congressional districtSouth Dakota At-Large Congressional District
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004R+21.3
2008R+8.4
2012R+18.0
2016R+29.8
2020R+26.2
2024R+29.2
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 64.0% of 669,847 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
146,859
272,081
9,982
428,922
669,847
64.0%
2020
150,471
261,043
11,095
422,609
644,979†
65.5%
2016
117,466
227,731
24,914
370,111
627,179†
59.0%
2012
145,039
210,610
8,166
363,815
594,334†
61.2%
2008
170,924
203,054
7,997
381,975
583,120†
65.5%
2004
149,974
232,646
6,380
389,000
571,906†
68.0%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles from the constituent-county ACS trend anchored to the current figure. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
18922024
District by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSD-ALSouth DakotaUnited States
German33.5%33.1%12.5%
Norwegian10.5%10.4%—
Irish10.0%9.9%9.4%
English7.8%7.7%9.5%
American4.4%4.4%5.3%
Dutch3.4%3.4%—
Swedish2.5%2.5%—
French0.8%—1.6%
Oglala Sioux2.8%2.0%—
Rosebud Sioux1.5%1.1%—
Mexican2.4%2.6%11.3%
Guatemalan0.5%0.5%0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%0.4%1.8%
Salvadoran0.3%0.3%0.7%
African American†1.0%1.1%9.9%
Ethiopian0.3%0.3%—
African0.2%0.2%0.5%
Filipino0.2%0.2%0.9%
Asian Indian0.2%0.2%1.4%
Burmese0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
SD-AL
South Dakota
United States
Median age
38
38.2
39.1
Age 18–24
9.2%
9.2%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
SD-AL
South Dakota
United States
Median household income
$75,081
$75,081
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.9%
12.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.9%
31.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
SD-AL
South Dakota
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
7.1%
7.1%
22.3%
Spanish
2.6%
2.6%
13.6%
Other languages
1.9%
1.9%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
SD-AL
South Dakota
United States
Catholic
—
14.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
20.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
44.9%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
South Dakota At-Large Congressional District
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−36.5%
1896
+0.2%
1900
−15.6%
1904
−49.4%
1908
−23.8%
1912
+42.1%
1916
−3.9%
1920
−41.0%
1924
−36.3%
1928
−21.0%
1932
+29.2%
1936
+11.5%
1940
−14.8%
1944
−16.7%
1948
−4.8%
1952
−38.5%
1956
−16.8%
1960
−16.4%
1964
+11.2%
1968
−11.3%
1972
−8.6%
1976
−1.5%
1980
−28.8%
1984
−26.5%
1988
−6.3%
1992
−3.5%
1996
−3.5%
2000
−22.7%
2004
−21.3%
2008
−8.4%
2012
−18.0%
2016
−29.8%
2020
−26.2%
2024
−29.2%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. † 2004, 2012 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for these cycles was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
34.2%Harris146,859
63.4%Trump272,081
2.3%
R+29.2
R+3.0
R+27.7
428,922
R
35.6%Biden150,471
61.8%Trump261,043
2.6%
R+26.2
D+3.6
R+30.6
422,609
R
31.7%Clinton117,466
61.5%Trump227,731
6.7%
R+29.8
R+11.8
R+31.9
370,111
R
39.9%Obama145,039
57.9%Romney210,610
2.2%
R+18.0
R+9.6
R+21.9
363,815
R
44.7%Obama170,924
53.2%McCain203,054
2.1%
R+8.4
D+12.8
R+15.7
381,975
R
38.6%Kerry149,974
59.8%Bush232,646
1.6%
R+21.3
D+1.5
R+18.8
389,000
R
37.6%Gore118,804
60.3%Bush190,700
2.1%
R+22.7
R+19.3
R+23.3
316,269
R
43.0%Clinton139,333
46.5%Dole150,543
10.5%
R+3.5
D+0.1
R+12.0
323,737
R
37.1%Clinton124,888
40.7%Bush136,718
22.2%
R+3.5
D+2.8
R+9.1
336,254
R
46.5%Dukakis145,560
52.8%Bush165,415
0.6%
R+6.3
D+20.1
D+1.4
312,991
R
36.5%Mondale116,113
63.0%Reagan200,267
0.5%
R+26.5
D+2.4
R+8.3
317,867
R
31.7%Carter103,855
60.5%Reagan198,343
7.8%
R+28.8
R+27.4
R+19.1
327,703
R
48.9%Carter147,068
50.4%Ford151,505
0.7%
R+1.5
D+7.2
R+3.5
300,678
R
45.5%McGovern139,945
54.2%Nixon166,476
0.3%
R+8.6
D+2.7
D+14.5
307,415
R
42.0%Humphrey118,023
53.3%Nixon149,841
4.8%
R+11.3
R+22.5
R+10.6
281,264
D
55.6%Johnson163,010
44.4%Goldwater130,108
0.0%
D+11.2
D+27.7
R+11.4
293,118
R
41.8%Kennedy128,070
58.2%Nixon178,417
0.0%
R+16.4
D+0.3
R+16.6
306,487
R
41.6%Stevenson122,288
58.4%Eisenhower171,569
0.0%
R+16.8
D+21.8
R+1.4
293,857
R
30.7%Stevenson90,426
69.3%Eisenhower203,857
0.0%
R+38.5
R+33.7
R+27.8
294,283
R
47.0%Truman117,653
