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Election 1960 Results

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1960 presidential election in South Dakota

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat John F. Kennedy (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1960, 58.2% to 41.8%, a margin of 16.4 points and 50,347 votes.

South Dakota voted 16.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.2.

The Republican hold continued from 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower won.

Republicans led in 57 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 38,390 votes and went to the Republican by 21.1 points. The closest was Davison, where 3 votes separated the two parties.

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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.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard Nixon won Republican 178,417 58.2%
John F. Kennedy Democratic 128,070 41.8%
Total306,487

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 15,152 39.5% 23,238 60.5% 38,390 R+21.1
Pennington 7,478 39.7% 11,364 60.3% 18,842 R+20.6
Brown 7,893 49.5% 8,037 50.5% 15,930 R+0.9
Beadle 4,079 40.8% 5,911 59.2% 9,990 R+18.3
Codington 4,304 44.8% 5,309 55.2% 9,613 R+10.5
Brookings 2,974 34.2% 5,710 65.8% 8,684 R+31.5
Davison 4,108 50.0% 4,105 50.0% 8,213 level
Lawrence 2,612 33.9% 5,083 66.1% 7,695 R+32.1
Yankton 3,061 43.0% 4,065 57.0% 7,126 R+14.1
Roberts 3,089 52.0% 2,857 48.0% 5,946 D+3.9
Lake 2,224 38.7% 3,520 61.3% 5,744 R+22.6
Turner 1,547 27.3% 4,120 72.7% 5,667 R+45.4
Lincoln 1,985 35.8% 3,553 64.2% 5,538 R+28.3
Hutchinson 1,557 28.3% 3,948 71.7% 5,505 R+43.4
Day 2,835 51.9% 2,626 48.1% 5,461 D+3.8
Hughes 2,036 38.0% 3,320 62.0% 5,356 R+24.0
Spink 2,563 48.3% 2,738 51.7% 5,301 R+3.3
Charles Mix 2,754 53.0% 2,446 47.0% 5,200 D+5.9
Union 2,331 46.4% 2,688 53.6% 5,019 R+7.1
Bon Homme 2,052 42.9% 2,730 57.1% 4,782 R+14.2
Grant 2,114 44.7% 2,611 55.3% 4,725 R+10.5
Clay 1,878 40.4% 2,772 59.6% 4,650 R+19.2
Meade 1,923 42.1% 2,644 57.9% 4,567 R+15.8
Kingsbury 1,677 36.7% 2,887 63.3% 4,564 R+26.5
Tripp 1,748 41.5% 2,466 58.5% 4,214 R+17.0
McCook 1,797 43.1% 2,375 56.9% 4,172 R+13.9
Moody 1,918 47.5% 2,119 52.5% 4,037 R+5.0
Fall River 1,426 36.4% 2,492 63.6% 3,918 R+27.2
Walworth 1,468 37.9% 2,406 62.1% 3,874 R+24.2
Gregory 1,778 46.3% 2,063 53.7% 3,841 R+7.4
Butte 1,318 34.6% 2,496 65.4% 3,814 R+30.9
Clark 1,406 38.9% 2,204 61.1% 3,610 R+22.1
Marshall 1,674 49.6% 1,704 50.4% 3,378 R+0.9
Hamlin 1,230 36.5% 2,139 63.5% 3,369 R+27.0
Edmunds 1,609 48.2% 1,728 51.8% 3,337 R+3.6
Hand 1,397 42.7% 1,872 57.3% 3,269 R+14.5
Deuel 1,173 38.1% 1,907 61.9% 3,080 R+23.8
Brule 1,600 53.3% 1,403 46.7% 3,003 D+6.6
McPherson 616 20.7% 2,354 79.3% 2,970 R+58.5
Perkins 1,164 39.7% 1,767 60.3% 2,931 R+20.6
Miner 1,316 48.9% 1,377 51.1% 2,693 R+2.3
Douglas 541 21.3% 2,002 78.7% 2,543 R+57.5
Aurora 1,270 50.1% 1,267 49.9% 2,537 D+0.1
Sanborn 1,249 49.9% 1,254 50.1% 2,503 R+0.2
Custer 878 36.4% 1,533 63.6% 2,411 R+27.2
Corson 1,093 45.9% 1,290 54.1% 2,383 R+8.3
Potter 1,004 43.1% 1,326 56.9% 2,330 R+13.8
Faulk 1,043 45.7% 1,240 54.3% 2,283 R+8.6
Hanson 1,153 51.5% 1,087 48.5% 2,240 D+2.9
Dewey 1,044 47.2% 1,168 52.8% 2,212 R+5.6
Jerauld 863 42.6% 1,165 57.4% 2,028 R+14.9
Lyman 852 42.2% 1,166 57.8% 2,018 R+15.6
Todd 904 49.9% 909 50.1% 1,813 R+0.3
Shannon 1,135 63.4% 655 36.6% 1,790 D+26.8
Campbell 362 21.4% 1,330 78.6% 1,692 R+57.2
Haakon 595 37.8% 980 62.2% 1,575 R+24.4
Hyde 660 46.1% 773 53.9% 1,433 R+7.9
Stanley 730 51.8% 678 48.2% 1,408 D+3.7
Bennett 607 43.8% 779 56.2% 1,386 R+12.4
Sully 483 35.9% 864 64.1% 1,347 R+28.3
Mellette 510 39.7% 774 60.3% 1,284 R+20.6
Ziebach 512 47.4% 568 52.6% 1,080 R+5.2
Jones 423 39.6% 644 60.4% 1,067 R+20.7
Harding 382 36.1% 676 63.9% 1,058 R+27.8
Jackson 366 38.6% 581 61.4% 947 R+22.7
Buffalo 334 53.2% 294 46.8% 628 D+6.4
Washabaugh (Ext) 213 45.0% 260 55.0% 473 R+9.9

Counties as they stood in 1960; 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 in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+26.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+29.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+18.0
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.4
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+21.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+22.7
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+3.5
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+26.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+28.8
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.5
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+11.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.2
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+16.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+16.8
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+16.7
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+29.2
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+21.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+36.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+41.0
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+3.9
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+23.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+49.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+15.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+0.2
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+36.6