SD · State

South Dakota (SD) — Total Data

Year	D	R	Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%)	D Cand.	R Cand.	State Margin	Nat. Margin	Rel. Margin	Total votes	Source	EVs
1892	9,081(12.9%)	34,888(49.5%)	(12.9%, 49.5%, 37.6%)	Grover Cleveland	Benjamin Harrison	R+36.6	D+3.0	R+39.6	70,513	Wikipedia	4
1896	41,225(49.7%)(Δ 32,144)	41,042(49.5%)(Δ 6,154)	(49.7%, 49.5%, 0.8%)	William Jennings Bryan	William McKinley	D+0.2(Δ D+36.8)	R+4.3(Δ R+7.3)	D+4.5(Δ D+44.1)	82,950(Δ 12,437)	Wikipedia	4
1900	39,544(41.4%)(Δ -1,681)	54,530(57.0%)(Δ 13,488)	(41.1%, 56.7%, 1.6%)	William Jennings Bryan	William McKinley	R+15.6(Δ R+15.8)	R+6.1(Δ R+1.8)	R+9.5(Δ R+14.0)	96,124(Δ 13,174)	Wikipedia	4
1904	21,969(22.6%)(Δ -17,575)	72,083(74.2%)(Δ 17,553)	(21.7%, 71.1%, 3.1%)	Alton B. Parker	Theodore Roosevelt	R+49.4(Δ R+33.8)	R+18.8(Δ R+12.7)	R+30.6(Δ R+21.1)	101,395(Δ 5,271)	Wikipedia	4
1908	40,266(36.0%)(Δ 18,297)	67,536(60.4%)(Δ -4,547)	(35.1%, 58.8%, 3.5%)	William Jennings Bryan	William Howard Taft	R+23.8(Δ D+25.7)	R+8.5(Δ D+10.3)	R+15.2(Δ D+15.4)	114,775(Δ 13,380)	Wikipedia	4
1912	48,942(43.5%)(Δ 8,676)	58,811(52.3%)(Δ -8,725)	(42.1%, 50.6%, 4.0%)	Woodrow Wilson	Theodore Roosevelt	R+8.5(Δ D+15.3)	D+14.4(Δ D+23.0)	R+22.9(Δ R+7.7)	116,325(Δ 1,550)	Wikipedia	5
1916	59,191(46.5%)(Δ 10,249)	64,217(50.5%)(Δ 5,406)	(45.9%, 49.8%, 2.9%)	Woodrow Wilson	Charles Evans Hughes	R+3.9(Δ D+4.6)	D+3.1(Δ R+11.3)	R+7.0(Δ D+15.9)	128,942(Δ 12,617)	Wikipedia	5
1920	35,938(19.8%)(Δ -23,253)	110,692(61.0%)(Δ 46,475)	(19.7%, 60.7%, 19.0%)	James M. Cox	Warren G. Harding	R+41.0(Δ R+37.1)	R+26.2(Δ R+29.3)	R+14.9(Δ R+7.8)	182,237(Δ 53,295)	Wikipedia	5
1924	27,214(13.3%)(Δ -8,724)	101,299(49.7%)(Δ -9,393)	(13.3%, 49.7%, 37.0%)	John W. Davis	Calvin Coolidge	R+36.3(Δ D+4.7)	R+25.2(Δ D+1.0)	R+11.1(Δ D+3.7)	203,868(Δ 21,631)	Wikipedia	5
1928	102,660(39.4%)(Δ 75,446)	157,603(60.5%)(Δ 56,304)	(39.2%, 60.2%, 0.2%)	Al Smith	Herbert Hoover	R+21.0(Δ D+15.4)	R+17.4(Δ D+7.8)	R+3.6(Δ D+7.6)	261,865(Δ 57,997)	Wikipedia	5
1932	183,515(64.6%)(Δ 80,855)	99,212(34.9%)(Δ -58,391)	(63.6%, 34.4%, 0.5%)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Herbert Hoover	D+29.2(Δ D+50.2)	D+17.8(Δ D+35.2)	D+11.5(Δ D+15.0)	288,438(Δ 26,573)	Wikipedia	4
