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Elections / 2008 · Dem primary · SD

Clinton led South Dakota's 2008 Democratic presidential primary.

County-level returns aggregated statewide; Clinton led by 10.7 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
South Dakota 2008 Democratic presidential primary — county returns aggregated statewide.
CandidateVotesShare
Clinton54,12855.4%
Obama43,66944.6%
By county (66)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
CountyLed byMarginVotes
Minnehaha CountyClinton+12.620,230
Pennington CountyClinton+4.29,309
Brown CountyClinton+14.75,678
Lincoln CountyClinton+9.53,846
Brookings CountyObama+3.83,178
Codington CountyClinton+18.33,096
Yankton CountyClinton+13.62,766
Union CountyClinton+12.52,520
Beadle CountyClinton+28.82,511
Lawrence CountyObama+3.92,487
Davison CountyClinton+18.92,309
Meade CountyClinton+8.92,054
Roberts CountyObama+5.72,046
Clay CountyObama+6.21,979
Lake CountyClinton+22.91,723
Ogala Lakota CountyObama+4.01,613
Hughes CountyClinton+2.51,592
Charles Mix CountyClinton+10.51,555
Day CountyClinton+31.21,296
Todd CountyObama+26.21,257
Moody CountyClinton+19.41,191
Spink CountyClinton+21.71,134
Grant CountyClinton+39.51,022
Turner CountyClinton+22.2980
Brule CountyClinton+21.2967
Marshall CountyClinton+7.0963
Bon Homme CountyClinton+30.1944
Dewey CountyObama+17.4886
Tripp CountyClinton+19.0812
Custer CountyObama+3.8807
McCook CountyClinton+26.8781
Fall River CountyClinton+5.1759
Butte CountyClinton+11.2705
Kingsbury CountyClinton+11.7702
Gregory CountyClinton+9.9664
Edmunds CountyClinton+26.4636
Hutchinson CountyClinton+24.7624
Hamlin CountyClinton+31.2619
Deuel CountyClinton+27.4617
Hand CountyClinton+4.0600
Clark CountyClinton+30.7563
Aurora CountyClinton+18.1537
Walworth CountyClinton+17.6529
Hanson CountyClinton+18.5493
Lyman CountyObama+9.9484
Miner CountyClinton+21.8481
Jerauld CountyClinton+18.6447
Corson CountyObama+10.8426
Bennett CountyObama+7.9419
Sanborn CountyClinton+21.1365
Stanley CountyClinton+8.1357
Faulk CountyClinton+23.0343
Ziebach CountyObama+26.0327
Buffalo CountyObama+18.1293
Perkins CountyClinton+0.7284
Potter CountyClinton+14.2282
Mellette CountyObama+13.2251
Douglas CountyClinton+18.5243
McPherson CountyClinton+11.3239
Jackson CountyClinton+16.3227
Sully CountyClinton+6.4188
Hyde CountyClinton+19.5174
Haakon CountyClinton+12.9147
Jones CountyClinton+25.391
Campbell CountyObama+7.086
Harding CountyClinton+1.663