United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2016

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2016
South Dakota
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Gary Johnson
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Home state New York New York New Mexico
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine William Weld
Electoral vote 3 0 0
Popular vote 227,701 117,442 20,845
Percentage 61.5% 31.7% 5.6%

County Results

  Trump—40-50%
  Trump—50-60%
  Trump—60-70%
  Trump—70-80%
  Trump—80-90%
  Clinton—50-60%
  Clinton—60-70%
  Clinton—70-80%
  Clinton—80-90%

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. South Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

On June 7, 2016, in the presidential primaries, South Dakota voters will express their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's primary.

South Dakota has voted for the Republican ticket in every election since 1968. Donald Trump continued the Republican tradition in South Dakota, carrying the state with 61.5% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 31.7% of the vote.[1]South Dakota was also one of eight states where Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson won over 5% of the vote.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Five candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:

South Dakota Democratic primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 27,047 51.03% 10 2 12
Bernie Sanders 25,959 48.97% 10 0 10
Uncommitted N/A 0 3 3
Total 53,006 100% 20 5 25
Source: The Green Papers, South Dakota Secretary of State - Official Primary Results

Republican primary

Three candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot. The only candidate with a campaign that remained active was Donald Trump.

Republican primary results by county.
  Donald Trump
South Dakota Republican primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 44,867 67.09% 29 0 29
Ted Cruz (withdrawn) 11,352 16.97% 0 0 0
John Kasich (withdrawn) 10,660 15.94% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 66,879 100.00% 29 0 29
Source: The Green Papers

Results

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2016
Party Candidate Running Mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 227,701 61.5% 3
Democratic Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 117,442 31.7%
Libertarian Gary Johnson William Weld 20,845 5.6%
Constitution Darrell Castle Scott Bradley 4,059 1.1%
Totals

Analysis

South Dakota gave Republican nominee Donald Trump a more than 29-point margin of victory over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, thus gaining him three electoral votes.[2] The Mount Rushmore state's politics are driven by agrarian conservatism, with the eastern portion of the state being largely rural and considered an extension of the Corn Belt. The western portion of the state is even more conservative.[3] South Dakota, like many neighboring majority-white Great Plains and prairie states in the Farm Belt, has not voted for a Democratic candidate since the landslide election of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

Donald Trump carried most of the state's counties, including Stanley County where the capital city of Pierre is located, Pennington County which contains Rapid City, Minnehaha County which contains Sioux Falls, Brown County which contains Aberdeen, and Codington County which contains Watertown. Clinton won only five counties statewide: Todd, Buffalo, Dewey, and Oglala Lakota, all of which are majority Native American, and Clay County which contains the University of South Dakota.[4]

See also

References

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