United States presidential elections in South Dakota

Presidential elections in South Dakota
Number of elections	34
Voted Democratic	4
Voted Republican	29
Voted other	1
Voted for winning candidate	19
Voted for losing candidate	15

Last updated May 15, 2025

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in South Dakota, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1889, South Dakota has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^[b]	Votes	Percent	Electoral votes
2024 ^[1]	Donald Trump	272,081	63.43	Kamala Harris	146,859	34.24	—			3
2020 ^[2]	Joe Biden	150,471	35.61	Donald Trump	261,043	61.77	—			3
2016 ^[3]	Donald Trump ^[c]	227,721	61.53	Hillary Clinton	117,458	31.74	—			3
2012 ^[4]	Barack Obama	145,039	39.87	Mitt Romney	210,610	57.89	-			3
2008 ^[5]	Barack Obama	170,924	44.75	John McCain	203,054	53.16	-			3
2004 ^[6]	George W. Bush	232,584	59.91	John Kerry	149,244	38.44	-			3
2000 ^[7]	George W. Bush ^[c]	190,700	60.30	Al Gore	118,804	37.56	-			3
1996 ^[8]	Bill Clinton	139,333	43.03	Bob Dole	150,543	46.49	Ross Perot	31,250	9.65	3
1992	Bill Clinton	124,888	37.14	George H. W. Bush	136,718	40.66	Ross Perot	73,295	21.80	3
1988	George H. W. Bush	165,415	52.85	Michael Dukakis	145,560	46.51	-			3
1984	Ronald Reagan	200,267	63.00	Walter Mondale	116,113	36.53	-			3
1980	Ronald Reagan	198,343	60.53	Jimmy Carter	103,855	31.69	John B. Anderson	21,431	6.54	4
1976	Jimmy Carter	147,068	48.91	Gerald Ford	151,505	50.39	-			4
1972	Richard Nixon	166,476	54.15	George McGovern	139,945	45.52	-			4
1968	Richard Nixon	149,841	53.27	Hubert Humphrey	118,023	41.96	George Wallace	13,400	4.76	4
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	163,010	55.61	Barry Goldwater	130,108	44.39	-			4
1960	John F. Kennedy	128,070	41.79	Richard Nixon	178,417	58.21	-			4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	171,569	58.39	Adlai Stevenson II	122,288	41.61	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors ^[d]	-		4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	203,857	69.27	Adlai Stevenson II	90,426	30.73	-			4
1948	Harry S. Truman	117,653	47.04	Thomas E. Dewey	129,651	51.84	Strom Thurmond	-		4
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	96,711	41.67	Thomas E. Dewey	135,365	58.33	-			4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	131,362	42.59	Wendell Willkie	177,065	57.41	-			4
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	160,137	54.02	Alf Landon	125,977	42.49	-			4
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	183,515	63.62	Herbert Hoover	99,212	34.40	-			4
1928	Herbert Hoover	157,603	60.18	Al Smith	102,660	39.20	-			5
1924	Calvin Coolidge	101,299	49.69	John W. Davis	27,214	13.35	Robert M. La Follette	75,355	36.96	5
1920	Warren G. Harding	110,692	60.74	James M. Cox	35,938	19.72	Parley P. Christensen	34,707	19.04	5
1916	Woodrow Wilson	59,191	45.91	Charles E. Hughes	64,217	49.80	-			5
1912	Woodrow Wilson	48,942	42.07	Theodore Roosevelt	58,811	50.56	William H. Taft	-	-	5
1908	William H. Taft	67,536	58.84	William Jennings Bryan	40,266	35.08	-			4
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	72,083	71.09	Alton B. Parker	21,969	21.67	-			4
1900	William McKinley	54,530	56.73	William Jennings Bryan	39,544	41.14	-			4
1896	William McKinley	41,042	49.48	William Jennings Bryan	41,225	49.70	-			4
1892	Grover Cleveland	9,081	12.88	Benjamin Harrison	34,888	49.48	James B. Weaver	26,544	37.64	4

Notes

↑ Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.
↑ For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
1 2 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
↑ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

↑ "Unofficial Results General Election November 5, 2024". Secretary of State of South Dakota . Retrieved November 23, 2024.
↑ 2020 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
↑ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
↑ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

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[1] Theodore Roosevelt, 1912.

[2] For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.

[PV-6] 1 2 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote

[12] Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

[3] "Unofficial Results General Election November 5, 2024". Secretary of State of South Dakota . Retrieved November 23, 2024.

[FEC_2020-4] 2020 official Federal Election Commission report.

[FEC_2016-5] 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.

[FEC_2012-7] 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.

[FEC_2008-8] 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.

[9] "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.

[10] "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.

[11] "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

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