Turner County, South Dakota

2024 results by precinct

8 precincts · 4,538 votes cast

Trump · R+51

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−51.3%	1,044	3,374	4,538
2020	R	−47.3%	1,139	3,290	4,548
2016	R	−47.6%	961	2,937	4,150
2012	R	−31.0%	1,411	2,715	4,210
2008	R	−19.7%	1,681	2,538	4,352
2004	R	−29.7%	1,646	3,084	4,834
2000	D	+27.5%	2,514	1,414	4,004
1996	R	−7.1%	1,682	1,970	4,051
1992	R	−9.3%	1,507	1,906	4,290
1988	R	−15.5%	1,780	2,436	4,239
1984	R	−34.8%	1,486	3,086	4,592
1980	R	−39.2%	1,369	3,343	5,032
1976	R	−17.1%	1,906	2,694	4,618
1972	R	−20.2%	1,993	3,007	5,010
1968	R	−39.5%	1,350	3,246	4,801
1964	R	−13.2%	2,184	2,846	5,030
1960	R	−45.4%	1,547	4,120	5,667
1956	R	−41.8%	1,682	4,096	5,778
1952	R	−64.8%	984	4,604	5,588
1948	R	−33.3%	1,514	3,048	4,600
1944	R	−46.3%	1,304	3,549	4,853
1940	R	−44.7%	1,774	4,644	6,418
1936	R	−4.5%	2,923	3,214	6,526
1932	D	+18.5%	3,170	2,172	5,405
1928	R	−41.6%	1,380	3,362	4,759
1924	R	−38.3%	285	1,708	3,719
1920	R	−52.5%	604	2,703	3,999
1916	D	+15.9%	1,573	1,134	2,763
1912	D	+34.7%	906	0	2,613
1908	R	−36.9%	793	1,792	2,708
1904	R	−61.9%	521	2,395	3,029
1900	R	−38.2%	871	1,977	2,898
1896	R	−25.7%	950	1,616	2,587
1892	R	−34.7%	429	1,108	1,955
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%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 41.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.0%

85+

2.0%

2.5%

75–84

3.0%

6.2%

65–74

5.7%

6.7%

55–64

6.4%

5.8%

45–54

5.3%

6.4%

35–44

6.4%

5.5%

25–34

5.2%

3.5%

18–24

3.1%

9.9%

5–17

9.7%

2.7%

2.9%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$75,771

Turner County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.

Turner County$75,771

South Dakota$75,081

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

9.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

32.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.7%

Baptist

3.7%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.3%

Methodist

2.5%

Other Christian

1.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Turner County, anchored by small agricultural communities in the southeast corner of the state, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red tilt common to the region's farming electorate.

The Republican margin in Turner County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Turner County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,771, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,882 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 Gregory County and Fall River County.

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