South Dakota 2008 Presidential Election

Barack Obama vs. John McCain

John McCain won the South Dakota 2008 presidential election with 203,054 votes (53.2%), a margin of R+8.4. South Dakota's 3 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

44.7%

53.2%

170,924

Barack Obama (44.7%)

203,054

John McCain (53.2%)

Total Votes: 381,975|Margin: R+8.4

County Results

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County Results (66 counties)

County	Margin	2008 Pres	2012 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Ogala Lakota County	D+78.8	D+78.8	D+87.4	3,350	D+6.7%
Todd County	D+57.9	D+57.9	D+59.2	2,828	D+10.9%
Buffalo County	D+48.1	D+48.1	D+47.7	619	D+3.0%
Dewey County	D+33.1	D+33.1	D+28.7	2,019	D+6.4%
Ziebach County	D+27.2	D+27.2	D+16.4	891	D+9.8%
Clay County	D+24.2	D+24.2	D+15.4	6,242	D+14.1%
Corson County	D+21.5	D+21.5	D+11.1	1,406	D+6.9%
Roberts County	D+19.6	D+19.6	D+9.8	4,536	D+17.0%
Marshall County	D+16.5	D+16.5	D+8.7	2,191	D+22.5%
Day County	D+12.9	D+12.9	D+6.2	3,205	D+8.8%
Brown County	D+5.6	D+5.6	R+6.7	17,426	D+18.7%
Brookings County	D+5.6	D+5.6	R+3.2	13,945	D+22.2%
Moody County	D+4.8	D+4.8	R+3.5	3,254	D+10.0%
Miner County	D+2.3	D+2.3	R+13.8	1,218	D+13.8%
Minnehaha County	D+0.7	D+0.7	R+7.4	80,552	D+16.0%
Lake County	D+0.7	D+0.7	R+11.1	6,157	D+14.8%
Jerauld County	R+0.4	R+0.4	R+8.5	1,105	D+20.2%
Deuel County	R+1.5	R+1.5	R+10.8	2,218	D+16.9%
Yankton County	R+2.0	R+2.0	R+12.7	10,134	D+14.9%
Spink County	R+3.4	R+3.4	R+12.2	3,269	D+17.3%
Grant County	R+4.3	R+4.3	R+15.0	3,830	D+14.2%
Bennett County	R+4.7	R+4.7	R+6.5	1,208	R+0.2%
Kingsbury County	R+5.7	R+5.7	R+13.8	2,784	D+15.6%
Codington County	R+6.4	R+6.4	R+18.3	12,185	D+16.9%
Beadle County	R+7.3	R+7.3	R+18.6	7,714	D+10.1%
Charles Mix County	R+7.6	R+7.6	R+19.8	3,978	D+0.8%
Mellette County	R+8.5	R+8.5	R+0.8	843	D+12.1%
Aurora County	R+9.3	R+9.3	R+17.7	1,495	D+14.3%
Bon Homme County	R+10.9	R+10.9	R+21.6	3,175	D+11.7%
Lyman County	R+11.2	R+11.2	R+20.9	1,641	R+3.1%
Clark County	R+12.1	R+12.1	R+19.4	1,940	D+12.0%
Union County	R+13.8	R+13.8	R+25.2	7,701	D+0.2%
Davison County	R+13.9	R+13.9	R+21.5	8,455	D+11.7%
Sanborn County	R+14.0	R+14.0	R+26.8	1,207	D+2.5%
McCook County	R+14.5	R+14.5	R+28.7	2,945	R+8.4%
Lincoln County	R+15.2	R+15.2	R+25.6	20,767	D+16.8%
Lawrence County	R+15.4	R+15.4	R+26.9	12,055	D+15.9%
Brule County	R+18.1	R+18.1	R+28.4	2,439	D+1.0%
Edmunds County	R+19.0	R+19.0	R+33.2	2,076	D+11.0%
Hanson County	R+19.1	R+19.1	R+35.9	2,431	D+10.4%
Turner County	R+19.7	R+19.7	R+31.0	4,352	D+10.1%
Jackson County	R+20.6	R+20.6	R+21.2	1,133	R+3.4%
Pennington County	R+21.2	R+21.2	R+29.5	46,280	D+13.9%
Hamlin County	R+22.2	R+22.2	R+31.6	2,787	D+8.7%
Faulk County	R+26.3	R+26.3	R+38.5	1,192	D+12.2%
Hand County	R+26.3	R+26.3	R+36.1	2,011	D+10.9%
Fall River County	R+26.5	R+26.5	R+31.8	3,809	D+1.8%
Hughes County	R+26.7	R+26.7	R+29.8	8,468	D+10.9%
Walworth County	R+28.1	R+28.1	R+43.1	2,650	D+9.7%
Hutchinson County	R+28.9	R+28.9	R+44.6	3,608	D+12.6%
Gregory County	R+29.0	R+29.0	R+42.2	2,247	D+5.2%
Potter County	R+31.6	R+31.6	R+50.0	1,440	D+10.4%
Custer County	R+31.8	R+31.8	R+38.2	4,507	D+6.5%
Meade County	R+32.4	R+32.4	R+42.9	11,606	D+14.6%
Stanley County	R+32.6	R+32.6	R+40.8	1,553	D+8.3%
Tripp County	R+33.3	R+33.3	R+43.4	2,839	D+5.5%
McPherson County	R+34.5	R+34.5	R+53.4	1,375	R+9.5%
Butte County	R+35.6	R+35.6	R+49.2	4,256	D+14.9%
Perkins County	R+35.8	R+35.8	R+55.7	1,686	D+14.5%
Campbell County	R+40.7	R+40.7	R+58.8	854	D+8.2%
Hyde County	R+40.9	R+40.9	R+46.7	785	D+0.4%
Sully County	R+41.8	R+41.8	R+52.2	833	D+12.9%
Douglas County	R+49.5	R+49.5	R+59.3	1,756	D+10.3%
Jones County	R+50.4	R+50.4	R+62.7	627	D+9.7%
Harding County	R+59.9	R+59.9	R+75.2	734	D+14.9%
Haakon County	R+65.2	R+65.2	R+73.4	1,153	R+1.7%

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County Results (66 counties)

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