- Lead
- 1,241
- Total
- 12,771
- vs nation
- R+8.2
South Dakota 11th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,194
- Total
- 12,860
- vs nation
- R+13.7
- Lead
- 1,864
- Total
- 12,083
- vs nation
- R+17.5
- Lead
- 904
- Total
- 11,831
- vs nation
- R+11.5
- Lead
- 18
- Total
- 12,466
- vs nation
- R+7.1
- Lead
- 1,942
- Total
- 12,162
- vs nation
- R+13.5
- Lead
- 1,074
- Total
- 9,538
- vs nation
- R+11.8
- Lead
- 279
- Total
- 9,531
- vs nation
- R+5.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+9.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 25,9542024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,255 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 6.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $84,2782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.9 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 25, SD · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
South Dakota 11th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 20 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Michael Dukakis1988
51.2%
4,425 votes · D+3.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · 50.0%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
69.9%
718 votes · R+49.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 61.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
6,109votes
49.0% of the vote · D+0.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,654 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
6,931votes
57.0% of the vote · R+16.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 6,860 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
+24.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+43.7 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · +10.7 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+43.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.8 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · +30.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 35.3%5,059 | 64.7%9,258 | 14,317 |
| 2020 | R | 0.0%0 | 100.0%8,359 | 8,359 |
The district recorded a Republican presidential margin of R+9.7 in 2024 and D+0.1 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. About 1,540 residents lived here as of the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.9 points in 1904. The 2024 margin was 9.7 points.
A population of 25,954, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,278 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 25 and State House District 14.
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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South Dakota 11th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/46011/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.