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Election 1920 Results

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1920 South Dakota governor election

William H. McMaster (Republican) beat Mark P. Bates (independent) in South Dakota in 1920, 56.3% to 26.3%, a margin of 30.0 points and 55,166 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1918, when Peter Norbeck won.

Republicans led in 59 of the 64 counties as they stood then and other candidates in 5. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 12,943 votes and went to the Republican by 47.7 points. The closest was Bennett, where 29 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William H. McMaster won Republican 103,592 56.3%
Mark P. Bates Nonpartisan League 48,426 26.3%
William W. Howes Democratic 31,870 17.3%
Total183,888

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 1,936 15.0% 8,112 62.7% 2,895 12,943 R+47.7
Brown 1,246 12.3% 5,462 53.7% 3,459 10,167 R+41.5
Beadle 1,578 30.4% 2,201 42.5% 1,405 5,184 R+12.0
Davison 706 14.3% 2,360 47.9% 1,866 4,932 R+33.5
Roberts 357 7.5% 2,172 45.8% 2,217 4,746 Others
Day 382 8.2% 2,581 55.6% 1,680 4,643 R+47.4
Codington 823 17.9% 2,502 54.5% 1,266 4,591 R+36.6
Spink 674 14.8% 2,781 60.9% 1,113 4,568 R+46.1
Lawrence 1,110 25.3% 3,073 70.2% 197 4,380 R+44.8
Yankton 846 20.3% 2,541 61.1% 772 4,159 R+40.8
Charles Mix 1,119 27.5% 1,961 48.2% 989 4,069 R+20.7
Pennington 1,115 27.6% 2,625 64.9% 307 4,047 R+37.3
Brookings 479 11.9% 2,665 66.1% 886 4,030 R+54.2
Turner 515 12.9% 2,379 59.6% 1,096 3,990 R+46.7
Lincoln 371 9.7% 2,494 65.1% 967 3,832 R+55.4
Hutchinson 265 7.3% 1,188 32.7% 2,178 3,631 Others
Bon Homme 878 24.2% 1,722 47.5% 1,026 3,626 R+23.3
Lake 324 9.7% 2,205 65.7% 825 3,354 R+56.1
Kingsbury 427 12.9% 2,283 69.0% 598 3,308 R+56.1
Meade 842 26.0% 1,738 53.8% 653 3,233 R+27.7
Butte 618 19.4% 1,609 50.5% 957 3,184 R+31.1
Gregory 616 19.4% 1,706 53.7% 854 3,176 R+34.3
McCook 520 16.7% 1,624 52.3% 963 3,107 R+35.5
Tripp 864 28.2% 1,790 58.4% 412 3,066 R+30.2
Grant 324 10.7% 1,560 51.3% 1,157 3,041 R+40.6
Clay 730 24.0% 1,874 61.6% 436 3,040 R+37.6
Union 695 23.7% 1,951 66.5% 286 2,932 R+42.8
Clark 358 12.2% 1,673 57.2% 896 2,927 R+44.9
Marshall 210 7.5% 1,464 52.0% 1,143 2,817 R+44.5
Moody 326 12.3% 1,548 58.6% 769 2,643 R+46.2
Miner 555 21.5% 1,301 50.5% 720 2,576 R+29.0
Hand 659 26.0% 1,427 56.2% 452 2,538 R+30.3
Edmunds 300 12.1% 1,394 56.4% 777 2,471 R+44.3
Corson 428 17.9% 1,391 58.2% 573 2,392 R+40.3
Walworth 449 19.4% 1,378 59.5% 489 2,316 R+40.1
Deuel 141 6.2% 1,455 63.6% 690 2,286 R+57.5
Sanborn 366 16.0% 944 41.3% 975 2,285 Others
Perkins 361 16.4% 1,261 57.2% 584 2,206 R+40.8
Hamlin 303 14.4% 1,236 58.9% 559 2,098 R+44.5
Faulk 310 14.8% 1,255 60.0% 526 2,091 R+45.2
Fall River 689 33.3% 1,239 59.8% 144 2,072 R+26.5
Aurora 339 16.6% 801 39.2% 904 2,044 Others
Brule 578 28.4% 989 48.6% 466 2,033 R+20.2
McPherson 126 6.3% 1,132 56.4% 748 2,006 R+50.1
Douglas 377 19.0% 1,028 51.8% 581 1,986 R+32.8
Hughes 372 19.0% 1,333 68.1% 252 1,957 R+49.1
Hanson 302 15.4% 751 38.4% 902 1,955 Others
Jerauld 230 12.7% 1,016 55.9% 572 1,818 R+43.2
Lyman 381 21.6% 973 55.1% 413 1,767 R+33.5
Campbell 66 4.2% 1,024 64.9% 489 1,579 R+60.7
Potter 262 17.3% 1,038 68.7% 211 1,511 R+51.4
Haakon 357 24.6% 697 48.0% 399 1,453 R+23.4
Dewey 301 21.3% 836 59.2% 274 1,411 R+37.9
Custer 368 28.2% 788 60.4% 149 1,305 R+32.2
Harding 156 13.9% 645 57.6% 319 1,120 R+43.7
Stanley 400 37.6% 571 53.6% 94 1,065 R+16.1
Hyde 207 19.8% 707 67.6% 132 1,046 R+47.8
Jones 228 23.1% 571 57.9% 187 986 R+34.8
Sully 109 12.6% 514 59.4% 242 865 R+46.8
Jackson 188 22.1% 607 71.3% 56 851 R+49.2
Mellette 250 29.7% 515 61.2% 76 841 R+31.5
Ziebach 155 19.8% 489 62.4% 140 784 R+42.6
Bennett 207 44.4% 236 50.6% 23 466 R+6.2
Buffalo 96 28.1% 206 60.2% 40 342 R+32.2

