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1928 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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1928 United States presidential election in South Dakota

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Nominee Herbert Hoover Al Smith
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California New York
Running mate Charles Curtis Joseph T. Robinson
Electoral vote 5 0
Popular vote 157,603 102,660
Percentage 60.18% 39.20%

County Results

President before election

Calvin Coolidge
Republican

Elected President

Herbert Hoover
Republican

The 1928 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6, 1928, as part of the 1928 United States presidential election which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Ever since statehood South Dakota had been solidly Republican apart from when supporting Populist-backed William Jennings Bryan[1] by an exceedingly narrow 0.22% margin in 1896. However, the state had been one of the strongest for insurgent Robert M. La Follette senior in 1924, and after La Follette died six months following that election his family would endorse New York City Catholic Democrat Al Smith rather than any Republican.[2]

In the more Catholic states of North Dakota and Wisconsin, this endorsement would have a major effect in reviving a largely moribund Democratic Party at a presidential level, although it was not adequate to give Smith those states’ electoral votes.[3] In less Catholic and more Ozark-settled and Methodist South Dakota, anti-Catholicism was a powerful force in most areas and as a result Smith's gain on Davis’ vote was much less,[4] with the exception of a few powerfully pro-La Follette German Lutheran counties whose voters were lured by Smith's opposition to Prohibition.[5] Armstrong County, a sparsely-populated part of an Indian reservation, cast all 7 of its votes for Smith, setting a record for the nation.[6] Smith was the first ever Democrat to win McPherson County,[7] but South Dakota still voted for Republican nominee Herbert Hoover by a margin of 20.98%, which made it 3.56% more Republican than the nation at-large in a major landslide.

Results

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Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
Herbert Hoover of California Charles Curtis Republican 157,603 60.18% 5[8]
Al Smith Joseph T. Robinson Democratic 102,660 39.20% 0
Frank Webb Will Vereen Farm Labor 927 0.35% 0
Norman Thomas James Maurer Socialist 443 0.17% 0
William Z. Foster Benjamin Gitlow Workers 232 0.09% 0

