- Lead
- 777
- Total
- 10,701
- vs nation
- R+11.7
South Dakota 7th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 923
- Total
- 9,104
- vs nation
- R+12.2
- Lead
- 188
- Total
- 8,889
- vs nation
- R+1.7
- Lead
- 1,051
- Total
- 10,023
- vs nation
- D+3.2
- Lead
- 1,082
- Total
- 9,609
- vs nation
- R+8.8
- Lead
- 815
- Total
- 7,806
- vs nation
- R+11.0
- Lead
- 404
- Total
- 8,181
- vs nation
- R+3.6
- Lead
- 283
- Total
- 8,609
- vs nation
- R+2.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- —MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 26,5112024 5-year
- Population density
- 247 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 107 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $66,2302024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34.5 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.7 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 42, ND · twin score 92.5
presidential history
Party record book
South Dakota 7th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2020 · 19 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
54.1%
5,424 votes · D+10.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 52.2%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
74.2%
1,530 votes · R+59.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 67.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
5,424votes
54.1% of the vote · D+10.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,784 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
5,561votes
52.0% of the vote · R+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 5,243 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Woodrow Wilson1912
+14.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+34.5 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +12.2 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+41.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+40.0 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · +40.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 0.0%0 | 100.0%6,824 | 6,824 |
| 2018 | R | 42.4%3,537 | 57.6%4,813 | 8,350 |
South Dakota 7th State House District sits in the Northern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 59.7 points in 1904. The 2024 margin was 7.3 points.
A population of 26,511, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,230 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 42 and State House District 12.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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