- Lead
- 4,150
- Total
- 10,382
- vs nation
- R+38.5
South Dakota 22nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,906
- Total
- 10,426
- vs nation
- R+41.9
- Lead
- 3,560
- Total
- 9,899
- vs nation
- R+38.1
- Lead
- 1,759
- Total
- 10,509
- vs nation
- R+20.6
- Lead
- 705
- Total
- 11,194
- vs nation
- R+13.6
- Lead
- 2,318
- Total
- 12,494
- vs nation
- R+16.1
- Lead
- 1,865
- Total
- 11,245
- vs nation
- R+17.1
- Lead
- 290
- Total
- 12,494
- vs nation
- R+6.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 25,9582024 5-year
- Population density
- 8.8 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,940 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $68,1102024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+45.2 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.0 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 21A, MN · twin score 93.5
presidential history
Party record book
South Dakota 22nd 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
49.8%
6,719 votes · D+0.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 48.8%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
74.3%
4,092 votes · R+56.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 68.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Michael Dukakis1988
6,719votes
49.8% of the vote · D+0.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bill Clinton, 1992 · 5,742 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1980
9,056votes
59.4% of the vote · R+25.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 8,696 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
+25.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+45.2 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · +7.8 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+45.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+43.8 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +41.9 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%8,633 | 8,633 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+40, this district of roughly 26,000 residents sits well outside competitive range, making candidate quality and primary dynamics the primary electoral variables.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 56.0 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.0 points.
A population of 25,958, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,110 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 21A and State House District 20.
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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