Results by county

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County[9] Herbert Clark Hoover
Republican
Alfred Emmanuel Smith
Democratic
Frank E. Webb
Farm Labor
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist
William Z. Foster
Workers
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Armstrong 0 0.00% 7 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -7 -100.00% 7
Aurora 1,552 51.72% 1,426 47.52% 14 0.47% 7 0.23% 2 0.07% 126 4.20% 3,001
Beadle 5,094 61.43% 3,168 38.20% 17 0.20% 12 0.14% 2 0.02% 1,926 23.22% 8,293
Bennett 766 58.16% 544 41.31% 4 0.30% 2 0.15% 1 0.08% 222 16.86% 1,317
Bon Homme 2,262 50.93% 2,166 48.77% 6 0.14% 7 0.16% 0 0.00% 96 2.16% 4,441
Brookings 4,586 70.05% 1,915 29.25% 42 0.64% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 2,671 40.80% 6,547
Brown 7,266 58.03% 5,065 40.45% 67 0.54% 48 0.38% 76 0.61% 2,201 17.58% 12,522
Brule 1,431 46.46% 1,599 51.92% 15 0.49% 28 0.91% 7 0.23% -168 -5.45% 3,080
Buffalo 405 51.01% 387 48.74% 2 0.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 18 2.27% 794
Butte 1,988 69.36% 840 29.31% 11 0.38% 6 0.21% 21 0.73% 1,148 40.06% 2,866
Campbell 1,346 69.13% 588 30.20% 8 0.41% 4 0.21% 1 0.05% 758 38.93% 1,947
Charles Mix 3,087 50.28% 3,039 49.50% 6 0.10% 2 0.03% 6 0.10% 48 0.78% 6,140
Clark 2,665 65.46% 1,370 33.65% 30 0.74% 5 0.12% 1 0.02% 1,295 31.81% 4,071
Clay 2,573 63.42% 1,474 36.33% 10 0.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,099 27.09% 4,057
Codington 3,762 53.08% 3,299 46.55% 21 0.30% 4 0.06% 1 0.01% 463 6.53% 7,087
Corson 1,847 56.92% 1,374 42.34% 11 0.34% 10 0.31% 3 0.09% 473 14.58% 3,245
Custer 1,464 66.85% 715 32.65% 9 0.41% 2 0.09% 0 0.00% 749 34.20% 2,190
Davison 3,821 58.15% 2,729 41.53% 12 0.18% 9 0.14% 0 0.00% 1,092 16.62% 6,571
Day 3,180 54.22% 2,642 45.05% 28 0.48% 11 0.19% 4 0.07% 538 9.17% 5,865
Deuel 1,869 64.40% 999 34.42% 22 0.76% 9 0.31% 3 0.10% 870 29.98% 2,902
Dewey 1,293 56.39% 996 43.44% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% 0 0.00% 297 12.95% 2,293
Douglas 1,949 68.68% 879 30.97% 6 0.21% 2 0.07% 2 0.07% 1,070 37.70% 2,838
Edmunds 1,743 51.95% 1,597 47.60% 7 0.21% 5 0.15% 3 0.09% 146 4.35% 3,355
Fall River 2,216 63.51% 1,258 36.06% 9 0.26% 6 0.17% 0 0.00% 958 27.46% 3,489
Faulk 1,907 62.46% 1,135 37.18% 3 0.10% 6 0.20% 2 0.07% 772 25.29% 3,053
Grant 2,508 59.49% 1,656 39.28% 29 0.69% 17 0.40% 6 0.14% 852 20.21% 4,216
Gregory 2,274 53.04% 2,001 46.68% 10 0.23% 2 0.05% 0 0.00% 273 6.37% 4,287
Haakon 1,255 64.33% 663 33.98% 25 1.28% 6 0.31% 2 0.10% 592 30.34% 1,951
Hamlin 1,959 63.19% 1,088 35.10% 34 1.10% 5 0.16% 14 0.45% 871 28.10% 3,100
Hand 2,430 63.26% 1,397 36.37% 7 0.18% 7 0.18% 0 0.00% 1,033 26.89% 3,841
Hanson 1,576 58.13% 1,129 41.65% 3 0.11% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% 447 16.49% 2,711
Harding 1,032 72.78% 368 25.95% 12 0.85% 3 0.21% 3 0.21% 664 46.83% 1,418
Hughes 1,912 61.56% 1,171 37.70% 16 0.52% 4 0.13% 3 0.10% 741 23.86% 3,106
Hutchinson 2,145 52.61% 1,898 46.55% 26 0.64% 2 0.05% 6 0.15% 247 6.06% 4,077
Hyde 960 60.80% 608 38.51% 7 0.44% 3 0.19% 1 0.06% 352 22.29% 1,579
Jackson 704 62.63% 417 37.10% 2 0.18% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 287 25.53% 1,124
Jerauld 1,517 62.69% 875 36.16% 15 0.62% 13 0.54% 0 0.00% 642 26.53% 2,420
Jones 857 66.43% 422 32.71% 5 0.39% 5 0.39% 1 0.08% 435 33.72% 1,290
Kingsbury 3,499 71.88% 1,352 27.77% 15 0.31% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 2,147 44.10% 4,868
