Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by colorTreemap of the popular vote by county.
South Dakota has voted for the Republican ticket in every election since 1968. Donald Trump continued the Republican tradition in South Dakota, carrying the state with 61.5% of the vote, to Hillary Clinton's 31.7% of the vote,[2] a 29.8% margin of victory, the largest margin of victory for a candidate of either party since Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower's 38.5% margin in 1952. South Dakota was also Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson's fifth strongest state in the 2016 election, which his 5.63% in popular vote being only behind New Mexico, North Dakota, Alaska and Oklahoma.[3]
Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot. The only candidate with a campaign that remained active was Donald Trump. Trump's state director was Neal Tapio.
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.
Donald Trump carried most of the state's counties, including Hughes County where the capital city of Pierre is located, Pennington County which contains Rapid City, Minnehaha County which contains Sioux Falls, Brown County which contains Aberdeen, and Codington County which contains Watertown. Clinton won only five counties statewide: Todd, Buffalo, Dewey, and Oglala Lakota, all of which are majority Native American, and Clay County which contains the University of South Dakota.[17] However, Trump did fare well with some Native American groups, and thus held the Native American-majority counties of Bennett, Corson, Mellette and Ziebach, along with the plurality-Native county of Jackson. Distinctly noticeable were the split of both the Pine Ridge and Standing Rock reservations votes and the majority-Native counties they contained: the western half of Pine Ridge (Oglala Lakota County) voted Democrat, while eastern Pine Ridge (Bennett and Jackson Counties) voted Republican, and while northern Standing Rock (Sioux County) remained heavily Democratic, southern Standing Rock (Corson County) swung Republican for the first time in three elections.
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Main article 2016 United States presidential election The 2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota was held on November 8 2016 as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated South Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party s nominee celebrity Donald Trump and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine 2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota 2012 November 8 2016 2020 Turnout59 90 1 Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Gary JohnsonParty Republican Democratic LibertarianHome state New York New York New MexicoRunning mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Bill WeldElectoral vote 3 0 0Popular vote 227 721 117 458 20 845Percentage 61 53 31 74 5 63 County resultsPrecinct resultsTrump 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Clinton 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 President before electionBarack ObamaDemocratic Elected President Donald TrumpRepublicanResults by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by colorTreemap of the popular vote by county South Dakota has voted for the Republican ticket in every election since 1968 Donald Trump continued the Republican tradition in South Dakota carrying the state with 61 5 of the vote to Hillary Clinton s 31 7 of the vote 2 a 29 8 margin of victory the largest margin of victory for a candidate of either party since Republican Dwight D Eisenhower s 38 5 margin in 1952 South Dakota was also Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson s fifth strongest state in the 2016 election which his 5 63 in popular vote being only behind New Mexico North Dakota Alaska and Oklahoma 3 Contents 1 Primary elections 1 1 Democratic primary 1 2 Republican primary 2 General Election 2 1 Predictions 2 2 Statewide Results 2 3 Results by county 2 3 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 2 4 By congressional district 3 Analysis 4 See also 5 ReferencesPrimary elections editDemocratic primary edit Main article 2016 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary Two candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot Hillary Clinton Bernie SandersSouth Dakota Democratic primary June 7 2016Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegatesCount Percentage Pledged Unpledged TotalHillary Clinton 27 047 51 03 10 2 12Bernie Sanders 25 959 48 97 10 0 10Uncommitted 0 3 3Total 53 006 100 20 5 25Source The Green Papers South Dakota Secretary of State Official Primary ResultsRepublican primary edit Main article 2016 South Dakota Republican presidential primary Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot The only candidate with a campaign that remained active was Donald Trump Trump s state director was Neal Tapio Ted Cruz withdrawn John Kasich withdrawn Donald Trump nbsp Republican primary results by county Donald TrumpSouth Dakota Republican primary June 7 2016 Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate countBound Unbound