1992 United States presidential election in South Dakota County results
Bush
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Clinton
30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
70–80%
The1992 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 3, 1992, as part of the1992 United States presidential election . Voters chose three representatives, or electors to theElectoral College , who voted forpresident andvice president .
South Dakota was won by incumbent PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush (R -Texas ) with 40.66% of the popular vote over GovernorBill Clinton (D -Arkansas ) with 37.14%. BusinessmanRoss Perot (I -Texas) finished in third, with 21.80% of the popular vote.[ 1] [ 2] 2024 presidential election [update] Spink County ,Hanson County ,Davison County , andAurora County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 3]
Despite winning the state, Bush's 40.66% of the vote remains the worst performance for a Republican in South Dakota since Herbert Hoover's 34.4% in1932 , and the second-worst ever (after the 1932 election) for a Republican on the ballot in the state.[ a]
County[ 4] George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton Ross Perot Various candidates Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Aurora 594 34.70% 680 39.72% 435 25.41% 3 0.18% -86 -5.02% 1,712 Beadle 3,363 36.81% 3,925 42.96% 1,819 19.91% 29 0.32% -562 -6.15% 9,136 Bennett 556 46.45% 413 34.50% 221 18.46% 7 0.58% 143 11.95% 1,197 Bon Homme 1,212 36.00% 1,294 38.43% 836 24.83% 25 0.74% -82 -2.43% 3,367 Brookings 4,698 39.14% 4,645 38.70% 2,614 21.78% 45 0.37% 53 0.44% 12,002 Brown 6,665 36.93% 7,521 41.67% 3,812 21.12% 49 0.27% -856 -4.74% 18,047 Brule 908 33.93% 1,060 39.61% 687 25.67% 21 0.78% -152 -5.68% 2,676 Buffalo 137 27.62% 282 56.85% 72 14.52% 5 1.01% -145 -29.23% 496 Butte 1,674 45.24% 973 26.30% 1,039 28.08% 14 0.38% 635[ b] 17.16% 3,700 Campbell 574 54.51% 222 21.08% 252 23.93% 5 0.47% 322[ b] 30.58% 1,053 Charles Mix 1,570 38.30% 1,639 39.99% 886 21.62% 4 0.10% -69 -1.69% 4,099 Clark 803 33.81% 799 33.64% 761 32.04% 12 0.51% 4 0.17% 2,375 Clay 1,869 30.96% 2,826 46.82% 1,303 21.59% 38 0.63% -957 -15.86% 6,036 Codington 3,943 36.03% 3,701 33.82% 3,262 29.81% 37 0.34% 242 2.21% 10,943 Corson 483 38.61% 444 35.49% 321 25.66% 3 0.24% 39 3.12% 1,251 Custer 1,422 42.28% 1,078 32.05% 845 25.13% 18 0.54% 344 10.23% 3,363 Davison 3,111 38.19% 3,285 40.33% 1,706 20.94% 44 0.54% -174 -2.14% 8,146 Day 1,161 31.17% 1,578 42.36% 973 26.12% 13 0.35% -417 -11.19% 3,725 Deuel 778 32.11% 880 36.32% 761 31.41% 4 0.17% -102 -4.21% 2,423 Dewey 642 36.64% 766 43.72% 340 19.41% 4 0.23% -124 -7.08% 1,752 Douglas 1,175 56.85% 481 23.27% 403 19.50% 8 0.39% 694 33.58% 2,067 Edmunds 944 41.77% 894 39.56% 415 18.36% 7 0.31% 50 2.21% 2,260 Fall River 1,533 40.84% 1,416 37.72% 792 21.10% 13 0.35% 117 3.12% 3,754 Faulk 658 45.89% 488 34.03% 281 19.60% 7 0.49% 170 11.86% 1,434 Grant 1,595 38.81% 1,484 36.11% 1,018 24.77% 13 0.32% 111 2.70% 4,110 Gregory 1,027 39.27% 879 33.61% 688 26.31% 21 0.80% 148 5.66% 2,615 Haakon 860 65.25% 209 15.86% 245 18.59% 4 0.30% 615[ b] 46.66% 1,318 Hamlin 1,133 41.35% 826 30.15% 774 28.25% 7 0.26% 307 11.20% 2,740 Hand 1,130 44.38% 785 30.83% 624 24.51% 7 0.27% 