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The2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.South Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote pitting theRepublican nominee, celebrityDonald Trump, and running mateIndiana GovernorMike Pence againstDemocratic nominee, formerSecretary of StateHillary Clinton and her running mate, VirginiaSenatorTim Kaine.
South Dakota has voted for the Republican ticket in every election since1968. South Dakota was alsoLibertarian Party candidateGary Johnson's fifth strongest state in the 2016 election, which his 5.63% in popular vote being only behindNew Mexico,North Dakota,Alaska andOklahoma.[2]
Donald Trump continued the Republican tradition in South Dakota, carrying the state with 61.5% of the vote, to Hillary Clinton's 31.7% of the vote,[3] a 29.8% margin of victory, the largest margin of victory for a candidate of either party since RepublicanDwight D. Eisenhower's 38.5% margin in1952. South Dakota shifted rightward by 12%, one of the larger rightward shifts in 2016. This highlighted the strong rightward shift among whiteworking class voters, particularly inrural areas inNorthern states.[4]
Two candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:
| South Dakota Democratic primary, June 7, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 27,047 | 51.03% | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Bernie Sanders | 25,959 | 48.97% | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Uncommitted | — | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 53,006 | 100% | 20 | 5 | 25 |
| Source:[5][6] | |||||
Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot. The only candidate with a campaign that remained active wasDonald Trump. Trump's state director wasNeal Tapio.
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 44,867 | 67.09% | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| Ted Cruz(withdrawn) | 11,352 | 16.97% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich(withdrawn) | 10,660 | 15.94% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 66,879 | 100.00% | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| Source:The Green Papers | |||||
The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for South Dakota as of Election Day.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Times[7] | Safe R | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN[8] | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[9] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| NBC[11] | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics[12] | Likely R | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News[13] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| ABC[14] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| 2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota[15] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running Mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | 227,721 | 61.53% | 3 | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | 117,458 | 31.74% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Bill Weld | 20,850 | 5.63% | 0 | |
| Constitution | Darrell L. Castle | Scott N. Bradley | 4,064 | 1.10% | 0 | |
| Totals | 370,093 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
| County | Donald Trump Republican | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aurora | 974 | 69.23% | 340 | 24.16% | 93 | 6.61% | 634 | 45.07% | 1,407 |
| Beadle | 4,455 | 65.79% | 1,912 | 28.23% | 405 | 5.98% | 2,543 | 37.56% | 6,772 |
| Bennett | 666 | 57.96% | 412 | 35.86% | 71 | 6.18% | 254 | 22.10% | 1,149 |
| Bon Homme | 2,105 | 70.78% | 704 | 23.67% | 165 | 5.55% | 1,401 | 47.11% | 2,974 |
