Donald Trump carried South Dakota R+26.2.

Joe Biden (D) vs Donald Trump (R) in South Dakota, 2020. The state ran 30.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+4.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2020 ballot here.

Nominees: Joe Biden (D) · Donald Trump (R)

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South Dakota result

422,609 votes counted

Biden (D)

150,471

35.6%

Trump (R)

261,043

61.8%

All others

11,095

2.6%

Margin

R+26.2

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2020 presidential election

South Dakota, 2020

TrumpR+26.2

How it voted

Share of the 2020 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	61.8%	261,043
Joe BidenDemocratic	35.6%	150,471
Jo JorgensenLibertarian	2.6%	11,095

D+60

R+60

66 counties, each filled by 2020 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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South Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2020 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 — 2020

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aurora County	R	−52.3%	317	1,052	1,405
Beadle County	R	−38.1%	2,107	4,808	7,081
Bennett County	R	−19.3%	466	694	1,183
Bon Homme County	R	−50.4%	721	2,235	3,001
Brookings County	R	−13.0%	6,110	8,000	14,567
Brown County	R	−23.0%	6,538	10,580	17,547
Brule County	R	−43.3%	673	1,750	2,490
Buffalo County	D	+30.8%	352	183	549
Butte County	R	−58.1%	939	3,731	4,802
Campbell County	R	−72.2%	117	747	873
Charles Mix County	R	−36.3%	1,177	2,552	3,783
Clark County	R	−50.6%	437	1,373	1,850
Clay County	D	+11.0%	3,083	2,456	5,698
Codington County	R	−38.9%	3,837	8,958	13,161
Corson County	R	−1.9%	622	647	1,283
Custer County	R	−42.4%	1,522	3,852	5,494
Davison County	R	−35.1%	2,648	5,613	8,454
Day County	R	−27.6%	1,052	1,869	2,964
Deuel County	R	−46.4%	609	1,699	2,350
Dewey County	D	+17.3%	1,131	790	1,966
Douglas County	R	−73.3%	216	1,468	1,707
Edmunds County	R	−56.5%	417	1,538	1,985
Fall River County	R	−45.2%	1,053	2,878	4,042
Faulk County	R	−64.8%	198	964	1,182
Grant County	R	−41.7%	1,056	2,618	3,745
Gregory County	R	−58.3%	455	1,771	2,258
Haakon County	R	−81.0%	105	1,026	1,137
Hamlin County	R	−56.0%	647	2,372	3,083
Hand County	R	−57.7%	373	1,433	1,836
Hanson County	R	−51.8%	557	1,793	2,388
Harding County	R	−86.0%	49	748	813
Hughes County	R	−29.5%	2,953	5,522	8,723
Hutchinson County	R	−57.9%	762	2,944	3,767
Hyde County	R	−60.3%	136	564	710
Jackson County	R	−34.0%	359	738	1,115
Jerauld County	R	−44.8%	270	721	1,006
Jones County	R	−68.1%	90	498	599
Kingsbury County	R	−39.0%	819	1,904	2,779
Lake County	R	−27.5%	2,068	3,681	5,873
Lawrence County	R	−30.5%	4,537	8,753	13,828
Lincoln County	R	−23.6%	11,981	19,617	32,396
Lyman County	R	−32.4%	525	1,042	1,597
Marshall County	R	−19.7%	858	1,287	2,178
McCook County	R	−44.8%	769	2,068	2,900
McPherson County	R	−64.4%	222	1,075	1,324
Meade County	R	−48.2%	3,285	9,875	13,670
Mellette County	R	−19.6%	298	449	769
Miner County	R	−41.0%	320	787	1,138
Minnehaha County	R	−9.5%	40,482	49,249	92,326
Moody County	R	−24.1%	1,179	1,951	3,206
Oglala Lakota County	D	+79.1%	2,829	297	3,200
Pennington County	R	−25.1%	20,606	35,063	57,518
Perkins County	R	−69.6%	239	1,401	1,669
Potter County	R	−66.1%	227	1,139	1,380
Roberts County	R	−13.4%	1,828	2,404	4,307
Sanborn County	R	−54.7%	257	905	1,185
Spink County	R	−35.0%	998	2,104	3,163
Stanley County	R	−47.3%	421	1,203	1,652
Sully County	R	−58.2%	185	726	930
Todd County	D	+56.4%	1,963	532	2,539
Tripp County	R	−61.8%	495	2,161	2,696
Turner County	R	−47.3%	1,139	3,290	4,548
Union County	R	−36.4%	2,725	5,944	8,855
Walworth County	R	−54.3%	565	1,966	2,580
Yankton County	R	−23.5%	4,016	6,581	10,900
Ziebach County	D	+8.5%	481	404	906