1936	160,137(54.0%)(Δ -23,378)	125,977(42.5%)(Δ 26,765)	(54.0%, 42.5%, 3.5%)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Alf Landon	D+11.5(Δ R+17.7)	D+24.3(Δ D+6.5)	R+12.7(Δ R+24.2)	296,472(Δ 8,034)	Wikipedia	4
1940	131,362(42.6%)(Δ -28,775)	177,065(57.4%)(Δ 51,088)	(42.6%, 57.4%, 0.0%)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell Willkie	R+14.8(Δ R+26.3)	D+10.0(Δ R+14.3)	R+24.8(Δ R+12.0)	308,427(Δ 11,955)	Wikipedia	4
1944	96,711(41.7%)(Δ -34,651)	135,365(58.3%)(Δ -41,700)	(41.7%, 58.3%, 0.0%)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Thomas E. Dewey	R+16.7(Δ R+1.8)	D+7.5(Δ R+2.5)	R+24.1(Δ D+0.6)	232,076(Δ -76,351)	Wikipedia	4
1948	117,653(47.0%)(Δ 20,942)	129,651(51.8%)(Δ -5,714)	(47.0%, 51.8%, 1.1%)	Harry S. Truman	Thomas E. Dewey	R+4.8(Δ D+11.9)	D+4.5(Δ R+3.0)	R+9.3(Δ D+14.9)	250,105(Δ 18,029)	Wikipedia	4
1952	90,426(30.7%)(Δ -27,227)	203,857(69.3%)(Δ 74,206)	(30.7%, 69.3%, 0.0%)	Adlai Stevenson	Dwight D. Eisenhower	R+38.5(Δ R+33.7)	R+10.9(Δ R+15.3)	R+27.7(Δ R+18.4)	294,283(Δ 44,178)	Wikipedia	4
1956	122,288(41.6%)(Δ 31,862)	171,569(58.4%)(Δ -32,288)	(41.6%, 58.4%, 0.0%)	Adlai Stevenson	Dwight D. Eisenhower	R+16.8(Δ D+21.8)	R+15.4(Δ R+4.5)	R+1.4(Δ D+26.3)	293,857(Δ -426)	Wikipedia	4
1960	128,070(41.8%)(Δ 5,782)	178,417(58.2%)(Δ 6,848)	(41.8%, 58.2%, 0.0%)	John F. Kennedy	Richard Nixon	R+16.4(Δ D+0.3)	D+0.2(Δ D+15.6)	R+16.6(Δ R+15.2)	306,487(Δ 12,630)	Wikipedia	4
1964	163,010(55.6%)(Δ 34,940)	130,108(44.4%)(Δ -48,309)	(55.6%, 44.4%, 0.0%)	Lyndon B. Johnson	Barry Goldwater	D+11.2(Δ D+27.7)	D+22.6(Δ D+22.4)	R+11.4(Δ D+5.2)	293,118(Δ -13,369)	Wikipedia	4
1968	118,023(42.0%)(Δ -44,987)	149,841(53.3%)(Δ 19,733)	(42.0%, 53.3%, 4.8%)	Hubert Humphrey	Richard Nixon	R+11.3(Δ R+22.5)	R+0.7(Δ R+23.3)	R+10.6(Δ D+0.7)	281,264(Δ -11,854)	Wikipedia	4
1972	139,945(45.7%)(Δ 21,922)	166,476(54.3%)(Δ 16,635)	(45.5%, 54.2%, 0.0%)	George McGovern	Richard Nixon	R+8.6(Δ D+2.7)	R+23.1(Δ R+22.4)	D+14.5(Δ D+25.1)	307,415(Δ 26,151)	Wikipedia	4
1976	147,068(49.0%)(Δ 7,123)	151,505(50.5%)(Δ -14,971)	(48.9%, 50.4%, 0.5%)	Jimmy Carter	Gerald Ford	R+1.5(Δ D+7.2)	D+2.1(Δ D+25.2)	R+3.5(Δ R+18.1)	300,678(Δ -6,737)	Wikipedia	4