Counties as they stood in 1920; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Dakota governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kristi Noem (R) R+26.8
2018 Kristi Noem (R) R+3.4
2014 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+45.0
2010 Dennis Daugaard (R) R+23.0
2006 Mike Rounds (R) R+25.6
2002 Mike Rounds (R) R+14.8
1998 William J. Janklow (R) R+31.2
1994 William J. Janklow (R) R+14.8
1990 George S. Mickelson (R) R+17.8
1986 George S. Mickelson (R) R+3.6
1982 William J. Janklow (R) R+41.7
1978 William J. Janklow (R) R+13.3
1974 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+7.2
1972 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+20.1
1970 Richard F. Kneip (D) D+9.7
1968 Frank Farrar (R) R+15.3
1966 Nils Boe (R) R+15.4
1964 Nils A. Boe (R) R+3.3
1962 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+12.2
1960 Archie M. Gubbrud (R) R+1.5
1958 Ralph Herseth (D) D+2.8
1956 Joe Foss (R) R+8.8
1954 Joe Foss (R) R+13.3
1952 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+40.3
1950 Sigurd Anderson (R) R+21.8
1948 George T. Mickelson (R) R+22.2
1946 George T. Mickelson (R) R+34.3
1944 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+31.0
1942 Merrell Q. Sharpe (R) R+23.0
1940 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+10.3
1938 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+7.9
1936 Leslie Jensen (R) R+3.2
1934 Tom Berry (D) D+17.9
1932 Tom Berry (D) D+13.2
1930 Warren E. Green (R) R+6.7
1928 William J. Bulow (D) D+5.5
1926 William J. Bulow (D) D+7.1
1924 Carl Gunderson (R) R+31.0
1922 William H. McMaster (R) R+16.3
1920 William H. McMaster (R) R+39.0
1918 Peter Norbeck (R) R+34.6
1916 Peter Norbeck (R) R+17.3
1914 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+14.9
1912 Frank M. Byrne (R) R+2.8
1910 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+22.5
1908 Robert S. Vessey (R) R+15.9
1906 Coe I. Crawford (R) R+38.6
1904 Samuel H. Elrod (R) R+43.6
1902 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+36.0
1900 Charles N. Herreid (R) R+14.4
1898 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1896 Andrew E. Lee (other)
1894 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+41.2
1892 Charles H. Sheldon (R) R+26.9
1890 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+20.6
1889 Arthur C. Mellette (R) R+38.7