The 1968 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Dakota was won by former Vice President Richard Nixon (R–New York), with 53.27 percent of the popular vote, against Vice President Hubert Humphrey (D–Minnesota), with 41.96 percent of the popular vote. Independent candidate George Wallace would carry five Southern states, but finished with a mere 4.76 percent of South Dakota's popular vote. Although the West River region of South Dakota possessed powerful racial conflicts akin to Wallace's native South – although between Whites and Native Americans rather than between Whites and Blacks – significant anti-Southern feeling amongst its Yankee descendants limited Wallace's appeal even there,Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 381-382 and in the East River with fewer Native Americans and a strong Scandinavian-American influence,Phillips; The Emerging Republican Majority, p. 414 Wallace possessed generally insignificant appeal. Although he performed reasonably in some West River counties, within the more populous East River Wallace cracked half his national percentage (6.75%) only in Hyde and Sully Counties. Consequently, South Dakota proved Wallace's eighth-weakest state nationally. Davison and Hanson counties were the only ones to vote for Nixon in 1968 but in neither 1960 nor 1972, along with Rusk County in Wisconsin.

Results

Results by county CountyOur Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 05, 1968Richard NixonRepublicanHubert HumphreyDemocraticGeorge WallaceIndependentMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#% Aurora 1,043 46.71% 1,060 47.47% 130 5.82% -17 -0.76% 2,233 Beadle 4,214 42.66% 5,357 54.23% 307 3.11% -1,143 -11.57% 9,878 Bennett 665 53.93% 457 37.06% 111 9.00% 208 16.87% 1,233 Bon Homme 2,411 55.01% 1,773 40.45% 199 4.54% 638 14.56% 4,383 Brookings 4,674 57.84% 3,202 39.62% 205 2.54% 1,472 18.22% 8,081 Brown 6,685 45.95% 7,302 50.20% 560 3.85% -617 -4.25% 14,547 Brule 1,237 43.94% 1,425 50.62% 153 5.44% -188 -6.68% 2,815 Buffalo 261 47.11% 265 47.83% 28 5.05% -4 -0.72% 554 Butte 2,090 63.28% 1,017 30.79% 196 5.93% 1,073 32.49% 3,303 Campbell 1,216 79.27% 245 15.97% 73 4.76% 971 63.30% 1,534 Charles Mix 2,093 44.77% 2,369 50.67% 213 4.56% -276 -5.90% 4,675 Clark 1,596 52.50% 1,325 43.59% 119 3.91% 271 8.91% 3,040 Clay 2,249 51.28% 2,006 45.74% 131 2.99% 243 5.54% 4,386 Codington 3,929 46.49% 4,235 50.11% 288 3.41% -306 -3.62% 8,452 Corson 1,108 55.15% 821 40.87% 80 3.98% 287 14.28% 2,009 Custer 1,143 55.38% 727 35.22% 194 9.40% 416 20.16% 2,064 Davison 3,869 50.12% 3,585 46.44% 265 3.43% 284 3.68% 7,719 Day 2,062 43.81% 2,463 52.33% 182 3.87% -401 -8.52% 4,707 Deuel 1,398 53.26% 1,076 40.99% 151 5.75% 322 12.27% 2,625 Dewey 941 52.72% 721 40.39% 123 6.89% 220 12.33% 1,785 Douglas 1,613 70.68% 592 25.94% 77 3.37% 1,021 44.74% 2,282 Edmunds 1,534 52.18% 1,225 41.67% 181 6.16% 309 10.51% 2,940 Fall River 1,843 59.57% 965 31.19% 286 9.24% 878 28.38% 3,094 Faulk 997 49.48% 819 40.65% 199 9.88% 178 8.83% 2,015 Grant 2,259 51.81% 