South Dakota — 2016 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2016 presidential electionSouth Dakota · PresidentTrumpR+29.8
How it voted
Share of the 2016 vote
| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 61.5% | 227,731 |
|---|---|---|
| Hillary ClintonDemocratic | 31.7% | 117,466 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 6.7% | 24,914 |
2016presidential margin
D+60R+60
66 counties, each filled by 2016 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+45.1 |
| Beadle County, SD | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Bennett County, SD | Republican | R+22.1 |
| Bon Homme County, SD | Republican | R+47.1 |
| Brookings County, SD | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Brown County, SD | Republican | R+25.8 |
| Brule County, SD | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Buffalo County, SD | Democratic | D+25.5 |
| Butte County, SD | Republican | R+61.2 |
| Campbell County, SD | Republican | R+72.1 |
| Charles Mix County, SD | Republican | R+42.1 |
| Clark County, SD | Republican | R+44.7 |
| Clay County, SD | Democratic | D+9.8 |
| Codington County, SD | Republican | R+39.3 |
| Corson County, SD | Republican | R+4.5 |
| Custer County, SD | Republican | R+46.0 |
| Davison County, SD | Republican | R+35.2 |
| Day County, SD | Republican | R+23.8 |
| Deuel County, SD | Republican | R+38.3 |
| Dewey County, SD | Democratic | D+9.7 |
| Douglas County, SD | Republican | R+70.0 |
| Edmunds County, SD | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Fall River County, SD | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Faulk County, SD | Republican | R+58.5 |
| Grant County, SD | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Gregory County, SD | Republican | R+57.8 |
| Haakon County, SD | Republican | R+82.3 |
| Hamlin County, SD | Republican | R+54.2 |
| Hand County, SD | Republican | R+58.1 |
| Hanson County, SD | Republican | R+53.5 |
| Harding County, SD | Republican | R+85.3 |
| Hughes County, SD | Republican | R+33.3 |
| Hutchinson County, SD | Republican | R+54.2 |
| Hyde County, SD | Republican | R+60.6 |
| Jackson County, SD | Republican | R+36.4 |
| Jerauld County, SD | Republican | R+39.7 |
| Jones County, SD | Republican | R+68.3 |
| Kingsbury County, SD | Republican | R+38.3 |
| Lake County, SD | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Lawrence County, SD | Republican | R+34.2 |
| Lincoln County, SD | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Lyman County, SD | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Marshall County, SD | Republican | R+15.5 |
| McCook County, SD | Republican | R+45.3 |
| McPherson County, SD | Republican | R+61.6 |
| Meade County, SD | Republican | R+53.5 |
| Mellette County, SD | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Miner County, SD | Republican | R+39.9 |
| Minnehaha County, SD | Republican | R+14.6 |
| Moody County, SD | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Oglala Lakota County, SD | Democratic | D+78.1 |
| Pennington County, SD | Republican | R+32.9 |
| Perkins County, SD | Republican | R+71.3 |
| Potter County, SD | Republican | R+64.0 |
| Roberts County, SD | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Sanborn County, SD | Republican | R+51.5 |
| Spink County, SD | Republican | R+31.7 |
| Stanley County, SD | Republican | R+52.3 |
| Sully County, SD | Republican | R+63.0 |
| Todd County, SD | Democratic | D+47.9 |
| Tripp County, SD | Republican | R+61.1 |
| Turner County, SD | Republican | R+47.6 |
| Union County, SD | Republican | R+38.8 |
| Walworth County, SD | Republican | R+58.1 |
| Yankton County, SD | Republican | R+24.5 |
| Ziebach County, SD | Republican | R+2.0 |
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 | Donald Trump+634 | 97469.2% | 34024.2% | 936.6% | 1,407 |
| Beadle County | Donald Trump+2,543 | 4,45565.8% | 1,91228.2% | 4056.0% | 6,772 |
| Bennett County | Donald Trump+254 | 66658.0% | 41235.9% | 716.2% | 1,149 |
| Bon Homme County | Donald Trump+1,401 | 2,10570.8% | 70423.7% | 1655.5% | 2,974 |
| Brookings County | Donald Trump+1,869 | 6,74853.2% | 4,87938.5% | 1,0538.3% | 12,680 |
| Brown County | Donald Trump+4,161 | 9,61359.7% | 5,45233.8% | 1,0496.5% | 16,114 |
| Brule County | Donald Trump+994 | 1,56568.4% | 57125.0% | 1526.6% | 2,288 |
| Buffalo County | Hillary Clinton+125 | 17134.9% | 29660.4% | 234.7% | 490 |
| Butte County | Donald Trump+2,661 | 3,35777.2% | 69616.0% | 2986.8% | 4,351 |
| Campbell County | Donald Trump+599 | 70484.7% | 10512.6% | 222.6% | 831 |
| Charles Mix County | Donald Trump+1,447 | 2,38269.4% | 93527.2% | 1163.4% | 3,433 |