Lake 3,048 63.41% 1,744 36.28% 15 0.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,304 27.13% 4,807
Lawrence 4,141 69.63% 1,785 30.02% 17 0.29% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 2,356 39.62% 5,947
Lincoln 3,463 71.40% 1,364 28.12% 14 0.29% 9 0.19% 0 0.00% 2,099 43.28% 4,850
Lyman 1,488 54.75% 1,222 44.96% 5 0.18% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% 266 9.79% 2,718
Marshall 1,858 57.13% 1,315 40.44% 73 2.24% 4 0.12% 2 0.06% 543 16.70% 3,252
McCook 2,234 55.78% 1,758 43.90% 10 0.25% 3 0.07% 0 0.00% 476 11.89% 4,005
McPherson 1,234 45.52% 1,468 54.15% 6 0.22% 2 0.07% 1 0.04% -234 -8.63% 2,711
Meade 2,845 66.04% 1,441 33.45% 11 0.26% 10 0.23% 1 0.02% 1,404 32.59% 4,308
Mellette 943 50.13% 927 49.28% 5 0.27% 6 0.32% 0 0.00% 16 0.85% 1,881
Miner 1,990 59.37% 1,341 40.01% 13 0.39% 7 0.21% 1 0.03% 649 19.36% 3,352
Minnehaha 13,741 66.68% 6,805 33.02% 35 0.17% 20 0.10% 7 0.03% 6,936 33.66% 20,608
Moody 2,108 59.63% 1,416 40.06% 5 0.14% 4 0.11% 2 0.06% 692 19.58% 3,535
Pennington 4,645 66.97% 2,266 32.67% 9 0.13% 10 0.14% 6 0.09% 2,379 34.30% 6,936
Perkins 2,262 68.57% 1,010 30.62% 12 0.36% 11 0.33% 4 0.12% 1,252 37.95% 3,299
Potter 1,240 52.77% 1,100 46.81% 6 0.26% 2 0.09% 2 0.09% 140 5.96% 2,350
Roberts 2,966 52.73% 2,619 46.56% 26 0.46% 7 0.12% 7 0.12% 347 6.17% 5,625
Sanborn 1,576 54.08% 1,321 45.33% 12 0.41% 4 0.14% 1 0.03% 255 8.75% 2,914
Shannon 469 43.63% 601 55.91% 2 0.19% 3 0.28% 0 0.00% -132 -12.28% 1,075
Spink 3,868 60.89% 2,451 38.59% 16 0.25% 14 0.22% 3 0.05% 1,417 22.31% 6,352
Stanley 736 62.32% 437 37.00% 1 0.08% 6 0.51% 1 0.08% 299 25.32% 1,181
Sully 999 70.50% 415 29.29% 3 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 584 41.21% 1,417
Todd 789 48.43% 831 51.01% 7 0.43% 2 0.12% 0 0.00% -42 -2.58% 1,629
Tripp 2,396 53.02% 2,099 46.45% 10 0.22% 14 0.31% 0 0.00% 297 6.57% 4,519
Turner 3,362 70.65% 1,380 29.00% 10 0.21% 5 0.11% 2 0.04% 1,982 41.65% 4,759
Union 2,415 53.19% 2,106 46.39% 5 0.11% 9 0.20% 5 0.11% 309 6.81% 4,540
Walworth 1,854 59.96% 1,216 39.33% 15 0.49% 5 0.16% 2 0.06% 638 20.63% 3,092
Washabaugh 294 50.69% 282 48.62% 3 0.52% 1 0.17% 0 0.00% 12 2.07% 580
Washington 205 47.34% 228 52.66% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -23 -5.31% 433
Yankton 2,971 50.88% 2,841 48.66% 14 0.24% 9 0.15% 4 0.07% 130 2.23% 5,839
Ziebach 759 55.00% 615 44.57% 2 0.14% 3 0.22% 1 0.07% 144 10.43% 1,380
Totals 157,603 60.19% 102,660 39.20% 927 0.35% 443 0.17% 224 0.09% 54,943 20.98% 261,857

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 418 ISBN 9780691163246
  2. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 59 ISBN 0786422173
  3. ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 420, 425
  4. ^ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 426
  5. ^ Okrent, David; Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, p. 309 ISBN 9781464023255
  6. ^ "Armstrong County in South Dakota Voted Solidly for Al Smith". The Leader-Times. Vol. 40, no. 22. Kittaning, Pennsylvania. November 26, 1928. p. 1. Retrieved March 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Menendez; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, pp. 294-298
  8. ^ Dave Leip. "1928 Presidential General Election Results – South Dakota". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  9. ^ Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 06, 1928