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Election 1992 Results

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1992 presidential election in South Dakota

George H. W. Bush (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in South Dakota in 1992, 40.7% to 37.1%, a margin of 3.5 points and 11,830 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1988, when George H. W. Bush also won.

Republicans led in 40 of the 66 counties and Democrats in 26. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 63,786 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.0 points. The closest was Clark, where 4 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George H. W. Bush won Republican 136,718 40.7%
Bill Clinton Democratic 124,888 37.1%
Ross Perot Independent 73,295 21.8%
All other candidates 1,353 0.4%
Total336,254

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 27,016 42.4% 25,081 39.3% 11,689 63,786 D+3.0
Pennington 11,106 29.5% 18,052 47.9% 8,511 37,669 R+18.4
Brown 7,521 41.7% 6,665 36.9% 3,861 18,047 D+4.7
Brookings 4,645 38.7% 4,698 39.1% 2,659 12,002 R+0.4
Codington 3,701 33.8% 3,943 36.0% 3,299 10,943 R+2.2
Meade 2,694 26.7% 4,724 46.9% 2,657 10,075 R+20.1
Lawrence 3,157 32.7% 3,770 39.0% 2,732 9,659 R+6.3
Yankton 3,404 36.3% 3,430 36.6% 2,538 9,372 R+0.3
Beadle 3,925 43.0% 3,363 36.8% 1,848 9,136 D+6.2
Davison 3,285 40.3% 3,111 38.2% 1,750 8,146 D+2.1
Hughes 2,578 31.7% 4,325 53.3% 1,218 8,121 R+21.5
Lincoln 2,943 37.1% 3,365 42.5% 1,615 7,923 R+5.3
Clay 2,826 46.8% 1,869 31.0% 1,341 6,036 D+15.9
Lake 2,388 42.7% 1,890 33.8% 1,312 5,590 D+8.9
Union 2,210 43.4% 1,784 35.0% 1,103 5,097 D+8.4
Turner 1,507 35.1% 1,906 44.4% 877 4,290 R+9.3
Hutchinson 1,211 29.1% 2,002 48.2% 943 4,156 R+19.0
Roberts 1,716 41.6% 1,437 34.9% 968 4,121 D+6.8
Spink 1,732 42.1% 1,527 37.1% 853 4,112 D+5.0
Grant 1,484 36.1% 1,595 38.8% 1,031 4,110 R+2.7
Charles Mix 1,639 40.0% 1,570 38.3% 890 4,099 D+1.7
Fall River 1,416 37.7% 1,533 40.8% 805 3,754 R+3.1
Day 1,578 42.4% 1,161 31.2% 986 3,725 D+11.2
Butte 973 26.3% 1,674 45.2% 1,053 3,700 R+18.9
Bon Homme 1,294 38.4% 1,212 36.0% 861 3,367 D+2.4
Custer 1,078 32.1% 1,422 42.3% 863 3,363 R+10.2
Tripp 1,046 31.1% 1,459 43.4% 858 3,363 R+12.3
Kingsbury 1,267 40.3% 1,113 35.4% 763 3,143 D+4.9
Moody 1,473 47.5% 898 28.9% 733 3,104 D+18.5
McCook 1,167 39.1% 1,177 39.4% 640 2,984 R+0.3
Walworth 829 28.5% 1,439 49.5% 640 2,908 R+21.0
Hamlin 826 30.1% 1,133 41.4% 781 2,740 R+11.2
Brule 1,060 39.6% 908 33.9% 708 2,676 D+5.7
Gregory 879 33.6% 1,027 39.3% 709 2,615 R+5.7
Hand 785 30.8% 1,130 44.4% 631 2,546 R+13.6
Deuel 880 36.3% 778 32.1% 765 2,423 D+4.2
Clark 799 33.6% 803 33.8% 773 2,375 R+0.2
Marshall 1,056 46.0% 810 35.3% 431 2,297 D+10.7
Edmunds 894 39.6% 944 41.8% 422 2,260 R+2.2
Douglas 481 23.3% 1,175 56.8% 411 2,067 R+33.6
Perkins 566 28.4% 872 43.8% 553 1,991 R+15.4
Potter 493 27.7% 901 50.7% 384 1,778 R+22.9
Dewey 766 43.7% 642 36.6% 344 1,752 D+7.1
McPherson 478 27.3% 945 53.9% 329 1,752 R+26.7
Aurora 680 39.7% 594 34.7% 438 1,712 D+5.0
Oglala Lakota 1,267 76.7% 225 13.6% 159 1,651 D+63.1
Todd 915 56.1% 456 28.0% 259 1,630 D+28.2
Sanborn 632 39.3% 595 37.0% 383 1,610 D+2.3
Miner 698 44.1% 543 34.3% 343 1,584 D+9.8
Lyman 486 32.8% 669 45.2% 325 1,480 R+12.4
Jerauld 600 40.9% 518 35.3% 349 1,467 D+5.6
Hanson 566 39.4% 522 36.4% 347 1,435 D+3.1
Faulk 488 34.0% 658 45.9% 288 1,434 R+11.9
Stanley 427 30.5% 719 51.4% 253 1,399 R+20.9
Haakon 209 15.9% 860 65.3% 249 1,318 R+49.4
Corson 444 35.5% 483 38.6% 324 1,251 R+3.1
Bennett 413 34.5% 556 46.4% 228 1,197 R+11.9
Jackson 351 30.1% 627 53.7% 190 1,168 R+23.6
Campbell 222 21.1% 574 54.5% 257 1,053 R+33.4
Sully 273 27.0% 565 55.9% 172 1,010 R+28.9
Hyde 301 31.5% 440 46.1% 214 955 R+14.6
Harding 139 15.8% 515 58.5% 227 881 R+42.7
Mellette 277 32.9% 417 49.6% 147 841 R+16.6
Jones 166 21.3% 454 58.3% 159 779 R+37.0
Ziebach 280 38.4% 328 44.9% 122 730 R+6.6
Buffalo 282 56.9% 137 27.6% 77 496 D+29.2

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+26.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+29.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+18.0
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.4
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+21.5
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+22.7
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+3.5
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+26.5
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+28.8
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.5
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+11.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.2
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+16.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+16.8
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+16.7
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+29.2
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+21.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+36.3
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+41.0
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+3.9
1912 Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+23.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+49.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+15.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+0.2
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+36.6