1980	103,855(32.1%)(Δ -43,213)	198,343(61.3%)(Δ 46,838)	(31.7%, 60.5%, 6.5%)	Jimmy Carter	Ronald Reagan	R+28.8(Δ R+27.4)	R+9.7(Δ R+11.8)	R+19.1(Δ R+15.6)	327,703(Δ 27,025)	Wikipedia	4
1984	116,113(36.7%)(Δ 12,258)	200,267(63.3%)(Δ 1,924)	(36.5%, 63.0%, 0.0%)	Walter Mondale	Ronald Reagan	R+26.5(Δ D+2.4)	R+18.2(Δ R+8.5)	R+8.3(Δ D+10.8)	317,867(Δ -9,836)	Wikipedia	3
1988	145,560(46.6%)(Δ 29,447)	165,415(53.0%)(Δ -34,852)	(46.5%, 52.8%, 0.3%)	Michael Dukakis	George H.W. Bush	R+6.3(Δ D+20.1)	R+7.7(Δ D+10.5)	D+1.4(Δ D+9.6)	312,991(Δ -4,876)	Wikipedia	3
1992	124,888(37.3%)(Δ -20,672)	136,718(40.8%)(Δ -28,697)	(37.1%, 40.7%, 21.8%)	Bill Clinton	George H.W. Bush	R+3.5(Δ D+2.8)	D+5.6(Δ D+13.3)	R+9.1(Δ R+10.5)	336,254(Δ 23,263)	Wikipedia	3
1996	139,333(43.4%)(Δ 14,445)	150,543(46.9%)(Δ 13,825)	(43.0%, 46.5%, 9.7%)	Bill Clinton	Bob Dole	R+3.5(Δ D+0.1)	D+8.5(Δ D+3.0)	R+12.0(Δ R+2.9)	323,826(Δ -12,428)	Wikipedia	3
2000	118,804(38.0%)(Δ -20,529)	190,700(61.0%)(Δ 40,157)	(37.6%, 60.3%, 1.1%)	Al Gore	George W. Bush	R+22.7(Δ R+19.3)	D+0.5(Δ R+8.0)	R+23.2(Δ R+11.3)	316,269(Δ -7,557)	Wikipedia	3
2004	149,244(38.6%)(Δ 30,440)	232,584(60.2%)(Δ 41,884)	(38.4%, 59.9%, 1.1%)	John Kerry	George W. Bush	R+21.5(Δ D+1.3)	R+2.5(Δ R+3.0)	R+19.0(Δ D+4.2)	388,215(Δ 71,946)	Wikipedia	3
2008	170,924(45.2%)(Δ 21,680)	203,054(53.7%)(Δ -29,530)	(44.7%, 53.2%, 1.1%)	Barack Obama	John McCain	R+8.4(Δ D+13.1)	D+7.3(Δ D+9.7)	R+15.7(Δ D+3.3)	381,975(Δ -6,240)	Wikipedia	3
2012	145,039(40.1%)(Δ -25,885)	210,610(58.3%)(Δ 7,556)	(39.9%, 57.9%, 1.6%)	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney	R+18.0(Δ R+9.6)	D+3.9(Δ R+3.4)	R+21.9(Δ R+6.2)	363,815(Δ -18,160)	Wikipedia	3
2016	117,458(32.1%)(Δ -27,581)	227,721(62.2%)(Δ 17,111)	(31.7%, 61.5%, 5.6%)	Hillary Clinton	Donald Trump	R+29.8(Δ R+11.8)	D+2.1(Δ R+1.8)	R+31.9(Δ R+10.0)	370,093(Δ 6,278)	Wikipedia	3
2020	150,471(35.6%)(Δ 33,013)	261,043(61.8%)(Δ 33,322)	(35.6%, 61.8%, 2.6%)	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	R+26.2(Δ D+3.6)	D+4.5(Δ D+2.4)	R+30.6(Δ D+1.3)	422,609(Δ 52,516)	Wikipedia	3
2024	146,859(34.5%)(Δ -3,612)	272,081(63.8%)(Δ 11,038)	(34.2%, 63.4%, 1.7%)	Kamala Harris	Donald Trump	R+29.2(Δ R+3.0)	R+1.5(Δ R+5.9)	R+27.7(Δ D+2.9)	428,922(Δ 6,313)	Wikipedia	3

