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.
| Candidate | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clinton | 54,128 | 55.4% |
| Obama | 43,669 | 44.6% |
By county (66)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
| County | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnehaha County | Clinton | +12.6 | 20,230 |
| Pennington County | Clinton | +4.2 | 9,309 |
| Brown County | Clinton | +14.7 | 5,678 |
| Lincoln County | Clinton | +9.5 | 3,846 |
| Brookings County | Obama | +3.8 | 3,178 |
| Codington County | Clinton | +18.3 | 3,096 |
| Yankton County | Clinton | +13.6 | 2,766 |
| Union County | Clinton | +12.5 | 2,520 |
| Beadle County | Clinton | +28.8 | 2,511 |
| Lawrence County | Obama | +3.9 | 2,487 |
| Davison County | Clinton | +18.9 | 2,309 |
| Meade County | Clinton | +8.9 | 2,054 |
| Roberts County | Obama | +5.7 | 2,046 |
| Clay County | Obama | +6.2 | 1,979 |
| Lake County | Clinton | +22.9 | 1,723 |
| Ogala Lakota County | Obama | +4.0 | 1,613 |
| Hughes County | Clinton | +2.5 | 1,592 |
| Charles Mix County | Clinton | +10.5 | 1,555 |
| Day County | Clinton | +31.2 | 1,296 |
| Todd County | Obama | +26.2 | 1,257 |
| Moody County | Clinton | +19.4 | 1,191 |
| Spink County | Clinton | +21.7 | 1,134 |
| Grant County | Clinton | +39.5 | 1,022 |
| Turner County | Clinton | +22.2 | 980 |
| Brule County | Clinton | +21.2 | 967 |
| Marshall County | Clinton | +7.0 | 963 |
| Bon Homme County | Clinton | +30.1 | 944 |
| Dewey County | Obama | +17.4 | 886 |
| Tripp County | Clinton | +19.0 | 812 |
| Custer County | Obama | +3.8 | 807 |
| McCook County | Clinton | +26.8 | 781 |
| Fall River County | Clinton | +5.1 | 759 |
| Butte County | Clinton | +11.2 | 705 |
| Kingsbury County | Clinton | +11.7 | 702 |
| Gregory County | Clinton | +9.9 | 664 |
| Edmunds County | Clinton | +26.4 | 636 |
| Hutchinson County | Clinton | +24.7 | 624 |
| Hamlin County | Clinton | +31.2 | 619 |
| Deuel County | Clinton | +27.4 | 617 |
| Hand County | Clinton | +4.0 | 600 |
| Clark County | Clinton | +30.7 | 563 |
| Aurora County | Clinton | +18.1 | 537 |
| Walworth County | Clinton | +17.6 | 529 |
| Hanson County | Clinton | +18.5 | 493 |
| Lyman County | Obama | +9.9 | 484 |
| Miner County | Clinton | +21.8 | 481 |
| Jerauld County | Clinton | +18.6 | 447 |
| Corson County | Obama | +10.8 | 426 |
| Bennett County | Obama | +7.9 | 419 |
| Sanborn County | Clinton | +21.1 | 365 |
| Stanley County | Clinton | +8.1 | 357 |
| Faulk County | Clinton | +23.0 | 343 |
| Ziebach County | Obama | +26.0 | 327 |
| Buffalo County | Obama | +18.1 | 293 |
| Perkins County | Clinton | +0.7 | 284 |
| Potter County | Clinton | +14.2 | 282 |
| Mellette County | Obama | +13.2 | 251 |
| Douglas County | Clinton | +18.5 | 243 |
| McPherson County | Clinton | +11.3 | 239 |
| Jackson County | Clinton | +16.3 | 227 |
| Sully County | Clinton | +6.4 | 188 |
| Hyde County | Clinton | +19.5 | 174 |
| Haakon County | Clinton | +12.9 | 147 |
| Jones County | Clinton | +25.3 | 91 |
| Campbell County | Obama | +7.0 | 86 |
| Harding County | Clinton | +1.6 | 63 |