Jackson County, South Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
18 precincts · 1,129 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -33 | 20 | 247 | 1 | 268 | 7.5% | 92.2% | R+84.7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -77 | 209 | 44 | 7 | 260 | 80.4% | 16.9% | D+63.5 |
| Precinct -44 | 37 | 119 | 2 | 158 | 23.4% | 75.3% | R+51.9 |
| Precinct -22 | 22 | 95 | 2 | 119 | 18.5% | 79.8% | R+61.3 |
| Precinct -66 | 25 | 89 | 4 | 118 | 21.2% | 75.4% | R+54.2 |
| Precinct -55 | 6 | 78 | 1 | 85 | 7.1% | 91.8% | R+84.7 |
| Precinct -88 | 35 | 40 | 2 | 77 | 45.5% | 51.9% | R+6.5 |
| Precinct -11 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 44 | 6.8% | 93.2% | R+86.4 |
| VTD - 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Cottonwood voting precinct1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Green Valley voting precinct8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Interior voting precinct2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Kadoka City Ward 1 voting precinct (part of VTD-4)46_46071VTD4W1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Kadoka City Ward 2 voting precinct (part of VTD-4)46_46071VTD4W2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Kadoka City Ward 3 voting precinct46_46071VTD3W3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Long Valley precinct6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - precinct 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - precinct 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1916–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1916 | −0.7% |
| 1920 | −46.1% |
| 1924 | −35.5% |
| 1928 | −17.5% |
| 1932 | +37.6% |
| 1936 | +11.2% |
| 1940 | −9.5% |
| 1944 | −14.3% |
| 1948 | −6.8% |
| 1952 | −39.6% |
| 1956 | −12.0% |
| 1960 | −18.5% |
| 1964 | +11.4% |
| 1968 | −18.1% |
| 1972 | −27.2% |
| 1976 | −12.4% |
| 1980 | −42.5% |
| 1984 | −42.2% |
| 1988 | −19.4% |
| 1992 | −23.6% |
| 1996 | −19.1% |
| 2000 | −35.4% |
| 2004 | −17.2% |
| 2008 | −20.6% |
| 2012 | −21.2% |
| 2016 | −36.4% |
| 2020 | −34.0% |
| 2024 | −35.1% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 23.9%215 | 68.6%617 | 899 |
| 2020 | R | 32.1%357 | 67.9%756 | 1,113 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Democratic.
1,834 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
−60 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −328 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $41,094 in average income, against $56,005 for residents who stayed — 27% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
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 | +64 |
| 2012 | −23 |
| 2013 | +21 |
| 2014 | −11 |
| 2015 | −19 |
| 2016 | −37 |
| 2017 | −55 |
| 2018 | −47 |
| 2019 | +2 |
| 2021 | +25 |
| 2022 | −56 |
| 2023 | −81 |
| 2024 | −51 |
| 2025 | −60 |
Jackson County's roughly 3,000 residents are spread across nearly 3,000 square miles of western South Dakota rangeland, and the county has backed Republican presidential nominees by double-digit margins in every cycle for decades.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 46.1 points in 1920. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.1 points.
A population of 2,802, a 37% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $35,417 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bennett County and Mellette County.
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Jackson County, South Dakota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/46071/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.