TotalDonald Trump 44 867 67 09 29 0 29Ted Cruz withdrawn 11 352 16 97 0 0 0John Kasich withdrawn 10 660 15 94 0 0 0Unprojected delegates 0 0 0Total 66 879 100 00 29 0 29Source The Green PapersGeneral Election editPredictions edit The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for South Dakota as of Election Day Source Ranking As ofLos Angeles Times 4 Safe R November 6 2016CNN 5 Safe R November 8 2016Rothenberg Political Report 6 Safe R November 7 2016Sabato s Crystal Ball 7 Safe R November 7 2016NBC 8 Likely R November 7 2016RealClearPolitics 9 Likely R November 8 2016Fox News 10 Safe R November 7 2016ABC 11 Safe R November 7 2016Statewide Results edit Chart of popular vote Trump 61 53 Clinton 31 74 Johnson 5 63 Castle 1 10 2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota 12 Party Candidate Running Mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican Donald Trump Mike Pence 227 721 61 53 3Democratic Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 117 458 31 74 0Libertarian Gary Johnson William Weld 20 850 5 63 0Constitution Darrell Castle Scott Bradley 4 064 1 10 0Totals 370 093 100 00 3Results by county edit Unofficial results by county last updated November 9 2016 13 County Candidate TotalTrump Clinton Johnson CastleAurora percent 69 23 24 16 5 26 1 35 100 00 votes 974 340 74 19 1 407Beadle percent 65 79 28 23 4 77 1 21 100 00 votes 4 455 1 912 323 82 6 772Bennett percent 57 96 35 86 4 96 1 22 100 00 votes 666 412 57 14 1 149Bon Homme percent 70 78 23 67 4 34 1 21 100 00 votes 2 105 704 129 36 2 974Brookings percent 53 22 38 48 6 95 1 36 100 00 votes 6 748 4 879 881 172 12 680Brown percent 59 66 33 84 5 68 0 83 100 00 votes 9 613 5 452 915 133 16 113Brule percent 68 40 24 96 5 46 1 18 100 00 votes 1 565 571 125 27 2 288Buffalo percent 34 90 60 41 3 67 1 02 100 00 votes 171 296 18 5 490Butte percent 77 20 15 95 5 66 1 20 100 00 votes 3 355 693 246 52 4 346Campbell percent 84 72 12 64 2 41 0 24 100 00 votes 704 105 20 2 831Charles Mix percent 69 39 27 24 2 85 0 52 100 00 votes 2 382 935 98 18 3 433Clark percent 68 74 24 02 6 22 1 03 100 00 votes 1 139 398 103 17 1 657Clay percent 41 61 51 45 5 82 1 12 100 00 votes 2 109 2 608 295 57 5 069Codington percent 66 54 27 20 5 14 1 12 100 00 votes 7 764 3 174 600 131 11 669Corson percent 50 04 45 53 2 89 1 53 100 00 votes 588 535 34 18 1 175Custer percent 69 76 23 75 5 41 1 08 100 00 votes 3 290 1 120 255 51 4 716Davison percent 64 85 29 62 4 39 1 14 100 00 votes 5 157 2 355 349 91 7 952Day percent 59 23 35 46 4 22 1 09 100 00 votes 1 627 974 116 30 2 747Deuel percent 65 67 27 40 5 62 1 30 100 00 votes 1 366 570 117 27 2 080Dewey percent 42 36 51 96 4 16 1 52 100 00 votes 723 887 71 26 1 707Douglas percent 83 36 13 33 2 55 0 75 100 00 votes 1 338 214 41 12 1 605Edmunds percent 74 71 19 81 4 48 0 99 100 00 votes 1 433 380 86 19 1 918Fall River percent 70 47 23 04 4 66 1 82 100 00 votes 2 511 821 166 65 3 563Faulk percent 76 74 18 25 4 03 0 98 100 00 votes 858 204 45 11 1 118Grant percent 66 84 27 23 4 91 1 01 100 00 votes 2 381 970 175 36 3 562Gregory percent 76 52 18 70 3 73 1 05 100 00 votes 1 600 391 78 22 2 091Haakon percent 89 66 7 38 2 59 0 38 100 00 votes 936 77 27 4 1 044Hamlin percent 74 26 20 09 4 49 1 16 100 00 votes 2 051 555 124 32 2 762Hand percent 76 51 18 37 4 18 0 94 100 00 votes 1 391 334 76 17 1 818Hanson percent 74 63 21 14 2 94 1 30 100 00 votes 1 497 424 59 26 2 006Harding percent 90 25 4 94 4 03 0 78 100 00 votes 694 38 31 6 769Hughes percent 63 31 29 96 5 87 0 86 100 00 votes 5 174 2 449 480 70 8 173Hutchinson percent 74 80 20 56 3 33 1 31 100 00 votes 2 517 692 112 44 3 365Hyde percent 78 70 18 12 2 46 0 72 100 00 votes 543 125 17 5 690Jackson percent 65 94 29 50 3 29 1 28 100 00 votes 722 323 36 14 1 095Jerauld percent 67 01 27 30 3 72 1 96 100 00 votes 648 264 36 19 967Jones percent 80 65 12 37 5 73 1 25 100 00 votes 450 69 32 7 558Kingsbury percent 65 86 27 56 5 45 1 14 100 00 votes 1 680 703 139 29 2 551Lake percent 59 50 34 10 5 28 1 12 100 00 votes 4 038 2 314 358 76 6 786Lawrence percent 62 58 28 34 7 89 1 19 100 00 votes 7 411 3 356 934 141 11 842Lincoln percent 61 43 32 01 5 60 0 96 100 00 votes 15 499 8 076 1 413 243 25 231Lyman percent 68 75 25 97 3 94 1 34 100 00 votes 977 369 56 19 1 421Marshall percent 54 24 38 73 6 01 1 03 100 00 votes 1 056 754 117 20 1 947McCook percent 69 35 24 08 5 03 1 55 100 00 votes 1 794 623 130 40 2 587McPherson percent 78 45 16 89 3 78 0 88 100 00 votes 892 192 43 10 1 137Meade percent 72 64 19 13 7 16 1 08 100 00 votes 8 441 2 223 832 125 11 621Mellette percent 58 86 34 85 4 69 1 61 100 00 votes 402 238 32 11 683Miner percent 66 35 26 41 6 30 0 94 100 00 votes 706 281 67 10 1 064Minnehaha percent 53 72 39 11 6 07 1 10 100 00 votes 42 043 30 610 4 753 857 78 263Moody percent 59 01 35 56 4 47 0 96 100 00 votes 1 729 1 042 131 28 2 930Oglala Lakota percent 8 32 86 46 3 59 1 62 100 00 votes 241 2 504 104 47 2 896Pennington percent 62 43 29 48 6 99 1 10 100 00 votes 29 804 14 074 3 338 525 47 741Perkins percent 83 00 11 71 4 36 0 93 100 00 votes 1 333 188 70 15 1 606Potter percent 80 07 16 10 3 00 0 82 100 00 votes 1 069 215 40 11 1 335Roberts