November 2, 1976 1980 → 151,505 147,068 | 4 0 50.39% 48.91% | |
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The 1976 United States presidential election in South Dakota was held on November 2, 1976. Incumbent President Gerald Ford won the state of South Dakota, defeating Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter by a slim margin of 1.48 percentage points. Ford won all of South Dakota's four electoral votes, but lost the general election to Carter.
South Dakota weighed in as 4% more Republican than the national average.
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United States presidential election in South Dakota, 1976 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA