Donald J. Trump won South Dakota with 63.4% of the vote, ahead of Kamala D. Harris. 428,922 votes were counted. The party margin was a Republican lead of 29.2 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in South Dakota that is loaded, the margin moved 3.0 points toward Republicans.
South Dakota leans Republican by 29.1 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
South Dakota voted for the winner of the national popular vote in 5 of 13 presidential elections from 1976 to 2024. On average its margin sat 18.0 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 428,922 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 64.8% of the 662,330 citizens aged 18 and over in South Dakota.