United States presidential election, 2004, in South Dakota

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This article describes the United States presidential election, 2004, in South Dakota.

South Dakota is a reliable conservative and Republican state, having voted for Republican nominees in all Presidential election but 1964 since 1940, and George W. Bush easily carried the state, with a margin of victory of more than 20% against his Democratic challenger, John F. Kerry.

Presidential Candidate Running Mate Party Electoral Vote (EV) Popular Vote (PV)
George W. Bush of Texas Richard Cheney of Wyoming Republican 3 232,584 59.91%
John Kerry of Massachusetts John Edwards of North Carolina Democrat 0 149,244 38.44%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut Peter Camejo of California Reform 0 4,320 1.11%
Michael Peroutka of Maryland Charles Baldwin Constitution 0 1,103 0.28%
Michael Badnarik of Texas Richard Campagna of Iowa Libertarian 0 964 0.25%
Others - - 0 6,961 0.33%
Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.

[edit] Results by county

Aurora Kerry 37.6% 620

Bush 61.2% 1,009

Other 1.2% 20


Beadle Kerry 40.6% 3,443

Bush 58.0% 4,917

Other 1.4% 120


Bennett Kerry 46.6% 759

Bush 51.1% 833

Other 2.3% 38


Bon Homme Kerry 37.9% 1,293

Bush 60.5% 2,063

Other 1.5% 52


Brookings Kerry 40.7% 5,443

Bush 57.3% 7,662

Other 2.0% 270


Brown Kerry 42.7% 7,943

Bush 55.8% 10,386

Other 1.5% 270


Brule Kerry 39.6% 1,040

Bush 58.7% 1,544

Other 1.7% 45


Buffalo Kerry 71.7% 603

Bush 26.5% 223

Other 1.8% 15


Butte Kerry 23.6% 1,009

Bush 74.1% 3,166

Other 2.2% 96


Campbell Kerry 24.9% 239

Bush 73.8% 708

Other 1.3% 12


Charles Mix Kerry 44.9% 2,155

Bush 53.3% 2,556

Other 1.8% 87


Clark Kerry 37.6% 875

Bush 61.7% 1,435

Other 0.7% 17


Clay Kerry 54.0% 3,315

Bush 43.9% 2,692

Other 2.1% 129


Codington Kerry 37.7% 4,803

Bush 61.0% 7,778

Other 1.3% 170


Corson Kerry 56.4% 972

Bush 41.8% 720

Other 1.9% 32


Custer Kerry 29.6% 1,272

Bush 67.9% 2,922

Other 2.6% 110


Davison Kerry 36.4% 3,263

Bush 62.1% 5,561

Other 1.4% 128


Day Kerry 51.3% 1,817

Bush 47.2% 1,671

Other 1.5% 52


Deuel Kerry 39.8% 961

Bush 58.3% 1,406

Other 1.9% 45


Dewey Kerry 62.6% 1,606

Bush 35.9% 921

Other 1.4% 37


Douglas Kerry 19.5% 393

Bush 79.3% 1,596

Other 1.1% 23


Edmunds Kerry 34.2% 765

Bush 64.2% 1,434

Other 1.6% 35


Fall River Kerry 34.5% 1,326

Bush 62.8% 2,413

Other 2.8% 106


Faulk Kerry 30.5% 418

Bush 69.0% 945

Other 0.4% 6


Grant Kerry 39.9% 1,633

Bush 58.5% 2,392

Other 1.6% 65


Gregory Kerry 31.9% 813

Bush 66.2% 1,685

Other 1.9% 48


Haakon Kerry 17.7% 219

Bush 81.2% 1,007

Other 1.1% 14


Hamlin Kerry 33.7% 1,015

Bush 64.6% 1,946

Other 1.7% 50


Hand Kerry 30.5% 668

Bush 67.8% 1,482

Other 1.7% 37


Hanson Kerry 34.7% 745

Bush 64.1% 1,379

Other 1.2% 26


Harding Kerry 11.5% 94

Bush 86.4% 704

Other 2.1% 17


Hughes Kerry 30.5% 2,697

Bush 68.1% 6,017

Other 1.4% 121


Hutchinson Kerry 28.4% 1,177

Bush 69.9% 2,899

Other 1.7% 71


Hyde Kerry 28.8% 259

Bush 70.1% 631

Other 1.1% 10


Jackson Kerry 40.0% 508

Bush 57.1% 726

Other 2.9% 37


Jerauld Kerry 39.0% 482

Bush 59.5% 736

Other 1.5% 18


Jones Kerry 18.7% 134

Bush 78.8% 565

Other 2.5% 18


Kingsbury Kerry 38.6% 1,163

Bush 59.9% 1,804

Other 1.6% 47


Lake Kerry 41.8% 2,509

Bush 55.9% 3,359

Other 2.3% 139


Lawrence Kerry 33.2% 3,857

Bush 64.5% 7,489

Other 2.3% 273


Lincoln Kerry 33.4% 5,703

Bush 65.4% 11,161

Other 1.2% 202


Lyman Kerry 44.9% 872

Bush 53.0% 1,029

Other 2.0% 39


McCook Kerry 36.7% 1,201

Bush 61.7% 2,017

Other 1.6% 53


McPherson Kerry 23.4% 369

Bush 74.7% 1,180

Other 1.9% 30


Marshall Kerry 46.5% 1,099

Bush 52.5% 1,242

Other 1.0% 23


Meade Kerry 25.6% 2,941

Bush 72.6% 8,347

Other 1.9% 216


Mellette Kerry 38.8% 361

Bush 59.4% 553

Other 1.8% 17


Miner Kerry 43.6% 641

Bush 55.1% 810

Other 1.3% 19


Minnehaha Kerry 41.6% 32,314

Bush 56.9% 44,189

Other 1.5% 1,129


Moody Kerry 46.6% 1,609

Bush 51.9% 1,790

Other 1.5% 52


Pennington Kerry 31.6% 14,213

Bush 66.7% 29,976

Other 1.7% 779


Perkins Kerry 23.1% 418

Bush 73.3% 1,329

Other 3.6% 66


Potter Kerry 28.6% 463

Bush 70.6% 1,143

Other 0.7% 12


Roberts Kerry 50.7% 2,527

Bush 48.1% 2,396

Other 1.2% 59


Sanborn Kerry 40.7% 581

Bush 57.3% 817

Other 2.0% 28


Shannon Kerry 84.6% 3,566

Bush 12.5% 526

Other 2.9% 122


Spink Kerry 39.2% 1,478

Bush 59.9% 2,259

Other 1.0% 37


Stanley Kerry 28.6% 464

Bush 69.6% 1,129

Other 1.8% 30


Sully Kerry 21.9% 201

Bush 76.6% 702

Other 1.5% 14


Todd Kerry 72.2% 2,543

Bush 25.2% 889

Other 2.6% 92


Tripp Kerry 30.0% 972

Bush 68.7% 2,230

Other 1.3% 43


Turner Kerry 34.1% 1,646

Bush 63.8% 3,084

Other 2.2% 104


Union Kerry 42.6% 3,000

Bush 56.6% 3,987

Other 0.9% 61


Walworth Kerry 30.5% 878

Bush 68.3% 1,967

Other 1.2% 35


Yankton Kerry 40.6% 4,237

Bush 57.5% 6,003

Other 1.8% 191


Ziebach Kerry 57.4% 641

Bush 40.1% 447

Other 2.5% 28