- Lead
- 2,127
- Total
- 13,093
- vs nation
- R+14.8
South Dakota 34th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,297
- Total
- 13,463
- vs nation
- R+21.5
- Lead
- 3,156
- Total
- 11,991
- vs nation
- R+28.4
- Lead
- 2,439
- Total
- 11,222
- vs nation
- R+25.6
- Lead
- 1,594
- Total
- 11,735
- vs nation
- R+20.9
- Lead
- 3,153
- Total
- 11,282
- vs nation
- R+25.5
- Lead
- 2,774
- Total
- 9,119
- vs nation
- R+30.9
- Lead
- 1,033
- Total
- 8,963
- vs nation
- R+20.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,1322024 5-year
- Population density
- 658 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 36.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,1052024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+42.7 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 33, SD · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
South Dakota 34th 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
William J. Bryan1896
59.5%
315 votes · D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 53.4%
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
68.9%
5,216 votes · R+38.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · 64.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,371votes
39.9% of the vote · R+17.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,304 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
7,668votes
57.0% of the vote · R+17.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 7,431 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
+30.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.7 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1896 · +25.5 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+44.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.7 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +30.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 30.5%4,362 | 69.5%9,923 | 14,285 |
| 2020 | R | 0.0%0 | 100.0%8,925 | 8,925 |
South Dakota 34th State Senate District sits in the Northern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 49.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 42.7 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.2 points.
A population of 24,132, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,105 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 33 and State Senate District 31.
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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