Column explanations

Δ: Change (delta) in the value from the previous election year.
Year: Election year.
D: Number of votes for the Democratic candidate (raw count(pct%)).
R: Number of votes for the Republican candidate (raw count(pct%)).
Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%): Vote share breakdown showing Democratic %, Republican %, and top third-party % in format (D%, R%, 3rd%).
D Cand.: Name of the Democratic candidate.
R Cand.: Name of the Republican candidate.
State Margin: Margin between the two major-party candidates, including third-party votes ((D - R)/total).
Nat. Margin: The national presidential margin for that year, including third-party votes ((D_total - R_total)/total_votes).
Rel. Margin: The presidential margin relative to the national presidential margin (Margin - Nat. Margin).
Total votes: Total voter turnout or ballots cast (when provided).
Source: URL of the source for this data (usually Wikipedia).
EVs: Number of electoral votes allocated to this state or unit.

South Dakota (SD) — Third-Party Data

Year	D	R	Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%)	Other votes	Top 3rd-Party Candidate	Top 3rd-Party Share	Total 3rd-Party Votes	State 3rd-Party Share	3rd-Party Nat. Share	3rd-Party Rel. Share
1892	9,081(12.9%)	34,888(49.5%)	(12.9%, 49.5%, 37.6%)	26,544(37.6%)	James Weaver	37.64%	26,544	37.64%	10.97%	26.68%
1896	41,225(49.7%)(Δ 32,144)	41,042(49.5%)(Δ 6,154)	(49.7%, 49.5%, 0.8%)	683(0.8%)	Joshua Levering	0.82%	683	0.82%	2.27%	-1.44%
1900	39,544(41.4%)(Δ -1,681)	54,530(57.0%)(Δ 13,488)	(41.1%, 56.7%, 1.6%)	1,542(1.6%)	John Woolley	1.60%	2,050	2.13%	2.84%	-0.71%
1904	21,969(22.6%)(Δ -17,575)	72,083(74.2%)(Δ 17,553)	(21.7%, 71.1%, 3.1%)	3,138(3.2%)	Eugene V. Debs	3.09%	7,343	7.24%	5.99%	1.25%
1908	40,266(36.0%)(Δ 18,297)	67,536(60.4%)(Δ -4,547)	(35.1%, 58.8%, 3.5%)	4,039(3.6%)	Eugene Chafin	3.52%	6,973	6.08%	5.39%	0.69%
1912	48,942(43.5%)(Δ 8,676)	58,811(52.3%)(Δ -8,725)	(42.1%, 50.6%, 4.0%)	4,662(4.1%)	Eugene V. Debs	4.01%	8,572	7.37%	30.74%	-23.38%
1916	59,191(46.5%)(Δ 10,249)	64,217(50.5%)(Δ 5,406)	(45.9%, 49.8%, 2.9%)	3,760(3.0%)	Allan Benson	2.92%	5,534	4.29%	4.64%	-0.35%
1920	35,938(19.8%)(Δ -23,253)	110,692(61.0%)(Δ 46,475)	(19.7%, 60.7%, 19.0%)	34,707(19.1%)	Parley Christensen	19.04%	35,607	19.54%	5.53%	14.00%
1924	27,214(13.3%)(Δ -8,724)	101,299(49.7%)(Δ -9,393)	(13.3%, 49.7%, 37.0%)	75,355(37.0%)	Robert La Follette	36.96%	75,355	36.96%	17.14%	19.82%
1928	102,660(39.4%)(Δ 75,446)	157,603(60.5%)(Δ 56,304)	(39.2%, 60.2%, 0.2%)	443(0.2%)	Norman Thomas	0.17%	1,602	0.61%	0.99%	-0.38%
1932	183,515(64.6%)(Δ 80,855)	99,212(34.9%)(Δ -58,391)	(63.6%, 34.4%, 0.5%)	1,551(0.5%)	Thomas/Maurer	0.54%	5,711	1.98%	2.94%	-0.96%
1936	160,137(54.0%)(Δ -23,378)	125,977(42.5%)(Δ 26,765)	(54.0%, 42.5%, 3.5%)	10,338(3.5%)	William Lemke	3.49%	10,358	3.49%	2.66%	0.84%
