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The 1916 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 7, 1916 as part of the 1916 United States presidential election in which all contemporary forty-eight states participated. Voters chose five electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
South Dakota voted for the Republican nominee, Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes of New York, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. Hughes won South Dakota by a close margin of 3.90%; however, alongside Oregon, South Dakota was the only state that Hughes won in the Great Plains or westward.
Hughes’ victory was largely due to the powerful GOP loyalty of East River German-Americans, who feared that Wilson’s pro-British sentiment would lead the United States to involve itself in war with Germany.[1] In contrast, the more Anglo-Saxon West River counties strongly supported Wilson’s Southern roots and prohibitionist leanings.[2] Despite his loss, Wilson’s 45.91% was the best performance in the state by a Democrat since William Jennings Bryan won the state in a fusion with the Populist Party two decades before, and would be beaten only six times in the ensuing century.
As of the 2016 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion when Lawrence County voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[3][4]
Results
Results by county
County[6] |
Charles Evans Hughes
Republican |
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Democratic |
Allan Louis Benson
Socialist |
James Franklin Hanly
Prohibition |
Margin |
Total votes cast |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
Aurora |
735 |
46.05% |
793 |
49.69% |
23 |
1.44% |
45 |
2.82% |
-58 |
-3.63% |
1,596 |
Beadle |
1,662 |
45.72% |
1,828 |
50.29% |
121 |
3.33% |
24 |
0.66% |
-166 |
-4.57% |
3,635 |
Bennett |
67 |
22.56% |
222 |
74.75% |
4 |
1.35% |
4 |
1.35% |
-155 |
-52.19% |
297 |
Bon Homme |
1,231 |
47.92% |
1,278 |
49.75% |
40 |
1.56% |
20 |
0.78% |
-47 |
-1.83% |
2,569 |
Brookings |
1,638 |
51.79% |
1,385 |
43.79% |
46 |
1.45% |
94 |
2.97% |
253 |
8.00% |
3,163 |
Brown |
2,659 |
45.19% |
2,676 |
45.48% |
472 |
8.02% |
77 |
1.31% |
-17 |
-0.29% |
5,884 |
Brule |
729 |
41.66% |
975 |
55.71% |
40 |
2.29% |
6 |
0.34% |
-246 |
-14.06% |
1,750 |
Buffalo |
80 |
30.19% |
182 |
68.68% |
1 |
0.38% |
2 |
0.75% |
-102 |
-38.49% |
265 |
Butte |
537 |
33.31% |
930 |
57.69% |
135 |
8.37% |
10 |
0.62% |
-393 |
-24.38% |
1,612 |
Campbell |
644 |
77.40% |
163 |
19.59% |
14 |
1.68% |
11 |
1.32% |
481 |
57.81% |
832 |
Charles Mix |
1,450 |
41.26% |
2,011 |
57.23% |
41 |
1.17% |
12 |
