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Election 1972 Results

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1972 US Senate election in South Dakota

James Abourezk (Democrat) beat Robert W. Hirsch (Republican) in South Dakota in 1972, 57.0% to 43.0%, a margin of 14.1 points and 43,160 votes.

South Dakota changed party: in 1966 it went Republican, for Karl E. Mundt.

Democrats led in 59 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 44,476 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.3 points. The closest was Harding, where 6 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James Abourezk won Democratic 174,773 57.0%
Robert W. Hirsch Republican 131,613 43.0%
Total306,386

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 25,198 56.7% 19,278 43.3% 44,476 D+13.3
Pennington 13,673 60.2% 9,045 39.8% 22,718 D+20.4
Brown 9,730 58.5% 6,907 41.5% 16,637 D+17.0
Beadle 5,608 55.8% 4,441 44.2% 10,049 D+11.6
Brookings 5,719 58.2% 4,110 41.8% 9,829 D+16.4
Codington 5,705 59.7% 3,844 40.3% 9,549 D+19.5
Davison 5,455 64.6% 2,984 35.4% 8,439 D+29.3
Yankton 4,241 51.8% 3,946 48.2% 8,187 D+3.6
Lawrence 3,805 52.3% 3,475 47.7% 7,280 D+4.5
Hughes 2,913 46.6% 3,332 53.4% 6,245 R+6.7
Lincoln 3,112 53.6% 2,694 46.4% 5,806 D+7.2
Lake 3,404 59.5% 2,314 40.5% 5,718 D+19.1
Hutchinson 2,933 54.3% 2,472 45.7% 5,405 D+8.5
Clay 3,168 59.1% 2,192 40.9% 5,360 D+18.2
Meade 2,914 56.7% 2,229 43.3% 5,143 D+13.3
Roberts 3,325 64.9% 1,799 35.1% 5,124 D+29.8
Turner 2,357 47.9% 2,565 52.1% 4,922 R+4.2
Spink 2,887 59.0% 2,003 41.0% 4,890 D+18.1
Union 2,671 56.3% 2,074 43.7% 4,745 D+12.6
Charles Mix 3,220 68.3% 1,492 31.7% 4,712 D+36.7
Day 3,014 64.4% 1,665 35.6% 4,679 D+28.8
Bon Homme 2,738 61.2% 1,733 38.8% 4,471 D+22.5
Grant 2,591 58.8% 1,815 41.2% 4,406 D+17.6
Tripp 2,457 58.8% 1,720 41.2% 4,177 D+17.6
Kingsbury 1,977 50.1% 1,969 49.9% 3,946 D+0.2
McCook 2,313 58.9% 1,616 41.1% 3,929 D+17.7
Walworth 1,659 44.7% 2,049 55.3% 3,708 R+10.5
Butte 1,800 50.3% 1,779 49.7% 3,579 D+0.6
Moody 2,186 61.8% 1,349 38.2% 3,535 D+23.7
Fall River 1,755 50.6% 1,711 49.4% 3,466 D+1.3
Gregory 2,023 62.7% 1,204 37.3% 3,227 D+25.4
Edmunds 1,922 60.0% 1,279 40.0% 3,201 D+20.1
Hand 1,704 54.4% 1,430 45.6% 3,134 D+8.7
Marshall 1,836 59.4% 1,254 40.6% 3,090 D+18.8
Brule 2,026 65.7% 1,059 34.3% 3,085 D+31.3
Clark 1,607 53.8% 1,380 46.2% 2,987 D+7.6
Hamlin 1,585 53.4% 1,381 46.6% 2,966 D+6.9
Deuel 1,663 61.7% 1,034 38.3% 2,697 D+23.3
Perkins 1,233 47.8% 1,344 52.2% 2,577 R+4.3
McPherson 731 28.9% 1,801 71.1% 2,532 R+42.3
Miner 1,619 66.8% 805 33.2% 2,424 D+33.6
Aurora 1,561 66.4% 789 33.6% 2,350 D+32.9
Douglas 1,210 51.6% 1,135 48.4% 2,345 D+3.2
Custer 1,291 56.5% 992 43.5% 2,283 D+13.1
Potter 1,169 52.0% 1,077 48.0% 2,246 D+4.1
Sanborn 1,310 61.3% 827 38.7% 2,137 D+22.6
Faulk 1,225 61.8% 758 38.2% 1,983 D+23.6
Lyman 1,009 51.9% 934 48.1% 1,943 D+3.9
Hanson 1,240 65.0% 668 35.0% 1,908 D+30.0
Jerauld 986 54.7% 816 45.3% 1,802 D+9.4
Corson 891 51.0% 856 49.0% 1,747 D+2.0
Todd 1,194 68.9% 538 31.1% 1,732 D+37.9
Dewey 911 54.3% 766 45.7% 1,677 D+8.6
Shannon 1,279 81.5% 291 18.5% 1,570 D+62.9
Campbell 440 29.8% 1,037 70.2% 1,477 R+40.4
Haakon 654 46.7% 745 53.3% 1,399 R+6.5
Hyde 730 54.3% 615 45.7% 1,345 D+8.6
Stanley 739 57.4% 549 42.6% 1,288 D+14.8
Bennett 713 55.5% 571 44.5% 1,284 D+11.1
Sully 630 52.9% 561 47.1% 1,191 D+5.8
Mellette 585 54.0% 498 46.0% 1,083 D+8.0
Jones 541 54.3% 455 45.7% 996 D+8.6
Harding 448 50.3% 442 49.7% 890 D+0.7
Ziebach 540 62.7% 321 37.3% 861 D+25.4
Jackson 405 47.4% 450 52.6% 855 R+5.3
Buffalo 327 66.2% 167 33.8% 494 D+32.4
Washabaugh (Ext) 268 59.6% 182 40.4% 450 D+19.1

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 John R Thune (R) R+43.5
2020 Mike Rounds (R) R+31.5
2016 John R. Thune (R) R+43.7
2014 Mike Rounds (R) R+20.9
2010 John Thune (R) R+100.0
2008 Tim Johnson (D) D+25.0
2004 John Thune (R) R+1.2
2002 Tim Johnson (D) D+0.2
1998 Tom Daschle (D) D+25.7
1996 Tim Johnson (D) D+2.6
1992 Thomas A. Daschle (D) D+32.4
1990 Larry Pressler (R) R+7.3
1986 Thomas A. Daschle (D) D+3.2
1984 Larry Pressler (R) R+49.0
1980 James Abdnor (R) R+18.8
1978 Larry Pressler (R) R+33.7
1974 George McGovern (D) D+6.1
1972 James Abourezk (D) D+14.1
1968 George McGovern (D) D+13.6
1966 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+32.6
1962 George McGovern (D) D+0.2
1960 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+4.9
1956 Francis Case (R) R+1.6
1954 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+14.6
1950 Francis Case (R) R+27.8
1948 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+18.7
1944 Chandler Gurney (R) R+27.7
1942 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+17.5
1938 Chandler Gurney (R) R+4.9
1936 William J. Bulow (D) D+2.1
1932 Peter Norbeck (R) R+9.3
1930 William J. Bulow (D) D+3.3
1926 Peter Norbeck (R) R+26.2
1924 William H. McMaster (R) R+13.3
1920 Peter Norbeck (R) R+30.1
1918 Thomas Sterling (R) R+16.1
1914 Edwin S. Johnson (D) D+3.5