| Brookings | 6,748 | 53.22% | 4,879 | 38.48% | 1,053 | 8.30% | 1,869 | 14.74% | 12,680 |
| Brown | 9,613 | 59.66% | 5,452 | 33.83% | 1,049 | 6.51% | 4,161 | 25.83% | 16,114 |
| Brule | 1,565 | 68.40% | 571 | 24.96% | 152 | 6.64% | 994 | 43.44% | 2,288 |
| Buffalo | 171 | 34.90% | 296 | 60.41% | 23 | 4.69% | -125 | -25.51% | 490 |
| Butte | 3,357 | 77.15% | 696 | 16.00% | 298 | 6.85% | 2,661 | 61.15% | 4,351 |
| Campbell | 704 | 84.72% | 105 | 12.64% | 22 | 2.64% | 599 | 72.08% | 831 |
| Charles Mix | 2,382 | 69.39% | 935 | 27.24% | 116 | 3.37% | 1,447 | 42.15% | 3,433 |
| Clark | 1,139 | 68.74% | 398 | 24.02% | 120 | 7.24% | 741 | 44.72% | 1,657 |
| Clay | 2,109 | 41.61% | 2,608 | 51.45% | 352 | 6.94% | -499 | -9.84% | 5,069 |
| Codington | 7,764 | 66.54% | 3,174 | 27.20% | 731 | 6.26% | 4,590 | 39.34% | 11,669 |
| Corson | 588 | 50.04% | 535 | 45.53% | 52 | 4.43% | 53 | 4.51% | 1,175 |
| Custer | 3,293 | 69.75% | 1,121 | 23.74% | 307 | 6.51% | 2,172 | 46.01% | 4,721 |
| Davison | 5,157 | 64.85% | 2,355 | 29.62% | 440 | 5.53% | 2,802 | 35.23% | 7,952 |
| Day | 1,627 | 59.23% | 974 | 35.46% | 146 | 5.31% | 653 | 23.77% | 2,747 |
| Deuel | 1,366 | 65.67% | 570 | 27.40% | 144 | 6.93% | 796 | 38.27% | 2,080 |
| Dewey | 723 | 42.33% | 888 | 51.99% | 97 | 5.68% | -165 | -9.66% | 1,708 |
| Douglas | 1,338 | 83.36% | 214 | 13.33% | 53 | 3.31% | 1,124 | 70.03% | 1,605 |
| Edmunds | 1,433 | 74.71% | 380 | 19.81% | 105 | 5.48% | 1,053 | 54.90% | 1,918 |
| Fall River | 2,511 | 70.47% | 821 | 23.04% | 231 | 6.49% | 1,690 | 47.43% | 3,563 |
| Faulk | 858 | 76.74% | 204 | 18.25% | 56 | 5.01% | 654 | 58.49% | 1,118 |
| Grant | 2,382 | 66.84% | 971 | 27.24% | 211 | 5.92% | 1,411 | 39.60% | 3,564 |
| Gregory | 1,600 | 76.52% | 391 | 18.70% | 100 | 4.78% | 1,209 | 57.82% | 2,091 |
| Haakon | 936 | 89.66% | 77 | 7.38% | 31 | 2.96% | 859 | 82.28% | 1,044 |
| Hamlin | 2,051 | 74.26% | 555 | 20.09% | 156 | 5.65% | 1,496 | 54.17% | 2,762 |
| Hand | 1,391 | 76.51% | 334 | 18.37% | 93 | 5.12% | 1,057 | 58.14% | 1,818 |
| Hanson | 1,497 | 74.63% | 424 | 21.14% | 85 | 4.23% | 1,073 | 53.49% | 2,006 |
| Harding | 695 | 90.26% | 38 | 4.94% | 37 | 4.80% | 657 | 85.32% | 770 |
| Hughes | 5,174 | 63.29% | 2,450 | 29.97% | 551 | 6.74% | 2,724 | 33.32% | 8,175 |
| Hutchinson | 2,517 | 74.80% | 692 | 20.56% | 156 | 4.64% | 1,825 | 54.24% | 3,365 |
| Hyde | 543 | 78.70% | 125 | 18.12% | 22 | 3.18% | 418 | 60.58% | 690 |
| Jackson | 722 | 65.94% | 323 | 29.50% | 50 | 4.56% | 399 | 36.44% | 1,095 |
| Jerauld | 648 | 67.01% | 264 | 27.30% | 55 | 5.69% | 384 | 39.71% | 967 |
| Jones | 450 | 80.65% | 69 | 12.37% | 39 | 6.98% | 381 | 68.28% | 558 |
| Kingsbury | 1,680 | 65.86% | 703 | 27.56% | 168 | 6.58% | 977 | 38.30% | 2,551 |
| Lake | 4,038 | 59.50% | 2,314 | 34.10% | 434 | 6.40% | 1,724 | 25.40% | 6,786 |
| Lawrence | 7,411 | 62.58% | 3,356 | 28.34% | 1,075 | 9.08% | 4,055 | 34.24% | 11,842 |
| Lincoln | 15,499 | 61.43% | 8,076 | 32.01% | 1,656 | 6.56% | 7,423 | 29.42% | 25,231 |
| Lyman | 977 | 68.75% | 369 | 25.97% | 75 | 5.28% | 608 | 42.78% | 1,421 |
| Marshall | 1,056 | 54.24% | 754 | 38.73% | 137 | 7.03% | 302 | 15.51% | 1,947 |
| McCook | 1,794 | 69.35% | 623 | 24.08% | 170 | 6.57% | 1,171 | 45.27% | 2,587 |
| McPherson | 892 | 78.45% | 192 | 16.89% | 53 | 4.66% | 700 | 61.56% | 1,137 |
| Meade | 8,441 | 72.64% | 2,223 | 19.13% | 957 | 8.23% | 6,218 | 53.51% | 11,621 |
| Mellette | 402 | 58.86% | 238 | 34.85% | 43 | 6.29% | 164 | 24.01% | 683 |
| Miner | 706 | 66.35% | 281 | 26.41% | 77 | 7.24% | 425 | 39.94% | 1,064 |
| Minnehaha | 42,053 | 53.72% | 30,618 | 39.11% | 5,610 | 7.17% | 11,435 | 14.61% | 78,281 |
