SOUTH DAKOTA | 3
Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, South Dakota Secretary of State)
Largest counties: Minnehaha, Pennington. Largest cities: Sioux Falls, Rapid City. Government
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State
of South Dakota Secretary of State SD
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Leader Conserv. SD War College |
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Voting Eligible
Population*: 632,989. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.5%. Absentee voting begins: Sept. 23, 2016. ("Any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot. Voters do not need to provide a reason in order to absentee vote. Absentee ballots are available 46 days prior to the election.") Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 24, 2016. |
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Overview:
The
Mount
Rushmore
State
remained solidly in the Republican column.
The strong showing by Trump-Pence and weak showing by Clinton-Kaine
resulted in a plurality of 110,263 votes (29.79
percentage points) for
the Republican ticket, as they carried 61 of 66 counties. None of the major party candidates visited. Libertarian Gary Johnson rallied in Rapid City on the evening of Oct. 26 after VP nominee Bill Weld spent three days in state, Oct. 19-21, making stops in Sioux Falls, Spearfish, and Rapid City. Clinton | Trump BALLOT [PDF] |
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Democrats 25 Delegates: 14 District, 4 At-Large, 2 PLEO and 5 Unpledged. details |
Republicans 29 Delegates: 3 RNC; 23 At-Large; 3 by CD. |
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1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
Bush 40.66% |
Dole 44.49% |
Bush 60.30% |
Bush 59.91% |
McCain 53.16% |
Romney 57.89% |
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Voting Eligible
Population*:
612,310. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 59.4%. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 22, 2012. |
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2012
Overview The Romney-Ryan ticket won with a plurality of 65,571 votes (18.02 percentage points), carrying 56 counties to 10 for Obama-Biden. The only campaign visit was Libertarian VP nominee Jim Gray's appearance at the University of South Dakota on Sept. 12. (Vice President Joe Biden made a non-campaign visit on Oct. 25; he spoke at evening prayer service for Sen. George McGovern in Sioux Falls). Obama | (Romney) BALLOT [PDF] |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 598,635. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 63.8%. Absentee and early voting started Sept. 23. Registration: Rep. 241,528 (45.53%) Dem. 204,413 (38.53%) Const. 315 Lib. 1,059 Other 674 Indep. 82,473 (15.55%) ...Total 530,462 (active) |
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2008
Overview South Dakota remained in the Republican column as it has since LBJ took the state in 1964. McCain-Palin won South Dakota's three electoral votes with a plurality of 32,130 votes (8.41 percentage points). McCain carried 50 counties to 16 for Obama. McCain spoke at the Sturgis rally at Buffalo Chip Campground on Aug. 4 and overnighted in Rapid City. He had no staff or office in state. Obama only visited during the primary (May 31 and June 1) but his campaign did open an office in Sioux Falls. McCain received endorsements of the Argus Leader (Oct. 26), Mitchell Daily Republic (Oct. 27) and Rapid City Journal (Nov. 3); former Sen. Larry Pressler (R) endorsed Obama. Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 569,161. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 68.2%. Voter registration deadline for the general election is October 18, 2004. (SDCL 12-4-5) Ralph Nader's Independent presidential campaign reported that it submitted more than 5,100 signatures on August 2, 2004. South Dakota requires 3,346 valid signatures signatures by August 3. |
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2004
Overview President Bush won South Dakota with a plurality of 83,289 votes (21.47 percentage points) |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 548,498.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.7%. As a result of S.B. 34, passed and signed into law in 1999, South Dakota's petition filing deadline for independent candidates was moved up to June 20, 2000, third earliest in the nation (before Nader even accepted the Greens' nomination on June 25). Nader needed signatures of registered voters equal to at least one per cent of the total votes cast for Governor in the previous gubernatorial election (2,602 valid signatures) by June 20. The campaign took the matter to court but was unsuccessful. |
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2000
Overview The presidential race had turned out fairly close in South Dakota in 1992 and 1996, but not this time around as Bush won with a plurality of 71,896 votes (22.74 percentage points). Bush carried 61 of 66 counties, including the two largest; Gore won five small counties scattered around the state. |
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