Deuel County, South Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
21 precincts · 2,298 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -0303 | 61 | 250 | 7 | 318 | 19.2% | 78.6% | R+59.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -0909 | 52 | 255 | 7 | 314 | 16.6% | 81.2% | R+64.6 |
| Precinct -0808 | 69 | 228 | 7 | 304 | 22.7% | 75.0% | R+52.3 |
| Precinct -1111 | 57 | 156 | 5 | 218 | 26.1% | 71.6% | R+45.4 |
| Precinct -0505 | 72 | 138 | 7 | 217 | 33.2% | 63.6% | R+30.4 |
| Precinct -0707 | 45 | 162 | 5 | 212 | 21.2% | 76.4% | R+55.2 |
| Precinct -1010 | 44 | 143 | 6 | 193 | 22.8% | 74.1% | R+51.3 |
| Precinct -0606 | 50 | 129 | 3 | 182 | 27.5% | 70.9% | R+43.4 |
| Precinct -0404 | 40 | 127 | 4 | 171 | 23.4% | 74.3% | R+50.9 |
| Precinct -0101 | 38 | 129 | 2 | 169 | 22.5% | 76.3% | R+53.8 |
| VTD precinct 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 1010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 1111 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.3% |
| 1896 | −2.2% |
| 1900 | −26.7% |
| 1904 | −63.7% |
| 1908 | −37.8% |
| 1912 | +31.2% |
| 1916 | −21.2% |
| 1920 | −62.9% |
| 1924 | −52.9% |
| 1928 | −30.0% |
| 1932 | +18.7% |
| 1936 | −4.9% |
| 1940 | −32.8% |
| 1944 | −23.6% |
| 1948 | −1.2% |
| 1952 | −44.3% |
| 1956 | −10.9% |
| 1960 | −23.8% |
| 1964 | +7.3% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | +0.5% |
| 1976 | +10.9% |
| 1980 | −27.9% |
| 1984 | −23.9% |
| 1988 | −0.2% |
| 1992 | +4.2% |
| 1996 | +5.7% |
| 2000 | −14.3% |
| 2004 | −18.4% |
| 2008 | −1.5% |
| 2012 | −10.8% |
| 2016 | −38.3% |
| 2020 | −46.4% |
| 2024 | −51.7% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 17.4%346 | 77.9%1,548 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | R | 26.8%628 | 73.2%1,714 | 2,342 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 9.5 points more Democratic.
3,168 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+5 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −145 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $48,938 in average income, against $83,303 for residents who stayed — 41% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+40.8 on average — 11 points more Democratic-leaning than Deuel County, SD itself (R+51.7).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Codington County, SD25R+40.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Codington County, SD25
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −13 |
| 2012 | +8 |
| 2013 | −84 |
| 2014 | −5 |
| 2015 | +3 |
| 2016 | −84 |
| 2017 | +24 |
| 2018 | +25 |
| 2019 | −15 |
| 2021 | −18 |
| 2022 | +59 |
| 2023 | −18 |
| 2024 | −32 |
| 2025 | +5 |
Deuel County sits along the Minnesota border in South Dakota's glaciated lake country, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has delivered some of the state's most lopsided presidential margins across recent election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 31.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 63.7 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 51.7 points.
A population of 4,328, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,112 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kingsbury County and Grant County.
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Deuel County, South Dakota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/46039/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.