1940	131,362(42.6%)(Δ -28,775)	177,065(57.4%)(Δ 51,088)	(42.6%, 57.4%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.48%	-0.48%
1944	96,711(41.7%)(Δ -34,651)	135,365(58.3%)(Δ -41,700)	(41.7%, 58.3%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.72%	-0.72%
1948	117,653(47.0%)(Δ 20,942)	129,651(51.8%)(Δ -5,714)	(47.0%, 51.8%, 1.1%)	2,801(1.1%)	Henry Wallace	1.12%	2,801	1.12%	5.38%	-4.26%
1952	90,426(30.7%)(Δ -27,227)	203,857(69.3%)(Δ 74,206)	(30.7%, 69.3%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.49%	-0.49%
1956	122,288(41.6%)(Δ 31,862)	171,569(58.4%)(Δ -32,288)	(41.6%, 58.4%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.67%	-0.67%
1960	128,070(41.8%)(Δ 5,782)	178,417(58.2%)(Δ 6,848)	(41.8%, 58.2%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.73%	-0.73%
1964	163,010(55.6%)(Δ 34,940)	130,108(44.4%)(Δ -48,309)	(55.6%, 44.4%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	0	0.00%	0.48%	-0.48%
1968	118,023(42.0%)(Δ -44,987)	149,841(53.3%)(Δ 19,733)	(42.0%, 53.3%, 4.8%)	13,400(4.8%)	George Wallace	4.76%	13,400	4.76%	13.86%	-9.09%
1972	139,945(45.7%)(Δ 21,922)	166,476(54.3%)(Δ 16,635)	(45.5%, 54.2%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	994	0.32%	1.80%	-1.48%
1976	147,068(49.0%)(Δ 7,123)	151,505(50.5%)(Δ -14,971)	(48.9%, 50.4%, 0.5%)	1,619(0.5%)	Roger MacBride	0.54%	2,105	0.70%	1.90%	-1.20%
1980	103,855(32.1%)(Δ -43,213)	198,343(61.3%)(Δ 46,838)	(31.7%, 60.5%, 6.5%)	21,431(6.6%)	John Anderson	6.54%	25,505	7.78%	8.24%	-0.45%
1984	116,113(36.7%)(Δ 12,258)	200,267(63.3%)(Δ 1,924)	(36.5%, 63.0%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	1,487	0.47%	0.67%	-0.20%
1988	145,560(46.6%)(Δ 29,447)	165,415(53.0%)(Δ -34,852)	(46.5%, 52.8%, 0.3%)	1,060(0.3%)	Ron Paul	0.34%	2,016	0.64%	0.98%	-0.34%
1992	124,888(37.3%)(Δ -20,672)	136,718(40.8%)(Δ -28,697)	(37.1%, 40.7%, 21.8%)	73,295(21.9%)	Ross Perot	21.80%	74,648	22.20%	19.55%	2.65%
1996	139,333(43.4%)(Δ 14,445)	150,543(46.9%)(Δ 13,825)	(43.0%, 46.5%, 9.7%)	31,250(9.7%)	Ross Perot	9.65%	33,950	10.48%	10.05%	0.43%
2000	118,804(38.0%)(Δ -20,529)	190,700(61.0%)(Δ 40,157)	(37.6%, 60.3%, 1.1%)	3,322(1.1%)	Pat Buchanan	1.05%	6,765	2.14%	3.75%	-1.61%
2004	149,244(38.6%)(Δ 30,440)	232,584(60.2%)(Δ 41,884)	(38.4%, 59.9%, 1.1%)	4,320(1.1%)	Ralph Nader	1.11%	6,387	1.65%	1.00%	0.65%
2008	170,924(45.2%)(Δ 21,680)	203,054(53.7%)(Δ -29,530)	(44.7%, 53.2%, 1.1%)	4,267(1.1%)	Ralph Nader	1.12%	7,997	2.09%	1.42%	0.67%
2012	145,039(40.1%)(Δ -25,885)	210,610(58.3%)(Δ 7,556)	(39.9%, 57.9%, 1.6%)	5,795(1.6%)	Johnson/Gray	1.59%	8,166	2.24%	1.73%	0.51%
2016	117,458(32.1%)(Δ -27,581)	227,721(62.2%)(Δ 17,111)	(31.7%, 61.5%, 5.6%)	20,850(5.7%)	Johnson/Weld	5.63%	24,914	6.73%	5.73%	1.00%
2020	150,471(35.6%)(Δ 33,013)	261,043(61.8%)(Δ 33,322)	(35.6%, 61.8%, 2.6%)	11,095(2.6%)	Jorgensen/Cohen	2.63%	11,095	2.63%	1.84%	0.78%
2024	146,859(34.5%)(Δ -3,612)	272,081(63.8%)(Δ 11,038)	(34.2%, 63.4%, 1.7%)	7,204(1.7%)	Kennedy/Shanahan	1.68%	9,982	2.33%	1.88%	0.45%