1,890 43.35% 211 4.84% 369 8.46% 4,360 Gregory 1,810 54.40% 1,266 38.05% 251 7.54% 544 16.35% 3,327 Haakon 759 60.96% 377 30.28% 109 8.76% 382 30.68% 1,245 Hamlin 1,649 56.36% 1,149 39.27% 128 4.37% 500 17.09% 2,926 Hand 1,650 54.78% 1,136 37.72% 226 7.50% 514 17.06% 3,012 Hanson 901 50.08% 826 45.91% 72 4.00% 75 4.17% 1,799 Harding 564 63.02% 266 29.72% 65 7.26% 298 33.30% 895 Hughes 3,204 61.46% 1,666 31.96% 343 6.58% 1,538 29.50% 5,213 Hutchinson 3,544 69.07% 1,412 27.52% 175 3.41% 2,132 41.55% 5,131 Hyde 713 53.81% 499 37.66% 113 8.53% 214 16.15% 1,325 Jackson 480 56.80% 267 31.60% 98 11.60% 213 25.20% 845 Jerauld 1,002 55.57% 745 41.32% 56 3.11% 257 14.25% 1,803 Jones 562 55.75% 358 35.52% 88 8.73% 204 20.23% 1,008 Kingsbury 2,300 58.42% 1,491 37.87% 146 3.71% 809 20.55% 3,937 Lake 2,876 53.68% 2,294 42.81% 188 3.51% 582 10.87% 5,358 Lawrence 4,185 60.23% 2,425 34.90% 338 4.86% 1,760 25.33% 6,948 Lincoln 3,259 59.89% 1,961 36.03% 222 4.08% 1,298 23.86% 5,442 Lyman 1,063 57.87% 643 35.00% 131 7.13% 420 22.87% 1,837 Marshall 1,471 47.01% 1,518 48.51% 140 4.47% -47 -1.50% 3,129 McCook 1,959 51.55% 1,653 43.50% 188 4.95% 306 8.05% 3,800 McPherson 2,105 80.34% 389 14.85% 126 4.81% 1,716 65.49% 2,620 Meade 2,392 56.19% 1,522 35.75% 343 8.06% 870 20.44% 4,257 Mellette 611 55.70% 407 37.10% 79 7.20% 204 18.60% 1,097 Miner 1,045 43.69% 1,255 52.47% 92 3.85% -210 -8.78% 2,392 Minnehaha 20,141 53.31% 16,462 43.57% 1,177 3.12% 3,679 9.74% 37,780 Moody 1,689 48.87% 1,614 46.70% 153 4.43% 75 2.17% 3,456 Pennington 9,671 53.29% 7,303 40.24% 1,174 6.47% 2,368 13.05% 18,148 Perkins 1,498 60.38% 869 35.03% 114 4.59% 629 25.35% 2,481 Potter 1,273 57.81% 780 35.42% 149 6.77% 493 22.39% 2,202 Roberts 2,225 42.68% 2,651 50.85% 337 6.46% -426 -8.17% 5,213 Sanborn 1,024 49.71% 956 46.41% 80 3.88% 68 3.30% 2,060 Shannon 533 29.68% 1,202 66.93% 61 3.40% -669 -37.25% 1,796 Spink 2,068 42.08% 2,669 54.30% 178 3.62% -601 -12.22% 4,915 Stanley 572 51.58% 439 39.59% 98 8.84% 133 11.99% 1,109 Sully 676 60.09% 356 31.64% 93 8.27% 320 28.45% 1,125 Todd 683 38.78% 987 56.05% 91 5.17% -304 -17.27% 1,761 Tripp 2,242 58.25% 1,362 35.39% 245 6.37% 880 22.86% 3,849 Turner 3,246 67.61% 1,350 28.12% 205 4.27% 1,896 39.49% 4,801 Union 2,212 49.70% 2,014 45.25% 225 5.06% 198 4.45% 4,451 Walworth 2,204 60.19% 1,276 34.84% 182 4.97% 928 25.35% 3,662 Washabaugh 224 49.89% 203 45.21% 22 4.90% 21 4.68% 449 Yankton 3,977 56.08% 2,733 38.54% 382 5.39% 1,244 17.54% 7,092 Ziebach 449 52.58% 350 40.98% 55 6.44% 99 11.60% 854Totals149,84153.27%118,02341.96%13,4004.76%31,81811.31%281,264

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Bennett Bon Homme Brookings Buffalo Clark Clay Corson Custer Davison Deuel Dewey Douglas Edmunds Faulk Grant Gregory Hamlin Hand Hanson Hyde Jackson Jerauld Jones Lake Lincoln Lyman McCook Meade Mellette Minnehaha Moody Pennington Potter Sanborn Stanley Tripp Union Walworth Yankton Ziebach

See also United States presidential elections in South Dakota

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