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State record · SD

South Dakota

3 electoral votes in 202470 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+60·1868·····18881892: R+59.2 two-party · 70,160 votes1896: D+0.2 two-party · 82,487 votes1900: R+16.0 two-party · 96,169 votes1904: R+53.3 two-party · 101,395 votes1908: R+25.3 two-party · 114,775 votes19081912: D+100.0 two-party · 116,327 votes1916: R+4.1 two-party · 128,942 votes1920: R+50.7 two-party · 181,118 votes1924: R+57.6 two-party · 203,713 votes1928: R+21.1 two-party · 261,857 votes19281932: D+29.8 two-party · 288,438 votes1936: D+11.9 two-party · 296,452 votes1940: R+14.8 two-party · 308,427 votes1944: R+16.7 two-party · 232,076 votes1948: R+4.9 two-party · 250,105 votes19481952: R+38.5 two-party · 294,283 votes1956: R+16.8 two-party · 293,857 votes1960: R+16.4 two-party · 306,487 votes1964: D+11.2 two-party · 293,118 votes1968: R+11.9 two-party · 281,264 votes19681972: R+8.7 two-party · 307,436 votes1976: R+1.5 two-party · 300,678 votes · 4 EV1980: R+31.3 two-party · 327,703 votes · 4 EV1984: R+26.6 two-party · 317,867 votes · 3 EV1988: R+6.4 two-party · 312,991 votes · 3 EV19881992: R+4.5 two-party · 336,254 votes · 3 EV1996: R+3.9 two-party · 323,826 votes · 3 EV2000: R+23.2 two-party · 316,269 votes · 3 EV2004: R+21.8 two-party · 388,215 votes · 3 EV2008: R+8.6 two-party · 381,975 votes · 3 EV20082012: R+18.4 two-party · 363,815 votes · 3 EV2016: R+31.9 two-party · 370,093 votes · 3 EV2020: R+26.9 two-party · 422,609 votes · 3 EV2024: R+29.9 two-party · 428,922 votes · 3 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%
ArmstrongR+9.1
7 elections · latest 1952 · Republican
AuroraR+55.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BeadleR+41.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BennettR+26.9
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Bon HommeR+52.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BrookingsR+17.8
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BrownR+27.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BruleR+43.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BuffaloD+27.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
ButteR+62.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CampbellR+70.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Charles MixR+43.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClarkR+53.8
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClayD+6.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
CodingtonR+41.8
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CorsonR+12.1
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CusterR+46.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DavisonR+38.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DayR+30.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DeuelR+53.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DeweyD+13.1
29 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
DouglasR+73.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
EdmundsR+61.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Fall RiverR+50.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FaulkR+66.8
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GrantR+46.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GregoryR+61.6
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HaakonR+81.1
28 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HamlinR+61.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HandR+58.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HansonR+60.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HardingR+88.0
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HughesR+30.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HutchinsonR+58.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HydeR+56.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JacksonR+35.7
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JerauldR+43.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JonesR+77.7
27 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
KingsburyR+44.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LakeR+31.8
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LawrenceR+32.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LincolnR+27.1
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LymanR+40.4
33 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MarshallR+24.4
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McCookR+50.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McPhersonR+70.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MeadeR+52.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MelletteR+20.7
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MinerR+48.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MinnehahaR+13.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MoodyR+32.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
Oglala LakotaD+81.0
2 elections · latest 2020 · Democratic
Oglala LakotaD+72.7
24 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
PenningtonR+27.2
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PerkinsR+71.0
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PotterR+66.4
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RobertsR+23.4
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SanbornR+56.4
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SpinkR+39.9
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
StanleyR+47.6
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SullyR+62.0
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ToddD+51.9
26 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
TrippR+64.1
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TurnerR+52.7
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
UnionR+41.5
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WalworthR+60.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WashabaughD+9.3
14 elections · latest 1976 · Democratic
WashingtonR+5.2
5 elections · latest 1940 · Republican
YanktonR+26.3
34 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ZiebachR+2.9
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican