- Lead
- 4,700
- Total
- 13,509
- vs nation
- R+33.3
South Dakota 33rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,087
- Total
- 13,183
- vs nation
- R+35.5
- Lead
- 4,640
- Total
- 11,699
- vs nation
- R+41.8
- Lead
- 3,789
- Total
- 10,911
- vs nation
- R+38.6
- Lead
- 2,990
- Total
- 11,389
- vs nation
- R+33.5
- Lead
- 4,476
- Total
- 11,201
- vs nation
- R+37.5
- Lead
- 3,853
- Total
- 9,097
- vs nation
- R+42.9
- Lead
- 1,915
- Total
- 8,743
- vs nation
- R+30.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,7882024 5-year
- Population density
- 157 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 158 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $91,3282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+48.5 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.3 in 1984MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 34, SD · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
South Dakota 33rd 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
56.0%
364 votes · D+12.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 51.3%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
73.7%
5,636 votes · R+48.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · 70.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,345votes
33.0% of the vote · R+31.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 4,227 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,927votes
66.1% of the vote · R+34.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,432 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
+29.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+48.5 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +18.7 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+42.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.4 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +41.8 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 | 28.6%4,158 | 71.4%10,394 | 14,552 |
| 2020 | R | 0.0%0 | 100.0%9,118 | 9,118 |
South Dakota 33rd State House District sits in the Northern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 48.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 48.3 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 34.8 points.
A population of 24,788, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $91,328 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 34 and State House District 30.
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 33rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/46033/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.