South Dakota 34th State Senate District, South Dakota: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+27%. Democratic peak: D+57 in 2000.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 1,4972024 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+57 in 2000MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47 in 1924MIT Election Lab
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 264 | 462 | 746 | ||
| R | 272 | 462 | 758 | ||
| R | 186 | 393 | 630 | ||
| R | 199 | 372 | 586 | ||
| R | 235 | 364 | 610 | ||
| R | 187 | 395 | 593 | ||
| D | 16 | 4 | 21 | ||
| R | 6 | 13 | 22 | ||
| R | 7 | 11 | 26 | ||
| R | 159 | 257 | 419 | ||
| R | 108 | 289 | 401 | ||
| R | 94 | 250 | 372 | ||
| R | 133 | 176 | 313 | ||
| R | 113 | 180 | 294 | ||
| R | 96 | 128 | 239 | ||
| D | 130 | 118 | 248 | ||
| R | 99 | 150 | 248 | ||
| R | 70 | 144 | 215 | ||
| R | 59 | 145 | 204 | ||
| R | 65 | 84 | 150 | ||
| R | 46 | 69 | 116 | ||
| R | 64 | 87 | 151 | ||
| D | 73 | 59 | 138 | ||
| D | 68 | 48 | 117 | ||
| R | 30 | 61 | 91 | ||
| R | 11 | 42 | 66 | ||
| R | 16 | 34 | 53 | ||
| R | 15 | 18 | 34 | ||
| O | 15 | 0 | 31 | ||
| R | 15 | 22 | 39 | ||
| R | 5 | 15 | 22 | ||
| R | 10 | 12 | 22 | ||
| D | 14 | 10 | 24 | ||
| R | 2 | 13 | 25 | ||
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Demographics
South Dakota 34th State Senate 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 34th State Senate District peaked at fifty-seven 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 Senate District 34, South Dakota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/46034/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.