George W. Bush carried South Dakota R+21.3.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in South Dakota, 2004. The state ran 18.8 points more Republican than the nation (R+2.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2004 ballot here.

Nominees: John Kerry (D) · George W. Bush (R)

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South Dakota result

389,000 votes counted

Kerry (D)

149,974

38.6%

Bush (R)

232,646

59.8%

All others

6,380

1.6%

Margin

R+21.3

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2004 presidential election

South Dakota, 2004

BushR+21.3

How it voted

Share of the 2004 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	59.8%	232,646
John KerryDemocratic	38.6%	149,974
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	6,380

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 2004 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2004 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 — 2004

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−23.6%	620	1,009	1,649
Beadle County	R	−17.4%	3,443	4,917	8,480
Bennett County	R	−4.5%	759	833	1,630
Bon Homme County	R	−22.6%	1,293	2,063	3,408
Brookings County	R	−16.6%	5,443	7,662	13,375
Brown County	R	−13.1%	7,943	10,386	18,599
Brule County	R	−19.2%	1,040	1,544	2,629
Buffalo County	D	+45.2%	603	223	841
Butte County	R	−50.5%	1,009	3,166	4,271
Campbell County	R	−48.9%	239	708	959
Charles Mix County	R	−8.4%	2,155	2,556	4,798
Clark County	R	−24.1%	875	1,435	2,327
Clay County	D	+10.2%	3,315	2,692	6,136
Codington County	R	−23.3%	4,803	7,778	12,751
Corson County	D	+14.6%	972	720	1,724
Custer County	R	−38.3%	1,272	2,922	4,304
Davison County	R	−25.7%	3,263	5,561	8,952
Day County	D	+4.1%	1,817	1,671	3,540
Deuel County	R	−18.4%	961	1,406	2,412
Dewey County	D	+26.7%	1,606	921	2,564
Douglas County	R	−59.8%	393	1,596	2,012
Edmunds County	R	−29.9%	765	1,434	2,234
Fall River County	R	−28.3%	1,326	2,413	3,845
Faulk County	R	−38.5%	418	945	1,369
Grant County	R	−18.6%	1,633	2,392	4,090
Gregory County	R	−34.2%	813	1,685	2,546
Haakon County	R	−63.5%	219	1,007	1,240
Hamlin County	R	−30.9%	1,015	1,946	3,011
Hand County	R	−37.2%	668	1,482	2,187
Hanson County	R	−29.5%	745	1,379	2,150
Harding County	R	−74.8%	94	704	815
Hughes County	R	−37.6%	2,697	6,017	8,835
Hutchinson County	R	−41.5%	1,177	2,899	4,147
Hyde County	R	−41.3%	259	631	900
Jackson County	R	−17.2%	508	726	1,271
Jerauld County	R	−20.6%	482	736	1,236
Jones County	R	−60.1%	134	565	717
Kingsbury County	R	−21.3%	1,163	1,804	3,014
Lake County	R	−14.2%	2,509	3,359	6,007
Lawrence County	R	−31.3%	3,857	7,489	11,619
Lincoln County	R	−32.0%	5,703	11,161	17,066
Lyman County	R	−8.1%	872	1,029	1,940
Marshall County	R	−6.0%	1,099	1,242	2,364
McCook County	R	−6.0%	1,099	1,242	2,364
McPherson County	R	−24.9%	1,201	2,017	3,271
Meade County	R	−47.0%	2,941	8,347	11,504
Mellette County	R	−20.6%	361	553	931
Miner County	R	−11.5%	641	810	1,470
Minnehaha County	R	−15.3%	32,314	44,189	77,632
Moody County	R	−5.2%	1,609	1,790	3,451
Oglala Lakota County	D	+72.1%	3,566	526	4,214
Pennington County	R	−35.1%	14,213	29,976	44,968
Perkins County	R	−50.2%	418	1,329	1,813
Potter County	R	−42.0%	463	1,143	1,618
Roberts County	D	+2.6%	2,527	2,396	4,982
Sanborn County	R	−16.5%	581	817	1,426
Spink County	R	−20.7%	1,478	2,259	3,774
Stanley County	R	−41.0%	464	1,129	1,623
Sully County	R	−54.6%	201	702	917
Todd County	D	+46.9%	2,543	889	3,524
Tripp County	R	−38.8%	972	2,230	3,245
Turner County	R	−29.7%	1,646	3,084	4,834
Union County	R	−14.0%	3,000	3,987	7,048
Walworth County	R	−37.8%	878	1,967	2,880
Yankton County	R	−16.9%	4,237	6,003	10,431
Ziebach County	D	+17.4%	641	447	1,116