal votes cast
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Aurora1,04346.71%1,06047.47%1305.82%-17-0.76%2,233
Beadle4,21442.66%5,35754.23%3073.11%-1,143-11.57%9,878
Bennett66553.93%45737.06%1119.00%20816.87%1,233
Bon Homme2,41155.01%1,77340.45%1994.54%63814.56%4,383
Brookings4,67457.84%3,20239.62%2052.54%1,47218.22%8,081
Brown6,68545.95%7,30250.20%5603.85%-617-4.25%14,547
Brule1,23743.94%1,42550.62%1535.44%-188-6.68%2,815
Buffalo26147.11%26547.83%285.05%-4-0.72%554
Butte2,09063.28%1,01730.79%1965.93%1,07332.49%3,303
Campbell1,21679.27%24515.97%734.76%97163.30%1,534
Charles Mix2,09344.77%2,36950.67%2134.56%-276-5.90%4,675
Clark1,59652.50%1,32543.59%1193.91%2718.91%3,040
Clay2,24951.28%2,00645.74%1312.99%2435.54%4,386
Codington3,92946.49%4,23550.11%2883.41%-306-3.62%8,452
Corson1,10855.15%82140.87%803.98%28714.28%2,009
Custer1,14355.38%72735.22%1949.40%41620.16%2,064
Davison3,86950.12%3,58546.44%2653.43%2843.68%7,719
Day2,06243.81%2,46352.33%1823.87%-401-8.52%4,707
Deuel1,39853.26%1,07640.99%1515.75%32212.27%2,625
Dewey94152.72%72140.39%1236.89%22012.33%1,785
Douglas1,61370.68%59225.94%773.37%1,02144.74%2,282
Edmunds1,53452.18%1,22541.67%1816.16%30910.51%2,940
Fall River1,84359.57%96531.19%2869.24%87828.38%3,094
Faulk99749.48%81940.65%1999.88%1788.83%2,015
Grant2,25951.81%1,89043.35%2114.84%3698.46%4,360
Gregory1,81054.40%1,26638.05%2517.54%54416.35%3,327
Haakon75960.96%37730.28%1098.76%38230.68%1,245
Hamlin1,64956.36%1,14939.27%1284.37%50017.09%2,926
Hand1,65054.78%1,13637.72%2267.50%51417.06%3,012
Hanson90150.08%82645.91%724.00%754.17%1,799
Harding56463.02%26629.72%657.26%29833.30%895
Hughes3,20461.46%1,66631.96%3436.58%1,53829.50%5,213
Hutchinson3,54469.07%1,41227.52%1753.41%2,13241.55%5,131
Hyde71353.81%49937.66%1138.53%21416.15%1,325
Jackson48056.80%26731.60%9811.60%21325.20%845
Jerauld1,00255.57%74541.32%563.11%25714.25%1,803
Jones56255.75%35835.52%888.73%20420.23%1,008
Kingsbury2,30058.42%1,49137.87%1463.71%80920.55%3,937
Lake2,87653.68%2,29442.81%1883.51%58210.87%5,358
Lawrence4,18560.23%2,42534.90%3384.86%1,76025.33%6,948
Lincoln3,25959.89%1,96136.03%2224.08%1,29823.86%5,442
Lyman1,06357.87%64335.00%1317.13%42022.87%1,837
Marshall1,47147.01%1,51848.51%1404.47%-47-1.50%3,129
McCook1,95951.55%1,65343.50%1884.95%3068.05%3,800
McPherson2,10580.34%38914.85%1264.81%1,71665.49%2,620
Meade2,39256.19%1,52235.75%3438.06%87020.44%4,257
Mellette61155.70%40737.10%797.20%20418.60%1,097
Miner1,04543.69%1,25552.47%923.85%-210-8.78%2,392
Minnehaha20,14153.31%16,46243.57%1,1773.12%3,6799.74%37,780
Moody1,68948.87%1,61446.70%1534.43%752.17%3,456
Pennington9,67153.29%7,30340.24%1,1746.47%2,36813.05%18,148
Perkins1,49860.38%86935.03%1144.59%62925.35%2,481
Potter1,27357.81%78035.42%1496.77%49322.39%2,202
Roberts2,22542.68%2,65150.85%3376.46%-426-8.17%5,213
Sanborn1,02449.71%95646.41%803.88%683.30%2,060
Shannon53329.68%1,20266.93%613.40%-669-37.25%1,796
Spink2,06842.08%2,66954.30%1783.62%-601-12.22%4,915
Stanley57251.58%43939.59%988.84%13311.99%1,109
Sully67660.09%35631.64%938.27%32028.45%1,125
Todd68338.78%98756.05%915.17%-304-17.27%1,761
Tripp2,24258.25%1,36235.39%2456.37%88022.86%3,849
Turner3,24667.61%1,35028.12%2054.27%1,89639.49%4,801
Union2,21249.70%2,01445.25%2255.06%1984.45%4,451
Walworth2,20460.19%1,27634.84%1824.97%92825.35%3,662
Washabaugh22449.89%20345.21%224.90%214.68%449
Yankton3,97756.08%2,73338.54%3825.39%1,24417.54%7,092
Ziebach44952.58%35040.98%556.44%9911.60%854
Totals149,84153.27%118,02341.96%13,4004.76%31,81811.31%281,264

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1968 - Encyclopædia Britannica. May 27, 2017.
  2. Web site: 1968 Election for the Forty-Sixth Term (1969-73). May 27, 2017.
  3. Web site: 1968 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota. May 27, 2017.
  4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1968. May 27, 2017.
  5. [Kevin Phillips (political commentator)|Phillips, Kevin P.]
  6. Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 414
  7. Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 05, 1968