Editing Harding County, South Dakota (section)

==Politics==
Harding is a heavily Republican county in [[President of the United States|Presidential]] and [[United States Congress|Congressional]] elections. The last Democrat to win a majority in the county was [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in his 46-state 1936 landslide. [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976 almost carried the county, but since then the solitary Democrat to top 22 percent of Harding County's ballots has been [[Michael Dukakis]] in the [[1988-89 North American drought|drought]]-influenced 1988 election – and none of the last seven Democratic presidential candidates have topped so much as twenty percent. In 2008, Republican [[John McCain]] won 78% of the county's vote, while in 2012 [[Mitt Romney]] won 86% of the vote, and [[Donald Trump]] in 2016 won 90%, his strongest showing in South Dakota,{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} with [[Hillary Clinton]] narrowly securing second place from [[Gary Johnson]].
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|748|49|16|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|695|38|37|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|638|82|19|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|575|135|24|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|704|94|17|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|650|64|17|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|537|151|97|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|515|139|227|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|633|259|8|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|723|186|3|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|727|205|42|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|470|459|16|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|637|253|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|564|266|65|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|489|487|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|676|382|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|650|376|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|809|294|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|529|479|32|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|552|493|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|755|670|0|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|524|819|39|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|625|715|104|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,032|368|18|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|702|107|322|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|648|213|248|South Dakota}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|520|597|134|South Dakota}}
{{PresFoot|1912|Progressive|0|325|777|South Dakota}}

In the [[South Dakota Senate]] Harding is part of the 28th Senate district, which is held by Republican [[Ryan Maher]]. In the [[South Dakota State House of Representatives|State House]] Harding is part of district 28B, which is held by Republican [[Neil Pinnow]].