South Dakota · 2004 presidential election
South Dakota presidential election results 2004
George W. Bush carried South Dakota by 21.47 points (83,340 votes), winning 3 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 3
- Votes counted
- 388,215
- SD result
- R+21.5
- Compared with the nation
- 19.1 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2000
- 1.3 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush | Republican | 232,584 | 59.90% | 3 | |
| John Kerry | Democratic | 149,244 | 38.40% | — | |
| Total votes | 388,215 | ||||
Sources: 2004
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | John Kerry | George W. Bush | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora | 620 | 1,009 | 20 | 1,649 | 23.6 |
| Beadle | 3,443 | 4,917 | 120 | 8,480 | 17.4 |
| Bennett | 759 | 833 | 38 | 1,630 | 4.5 |
| Bon Homme | 1,293 | 2,063 | 52 | 3,408 | 22.6 |
| Brookings | 5,443 | 7,662 | 270 | 13,375 | 16.6 |
| Brown | 7,943 | 10,386 | 270 | 18,599 | 13.1 |
| Brule | 1,040 | 1,544 | 45 | 2,629 | 19.2 |
| Buffalo | 603 | 223 | 15 | 841 | 45.2 |
| Butte | 1,009 | 3,166 | 96 | 4,271 | 50.5 |
| Campbell | 239 | 708 | 12 | 959 | 48.9 |
| Charles Mix | 2,155 | 2,556 | 87 | 4,798 | 8.4 |
| Clark | 875 | 1,435 | 17 | 2,327 | 24.1 |
| Clay | 3,315 | 2,692 | 129 | 6,136 | 10.2 |
| Codington | 4,803 | 7,778 | 170 | 12,751 | 23.3 |
| Corson | 972 | 720 | 32 | 1,724 | 14.6 |
| Custer | 1,272 | 2,922 | 110 | 4,304 | 38.3 |
| Davison | 3,263 | 5,561 | 128 | 8,952 | 25.7 |
| Day | 1,817 | 1,671 | 52 | 3,540 | 4.1 |
| Deuel | 961 | 1,406 | 45 | 2,412 | 18.4 |
| Dewey | 1,606 | 921 | 37 | 2,564 | 26.7 |
| Douglas | 393 | 1,596 | 23 | 2,012 | 59.8 |
| Edmunds | 765 | 1,434 | 35 | 2,234 | 29.9 |
| Fall River | 1,326 | 2,413 | 106 | 3,845 | 28.3 |
| Faulk | 418 | 945 | 6 | 1,369 | 38.5 |
| Grant | 1,633 | 2,392 | 65 | 4,090 | 18.6 |
| Gregory | 813 | 1,685 | 48 | 2,546 | 34.2 |
| Haakon | 219 | 1,007 | 14 | 1,240 | 63.5 |
| Hamlin | 1,015 | 1,946 | 50 | 3,011 | 30.9 |
| Hand | 668 | 1,482 | 37 | 2,187 | 37.2 |
| Hanson | 745 | 1,379 | 26 | 2,150 | 29.5 |
| Harding | 94 | 704 | 17 | 815 | 74.8 |
| Hughes | 2,697 | 6,017 | 121 | 8,835 | 37.6 |
| Hutchinson | 1,177 | 2,899 | 71 | 4,147 | 41.5 |
| Hyde | 259 | 631 | 10 | 900 | 41.3 |
| Jackson | 508 | 726 | 37 | 1,271 | 17.2 |
| Jerauld | 482 | 736 | 18 | 1,236 | 20.6 |
| Jones | 134 | 565 | 18 | 717 | 60.1 |
| Kingsbury | 1,163 | 1,804 | 47 | 3,014 | 21.3 |
| Lake | 2,509 | 3,359 | 139 | 6,007 | 14.2 |
| Lawrence | 3,857 | 7,489 | 273 | 11,619 | 31.3 |
| Lincoln | 5,703 | 11,161 | 202 | 17,066 | 32.0 |
| Lyman | 872 | 1,029 | 39 | 1,940 | 8.1 |
| Marshall | 1,099 | 1,242 | 23 | 2,364 | 6.0 |
| McCook | 1,201 | 2,017 | 53 | 3,271 | 24.9 |
| McPherson | 369 | 1,180 | 30 | 1,579 | 51.4 |
| Meade | 2,941 | 8,347 | 216 | 11,504 | 47.0 |
| Mellette | 361 | 553 | 17 | 931 | 20.6 |
| Miner | 641 | 810 | 19 | 1,470 | 11.5 |
| Minnehaha | 32,314 | 44,189 | 1,129 | 77,632 | 15.3 |
| Moody | 1,609 | 1,790 | 52 | 3,451 | 5.2 |
| Oglala Lakota | 3,566 | 526 | 122 | 4,214 | 72.1 |
| Pennington | 14,213 | 29,976 | 779 | 44,968 | 35.1 |
| Perkins | 418 | 1,329 | 66 | 1,813 | 50.2 |
| Potter | 463 | 1,143 | 12 | 1,618 | 42.0 |
| Roberts | 2,527 | 2,396 | 59 | 4,982 | 2.6 |
| Sanborn | 581 | 817 | 28 | 1,426 | 16.5 |
| Spink | 1,478 | 2,259 | 37 | 3,774 | 20.7 |
| Stanley | 464 | 1,129 | 30 | 1,623 | 41.0 |
| Sully | 201 | 702 | 14 | 917 | 54.6 |
| Todd | 2,543 | 889 | 92 | 3,524 | 46.9 |
| Tripp | 972 | 2,230 | 43 | 3,245 | 38.8 |
| Turner | 1,646 | 3,084 | 104 | 4,834 | 29.7 |
| Union | 3,000 | 3,987 | 61 | 7,048 | 14.0 |
| Walworth | 878 | 1,967 | 35 | 2,880 | 37.8 |
| Yankton | 4,237 | 6,003 | 191 | 10,431 | 16.9 |
| Ziebach | 641 | 447 | 28 | 1,116 | 17.4 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
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Questions and answers
Who won South Dakota in 2004?
George W. Bush won South Dakota by 21.47 percentage points (83,340 votes).
How many electoral votes did South Dakota have in 2004?
South Dakota cast 3 electoral votes in 2004.
How many people voted for president in South Dakota in 2004?
388,215 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in South Dakota in 2004?
George W. Bush 57, John Kerry 9 (out of 66 counties with results).
How did South Dakota change from 2000 to 2004?
The margin moved 1.3 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 22.7 points to Republican by 21.5 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data