Donald Trump carried South Dakota R+29.8.

Hillary Clinton (D) vs Donald Trump (R) in South Dakota, 2016. The state ran 31.9 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2016 ballot here.

Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)

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South Dakota result

370,111 votes counted

Clinton (D)

117,466

31.7%

Trump (R)

227,731

61.5%

All others

24,914

6.7%

Margin

R+29.8

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2016 presidential election

South Dakota, 2016

TrumpR+29.8

How it voted

Share of the 2016 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	61.5%	227,731
Hillary ClintonDemocratic	31.7%	117,466
Gary JohnsonLibertarian	6.7%	24,914

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 2016 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2016 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 — 2016

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−45.1%	340	974	1,407
Beadle County	R	−37.6%	1,912	4,455	6,772
Bennett County	R	−22.1%	412	666	1,149
Bon Homme County	R	−47.1%	704	2,105	2,974
Brookings County	R	−14.7%	4,879	6,748	12,680
Brown County	R	−25.8%	5,452	9,613	16,114
Brule County	R	−43.4%	571	1,565	2,288
Buffalo County	D	+25.5%	296	171	490
Butte County	R	−61.2%	696	3,357	4,351
Campbell County	R	−72.1%	105	704	831
Charles Mix County	R	−42.1%	935	2,382	3,433
Clark County	R	−44.7%	398	1,139	1,657
Clay County	D	+9.8%	2,608	2,109	5,069
Codington County	R	−39.3%	3,174	7,764	11,669
Corson County	R	−4.5%	535	588	1,175
Custer County	R	−46.0%	1,121	3,293	4,721
Davison County	R	−35.2%	2,355	5,157	7,952
Day County	R	−23.8%	974	1,627	2,747
Deuel County	R	−38.3%	570	1,366	2,080
Dewey County	D	+9.7%	888	723	1,708
Douglas County	R	−70.0%	214	1,338	1,605
Edmunds County	R	−54.9%	380	1,433	1,918
Fall River County	R	−47.4%	821	2,511	3,563
Faulk County	R	−58.5%	204	858	1,118
Grant County	R	−39.6%	971	2,382	3,564
Gregory County	R	−57.8%	391	1,600	2,091
Haakon County	R	−82.3%	77	936	1,044
Hamlin County	R	−54.2%	555	2,051	2,762
Hand County	R	−58.1%	334	1,391	1,818
Hanson County	R	−53.5%	424	1,497	2,006
Harding County	R	−85.3%	38	695	770
Hughes County	R	−33.3%	2,450	5,174	8,175
Hutchinson County	R	−54.2%	692	2,517	3,365
Hyde County	R	−60.6%	125	543	690
Jackson County	R	−36.4%	323	722	1,095
Jerauld County	R	−39.7%	264	648	967
Jones County	R	−68.3%	69	450	558
Kingsbury County	R	−38.3%	703	1,680	2,551
Lake County	R	−25.4%	2,314	4,038	6,786
Lawrence County	R	−34.2%	3,356	7,411	11,842
Lincoln County	R	−29.4%	8,076	15,499	25,231
Lyman County	R	−42.8%	369	977	1,421
Marshall County	R	−15.5%	754	1,056	1,947
McCook County	R	−45.3%	623	1,794	2,587
McPherson County	R	−61.6%	192	892	1,137
Meade County	R	−53.5%	2,223	8,441	11,621
Mellette County	R	−24.0%	238	402	683
Miner County	R	−39.9%	281	706	1,064
Minnehaha County	R	−14.6%	30,618	42,053	78,281
Moody County	R	−23.5%	1,043	1,731	2,933
Oglala Lakota County	D	+78.1%	2,510	241	2,905
Pennington County	R	−32.9%	14,074	29,804	47,743
Perkins County	R	−71.3%	188	1,333	1,606
Potter County	R	−64.0%	215	1,071	1,337
Roberts County	R	−15.5%	1,540	2,144	3,889
Sanborn County	R	−51.5%	241	819	1,123
Spink County	R	−31.7%	919	1,854	2,951
Stanley County	R	−52.3%	329	1,148	1,567
Sully County	R	−63.0%	137	679	861
Todd County	D	+47.9%	1,505	487	2,125
Tripp County	R	−61.1%	462	2,069	2,630
Turner County	R	−47.6%	961	2,937	4,150
Union County	R	−38.8%	2,227	5,290	7,897
Walworth County	R	−58.1%	457	1,896	2,477
Yankton County	R	−24.5%	3,301	5,659	9,623
Ziebach County	R	−2.0%	353	368	767