percent 55 12 39 60 4 22 1 06 100 00 votes 2 142 1 539 164 41 3 886Sanborn percent 72 93 21 46 4 54 1 07 100 00 votes 819 241 51 12 1 123Spink percent 62 83 31 14 4 85 1 19 100 00 votes 1 854 919 143 35 2 951Stanley percent 73 26 21 00 4 91 0 83 100 00 votes 1 148 329 77 13 1 567Sully percent 78 86 15 91 4 65 0 58 100 00 votes 679 137 40 5 861Todd percent 22 92 70 82 4 52 1 74 100 00 votes 487 1 505 96 37 2 125Tripp percent 78 67 17 57 3 19 0 57 100 00 votes 2 069 462 84 15 2 630Turner percent 70 77 23 16 5 20 0 87 100 00 votes 2 937 961 216 36 4 150Union percent 66 98 28 21 3 95 0 86 100 00 votes 5 288 2 227 312 68 7 895Walworth percent 76 54 18 45 3 19 1 82 100 00 votes 1 896 457 79 45 2 477Yankton percent 58 80 34 33 5 73 1 14 100 00 votes 5 654 3 301 551 110 9 616Ziebach percent 48 04 45 95 3 66 2 35 100 00 votes 368 352 28 18 766Total percent 61 53 31 74 5 63 1 10 100 00 votes 227 701 117 442 20 845 4 059 370 047 nbsp County Flips Democratic Hold Republican Hold Gain from DemocraticCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit 14 Day largest town Webster Corson largest city McLaughlin Marshall largest city Britton Roberts largest city Sisseston Ziebach largest city Dupree 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 Trump Clinton RepresentativeAt large 61 53 31 74 Kristi NoemAnalysis editSouth Dakota gave Republican nominee Donald Trump a more than 29 point margin of victory over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton thus gaining him three electoral votes 15 The Mount Rushmore state s politics are driven by agrarian conservatism with the eastern portion of the state being largely rural and considered an extension of the Corn Belt The western portion of the state is even more conservative 16 South Dakota like many neighboring majority white Great Plains and prairie states in the Farm Belt has not voted for a Democratic candidate since the landslide election of Lyndon B Johnson in 1964 Donald Trump carried most of the state s counties including Hughes County where the capital city of Pierre is located Pennington County which contains Rapid City Minnehaha County which contains Sioux Falls Brown County which contains Aberdeen and Codington County which contains Watertown Clinton won only five counties statewide Todd Buffalo Dewey and Oglala Lakota all of which are majority Native American and Clay County which contains the University of South Dakota 17 However Trump did fare well with some Native American groups and thus held the Native American majority counties of Bennett Corson Mellette and Ziebach along with the plurality Native county of Jackson Distinctly noticeable were the split of both the Pine Ridge and Standing Rock reservations votes and the majority Native counties they contained the western half of Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota County voted Democrat while eastern Pine Ridge Bennett and Jackson Counties voted Republican and while northern Standing Rock Sioux County remained heavily Democratic southern Standing Rock Corson County swung Republican for the first time in three elections See also editPresidency of Donald Trump United States presidential elections in South Dakota 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Republican Party presidential primariesReferences edit Voter turnout in United States elections South Dakota Election Results 2016 The New York Times August 2017 2016 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved March 5 2018 Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes Compare your picks with ours Los Angeles Times November 6 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 Road to 270 CNN s general election map CNNPolitics com Cnn com November 8 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 Presidential Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report Retrieved August 16 2021 Larry J Sabato s Crystal Ball 2016 President Centerforpolitics org November 7 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 Todd Chuck NBC s Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead NBC News Retrieved November 13 2016 2016 Election Maps Battle for White House RealClearPolitics Retrieved November 13 2016 Electoral Scorecard Map shifts again in Trump s favor as Clinton holds edge Fox News November 7 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 The Final 15 The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election Abcnews go com November 7 2016 Retrieved November 13 2016 2016 Presidential General Election Results South Dakota Unofficial Results General Election November 8 2016 South Dakota Secretary of State Last Updated 11 9 2016 Bump Philip The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved September 1 2020 South Dakota Election Results 2016 The New York Times Retrieved November 11 2016 Cohen Micah August 24 2012 In South Dakota Only the Farm Trumps Conservatism FiveThirtyEight Retrieved November 11 2016 2016 election results South Dakota www cnn com Retrieved November 11 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota amp oldid 1184867808, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
