South Dakota — 2004 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2004 presidential electionSouth Dakota · PresidentBushR+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% | 6,387 |
2004presidential margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 2004 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
South Dakota cast 3 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (66 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora County, SD | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Beadle County, SD | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Bennett County, SD | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Bon Homme County, SD | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Brookings County, SD | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Brown County, SD | Republican | R+13.1 |
| Brule County, SD | Republican | R+19.2 |
| Buffalo County, SD | Democratic | D+45.2 |
| Butte County, SD | Republican | R+50.5 |
| Campbell County, SD | Republican | R+48.9 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | Republican | R+8.4 |
| Clark County, SD | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Clay County, SD | Democratic | D+10.2 |
| Codington County, SD | Republican | R+23.3 |
| Corson County, SD | Democratic | D+14.6 |
| Custer County, SD | Republican | R+38.3 |
| Davison County, SD | Republican | R+25.7 |
| Day County, SD | Democratic | D+4.1 |
| Deuel County, SD | Republican | R+18.4 |
| Dewey County, SD | Democratic | D+26.7 |
| Douglas County, SD | Republican | R+59.8 |
| Edmunds County, SD | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Fall River County, SD | Republican | R+28.3 |
| Faulk County, SD | Republican | R+38.5 |
| Grant County, SD | Republican | R+18.6 |
| Gregory County, SD | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Haakon County, SD | Republican | R+63.5 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Hand County, SD | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Hanson County, SD | Republican | R+29.5 |
| Harding County, SD | Republican | R+74.8 |
| Hughes County, SD | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Hutchinson County, SD | Republican | R+41.5 |
| Hyde County, SD | Republican | R+41.3 |
| Jackson County, SD | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Jerauld County, SD | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Jones County, SD | Republican | R+60.1 |
| Kingsbury County, SD | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Lake County, SD | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Lawrence County, SD | Republican | R+31.3 |
| Lincoln County, SD | Republican | R+32.0 |
| Lyman County, SD | Republican | R+8.1 |
| Marshall County, SD | Republican | R+6.0 |
| McCook County, SD | Republican | R+6.0 |
| McPherson County, SD | Republican | R+24.9 |
| Meade County, SD | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Mellette County, SD | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Miner County, SD | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Moody County, SD | Republican | R+5.2 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Democratic | D+72.1 |
| Pennington County, SD | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Perkins County, SD | Republican | R+50.2 |
| Potter County, SD | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Roberts County, SD | Democratic | D+2.6 |
| Sanborn County, SD | Republican | R+16.5 |
| Spink County, SD | Republican | R+20.7 |
| Stanley County, SD | Republican | R+41.0 |
| Sully County, SD | Republican | R+54.6 |
| Todd County, SD | Democratic | D+46.9 |
| Tripp County, SD | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Turner County, SD | Republican | R+29.7 |
| Union County, SD | Republican | R+14.0 |
| Walworth County, SD | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Yankton County, SD | Republican | R+16.9 |
| Ziebach County, SD | Democratic | D+17.4 |
South Dakota results by county
66 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora County | George W. Bush+389 | 1,00961.2% | 62037.6% | 201.2% | 1,649 |
| Beadle County | George W. Bush+1,474 | 4,91758.0% | 3,44340.6% | 1201.4% | 8,480 |
| Bennett County | George W. Bush+74 | 83351.1% | 75946.6% | 382.3% | 1,630 |
| Bon Homme County | George W. Bush+770 | 2,06360.5% | 1,29337.9% | 521.5% | 3,408 |
| Brookings County | George W. Bush+2,219 | 7,66257.3% | 5,44340.7% | 2702.0% | 13,375 |
| Brown County | George W. Bush+2,443 | 10,38655.8% | 7,94342.7% | 2701.5% | 18,599 |
| Brule County | George W. Bush+504 | 1,54458.7% | 1,04039.6% | 451.7% | 2,629 |
| Buffalo County | John Kerry+380 | 22326.5% | 60371.7% | 151.8% | 841 |
| Butte County | George W. Bush+2,157 | 3,16674.1% | 1,00923.6% | 962.2% | 4,271 |
| Campbell County | George W. Bush+469 | 70873.8% | 23924.9% | 121.3% | 959 |
