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1876–2024
Moody County, South Dakota
Moody County·South Dakota

Moody County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A lightly populated eastern Dakota county where margins run wide

18762024·38 elections
Moody County, South Dakota · TheCatalyst31 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+32
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,397
2024 ACS
Most similar
Pine County
MN · similarity 0.98
6 precincts · 3,189 votes cast
Trump · R+32
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−31.9%
1,0522,0683,189
2020R
−24.1%
1,1791,9513,206
2016R
−23.5%
1,0431,7312,933
2012R
−3.5%
1,4291,5353,033
2008D
+4.8%
1,6631,5083,254
2004R
−5.2%
1,6091,7903,451
2000D
+1.6%
1,3611,3182,735
1996D
+15.1%
1,4431,0242,767
1992D
+18.5%
1,4738983,104
1988D
+19.2%
1,7151,1612,889
1984R
−1.5%
1,5861,6333,228
1980R
−12.7%
1,3641,8073,480
1976D
+13.6%
1,9421,4753,428
1972D
+6.9%
1,8951,6483,554
1968R
−2.2%
1,6141,6893,456
1964D
+22.3%
2,3011,4613,762
1960R
−5.0%
1,9182,1194,037
1956R
−7.4%
1,8402,1333,973
1952R
−42.9%
1,0892,7283,817
1948R
−1.8%
1,6301,6913,369
1944R
−18.9%
1,4202,0803,500
1940R
−20.3%
1,8202,7494,569
1936D
+8.2%
2,3661,9924,560
1932D
+32.2%
2,5471,2893,906
1928R
−19.6%
1,4162,1083,535
1924R
−33.4%
2341,1812,833
1920R
−49.4%
3711,6672,623
1916D
+3.8%
9738981,982
1912D
+35.6%
63701,789
1908R
−32.5%
6231,2752,008
1904R
−60.1%
2951,4711,958
1900R
−15.1%
8751,1902,091
1896D
+12.9%
1,0127801,799
1892R
−46.3%
967351,379
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
26.2%
Other Christian
16.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
15.9%
Baptist
2.9%
Methodist
2.3%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Moody County sits in South Dakota's Coteau des Prairies, where a small, predominantly rural population has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 30 points in recent cycles, consistent with the broader eastern plains trend.

The Republican margin in Moody County reached its widest at sixty points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was thirty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Moody County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,427, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,397 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Pine County and Braxton County.