Column explanations

Δ: Change (delta) in the value from the previous election year.
Year: Election year.
D: Number of votes for the Democratic candidate (raw count(pct%)).
R: Number of votes for the Republican candidate (raw count(pct%)).
Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%): Vote share breakdown showing Democratic %, Republican %, and top third-party % in format (D%, R%, 3rd%).
Other votes: Number of votes for third-party (other) candidates (raw count(pct%)).
Top 3rd-Party Candidate: Name of the highest-vote third-party / other candidate in that state and year.
Top 3rd-Party Share: Share of the vote received by third-party (other) candidates.
Total 3rd-Party Votes: Total votes for all third-party / other candidates combined (may exceed top candidate).
State 3rd-Party Share: Share of the vote received by third-party (other) candidates.
3rd-Party Nat. Share: The national third-party share for that year (3rd-Party votes / total votes).
3rd-Party Rel. Share: Third-party share relative to the national third-party share (3rd-Party share - Nat. 3rd-Party share).

South Dakota (SD) — Two-Party Data

Year	D	R	Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%)	2-Party Margin	2-Party Nat. Margin	2-Party Rel. Margin	EVs
1892	9,081(20.7%)	34,888(79.3%)	(12.9%, 49.5%, 37.6%)	R+58.7	D+3.4	R+62.1	4
1896	41,225(50.1%)(Δ 32,144)	41,042(49.9%)(Δ 6,154)	(49.7%, 49.5%, 0.8%)	D+0.2(Δ D+58.9)	R+4.4(Δ R+7.8)	D+4.6(Δ D+66.7)	4
1900	39,544(42.0%)(Δ -1,681)	54,530(58.0%)(Δ 13,488)	(41.1%, 56.7%, 1.6%)	R+15.9(Δ R+16.2)	R+6.3(Δ R+1.9)	R+9.6(Δ R+14.3)	4
1904	21,969(23.4%)(Δ -17,575)	72,083(76.6%)(Δ 17,553)	(21.7%, 71.1%, 3.1%)	R+53.3(Δ R+37.4)	R+20.0(Δ R+13.7)	R+33.3(Δ R+23.6)	4
1908	40,266(37.4%)(Δ 18,297)	67,536(62.6%)(Δ -4,547)	(35.1%, 58.8%, 3.5%)	R+25.3(Δ D+28.0)	R+9.0(Δ D+11.0)	R+16.3(Δ D+17.0)	4
1912	48,942(45.4%)(Δ 8,676)	58,811(54.6%)(Δ -8,725)	(42.1%, 50.6%, 4.0%)	R+9.2(Δ D+16.1)	D+20.9(Δ D+29.9)	R+30.0(Δ R+13.7)	5
1916	59,191(48.0%)(Δ 10,249)	64,217(52.0%)(Δ 5,406)	(45.9%, 49.8%, 2.9%)	R+4.1(Δ D+5.1)	D+3.3(Δ R+17.6)	R+7.3(Δ D+22.7)	5
1920	35,938(24.5%)(Δ -23,253)	110,692(75.5%)(Δ 46,475)	(19.7%, 60.7%, 19.0%)	R+51.0(Δ R+46.9)	R+27.7(Δ R+31.0)	R+23.3(Δ R+15.9)	5