| Clark County | Donald Trump+741 | 1,13968.7% | 39824.0% | 1207.2% | 1,657 |
| Clay County | Hillary Clinton+499 | 2,10941.6% | 2,60851.4% | 3526.9% | 5,069 |
| Codington County | Donald Trump+4,590 | 7,76466.5% | 3,17427.2% | 7316.3% | 11,669 |
| Corson County | Donald Trump+53 | 58850.0% | 53545.5% | 524.4% | 1,175 |
| Custer County | Donald Trump+2,172 | 3,29369.8% | 1,12123.7% | 3076.5% | 4,721 |
| Davison County | Donald Trump+2,802 | 5,15764.9% | 2,35529.6% | 4405.5% | 7,952 |
| Day County | Donald Trump+653 | 1,62759.2% | 97435.5% | 1465.3% | 2,747 |
| Deuel County | Donald Trump+796 | 1,36665.7% | 57027.4% | 1446.9% | 2,080 |
| Dewey County | Hillary Clinton+165 | 72342.3% | 88852.0% | 975.7% | 1,708 |
| Douglas County | Donald Trump+1,124 | 1,33883.4% | 21413.3% | 533.3% | 1,605 |
| Edmunds County | Donald Trump+1,053 | 1,43374.7% | 38019.8% | 1055.5% | 1,918 |
| Fall River County | Donald Trump+1,690 | 2,51170.5% | 82123.0% | 2316.5% | 3,563 |
| Faulk County | Donald Trump+654 | 85876.7% | 20418.2% | 565.0% | 1,118 |
| Grant County | Donald Trump+1,411 | 2,38266.8% | 97127.2% | 2115.9% | 3,564 |
| Gregory County | Donald Trump+1,209 | 1,60076.5% | 39118.7% | 1004.8% | 2,091 |
| Haakon County | Donald Trump+859 | 93689.7% | 777.4% | 313.0% | 1,044 |
| Hamlin County | Donald Trump+1,496 | 2,05174.3% | 55520.1% | 1565.6% | 2,762 |
| Hand County | Donald Trump+1,057 | 1,39176.5% | 33418.4% | 935.1% | 1,818 |
| Hanson County | Donald Trump+1,073 | 1,49774.6% | 42421.1% | 854.2% | 2,006 |
| Harding County | Donald Trump+657 | 69590.3% | 384.9% | 374.8% | 770 |
| Hughes County | Donald Trump+2,724 | 5,17463.3% | 2,45030.0% | 5516.7% | 8,175 |
| Hutchinson County | Donald Trump+1,825 | 2,51774.8% | 69220.6% | 1564.6% | 3,365 |
| Hyde County | Donald Trump+418 | 54378.7% | 12518.1% | 223.2% | 690 |
| Jackson County | Donald Trump+399 | 72265.9% | 32329.5% | 504.6% | 1,095 |
| Jerauld County | Donald Trump+384 | 64867.0% | 26427.3% | 555.7% | 967 |
| Jones County | Donald Trump+381 | 45080.6% | 6912.4% | 397.0% | 558 |
| Kingsbury County | Donald Trump+977 | 1,68065.9% | 70327.6% | 1686.6% | 2,551 |
| Lake County | Donald Trump+1,724 | 4,03859.5% | 2,31434.1% | 4346.4% | 6,786 |
| Lawrence County | Donald Trump+4,055 | 7,41162.6% | 3,35628.3% | 1,0759.1% | 11,842 |
| Lincoln County | Donald Trump+7,423 | 15,49961.4% | 8,07632.0% | 1,6566.6% | 25,231 |
| Lyman County | Donald Trump+608 | 97768.8% | 36926.0% | 755.3% | 1,421 |
| Marshall County | Donald Trump+302 | 1,05654.2% | 75438.7% | 1377.0% | 1,947 |
| McCook County | Donald Trump+1,171 | 1,79469.3% | 62324.1% | 1706.6% | 2,587 |
| McPherson County | Donald Trump+700 | 89278.5% | 19216.9% | 534.7% | 1,137 |
| Meade County | Donald Trump+6,218 | 8,44172.6% | 2,22319.1% | 9578.2% | 11,621 |
| Mellette County | Donald Trump+164 | 40258.9% | 23834.8% | 436.3% | 683 |
| Miner County | Donald Trump+425 | 70666.4% | 28126.4% | 777.2% | 1,064 |
| Minnehaha County | Donald Trump+11,435 | 42,05353.7% | 30,61839.1% | 5,6107.2% | 78,281 |
| Moody County | Donald Trump+688 | 1,73159.0% | 1,04335.6% | 1595.4% | 2,933 |
| Oglala Lakota County | Hillary Clinton+2,269 | 2418.3% | 2,51086.4% | 1545.3% | 2,905 |
| Pennington County | Donald Trump+15,730 | 29,80462.4% | 14,07429.5% | 3,8658.1% | 47,743 |
| Perkins County | Donald Trump+1,145 | 1,33383.0% | 18811.7% | 855.3% | 1,606 |
| Potter County | Donald Trump+856 | 1,07180.1% | 21516.1% | 513.8% | 1,337 |
| Roberts County | Donald Trump+604 | 2,14455.1% | 1,54039.6% | 2055.3% | 3,889 |
| Sanborn County | Donald Trump+578 | 81972.9% | 24121.5% | 635.6% | 1,123 |
| Spink County | Donald Trump+935 | 1,85462.8% | 91931.1% | 1786.0% | 2,951 |
| Stanley County | Donald Trump+819 | 1,14873.3% | 32921.0% | 905.7% | 1,567 |
| Sully County | Donald Trump+542 | 67978.9% | 13715.9% | 455.2% | 861 |
| Todd County | Hillary Clinton+1,018 | 48722.9% | 1,50570.8% | 1336.3% | 2,125 |
| Tripp County | Donald Trump+1,607 | 2,06978.7% | 46217.6% | 993.8% | 2,630 |
| Turner County | Donald Trump+1,976 | 2,93770.8% | 96123.2% | 2526.1% | 4,150 |
| Union County | Donald Trump+3,063 | 5,29067.0% | 2,22728.2% | 3804.8% | 7,897 |
| Walworth County | Donald Trump+1,439 | 1,89676.5% | 45718.4% | 1245.0% | 2,477 |
| Yankton County | Donald Trump+2,358 | 5,65958.8% | 3,30134.3% | 6636.9% | 9,623 |
| Ziebach County | Donald Trump+15 | 36848.0% | 35346.0% | 466.0% | 767 |
Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)
South Dakota's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2016 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, 2016SD
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2016 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.