51.8%Dewey129,651
1.1%
R+4.8
D+11.9
R+9.3
250,105
R
41.7%Roosevelt96,711
58.3%Dewey135,365
0.0%
R+16.7
R+1.8
R+24.1
232,076
R
42.6%Roosevelt131,362
57.4%Willkie177,065
0.0%
R+14.8
R+26.3
R+24.8
308,427
D
54.0%Roosevelt160,137
42.5%Landon125,977
3.5%
D+11.5
R+17.7
R+12.7
296,452
D
63.6%Roosevelt183,515
34.4%Hoover99,212
2.0%
D+29.2
D+50.2
D+11.4
288,438
R
39.2%Smith102,660
60.2%Hoover157,603
0.6%
R+21.0
D+15.4
R+3.5
261,857
R
13.3%Davis27,214
49.7%Coolidge101,299
37.0%
R+36.3
D+4.7
R+11.2
203,868
R
19.7%Cox35,938
60.7%Harding110,692
19.5%
R+41.0
R+37.1
R+14.8
182,237
R
45.9%Wilson59,191
49.8%Hughes64,217
4.3%
R+3.9
R+46.0
R+7.0
128,942
O
42.1%Wilson48,942
0.0%Taft0
57.9%
Roosevelt +15.9
D+65.8
D+22.5
116,327
R
35.1%Bryan40,266
58.8%Taft67,536
6.1%
R+23.8
D+25.7
R+14.2
114,775
R
21.7%Parker21,969
71.1%Roosevelt72,083
7.2%
R+49.4
R+33.8
R+29.8
101,395
R
41.1%Bryan39,538
56.7%McKinley54,574
2.1%
R+15.6
R+15.8
R+8.1
96,169
D
49.7%Bryan41,021
49.5%McKinley40,892
0.8%
D+0.2
D+36.7
D+6.2
82,590
R
12.9%Cleveland9,085
49.4%Harrison34,888
37.7%
R+36.5
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R+38.2
70,617
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Congressional elections · 22 House races
U.S. House
Each result reflects the U.S. House district as it was drawn for that election; redistricting has redrawn these lines over time, so they can differ from the current 120th-Congress district shown on the map above.
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), House. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
District
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
0
R
28.0%117,818
72.0%303,630
421,448
2022
0
R
0.0%0
77.4%253,821
327,841
2020
0
R
0.0%0
81.0%321,984
397,732
2018
0
R
36.0%120,816
60.3%202,446
335,471
2016
0
R
35.9%132,810
64.1%237,163
369,973
2014
0
R
33.5%92,485
66.5%183,834
276,319
2012
0
R
42.6%153,789
57.4%207,640
361,429
2010
0
R
45.9%146,589
48.1%153,703
319,426
2008
0
D
67.6%256,041
32.4%122,966
379,007
2006
0
D
69.1%230,468
29.3%97,864
333,562
2004
0
D
53.4%207,837
45.9%178,823
389,468
2002
0
R
45.6%153,551
53.5%180,023
336,691
2000
0
R
24.9%78,321
73.4%231,083
314,761
1998
0
R
24.9%64,433
75.1%194,157
258,590
1996
0
R
37.0%119,547
57.7%186,393
323,203
1994
0
D
59.8%183,036
36.6%112,054
305,922
1992
0
D
69.1%230,070
26.8%89,375
332,902
1990
0
D
67.6%173,814
32.4%83,484
257,298
1988
0
D
71.7%223,759
28.3%88,157
311,916
1986
0
D
59.2%171,462
40.8%118,261
289,723
1984
0
D
57.4%181,401
42.6%134,821
316,222
1982
0
D
51.6%142,122
48.4%133,530
275,652
South Dakota's single at-large seat covers the entire state, where the 2024 presidential contest ran nearly 30 points to the right — a gap consistent with the state's decades-long shift away from competitive federal races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.4 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.2 points.
A population of 886,667, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,081 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Congressional District 4 and Congressional District 1.
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How did South Dakota At-Large Congressional District vote in 2024?
In 2024, South Dakota At-Large Congressional District voted Republican by 29.2 points (R+29.2), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 428,922 votes cast, 146,859 went Democratic and 272,081 went Republican.
When did South Dakota At-Large Congressional District last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which South Dakota At-Large Congressional District voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in South Dakota At-Large Congressional District?
South Dakota At-Large Congressional District has a population of 886,667 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in South Dakota At-Large Congressional District?
Median household income in South Dakota At-Large Congressional District is $75,081 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Dakota state median is $75,081.
What is the political history of South Dakota At-Large Congressional District?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in South Dakota At-Large Congressional District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.