0.34% |
-561 |
-15.96% |
3,514 |
Clark |
1,226 |
52.71% |
1,016 |
43.68% |
28 |
1.20% |
56 |
2.41% |
210 |
9.03% |
2,326 |
Clay |
1,000 |
44.52% |
1,207 |
53.74% |
25 |
1.11% |
14 |
0.62% |
-207 |
-9.22% |
2,246 |
Codington |
1,550 |
51.82% |
1,344 |
44.93% |
47 |
1.57% |
50 |
1.67% |
206 |
6.89% |
2,991 |
Corson |
503 |
42.20% |
641 |
53.78% |
41 |
3.44% |
7 |
0.59% |
-138 |
-11.58% |
1,192 |
Custer |
392 |
42.11% |
488 |
52.42% |
50 |
5.37% |
1 |
0.11% |
-96 |
-10.31% |
931 |
Davison |
1,516 |
50.48% |
1,374 |
45.75% |
67 |
2.23% |
46 |
1.53% |
142 |
4.73% |
3,003 |
Day |
1,758 |
61.21% |
907 |
31.58% |
121 |
4.21% |
86 |
2.99% |
851 |
29.63% |
2,872 |
Deuel |
908 |
59.35% |
584 |
38.17% |
14 |
0.92% |
24 |
1.57% |
324 |
21.18% |
1,530 |
Dewey |
352 |
47.00% |
379 |
50.60% |
14 |
1.87% |
4 |
0.53% |
-27 |
-3.60% |
749 |
Douglas |
815 |
57.48% |
597 |
42.10% |
3 |
0.21% |
3 |
0.21% |
218 |
15.37% |
1,418 |
Edmunds |
894 |
55.46% |
634 |
39.33% |
41 |
2.54% |
43 |
2.67% |
260 |
16.13% |
1,612 |
Fall River |
668 |
40.63% |
922 |
56.08% |
44 |
2.68% |
10 |
0.61% |
-254 |
-15.45% |
1,644 |
Faulk |
759 |
52.89% |
629 |
43.83% |
25 |
1.74% |
22 |
1.53% |
130 |
9.06% |
1,435 |
Grant |
1,098 |
55.31% |
772 |
38.89% |
48 |
2.42% |
67 |
3.38% |
326 |
16.42% |
1,985 |
Gregory |
1,434 |
51.86% |
1,242 |
44.92% |
72 |
2.60% |
17 |
0.61% |
192 |
6.94% |
2,765 |
Haakon |
399 |
41.05% |
475 |
48.87% |
86 |
8.85% |
12 |
1.23% |
-76 |
-7.82% |
972 |
Hamlin |
1,039 |
57.82% |
692 |
38.51% |
30 |
1.67% |
36 |
2.00% |
347 |
19.31% |
1,797 |
Hand |
801 |
44.95% |
905 |
50.79% |
49 |
2.75% |
27 |
1.52% |
-104 |
-5.84% |
1,782 |
Hanson |
767 |
51.10% |
712 |
47.44% |
9 |
0.60% |
13 |
0.87% |
55 |
3.66% |
1,501 |
Harding |
520 |
41.57% |
597 |
47.72% |
119 |
9.51% |
15 |
1.20% |
-77 |
-6.16% |
1,251 |
Hughes |
611 |
51.13% |
536 |
44.85% |
39 |
3.26% |
9 |
0.75% |
75 |
6.28% |
1,195 |
Hutchinson |
1,636 |
73.20% |
519 |
23.22% |
53 |
2.37% |
27 |
1.21% |
1,117 |
49.98% |
2,235 |
Hyde |
438 |
55.58% |
305 |
38.71% |
40 |
5.08% |
5 |
0.63% |
133 |
16.88% |
788 |
Jackson |
283 |
49.39% |
279 |
48.69% |
6 |
1.05% |
5 |
0.87% |
4 |
0.70% |
573 |
Jerauld |
612 |
48.42% |
589 |
46.60% |
5 |
0.40% |
58 |
4.59% |
23 |
1.82% |
1,264 |
Kingsbury |
1,339 |
51.80% |
1,096 |
42.40% |
70 |
2.71% |
80 |
3.09% |
243 |
9.40% |
2,585 |
Lake |
1,398 |
55.04% |
1,027 |
40.43% |
92 |
3.62% |
23 |
0.91% |
371 |
14.61% |
2,540 |
Lawrence |
2,074 |
47.51% |
2,157 |
49.42% |
114 |
2.61% |
20 |
0.46% |
-83 |
-1.90% |
4,365 |
Lincoln |
1,591 |
60.29% |
936 |
35.47% |
62 |
2.35% |
50 |
1.89% |
655 |
24.82% |
2,639 |
Lyman |
981 |
45.65% |
