Prior to the election, all seventeen news organizations making predictions for the election considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. South Dakota has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B. Johnson carried it in his 44-state landslide in 1964. South Dakota, just as all of the other states in the Great Plains, is among the most Republican states in the country. According to a 2012 Gallup poll, South Dakota is the 9th most conservative state in the country, with Republicans having an 11 percentage point advantage over Democrats in terms of party affiliation or identification.[1] It is also the 10th whitest state in the country as of 2012, at 83.8%,[2] and has the 4th highest gun ownership rate in the country at 56.6%, according to The Washington Post.[3] Both of these voting blocs are relatively solid for the Republican Party.[4]
While Obama lost the state by only 8.41% in 2008, illustrating a potential resurgence of Democratic strength among the agrarian population as seen in states such as Iowa, the state was returned to the safe Republican column in 2012. Romney won South Dakota by an 18.02% margin of victory. Romney was able to win back southeast Dakota: Obama became competitive there in 2008, when he won Minnehaha County (and many of its suburbs), home to the state's largest city of Sioux Falls, by only 587 votes.[5] Romney carried upwards of 60% of the vote in many counties, with his best performance in the West River. He also flipped Brown County, where Aberdeen is.
South Dakota has only one congressional district because of its small population compared to other states. This district, called the At-Large district because it covers the entire state, is equivalent to the statewide election results.
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Main article 2012 United States presidential election The 2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6 2012 as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated South Dakota voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate Vice President Joe Biden against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate Congressman Paul Ryan 2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota 2008 November 6 2012 2016 Nominee Mitt Romney Barack ObamaParty Republican DemocraticHome state Massachusetts IllinoisRunning mate Paul Ryan Joe BidenElectoral vote 3 0Popular vote 210 610 145 039Percentage 57 89 39 87 County Results Romney 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Obama 50 60 60 70 70 80 90 100 President before electionBarack ObamaDemocratic Elected President Barack ObamaDemocraticPrior to the election all seventeen news organizations making predictions for the election considered this a state Romney would win or otherwise considered as a safe red state South Dakota has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon B Johnson carried it in his 44 state landslide in 1964 South Dakota just as all of the other states in the Great Plains is among the most Republican states in the country According to a 2012 Gallup poll South Dakota is the 9th most conservative state in the country with Republicans having an 11 percentage point advantage over Democrats in terms of party affiliation or identification 1 It is also the 10th whitest state in the country as of 2012 at 83 8 2 and has the 4th highest gun ownership rate in the country at 56 6 according to The Washington Post 3 Both of these voting blocs are relatively solid for the Republican Party 4 While Obama lost the state by only 8 41 in 2008 illustrating a potential resurgence of Democratic strength among the agrarian population as seen in states such as Iowa the state was returned to the safe Republican column in 2012 Romney won South Dakota by an 18 02 margin of victory Romney was able to win back southeast Dakota Obama became competitive there in 2008 when he won Minnehaha County and many of its suburbs home to the state s largest city of Sioux Falls by only 587 votes 5 Romney carried upwards of 60 of the vote in many counties with his best performance in the West River He also flipped Brown