South Dakota 35th State House District, South Dakota: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+26%. Democratic peak: D+58 in 2000.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+26MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,8422024 5-year
- Median household income
- $74,5172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58 in 2000MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46 in 1904MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 325 | 568 | 918 | ||
| R | 334 | 569 | 934 | ||
| R | 228 | 484 | 775 | ||
| R | 245 | 458 | 722 | ||
| R | 289 | 448 | 751 | ||
| R | 231 | 487 | 730 | ||
| D | 20 | 5 | 26 | ||
| R | 7 | 16 | 27 | ||
| R | 9 | 14 | 32 | ||
| R | 196 | 317 | 515 | ||
| R | 133 | 356 | 493 | ||
| R | 116 | 308 | 458 | ||
| R | 163 | 217 | 385 | ||
| R | 139 | 222 | 362 | ||
| R | 119 | 157 | 295 | ||
| D | 160 | 145 | 305 | ||
| R | 121 | 184 | 306 | ||
| R | 87 | 178 | 264 | ||
| R | 73 | 179 | 252 | ||
| R | 80 | 104 | 185 | ||
| R | 57 | 85 | 142 | ||
| R | 79 | 107 | 186 | ||
| D | 90 | 72 | 169 | ||
| D | 84 | 59 | 144 | ||
| R | 37 | 75 | 113 | ||
| R | 14 | 52 | 82 | ||
| R | 20 | 42 | 65 | ||
| R | 18 | 22 | 42 | ||
| O | 18 | 0 | 38 | ||
| R | 19 | 28 | 48 | ||
| R | 6 | 18 | 26 | ||
| R | 13 | 15 | 28 | ||
| D | 17 | 12 | 29 | ||
| R | 2 | 16 | 31 | ||
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Demographics
South Dakota 35th State House District sits in the Northern Plains. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 1 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in South Dakota 35th State House District peaked at fifty-eight points in 2000; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2004 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-five points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $74,517 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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State House District 35, South Dakota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/46035/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.