The 1952 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 4, 1952, as part of the 1952 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 Columbia University President Dwight D. Eisenhower (R–New York), running with California Senator Richard Nixon, with 69.27 percent of the popular vote, against Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II (D), running with Alabama Senator John Sparkman, with 30.73 percent of the popular vote.

With 69.27% of the popular vote, South Dakota would be Eisenhower's third strongest state after Vermont and neighboring North Dakota. , this is the last election in which Oglala Lakota County, known until 2015 as Shannon County and home to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, voted for a Republican presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 This is also the last time any presidential candidate has won every single county in the state, which occurred once before in 1904.

This was also the last time Armstrong County participated in a presidential election, as the county was abolished and absorbed into the Southern portion of Dewey County.

Results

Results by county CountyDwight D. EisenhowerRepublicanAdlai StevensonDemocraticMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#% Armstrong 6 54.55% 5 45.45% 1 9.10% 11 Aurora 1,458 59.39% 997 40.61% 461 18.78% 2,455 Beadle 6,487 65.33% 3,443 34.67% 3,044 30.66% 9,930 Bennett 873 62.85% 516 37.15% 357 25.70% 1,389 Bon Homme 3,157 65.57% 1,658 34.43% 1,499 31.14% 4,815 Brookings 5,988 76.29% 1,861 23.71% 4,127 52.58% 7,849 Brown 9,581 60.94% 6,140 39.06% 3,441 21.88% 15,721 Brule 1,578 53.13% 1,392 46.87% 186 6.26% 2,970 Buffalo 413 61.46% 259 38.54% 154 22.92% 672 Butte 2,689 76.26% 837 23.74% 1,852 52.52% 3,526 Campbell 1,536 90.14% 168 9.86% 1,368 80.28% 1,704 Charles Mix 3,316 54.31% 2,790 45.69% 526 8.62% 6,106 Clark 2,692 71.44% 1,076 28.56% 1,616 42.88% 3,768 Clay 3,302 70.05% 1,412 29.95% 1,890 40.10% 4,714 Codington 5,750 65.91% 2,974 34.09% 2,776 31.82% 8,724 Corson 1,757 69.01% 789 30.99% 968 38.02% 2,546 Custer 1,725 72.57% 652 27.43% 1,073 45.14% 2,377 Davison 4,774 59.67% 3,227 40.33% 1,547 19.34% 8,001 Day 3,648 60.81% 2,351 39.19% 1,297 21.62% 5,999 Deuel 2,279 72.17% 879 27.83% 1,400 44.34% 3,158 Dewey 1,301 66.34% 660 33.66% 641 32.68% 1,961 Douglas 2,103 79.93% 528 20.07% 1,575 59.86% 2,631 Edmunds 2,178 68.25% 1,013 31.75% 1,165 36.50% 3,191 Fall River 2,863 73.96% 1,008 26.04% 1,855 47.92% 3,871 Faulk 1,619 68.69% 738 31.31% 881 37.38% 2,357 Grant 3,234 68.31% 1,500 31.69% 1,734 36.62% 4,734 Gregory 2,463 64.22% 1,372 35.78% 1,091 28.44% 3,835 Haakon 1,176 74.81% 396 25.19% 780 49.62% 1,572 Hamlin 2,391 71.48% 954 28.52% 1,437 42.96% 3,345 Hand 2,262 70.71% 937 29.29% 1,325 41.42% 3,199 Hanson 1,320 63.07% 773 36.93% 547 26.14% 2,093 Harding 809 73.35% 294 26.65% 515 46.70% 1,103 Hughes 2,932 75.86% 933 24.14% 1,999 51.72% 3,865 Hutchinson 4,322 83.16% 875 16.84% 3,447 66.32% 5,197 Hyde 1,051 72.78% 393 27.22% 658 45.56% 1,444 Jackson 607 70.50% 254 29.50% 353 41.00% 861 Jerauld 1,520 69.19% 677 30.81% 843 38.38% 2,197 Jones 739 69.59% 323 30.41% 416 39.18% 1,062 Kingsbury 3,703 78.25% 1,029 21.75% 2,674 56.50% 4,732 Lake 4,020 73.28% 1,466 26.72% 2,554 46.56% 5,486 Lawrence 5,559 76.57% 1,701 23.43% 3,858 53.14% 7,260 Lincoln 4,387 78.35% 1,212 21.65% 3,175 56.70% 5,599 Lyman 1,561 70.09% 666 29.91% 895 40.18% 2,227 Marshall 2,248 66.45% 1,135 33.55% 1,113 32.90% 3,383 McCook 2,991 72.63% 1,127 27.37% 1,864 45.26% 4,118 McPherson 2,915 86.99% 436 13.01% 2,479 73.98% 3,351 Meade 3,109 69.98% 1,334 30.02% 1,775 39.96% 4,443 Mellette 787 69.40% 347 30.60% 440 38.80% 1,134 Miner 1,964 65.62% 1,029 34.38% 935 31.24% 2,993 Minnehaha 23,559 71.50% 9,390 28.50% 14,169 43.00% 32,949 Moody 2,728 71.47% 1,089 28.53% 1,639 42.94% 3,817 Pennington 11,029 71.16% 4,470 28.84% 6,559 42.32% 15,499 Perkins 2,160 71.78% 849 28.22% 1,311 43.56% 3,009 Potter 1,625 73.73% 579 26.27% 1,046 47.46% 2,204 Roberts 3,566 58.56% 2,524 41.44% 1,042 17.12% 6,090 Sanborn 1,761 66.05% 905 33.95% 856 32.10% 2,666 Shannon 957 55.29% 774 44.71% 183 10.58% 1,731 Spink 3,693 65.06% 1,983 34.94% 1,710 30.12% 5,676 Stanley 695 70.63% 289 29.37% 406 41.26% 984 Sully 860 70.96% 352 29.04% 508 41.92% 1,212 Todd 1,025 62.65% 611 37.35% 414 25.30% 1,636 Tripp 2,790 65.88% 1,445 34.12% 1,345 31.76% 4,235 Turner 4,604 82.39% 984 17.61% 3,620 64.78% 5,588 Union 3,393 67.35% 1,645 32.65% 1,748 34.70% 5,038 Walworth 2,369 65.24% 1,262 34.76% 1,107 30.48% 3,631 Washabaugh 319 68.45% 147 31.55% 172 36.90% 466 Yankton 4,802 68.39% 2,220 31.61% 2,582 36.78% 7,022 Ziebach 779 67.68% 372 32.32% 407 35.36% 1,151Totals203,85769.27%90,42630.73%113,43138.54%294,283

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Aurora Armstrong Beadle Bennett Brown Brule Buffalo Charles Mix Codington Corson (was tied) Gregory Grant Day Davison Hanson Marshall Mellette (was tied) Miner Roberts Shannon Sanborn Spink Todd Union Tripp Washabaugh Yankton Ziebach

See also United States presidential elections in South Dakota

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