Editing Brule County, South Dakota (section)

==Politics==
For the first century of South Dakota statehood, the predominately white voters of Brule County favored the Democratic Party. The county favored a Republican presidential candidate on just three occasions between 1896 and 1976. In the national landslide victories of [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[Warren G. Harding|Harding]] and [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], when each candidate swept every other county in South Dakota, none obtained more than 53.1 percent of Brule County's vote. [[Richard Nixon]], running against [[favorite son]] [[George McGovern]] in 1972, did not gain 46 percent in Brule County, while he was sweeping all but 129 other counties nationwide.

Since the "[[Reagan Revolution]]", voters in Brule County have shifted to favor Republican presidential candidates. [[Michael Dukakis]] in 1988 was the last Democrat to win a majority in Brule County, although [[Bill Clinton]] twice obtained a plurality. Four of the past five Republican nominees have won over 58 percent of Brule County's vote.

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{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|908|1,060|708|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|971|991|12|South Dakota}}
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{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,674|925|201|South Dakota}}
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{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|1,421|1,665|11|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|1,237|1,425|153|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|968|2,205|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,403|1,600|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,317|1,894|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,578|1,392|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|1,056|1,646|42|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,002|1,412|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,352|1,835|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|982|2,274|61|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|797|2,465|53|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,431|1,599|50|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Progressive|1,060|650|1,146|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,036|671|323|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|729|975|46|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|0|842|728|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|753|823|33|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|693|608|42|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|644|716|6|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|441|668|5|South Dakota}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|538|200|484|South Dakota}}