County where Aberdeen is Obama s best performance was in majority Native American counties in the west of the state He carried 93 35 of the vote in Shannon County now known as Oglala Lakota home to the Pine Ridge Reservation and the Oglala Lakota tribe The counties of Buffalo Dewey and Todd where the Crow Creek Cheyenne River and Standing Rock and Rosebud reservations are located respectively also delivered great margins to the president Clay County home to the University of South Dakota was the only county in the southeast to vote for Obama As of 2020 this is the most recent election in which the Democratic candidate won Corson County Day County Marshall County and Roberts County Contents 1 Primaries 1 1 Democratic 1 2 Republican 2 General election 2 1 Results 2 2 Results by county 2 2 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 2 3 By congressional district 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPrimaries EditDemocratic Edit This section is empty You can help by adding to it June 2022 Republican Edit 2012 South Dakota Republican presidential primary 2008 June 5 2012 2012 06 05 2016 Candidate Mitt Romney Ron PaulHome state Massachusetts TexasDelegate count 25 0Popular vote 34 033 6 704Percentage 66 05 13 01 Candidate Rick Santorum UncommitedHome state Pennsylvania N ADelegate count 0 0Popular vote 5 916 2 797Percentage 11 48 5 43 South Dakota results by county Mitt Romney Note Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy The Republican primary took place on June 5 2012 6 25 delegates will be chosen for a total of 28 delegates to go to the national convention 2012 South Dakota Republican primaryCandidate Votes Percentage DelegatesMitt Romney 34 033 66 1 25Ron Paul 6 704 13 01 0Rick Santorum 5 916 11 48 0Uncommitted 2 797 5 43 0Newt Gingrich 2 074 4 03 0Unpledged delegates 3Total 51 524 100 0 28Key Withdrew prior to contestGeneral election EditResults Edit 2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota 7 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 210 610 57 89 3Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 145 039 39 87 0Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 5 795 1 59 0Constitution Virgil Goode Jim Clymer 2 371 0 65 0Totals 363 815 100 00 3Results by county Edit County 8 Willard Mitt RomneyRepublican Barack Hussein ObamaDemocratic Gary Earl JohnsonLibertarian Virgil Hamlin Goode Jr Constitution Margin Total votes cast Aurora 804 57 43 556 39 71 27 1 93 13 0 93 248 17 71 1 400Beadle 4 230 58 24 2 881 39 67 107 1 47 45 0 62 1 349 18 57 7 263Bennett 626 52 04 548 45 55 18 1 50 11 0 91 78 6 48 1 203Bon Homme 1 830 59 53 1 167 37 96 55 1 79 22 0 72 663 21 57 3 074Brookings 6 220 50 16 5 827 46 99 253 2 04 100 0 81 393 3 17 12 400Brown 8 321 51 79 7 250 45 12 409 2 55 88 0 55 1 071 6 67 16 068Brule 1 499 63 01 824 34 64 37 1 56 19 0 80 675 28 37 2 379Buffalo 166 25 90 472 73 63 3 0 47 0 0 00 306 47 74 641Butte 3 068 73 03 1 000 23 80 94 2 24 39 0 93 2 068 49 23 4 201Campbell 616 78 27 153 19 44 12 1 52 6 0 76 463 58 83 787Charles Mix 2 229 59 25 1 482 39 39 30 0 80 21 0 56 747 19 86 3 762Clark 1 067 58 59 713 39 15 27 1 48 14 0 77 354 19 44 1 821Clay 2 147 41 02 2 955 56 46 107 2 04 25 0 48 808 15 44 5 234Codington 6 696 58 10 4 588 39 81 169 1 47 71 0 62 2 108 18 29 11 524Corson 515 42 92 648 54 00 30 2 50 7 0 58 133 11 08 1 200Custer 3 062 67 74 1 335 29 54 83 1 84 40 0 88 1 727 38 21 4 520Davison 4 757 59 68 3 042 38 16 125 1 57 47 0 59 1 715 21 52 7 971Day 1 320 45 95 1 497 52 11 33 1 15 23 0 80 177 6 16 2 873Deuel 1 175 54 12 941 43 34 32 1 47 23 1 06 234 10 78 2 171Dewey 663 34 99 1 207 63 69 15 0 79 10 0 53 544 28 71 1 895Douglas 1 334 78 93 332 19 64 16 0 95 8 0 47 1 002 59 29 1 690Edmunds 1 264 65 29 622 32 13 37 1 91 13 0 67 642 33 16 1 936Fall River 2 258 64 22 1 140 32 42 75 2 13 43 1 22 1 118 31 80 3 516Faulk 765 67 88 331 29 37 22 1 95 9 0 80 434 38 51 1 127Grant 2 034 56 41 1 493 41 40 48 1 33 31 0 86 541 15 00 3 606Gregory 1 507 70 06 599 27 85 31 1 44 14 0 65 908 42 21 2 151Haakon 940 86 08 138 12 64 8 0 73 6 0 55 802 73 44 1 092Hamlin 1 803 64 55 921 32 98 47 1 68 22 0 79 882 31 58 2 