1924	27,214(21.2%)(Δ -8,724)	101,299(78.8%)(Δ -9,393)	(13.3%, 49.7%, 37.0%)	R+57.6(Δ R+6.7)	R+30.4(Δ R+2.7)	R+27.2(Δ R+3.9)	5
1928	102,660(39.4%)(Δ 75,446)	157,603(60.6%)(Δ 56,304)	(39.2%, 60.2%, 0.2%)	R+21.1(Δ D+36.5)	R+17.6(Δ D+12.8)	R+3.5(Δ D+23.7)	5
1932	183,515(64.9%)(Δ 80,855)	99,212(35.1%)(Δ -58,391)	(63.6%, 34.4%, 0.5%)	D+29.8(Δ D+50.9)	D+18.3(Δ D+35.9)	D+11.5(Δ D+15.0)	4
1936	160,137(56.0%)(Δ -23,378)	125,977(44.0%)(Δ 26,765)	(54.0%, 42.5%, 3.5%)	D+11.9(Δ R+17.9)	D+24.9(Δ D+6.6)	R+13.0(Δ R+24.5)	4
1940	131,362(42.6%)(Δ -28,775)	177,065(57.4%)(Δ 51,088)	(42.6%, 57.4%, 0.0%)	R+14.8(Δ R+26.8)	D+10.0(Δ R+14.9)	R+24.8(Δ R+11.8)	4
1944	96,711(41.7%)(Δ -34,651)	135,365(58.3%)(Δ -41,700)	(41.7%, 58.3%, 0.0%)	R+16.7(Δ R+1.8)	D+7.5(Δ R+2.5)	R+24.2(Δ D+0.6)	4
1948	117,653(47.6%)(Δ 20,942)	129,651(52.4%)(Δ -5,714)	(47.0%, 51.8%, 1.1%)	R+4.9(Δ D+11.8)	D+4.7(Δ R+2.8)	R+9.6(Δ D+14.6)	4
1952	90,426(30.7%)(Δ -27,227)	203,857(69.3%)(Δ 74,206)	(30.7%, 69.3%, 0.0%)	R+38.5(Δ R+33.7)	R+10.9(Δ R+15.6)	R+27.6(Δ R+18.1)	4
1956	122,288(41.6%)(Δ 31,862)	171,569(58.4%)(Δ -32,288)	(41.6%, 58.4%, 0.0%)	R+16.8(Δ D+21.8)	R+15.5(Δ R+4.6)	R+1.3(Δ D+26.4)	4
1960	128,070(41.8%)(Δ 5,782)	178,417(58.2%)(Δ 6,848)	(41.8%, 58.2%, 0.0%)	R+16.4(Δ D+0.3)	D+0.2(Δ D+15.7)	R+16.6(Δ R+15.3)	4
1964	163,010(55.6%)(Δ 34,940)	130,108(44.4%)(Δ -48,309)	(55.6%, 44.4%, 0.0%)	D+11.2(Δ D+27.7)	D+22.7(Δ D+22.5)	R+11.5(Δ D+5.1)	4
1968	118,023(44.1%)(Δ -44,987)	149,841(55.9%)(Δ 19,733)	(42.0%, 53.3%, 4.8%)	R+11.9(Δ R+23.1)	R+0.8(Δ R+23.5)	R+11.1(Δ D+0.4)	4
1972	139,945(45.7%)(Δ 21,922)	166,476(54.3%)(Δ 16,635)	(45.5%, 54.2%, 0.0%)	R+8.7(Δ D+3.2)	R+23.6(Δ R+22.8)	D+14.9(Δ D+26.0)	4
1976	147,068(49.3%)(Δ 7,123)	151,505(50.7%)(Δ -14,971)	(48.9%, 50.4%, 0.5%)	R+1.5(Δ D+7.2)	D+2.1(Δ D+25.7)	R+3.6(Δ R+18.5)	4
1980	103,855(34.4%)(Δ -43,213)	198,343(65.6%)(Δ 46,838)	(31.7%, 60.5%, 6.5%)	R+31.3(Δ R+29.8)	R+10.6(Δ R+12.7)	R+20.7(Δ R+17.1)	4
1984	116,113(36.7%)(Δ 12,258)	200,267(63.3%)(Δ 1,924)	(36.5%, 63.0%, 0.0%)	R+26.6(Δ D+4.7)	R+18.3(Δ R+7.7)	R+8.3(Δ D+12.4)	3
1988	145,560(46.8%)(Δ 29,447)	165,415(53.2%)(Δ -34,852)	(46.5%, 52.8%, 0.3%)	R+6.4(Δ D+20.2)	R+7.8(Δ D+10.5)	D+1.4(Δ D+9.7)	3
1992	124,888(47.7%)(Δ -20,672)	136,718(52.3%)(Δ -28,697)	(37.1%, 40.7%, 21.8%)	R+4.5(Δ D+1.9)	D+6.9(Δ D+14.7)	R+11.4(Δ R+12.9)	3
