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Elections / 2016 · Dem primary · SD

Clinton led South Dakota's 2016 Democratic presidential primary.

County-level returns aggregated statewide; Clinton led by 2.1 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
South Dakota 2016 Democratic presidential primary — county returns aggregated statewide.
CandidateVotesShare
Clinton27,04751.0%
Sanders25,95949.0%
By county (66)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
CountyLed byMarginVotes
Minnehaha CountyClinton+6.411,308
Pennington CountySanders+8.37,380
Lincoln CountyClinton+11.02,588
Brown CountyClinton+9.22,507
Brookings CountyClinton+2.91,856
Lawrence CountySanders+14.31,646
Codington CountyClinton+12.41,473
Yankton CountyClinton+9.81,286
Clay CountyClinton+1.11,232
Meade CountySanders+13.51,226
Hughes CountyClinton+3.81,017
Ogala Lakota CountySanders+14.81,000
Davison CountyClinton+10.4982
Grant CountyClinton+11.5947
Lake CountyClinton+3.0940
Todd CountySanders+12.4932
Beadle CountyClinton+14.6874
Roberts CountySanders+0.6789
Union CountyClinton+10.8686
Charles Mix CountyClinton+2.8570
Day CountyClinton+25.6546
Dewey CountySanders+30.8523
Custer CountySanders+5.9521
Fall River CountySanders+19.0511
Spink CountyClinton+16.9484
Moody CountyClinton+11.7469
Marshall CountyClinton+25.9456
Butte CountySanders+26.1452
Bon Homme CountyClinton+6.6422
Turner CountyClinton+13.2410
Brule CountySanders+9.2401
Kingsbury CountyClinton+10.1365
McCook CountyClinton+23.7346
Gregory CountyClinton+4.4343
Edmunds CountyClinton+4.6325
Hamlin CountyClinton+18.3306
Tripp CountySanders+3.9283
Aurora CountyClinton+6.4282
Hutchinson CountyClinton+9.4276
Deuel CountyClinton+18.7273
Corson CountySanders+12.6263
Walworth CountyClinton+2.1237
Lyman CountyClinton+0.0230
Ziebach CountySanders+17.9224
Hand CountyClinton+3.5203
Clark CountyClinton+13.1198
Stanley CountySanders+3.5197
Miner CountyClinton+13.0193
Buffalo CountyClinton+21.6181
Hanson CountyClinton+7.8180
Bennett CountySanders+12.4169
Faulk CountyClinton+4.9164
Jerauld CountyClinton+19.3161
Perkins CountySanders+36.8136
Jackson CountySanders+7.8128
Mellette CountySanders+20.6126
Potter CountyClinton+4.4113
Sanborn CountyClinton+18.9111
McPherson CountyClinton+1.193
Sully CountySanders+15.988
Douglas CountyClinton+12.985
Haakon CountySanders+39.576
Hyde CountyClinton+21.266
Harding CountySanders+48.154
Jones CountySanders+21.651
Campbell CountySanders+13.046