Miner County, South Dakota
Precinct data
Results by precinct
16 precincts · 1,167 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -PRECINCT 6PRECINCT 6 | 39 | 178 | 3 | 220 | 17.7% | 80.9% | R+63.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -PRECINCT 7PRECINCT 7 | 53 | 132 | 4 | 189 | 28.0% | 69.8% | R+41.8 |
| Precinct -PRECINCT 4PRECINCT 4 | 48 | 104 | 7 | 159 | 30.2% | 65.4% | R+35.2 |
| Precinct -PRECINCT 1PRECINCT 1 | 40 | 108 | 2 | 150 | 26.7% | 72.0% | R+45.3 |
| Precinct -PRECINCT 2PRECINCT 2 | 33 | 93 | 4 | 130 | 25.4% | 71.5% | R+46.2 |
| Precinct -PRECINCT 3PRECINCT 3 | 38 | 80 | 5 | 123 | 30.9% | 65.0% | R+34.1 |
| Precinct -PRECINCT 8PRECINCT 8 | 24 | 92 | 2 | 118 | 20.3% | 78.0% | R+57.6 |
| Precinct -PRECINCT 5PRECINCT 5 | 18 | 54 | 6 | 78 | 23.1% | 69.2% | R+46.2 |
| VTD-Howard precinct 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-Howard precinct 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-Howard 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 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| VTD-precinct 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −15.6% |
| 1896 | +9.5% |
| 1900 | +2.5% |
| 1904 | −28.7% |
| 1908 | −11.1% |
| 1912 | +43.4% |
| 1916 | −6.5% |
| 1920 | −31.3% |
| 1924 | −24.6% |
| 1928 | −19.4% |
| 1932 | +39.7% |
| 1936 | +19.0% |
| 1940 | −21.1% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | +7.2% |
| 1952 | −31.2% |
| 1956 | +2.1% |
| 1960 | −2.3% |
| 1964 | +28.0% |
| 1968 | +8.8% |
| 1972 | +11.6% |
| 1976 | +21.0% |
| 1980 | −15.6% |
| 1984 | −2.2% |
| 1988 | +9.1% |
| 1992 | +9.8% |
| 1996 | +11.3% |
| 2000 | −15.9% |
| 2004 | −11.5% |
| 2008 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | −13.8% |
| 2016 | −39.9% |
| 2020 | −41.0% |
| 2024 | −47.0% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 16.0%161 | 81.0%813 | 1,004 |
| 2020 | R | 29.6%339 | 70.4%807 | 1,146 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 16 points more Democratic.
1,590 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
+11 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −72 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $61,444 in average income, against $85,040 for residents who stayed — 28% 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 | −32 |
| 2012 | −10 |
| 2013 | +15 |
| 2014 | −21 |
| 2015 | −70 |
| 2016 | +31 |
| 2017 | −16 |
| 2018 | −5 |
| 2019 | +8 |
| 2021 | +26 |
| 2022 | −14 |
| 2023 | +5 |
| 2024 | 0 |
| 2025 | +11 |
Miner County's roughly 2,900 residents are spread across a sparse agricultural landscape in east-central South Dakota, and its presidential margins have ranked among the widest in the state for more than a decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.0 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.0 points.
A population of 2,300, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $76,140 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Murray County and Griggs County.
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Miner County, South Dakota. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/46097/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.