1996	139,333(48.1%)(Δ 14,445)	150,543(51.9%)(Δ 13,825)	(43.0%, 46.5%, 9.7%)	R+3.9(Δ D+0.7)	D+9.5(Δ D+2.6)	R+13.3(Δ R+1.9)	3
2000	118,804(38.4%)(Δ -20,529)	190,700(61.6%)(Δ 40,157)	(37.6%, 60.3%, 1.1%)	R+23.2(Δ R+19.4)	D+0.5(Δ R+8.9)	R+23.8(Δ R+10.4)	3
2004	149,244(39.1%)(Δ 30,440)	232,584(60.9%)(Δ 41,884)	(38.4%, 59.9%, 1.1%)	R+21.8(Δ D+1.4)	R+2.5(Δ R+3.0)	R+19.3(Δ D+4.4)	3
2008	170,924(45.7%)(Δ 21,680)	203,054(54.3%)(Δ -29,530)	(44.7%, 53.2%, 1.1%)	R+8.6(Δ D+13.2)	D+7.4(Δ D+9.9)	R+16.0(Δ D+3.4)	3
2012	145,039(40.8%)(Δ -25,885)	210,610(59.2%)(Δ 7,556)	(39.9%, 57.9%, 1.6%)	R+18.4(Δ R+9.8)	D+3.9(Δ R+3.4)	R+22.4(Δ R+6.4)	3
2016	117,458(34.0%)(Δ -27,581)	227,721(66.0%)(Δ 17,111)	(31.7%, 61.5%, 5.6%)	R+31.9(Δ R+13.5)	D+2.2(Δ R+1.7)	R+34.2(Δ R+11.8)	3
2020	150,471(36.6%)(Δ 33,013)	261,043(63.4%)(Δ 33,322)	(35.6%, 61.8%, 2.6%)	R+26.9(Δ D+5.1)	D+4.5(Δ D+2.3)	R+31.4(Δ D+2.8)	3
2024	146,859(35.1%)(Δ -3,612)	272,081(64.9%)(Δ 11,038)	(34.2%, 63.4%, 1.7%)	R+29.9(Δ R+3.0)	R+1.5(Δ R+6.0)	R+28.4(Δ D+3.0)	3

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Δ: Change (delta) in the value from the previous election year.
Year: Election year.
D: Number of votes for the Democratic candidate (raw count(pct%)).
R: Number of votes for the Republican candidate (raw count(pct%)).
Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%): Vote share breakdown showing Democratic %, Republican %, and top third-party % in format (D%, R%, 3rd%).
2-Party Margin: Margin between the two major-party candidates, ignoring third-party votes ((D - R)/(D + R)).
2-Party Nat. Margin: The national presidential margin for that year, including third-party votes ((D_total - R_total)/total_votes).
2-Party Rel. Margin: The presidential margin relative to the national presidential margin (Margin - Nat. Margin).
EVs: Number of electoral votes allocated to this state or unit.

South Dakota (SD) — Statewide

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South Dakota (SD) — Total Data

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South Dakota (SD) — Third-Party Data

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South Dakota (SD) — Two-Party Data

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