345 13.55% 2,546 Hanson 522 36.38% 566 39.44% 341 23.76% 6 0.42% -44 -3.06% 1,435 Harding 515 58.46% 139 15.78% 225 25.54% 2 0.23% 290[ b] 32.92% 881 Hughes 4,325 53.26% 2,578 31.74% 1,160 14.28% 58 0.71% 1,747 21.52% 8,121 Hutchinson 2,002 48.17% 1,211 29.14% 920 22.14% 23 0.55% 791 19.03% 4,156 Hyde 440 46.07% 301 31.52% 211 22.09% 3 0.31% 139 14.55% 955 Jackson 627 53.68% 351 30.05% 184 15.75% 6 0.51% 276 23.63% 1,168 Jerauld 518 35.31% 600 40.90% 346 23.59% 3 0.20% -82 -5.59% 1,467 Jones 454 58.28% 166 21.31% 154 19.77% 5 0.64% 288 36.97% 779 Kingsbury 1,113 35.41% 1,267 40.31% 744 23.67% 19 0.60% -154 -4.90% 3,143 Lake 1,890 33.81% 2,388 42.72% 1,299 23.24% 13 0.23% -498 -8.91% 5,590 Lawrence 3,770 39.03% 3,157 32.68% 2,673 27.67% 59 0.61% 613 6.35% 9,659 Lincoln 3,365 42.47% 2,943 37.15% 1,593 20.11% 22 0.28% 422 5.32% 7,923 Lyman 669 45.20% 486 32.84% 311 21.01% 14 0.95% 183 12.36% 1,480 Marshall 810 35.26% 1,056 45.97% 427 18.59% 4 0.17% -246 -10.71% 2,297 McCook 1,177 39.44% 1,167 39.11% 617 20.68% 23 0.77% 10 0.33% 2,984 McPherson 945 53.94% 478 27.28% 322 18.38% 7 0.40% 467 26.66% 1,752 Meade 4,724 46.89% 2,694 26.74% 2,611 25.92% 46 0.46% 2,030 20.15% 10,075 Mellette 417 49.58% 277 32.94% 140 16.65% 7 0.83% 140 16.64% 841 Miner 543 34.28% 698 44.07% 332 20.96% 11 0.69% -155 -9.79% 1,584 Minnehaha 25,081 39.32% 27,016 42.35% 11,496 18.02% 193 0.30% -1,935 -3.03% 63,786 Moody 898 28.93% 1,473 47.45% 715 23.03% 18 0.58% -575 -18.52% 3,104 Pennington 18,052 47.92% 11,106 29.48% 8,358 22.19% 153 0.41% 6,946 18.44% 37,669 Perkins 872 43.80% 566 28.43% 541 27.17% 12 0.60% 306 15.37% 1,991 Potter 901 50.67% 493 27.73% 375 21.09% 9 0.51% 408 22.94% 1,778 Roberts 1,437 34.87% 1,716 41.64% 954 23.15% 14 0.34% -279 -6.77% 4,121 Sanborn 595 36.96% 632 39.25% 376 23.35% 7 0.43% -37 -2.29% 1,610 Shannon 225 13.63% 1,267 76.74% 137 8.30% 22 1.33% -1,042 -63.11% 1,651 Spink 1,527 37.14% 1,732 42.12% 839 20.40% 14 0.34% -205 -4.98% 4,112 Stanley 719 51.39% 427 30.52% 240 17.16% 13 0.93% 292 20.87% 1,399 Sully 565 55.94% 273 27.03% 167 16.53% 5 0.50% 292 28.91% 1,010 Todd 456 27.98% 915 56.13% 246 15.09% 13 0.80% -459 -28.15% 1,630 Tripp 1,459 43.38% 1,046 31.10% 848 25.22% 10 0.30% 413 12.28% 3,363 Turner 1,906 44.43% 1,507 35.13% 867 20.21% 10 0.23% 399 9.30% 4,290 Union 1,784 35.00% 2,210 43.36% 1,085 21.29% 18 0.35% -426 -8.36% 5,097 Walworth 1,439 49.48% 829 28.51% 628 21.60% 12 0.41% 610 20.97% 2,908 Yankton 3,430 36.60% 3,404 36.32% 2,511 26.79% 27 0.29% 26 0.28% 9,372 Ziebach 328 44.93% 280 38.36% 117 16.03% 5 0.68% 48 6.57% 730 Totals 136,718 40.66% 124,888 37.14% 73,295 21.80% 1,353 0.40% 11,830 3.52% 336,254
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ] Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ] ^ In 1912, official national Republican nomineeWilliam Howard Taft was not on the ballot in South Dakota and received no votes.Theodore Roosevelt , who ran as a member of theProgressive Party , was listed as the Republican nominee, and received 50.88% of the vote in the state ^a b c d In this county where Clinton ran third behind Bush and Perot, margin given is Bush vote minus Perot vote and percentage margin Bush percentage minus Perot percentage.
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