Kingsbury County, South Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
21 precincts · 2,801 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -DE SMETDE SMET | 279 | 608 | 15 | 902 | 30.9% | 67.4% | R+36.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -ARLINGTONARLINGTON | 189 | 445 | 11 | 645 | 29.3% | 69.0% | R+39.7 |
| Precinct -LAKE PRESTONLAKE PRESTON | 103 | 381 | 10 | 494 | 20.9% | 77.1% | R+56.3 |
| Precinct -BADGERBADGER | 69 | 235 | 7 | 311 | 22.2% | 75.6% | R+53.4 |
| Precinct -OLDHAMOLDHAM | 58 | 175 | 4 | 237 | 24.5% | 73.8% | R+49.4 |
| Precinct -IROQUOISIROQUOIS | 62 | 145 | 5 | 212 | 29.2% | 68.4% | R+39.2 |
| VTD - Arlington city ward 1A1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Arlington city ward 2A2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Arlington city ward 3A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - De Smet city ward 1D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Lake Preston city ward 1L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - Lake Preston city ward 3L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD - precinct 11 | 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- De Smet city ward 2D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-De Smet city ward 3D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-Lake Preston city ward 2L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 2121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 2424 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −37.8% |
| 1896 | +5.0% |
| 1900 | −20.2% |
| 1904 | −63.6% |
| 1908 | −29.1% |
| 1912 | +34.5% |
| 1916 | −9.4% |
| 1920 | −57.0% |
| 1924 | −55.9% |
| 1928 | −44.1% |
| 1932 | +13.4% |
| 1936 | −15.3% |
| 1940 | −40.5% |
| 1944 | −37.5% |
| 1948 | −26.7% |
| 1952 | −56.5% |
| 1956 | −29.8% |
| 1960 | −26.5% |
| 1964 | −2.9% |
| 1968 | −20.5% |
| 1972 | −17.4% |
| 1976 | −2.3% |
| 1980 | −32.7% |
| 1984 | −25.8% |
| 1988 | −3.9% |
| 1992 | +4.9% |
| 1996 | +2.0% |
| 2000 | −20.6% |
| 2004 | −21.3% |
| 2008 | −5.7% |
| 2012 | −13.8% |
| 2016 | −38.3% |
| 2020 | −39.0% |
| 2024 | −43.9% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 17.4%441 | 79.1%2,000 | 2,530 |
| 2020 | R | 29.1%809 | 70.9%1,970 | 2,779 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.0 points more Republican.
3,624 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
+9 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −96 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $74,300 in average income, against $84,021 for residents who stayed — 12% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+17.4 on average — 26 points more Democratic-leaning than Kingsbury County, SD itself (R+43.9).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Brookings County, SD25R+17.4
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Brookings County, SD32
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 | +44 |
| 2012 | +61 |
| 2013 | −165 |
| 2014 | +7 |
| 2015 | −100 |
| 2016 | +15 |
| 2017 | −34 |
| 2018 | −27 |
| 2019 | −2 |
| 2021 | −3 |
| 2022 | +81 |
| 2023 | −3 |
| 2024 | +21 |
| 2025 | +9 |
Kingsbury County's small, agriculture-dependent population has backed Republican presidential candidates by wide margins for decades, with 2024's R+43.9 result consistent with a long pattern of lopsided outcomes in sparsely settled eastern South Dakota.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 63.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.9 points.
A population of 5,244, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,000 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Grant County and Deuel County.
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Kingsbury County, South Dakota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/46077/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.