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Elections / 2020 · Dem primary · SD

Biden led South Dakota's 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

County-level returns aggregated statewide; Biden led by 54.9 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
South Dakota 2020 Democratic presidential primary — county returns aggregated statewide.
CandidateVotesShare
Biden40,80077.5%
Sanders11,86122.5%
By county (66)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
CountyLed byMarginVotes
Minnehaha CountyBiden+52.013,191
Pennington CountyBiden+51.46,975
Lincoln CountyBiden+62.73,544
Brown CountyBiden+65.52,446
Brookings CountyBiden+50.71,851
Lawrence CountyBiden+51.71,720
Yankton CountyBiden+69.01,475
Clay CountyBiden+53.41,422
Codington CountyBiden+68.31,304
Meade CountyBiden+63.01,124
Davison CountyBiden+62.31,034
Lake CountyBiden+57.61,023
Hughes CountyBiden+54.8907
Roberts CountyBiden+53.4901
Beadle CountyBiden+73.2889
Union CountyBiden+64.3824
Todd CountyBiden+14.7790
Ogala Lakota CountyBiden+16.7713
Custer CountyBiden+66.7553
Marshall CountyBiden+66.8536
Dewey CountyBiden+21.9494
Charles Mix CountyBiden+44.3488
Day CountyBiden+74.4477
Fall River CountyBiden+58.2421
Moody CountyBiden+55.5382
Grant CountyBiden+66.0370
Butte CountyBiden+49.7354
Turner CountyBiden+59.9354
Bon Homme CountyBiden+54.5352
Spink CountyBiden+80.5338
Brule CountyBiden+61.2294
Gregory CountyBiden+54.1279
Kingsbury CountyBiden+58.5265
Hutchinson CountyBiden+66.0253
Corson CountyBiden+13.0223
McCook CountyBiden+60.9220
Hamlin CountyBiden+67.1213
Ziebach CountyBiden+19.4206
Edmunds CountyBiden+65.8205
Tripp CountyBiden+68.3202
Hanson CountyBiden+60.2196
Jerauld CountyBiden+71.4189
Lyman CountyBiden+21.5186
Walworth CountyBiden+55.9186
Deuel CountyBiden+58.5183
Hand CountyBiden+68.7179
Bennett CountyBiden+37.5176
Miner CountyBiden+60.3151
Mellette CountyBiden+24.8149
Aurora CountyBiden+62.0142
Stanley CountyBiden+68.1138
Clark CountyBiden+70.8130
Jackson CountyBiden+35.7112
Perkins CountyBiden+52.3109
McPherson CountyBiden+47.2106
Buffalo CountyBiden+20.498
Sanborn CountyBiden+65.988
Sully CountyBiden+59.584
Faulk CountyBiden+55.080
Douglas CountyBiden+73.074
Potter CountyBiden+56.569
Hyde CountyBiden+62.353
Jones CountyBiden+50.953
Haakon CountyBiden+50.052
Campbell CountyBiden+40.537
Harding CountyBiden+17.229