793Hand 1 242 67 21 575 31 11 21 1 14 10 0 54 667 36 09 1 848Hanson 1 627 67 34 760 31 46 16 0 66 13 0 54 867 35 89 2 416Harding 638 86 33 82 11 10 16 2 17 3 0 41 556 75 24 739Hughes 5 219 64 00 2 786 34 16 107 1 31 43 0 53 2 433 29 83 8 155Hutchinson 2 451 71 56 923 26 95 25 0 73 26 0 76 1 528 44 61 3 425Hyde 531 72 44 189 25 78 11 1 50 2 0 27 342 46 66 733Jackson 661 59 76 426 38 52 9 0 81 10 0 90 235 21 25 1 106Jerauld 538 53 48 452 44 93 11 1 09 5 0 50 86 8 55 1 006Jones 490 80 46 108 17 73 9 1 48 2 0 33 382 62 73 609Kingsbury 1 451 55 64 1 092 41 87 45 1 73 20 0 77 359 13 77 2 608Lake 3 419 54 40 2 724 43 34 98 1 56 44 0 70 695 11 06 6 285Lawrence 7 025 61 85 3 973 34 98 262 2 31 99 0 87 3 052 26 87 11 359Lincoln 13 611 62 00 7 982 36 36 261 1 19 98 0 45 5 629 25 64 21 952Lyman 933 59 46 605 38 56 24 1 53 7 0 45 328 20 91 1 569Marshall 889 44 74 1 061 53 40 29 1 46 8 0 40 172 8 66 1 987McCook 1 655 63 34 905 34 63 33 1 26 20 0 77 750 28 70 2 613McPherson 921 75 80 272 22 39 12 0 99 10 0 82 649 53 42 1 215Meade 7 566 69 95 2 928 27 07 214 1 98 109 1 01 4 638 42 88 10 817Mellette 381 49 54 375 48 76 5 0 65 8 1 04 6 0 78 769Miner 636 55 79 479 42 02 18 1 58 7 0 61 157 13 77 1 140Minnehaha 40 330 52 67 34 668 45 28 1 118 1 46 449 0 59 5 662 7 40 76 565Moody 1 535 51 12 1 429 47 59 17 0 57 22 0 73 106 3 53 3 003Pennington 28 232 63 49 15 125 34 02 816 1 84 291 0 65 13 107 29 48 44 464Perkins 1 205 75 79 319 20 06 39 2 45 27 1 70 886 55 72 1 590Potter 1 029 74 51 339 24 55 10 0 72 3 0 22 690 49 96 1 381Roberts 1 883 44 24 2 302 54 09 42 0 99 29 0 68 419 9 84 4 256Sanborn 688 61 70 389 34 89 22 1 97 16 1 43 299 26 82 1 115Shannon 188 6 01 2 922 93 35 14 0 45 6 0 19 2 734 87 35 3 130Spink 1 670 54 92 1 300 42 75 54 1 78 17 0 56 370 12 17 3 041Stanley 1 063 69 03 435 28 25 33 2 14 9 0 58 628 40 78 1 540Sully 613 74 94 186 22 74 16 1 96 3 0 37 427 52 20 818Todd 498 19 94 1 976 79 13 11 0 44 12 0 48 1 478 59 19 2 497Tripp 1 905 70 79 737 27 39 23 0 85 26 0 97 1 168 43 40 2 691Turner 2 715 64 49 1 411 33 52 47 1 12 37 0 88 1 304 30 97 4 210Union 4 698 61 85 2 782 36 62 81 1 07 35 0 46 1 916 25 22 7 596Walworth 1 731 70 31 671 27 25 41 1 67 19 0 77 1 060 43 05 2 462Yankton 5 463 55 05 4 208 42 40 199 2 01 54 0 54 1 255 12 65 9 924Ziebach 314 41 26 439 57 69 6 0 79 2 0 26 125 16 43 761Totals 210 610 57 89 145 039 39 87 5 795 1 59 2 371 0 65 65 571 18 02 363 815Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Edit Brookings largest city Brookings Brown largest city Aberdeen Lake largest city Madison Miner largest city Howard Minnehaha largest city Sioux Falls Moody largest city Flandreau By congressional district Edit South Dakota has only one congressional district because of its small population compared to other states This district called the At Large district because it covers the entire state is equivalent to the statewide election results District Romney Obama RepresentativeAt large 57 89 39 87 Kristi NoemSee also EditUnited States presidential elections in South Dakota 2012 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries South Dakota Republican PartyReferences Edit Jones Jeffrey M February 2 2012 More States Move to GOP in 2011 Gallup Retrieved 2020 11 27 2012 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates American FactFinder U S Census Bureau Archived from the original on 12 February 2020 Retrieved 23 March 2014 Cochran Laura May 26 2006 Gun Ownership by State The Washington Post Retrieved November 27 2020 Cohen Micah August 24 2012 In South Dakota Only the Farm Trumps Conservatism FiveThirtyEight Retrieved November 27 2020 South Dakota Election Results 2008 The New York Times www nytimes com Retrieved 2020 11 27 Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN Retrieved January 12 2012 South Dakota Secretary of State Retrieved 2012 12 09 Our Campaigns SD US Presidential Election Race November 06 2012External links EditThe Green Papers for South Dakota The Green Papers Major state elections in chronological order Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota amp oldid 1129545959, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