1,052 |
48.95% |
99 |
4.61% |
17 |
0.79% |
-71 |
-3.30% |
2,149 |
Marshall |
808 |
45.57% |
885 |
49.92% |
56 |
3.16% |
24 |
1.35% |
-77 |
-4.34% |
1,773 |
McCook |
1,194 |
52.19% |
1,021 |
44.62% |
49 |
2.14% |
24 |
1.05% |
173 |
7.56% |
2,288 |
McPherson |
992 |
80.06% |
224 |
18.08% |
16 |
1.29% |
7 |
0.56% |
768 |
61.99% |
1,239 |
Meade |
858 |
38.25% |
1,224 |
54.57% |
141 |
6.29% |
20 |
0.89% |
-366 |
-16.32% |
2,243 |
Mellette |
379 |
45.55% |
436 |
52.40% |
15 |
1.80% |
2 |
0.24% |
-57 |
-6.85% |
832 |
Miner |
1,006 |
52.21% |
880 |
45.67% |
24 |
1.25% |
17 |
0.88% |
126 |
6.54% |
1,927 |
Minnehaha |
4,318 |
52.64% |
3,494 |
42.59% |
197 |
2.40% |
194 |
2.36% |
824 |
10.05% |
8,203 |
Moody |
973 |
49.09% |
898 |
45.31% |
89 |
4.49% |
22 |
1.11% |
75 |
3.78% |
1,982 |
Pennington |
1,108 |
42.73% |
1,339 |
51.64% |
122 |
4.70% |
24 |
0.93% |
-231 |
-8.91% |
2,593 |
Perkins |
890 |
45.41% |
939 |
47.91% |
118 |
6.02% |
13 |
0.66% |
-49 |
-2.50% |
1,960 |
Potter |
512 |
54.58% |
408 |
43.50% |
7 |
0.75% |
11 |
1.17% |
104 |
11.09% |
938 |
Roberts |
1,259 |
47.17% |
1,191 |
44.62% |
187 |
7.01% |
32 |
1.20% |
68 |
2.55% |
2,669 |
Sanborn |
711 |
42.00% |
898 |
53.04% |
28 |
1.65% |
56 |
3.31% |
-187 |
-11.05% |
1,693 |
Spink |
1,660 |
48.61% |
1,622 |
47.50% |
74 |
2.17% |
59 |
1.73% |
38 |
1.11% |
3,415 |
Stanley |
254 |
38.25% |
381 |
57.38% |
19 |
2.86% |
10 |
1.51% |
-127 |
-19.13% |
664 |
Sully |
281 |
50.45% |
268 |
48.11% |
8 |
1.44% |
0 |
0.00% |
13 |
2.33% |
557 |
Tripp |
1,074 |
43.57% |
1,341 |
54.40% |
40 |
1.62% |
10 |
0.41% |
-267 |
-10.83% |
2,465 |
Turner |
1,573 |
56.93% |
1,134 |
41.04% |
18 |
0.65% |
38 |
1.38% |
439 |
15.89% |
2,763 |
Union |
1,108 |
44.95% |
1,313 |
53.27% |
19 |
0.77% |
25 |
1.01% |
-205 |
-8.32% |
2,465 |
Walworth |
761 |
55.03% |
590 |
42.66% |
28 |
2.02% |
4 |
0.29% |
171 |
12.36% |
1,383 |
Yankton |
1,429 |
48.66% |
1,438 |
48.96% |
45 |
1.53% |
25 |
0.85% |
-9 |
-0.31% |
2,937 |
Ziebach |
275 |
54.89% |
211 |
42.12% |
10 |
2.00% |
5 |
1.00% |
64 |
12.77% |
501 |
Totals |
64,217 |
49.80% |
59,191 |
45.91% |
3,760 |
2.92% |
1,774 |
1.38% |
5,026 |
3.90% |
128,942 |
References
- ↑ Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 419-420 ISBN 9780691163246
- ↑ Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 424
- ↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 294-298 ISBN 0786422173
- ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ South Dakota Secretary of State; ‘Official Vote of South Dakota by Counties November Election, 1916’; South Dakota Manual 1917, pp. 458-461
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