| Moody | 1,731 | 59.02% | 1,043 | 35.56% | 159 | 5.42% | 688 | 23.46% | 2,933 |
| Oglala Lakota | 241 | 8.30% | 2,510 | 86.40% | 154 | 5.30% | -2,269 | -78.10% | 2,905 |
| Pennington | 29,804 | 62.43% | 14,074 | 29.48% | 3,865 | 8.09% | 15,730 | 32.95% | 47,743 |
| Perkins | 1,333 | 83.00% | 188 | 11.71% | 85 | 5.29% | 1,145 | 71.29% | 1,606 |
| Potter | 1,071 | 80.10% | 215 | 16.08% | 51 | 3.82% | 856 | 64.02% | 1,337 |
| Roberts | 2,144 | 55.13% | 1,540 | 39.60% | 205 | 5.27% | 604 | 15.53% | 3,889 |
| Sanborn | 819 | 72.93% | 241 | 21.46% | 63 | 5.61% | 578 | 51.47% | 1,123 |
| Spink | 1,854 | 62.83% | 919 | 31.14% | 178 | 6.03% | 935 | 31.69% | 2,951 |
| Stanley | 1,148 | 73.26% | 329 | 21.00% | 90 | 5.74% | 819 | 52.26% | 1,567 |
| Sully | 679 | 78.86% | 137 | 15.91% | 45 | 5.23% | 542 | 62.95% | 861 |
| Todd | 487 | 22.92% | 1,505 | 70.82% | 133 | 6.26% | -1,018 | -47.90% | 2,125 |
| Tripp | 2,069 | 78.67% | 462 | 17.57% | 99 | 3.76% | 1,607 | 61.10% | 2,630 |
| Turner | 2,937 | 70.77% | 961 | 23.16% | 252 | 6.07% | 1,976 | 47.61% | 4,150 |
| Union | 5,290 | 66.99% | 2,227 | 28.20% | 380 | 4.81% | 3,063 | 38.79% | 7,897 |
| Walworth | 1,896 | 76.54% | 457 | 18.45% | 124 | 5.01% | 1,439 | 58.09% | 2,477 |
| Yankton | 5,659 | 58.81% | 3,301 | 34.30% | 663 | 6.89% | 2,358 | 24.51% | 9,623 |
| Ziebach | 368 | 47.98% | 353 | 46.02% | 46 | 6.00% | 15 | 1.96% | 767 |
| Totals | 227,731 | 61.53% | 117,466 | 31.74% | 24,914 | 6.73% | 110,265 | 29.79% | 370,111 |
| Democratic Hold | Republican Hold Gain from Democratic |
South Dakota has only one congressional district because of its small population compared to other states. This district, called the at-large district because it covers the entire state, is equivalent to the statewide election results.
| District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| At-large | 61.53% | 31.74% | Kristi Noem |
South Dakota gaveRepublican nomineeDonald Trump a more than 29-point margin of victory overDemocratic rivalHillary Clinton, thus gaining him threeelectoral votes.[17] TheMount Rushmore state's politics are driven byagrarianconservatism, with the eastern portion of the state being largelyrural and considered an extension of theCorn Belt. The western portion of the state is even more conservative.[18] South Dakota, like many neighboring majority-whiteGreat Plains andprairie states in theFarm Belt, has not voted for a Democratic candidate since the landslide election ofLyndon B. Johnson in1964.
Donald Trump carried most of the state's counties, including Hughes County where the capital city ofPierre is located,Pennington County which containsRapid City,Minnehaha County which containsSioux Falls,Brown County which containsAberdeen, andCodington County which containsWatertown. Clinton won only five counties statewide:Todd,Buffalo,Dewey, andOglala Lakota, all of which are majorityNative American, andClay County which contains theUniversity of South Dakota.[19] However, Trump did fare well with some Native American groups, and thus held the Native American-majority counties ofBennett,Corson,Mellette andZiebach, along with the plurality-Native county ofJackson. Distinctly noticeable were the split of both thePine Ridge andStanding Rock reservations votes and the majority-Native counties they contained: the western half of Pine Ridge (Oglala Lakota County) voted Democrat, while eastern Pine Ridge (Bennett and Jackson Counties) voted Republican, and while northern Standing Rock (Sioux County) remained heavily Democratic, southern Standing Rock (Corson County) swung Republican for the first time in three elections.
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