- Lead
- 6,539
- Total
- 12,088
- vs nation
- R+52.6
South Dakota 19th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,379
- Total
- 12,374
- vs nation
- R+56.0
- Lead
- 5,614
- Total
- 11,211
- vs nation
- R+52.2
- Lead
- 3,930
- Total
- 11,796
- vs nation
- R+37.2
- Lead
- 2,354
- Total
- 12,435
- vs nation
- R+26.2
- Lead
- 4,068
- Total
- 13,266
- vs nation
- R+28.2
- Lead
- 3,418
- Total
- 11,063
- vs nation
- R+31.4
- Lead
- 1,183
- Total
- 11,853
- vs nation
- R+18.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+54.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,1332024 5-year
- Population density
- 9.7 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,494 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $76,9012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 92.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40.9 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 23, SD · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
South Dakota 19th 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
William J. Bryan1896
45.0%
3,115 votes · R+9.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · 44.1%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
76.1%
9,195 votes · R+54.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 74.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Michael Dukakis1988
5,549votes
44.1% of the vote · R+11.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 4,889 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
9,833votes
65.6% of the vote · R+37.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 9,270 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
+21.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+40.9 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · −3.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+56.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.6 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +52.6 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%10,431 | 10,431 |
South Dakota 19th State House District sits in the Northern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 54.1 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.1 points.
A population of 24,133, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,901 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 23 and State House District 33.
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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