William McKinley carried South Dakota R+15.6.

William Jennings Bryan (D) vs William McKinley (R) in South Dakota, 1900. The state ran 8.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+7.2 nationally).

Nominees: William Jennings Bryan (D) · William McKinley (R)

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South Dakota result

96,169 votes counted

Bryan (D)

39,538

41.1%

McKinley (R)

54,574

56.7%

All others

2,057

2.1%

Margin

R+15.6

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1900 presidential election

South Dakota, 1900

McKinleyR+15.6

How it voted

Share of the 1900 vote

William McKinley ✓Republican	56.7%	54,574
William J. BryanDemocratic	41.1%	39,538
OtherAll other candidates	2.1%	2,057

D+60

R+60

53 counties, each filled by 1900 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1900 contest in context

South Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−36.5%
1896	+0.2%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−49.4%
1908	−23.8%
1912	+42.1%
1916	+3.9%
1920	−41.0%
1924	−36.3%
1928	−21.0%
1932	+29.2%
1936	+11.5%
1940	−14.8%
1944	−16.7%
1948	−4.8%
1952	−38.5%
1956	−16.8%
1960	−16.4%
1964	+11.2%
1968	−11.3%
1972	−8.6%
1976	−1.5%
1980	−28.8%
1984	−26.5%
1988	−6.3%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−3.5%
2000	+22.7%
2004	−21.3%
2008	−8.4%
2012	−18.0%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−26.2%
2024	−29.2%

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County results — 1900

53 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−1.7%	486	503	1,011
Beadle County	R	−13.9%	915	1,220	2,196
Bon Homme County	R	−10.5%	1,028	1,271	2,314
Brookings County	R	−20.9%	1,084	1,707	2,976
Brown County	R	−11.8%	1,722	2,197	4,037
Brule County	D	+5.3%	716	644	1,366
Buffalo County	D	+6.9%	100	87	188
Butte County	R	−7.8%	420	492	925
Campbell County	R	−42.3%	250	626	889
Charles Mix County	R	−2.3%	1,058	1,108	2,197
Clark County	R	−13.3%	752	996	1,839
Clay County	R	−14.2%	1,037	1,387	2,459
Codington County	R	−20.0%	805	1,225	2,102
Custer County	R	−7.5%	415	483	905
Davison County	R	−4.2%	782	853	1,697
Day County	R	−16.9%	1,092	1,558	2,764
Deuel County	R	−26.7%	604	1,052	1,676
Douglas County	R	−6.7%	567	649	1,228
Edmunds County	R	−5.7%	553	621	1,195
Fall River County	R	−10.5%	421	521	948
Faulk County	R	−33.3%	302	618	950
Grant County	R	−28.4%	716	1,305	2,076
Gregory County	R	−10.9%	259	323	587
Hamlin County	R	−28.3%	509	928	1,478
Hand County	D	+0.2%	594	592	1,207
Hanson County	O	+0.0%	607	607	1,237
Hughes County	R	−32.4%	272	537	818
Hutchinson County	R	−47.8%	534	1,528	2,080
Hyde County	R	−41.7%	115	286	410
Jerauld County	R	−2.2%	357	374	770
Kingsbury County	R	−20.2%	868	1,330	2,289
Lake County	R	−12.8%	901	1,172	2,109
Lawrence County	R	−13.3%	2,619	3,435	6,138
Lincoln County	R	−21.4%	1,226	1,908	3,182
Lyman County	R	−34.0%	210	429	644
Marshall County	R	−6.3%	728	829	1,596
McCook County	D	+0.6%	989	978	1,993
McPherson County	R	−49.6%	297	898	1,211
Meade County	D	+1.3%	565	550	1,125
Miner County	D	+2.5%	697	662	1,379
Minnehaha County	R	−16.2%	2,440	3,410	5,978
Moody County	R	−15.1%	875	1,190	2,091
Pennington County	R	−6.7%	784	898	1,697
Potter County	D	+0.8%	381	375	782
Roberts County	R	−26.8%	1,067	1,875	3,019
Sanborn County	R	−6.5%	549	628	1,218
Spink County	R	−15.4%	1,087	1,496	2,652
Stanley County	R	−0.4%	252	254	513
Sully County	R	−31.3%	152	294	454
Turner County	R	−38.2%	871	1,977	2,898
Union County	R	−7.2%	1,358	1,571	2,964
Walworth County	R	−25.4%	282	478	772
Yankton County	R	−12.6%	1,268	1,639	2,940