- Lead
- 4,545
- Total
- 15,399
- vs nation
- R+28.0
South Dakota 2nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,378
- Total
- 12,784
- vs nation
- R+30.9
- Lead
- 3,272
- Total
- 10,886
- vs nation
- R+32.1
- Lead
- 2,516
- Total
- 10,510
- vs nation
- R+27.8
- Lead
- 1,786
- Total
- 10,893
- vs nation
- R+23.7
- Lead
- 3,444
- Total
- 10,799
- vs nation
- R+29.4
- Lead
- 2,304
- Total
- 8,457
- vs nation
- R+27.8
- Lead
- 1,029
- Total
- 8,329
- vs nation
- R+20.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 26,2672024 5-year
- Population density
- 263 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 100 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $107,2152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+47.6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69.1 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 25, SD · twin score 97.1
presidential history
Party record book
South Dakota 2nd State Senate 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
Woodrow Wilson1912
47.6%
282 votes · D+47.6 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · 43.4%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
80.2%
704 votes · R+69.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1908 · 72.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
5,270votes
34.2% of the vote · R+29.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,561 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
9,815votes
63.7% of the vote · R+29.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 7,939 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
+28.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+47.6 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · −5.1 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+53.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.5 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · +49.5 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%5,120 | 64.7%9,370 | 14,490 |
| 2020 | R | 0.0%0 | 100.0%8,460 | 8,460 |
Anchored in the rural northeastern corner of the state, this district delivered a 29-point presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the agrarian, small-town demographic that defines much of South Dakota's legislative map.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 69.1 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.5 points.
A population of 26,267, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $107,215 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 25 and State Senate District 11.
The state-senate 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 2nd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/46002/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.