| Charles Mix County | George W. Bush+401 | 2,55653.3% | 2,15544.9% | 871.8% | 4,798 |
| Clark County | George W. Bush+560 | 1,43561.7% | 87537.6% | 170.7% | 2,327 |
| Clay County | John Kerry+623 | 2,69243.9% | 3,31554.0% | 1292.1% | 6,136 |
| Codington County | George W. Bush+2,975 | 7,77861.0% | 4,80337.7% | 1701.3% | 12,751 |
| Corson County | John Kerry+252 | 72041.8% | 97256.4% | 321.9% | 1,724 |
| Custer County | George W. Bush+1,650 | 2,92267.9% | 1,27229.6% | 1102.6% | 4,304 |
| Davison County | George W. Bush+2,298 | 5,56162.1% | 3,26336.4% | 1281.4% | 8,952 |
| Day County | John Kerry+146 | 1,67147.2% | 1,81751.3% | 521.5% | 3,540 |
| Deuel County | George W. Bush+445 | 1,40658.3% | 96139.8% | 451.9% | 2,412 |
| Dewey County | John Kerry+685 | 92135.9% | 1,60662.6% | 371.4% | 2,564 |
| Douglas County | George W. Bush+1,203 | 1,59679.3% | 39319.5% | 231.1% | 2,012 |
| Edmunds County | George W. Bush+669 | 1,43464.2% | 76534.2% | 351.6% | 2,234 |
| Fall River County | George W. Bush+1,087 | 2,41362.8% | 1,32634.5% | 1062.8% | 3,845 |
| Faulk County | George W. Bush+527 | 94569.0% | 41830.5% | 60.4% | 1,369 |
| Grant County | George W. Bush+759 | 2,39258.5% | 1,63339.9% | 651.6% | 4,090 |
| Gregory County | George W. Bush+872 | 1,68566.2% | 81331.9% | 481.9% | 2,546 |
| Haakon County | George W. Bush+788 | 1,00781.2% | 21917.7% | 141.1% | 1,240 |
| Hamlin County | George W. Bush+931 | 1,94664.6% | 1,01533.7% | 501.7% | 3,011 |
| Hand County | George W. Bush+814 | 1,48267.8% | 66830.5% | 371.7% | 2,187 |
| Hanson County | George W. Bush+634 | 1,37964.1% | 74534.7% | 261.2% | 2,150 |
| Harding County | George W. Bush+610 | 70486.4% | 9411.5% | 172.1% | 815 |
| Hughes County | George W. Bush+3,320 | 6,01768.1% | 2,69730.5% | 1211.4% | 8,835 |
| Hutchinson County | George W. Bush+1,722 | 2,89969.9% | 1,17728.4% | 711.7% | 4,147 |
| Hyde County | George W. Bush+372 | 63170.1% | 25928.8% | 101.1% | 900 |
| Jackson County | George W. Bush+218 | 72657.1% | 50840.0% | 372.9% | 1,271 |
| Jerauld County | George W. Bush+254 | 73659.5% | 48239.0% | 181.5% | 1,236 |
| Jones County | George W. Bush+431 | 56578.8% | 13418.7% | 182.5% | 717 |
| Kingsbury County | George W. Bush+641 | 1,80459.9% | 1,16338.6% | 471.6% | 3,014 |
| Lake County | George W. Bush+850 | 3,35955.9% | 2,50941.8% | 1392.3% | 6,007 |
| Lawrence County | George W. Bush+3,632 | 7,48964.5% | 3,85733.2% | 2732.3% | 11,619 |
| Lincoln County | George W. Bush+5,458 | 11,16165.4% | 5,70333.4% | 2021.2% | 17,066 |
| Lyman County | George W. Bush+157 | 1,02953.0% | 87244.9% | 392.0% | 1,940 |
| Marshall County | George W. Bush+143 | 1,24252.5% | 1,09946.5% | 231.0% | 2,364 |
| McCook County | George W. Bush+143 | 1,24252.5% | 1,09946.5% | 231.0% | 2,364 |
| McPherson County | George W. Bush+816 | 2,01761.7% | 1,20136.7% | 531.6% | 3,271 |
| Meade County | George W. Bush+5,406 | 8,34772.6% | 2,94125.6% | 2161.9% | 11,504 |
| Mellette County | George W. Bush+192 | 55359.4% | 36138.8% | 171.8% | 931 |
| Miner County | George W. Bush+169 | 81055.1% | 64143.6% | 191.3% | 1,470 |
| Minnehaha County | George W. Bush+11,875 | 44,18956.9% | 32,31441.6% | 1,1291.5% | 77,632 |
| Moody County | George W. Bush+181 | 1,79051.9% | 1,60946.6% | 521.5% | 3,451 |
| Oglala Lakota County | John Kerry+3,040 | 52612.5% | 3,56684.6% | 1222.9% | 4,214 |
| Pennington County | George W. Bush+15,763 | 29,97666.7% | 14,21331.6% | 7791.7% | 44,968 |
| Perkins County | George W. Bush+911 | 1,32973.3% | 41823.1% | 663.6% | 1,813 |
| Potter County | George W. Bush+680 | 1,14370.6% | 46328.6% | 120.7% | 1,618 |
| Roberts County | John Kerry+131 | 2,39648.1% | 2,52750.7% | 591.2% | 4,982 |
| Sanborn County | George W. Bush+236 | 81757.3% | 58140.7% | 282.0% | 1,426 |
| Spink County | George W. Bush+781 | 2,25959.9% | 1,47839.2% | 371.0% | 3,774 |
| Stanley County | George W. Bush+665 | 1,12969.6% | 46428.6% | 301.8% | 1,623 |
| Sully County | George W. Bush+501 | 70276.6% | 20121.9% | 141.5% | 917 |
| Todd County | John Kerry+1,654 | 88925.2% | 2,54372.2% | 922.6% | 3,524 |
| Tripp County | George W. Bush+1,258 | 2,23068.7% | 97230.0% | 431.3% | 3,245 |
| Turner County | George W. Bush+1,438 | 3,08463.8% | 1,64634.1% | 1042.2% | 4,834 |
| Union County | George W. Bush+987 | 3,98756.6% | 3,00042.6% | 610.9% | 7,048 |
| Walworth County | George W. Bush+1,089 | 1,96768.3% | 87830.5% | 351.2% | 2,880 |
| Yankton County | George W. Bush+1,766 | 6,00357.5% | 4,23740.6% | 1911.8% | 10,431 |
| Ziebach County | John Kerry+194 | 44740.1% | 64157.4% | 282.5% | 1,116 |
Nominees: John Kerry (D) · George W. Bush (R)
South Dakota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2004 contest in context
| 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% |
Same ballot, 2004SD
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2004 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.