2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota
The 2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. South Dakota voters chose three electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.
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Prior to the election, seventeen news organizations considered this a state Romney would win, or otherwise considered as a safe red state. Romney won South Dakota by an 18.02% margin of victory.
General Election
Results
2012 United States presidential election in South Dakota[1] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | 210,610 | 57.89% | 3 | |
Democratic | Barack Obama | Joe Biden | 145,039 | 39.87% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | Jim Gray | 5,795 | 1.59% | 0 | |
Constitution | Virgil Goode | Jim Clymer | 2,371 | 0.65% | 0 | |
Totals | 363,815 | 100.00% | 3 | |||
Results by county
County[2] | Willard Mitt Romney Republican |
Barack Hussein Obama Democratic |
Gary Earl Johnson Libertarian |
Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr. Constitution |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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Aurora | 804 | 57.43% | 556 | 39.71% | 27 | 1.93% | 13 | 0.93% | 248 | 17.71% | 1,400 |
Beadle | 4,230 | 58.24% | 2,881 | 39.67% | 107 | 1.47% | 45 | 0.62% | 1,349 | 18.57% | 7,263 |
Bennett | 626 | 52.04% | 548 | 45.55% | 18 | 1.50% | 11 | 0.91% | 78 | 6.48% | 1,203 |
Bon Homme | 1,830 | 59.53% | 1,167 | 37.96% | 55 | 1.79% | 22 | 0.72% | 663 | 21.57% | 3,074 |
Brookings | 6,220 | 50.16% | 5,827 | 46.99% | 253 | 2.04% | 100 | 0.81% | 393 | 3.17% | 12,400 |
Brown | 8,321 | 51.79% | 7,250 | 45.12% | 409 | 2.55% | 88 | 0.55% | 1,071 | 6.67% | 16,068 |
Brule | 1,499 | 63.01% | 824 | 34.64% | 37 | 1.56% | 19 | 0.80% | 675 | 28.37% | 2,379 |
Buffalo | 166 | 25.90% | 472 | 73.63% | 3 | 0.47% | 0 | 0.00% | -306 | -47.74% | 641 |
Butte | 3,068 | 73.03% | 1,000 | 23.80% | 94 | 2.24% | 39 | 0.93% | 2,068 | 49.23% | 4,201 |
Campbell | 616 | 78.27% | 153 | 19.44% | 12 | 1.52% | 6 | 0.76% | 463 | 58.83% | 787 |
Charles Mix | 2,229 | 59.25% | 1,482 | 39.39% | 30 | 0.80% | 21 | 0.56% | 747 | 19.86% | 3,762 |
Clark | 1,067 | 58.59% | 713 | 39.15% | 27 | 1.48% | 14 | 0.77% | 354 | 19.44% | 1,821 |
Clay | 2,147 | 41.02% | 2,955 | 56.46% | 107 | 2.04% | 25 | 0.48% | -808 | -15.44% | 5,234 |
Codington | 6,696 | 58.10% | 4,588 | 39.81% | 169 | 1.47% | 71 | 0.62% | 2,108 | 18.29% | 11,524 |
Corson | 515 | 42.92% | 648 | 54.00% | 30 | 2.50% | 7 | 0.58% | -133 | -11.08% | 1,200 |
Custer | 3,062 | 67.74% | 1,335 | 29.54% | 83 | 1.84% | 40 | 0.88% | 1,727 | 38.21% | 4,520 |
Davison | 4,757 | 59.68% | 3,042 | 38.16% | 125 | 1.57% | 47 | 0.59% | 1,715 | 21.52% | 7,971 |
Day | 1,320 | 45.95% | 1,497 | 52.11% | 33 | 1.15% | 23 | 0.80% | -177 | -6.16% | 2,873 |
Deuel | 1,175 | 54.12% | 941 | 43.34% | 32 | 1.47% | 23 | 1.06% | 234 | 10.78% | 2,171 |
Dewey | 663 | 34.99% | 1,207 | 63.69% | 15 | 0.79% | 10 | 0.53% | -544 | -28.71% | 1,895 |
Douglas | 1,334 | 78.93% | 332 | 19.64% | 16 | 0.95% | 8 | 0.47% | 1,002 | 59.29% | 1,690 |
Edmunds | 1,264 | 65.29% | 622 | 32.13% | 37 | 1.91% | 13 | 0.67% | 642 | 33.16% | 1,936 |
Fall River | 2,258 | 64.22% | 1,140 | 32.42% | 75 | 2.13% | 43 | 1.22% | 1,118 | 31.80% | 3,516 |
Faulk | 765 | 67.88% | 331 | 29.37% | 22 | 1.95% | 9 | 0.80% | 434 | 38.51% | 1,127 |
Grant | 2,034 | 56.41% | 1,493 | 41.40% | 48 | 1.33% | 31 | 0.86% | 541 | 15.00% | 3,606 |
Gregory | 1,507 | 70.06% | 599 | 27.85% | 31 | 1.44% | 14 | 0.65% | 908 | 42.21% | 2,151 |
Haakon | 940 | 86.08% | 138 | 12.64% | 8 | 0.73% | 6 | 0.55% | 802 | 73.44% | 1,092 |
Hamlin | 1,803 | 64.55% | 921 | 32.98% | 47 | 1.68% | 22 | 0.79% | 882 | 31.58% | 2,793 |
Hand | 1,242 | 67.21% | 575 | 31.11% | 21 | 1.14% | 10 | 0.54% | 667 | 36.09% | 1,848 |
Hanson | 1,627 | 67.34% | 760 | 31.46% | 16 | 0.66% | 13 | 0.54% | 867 | 35.89% | 2,416 |
Harding | 638 | 86.33% | 82 | 11.10% | 16 | 2.17% | 3 | 0.41% | 556 | 75.24% | 739 |
Hughes | 5,219 | 64.00% | 2,786 | 34.16% | 107 | 1.31% | 43 | 0.53% | 2,433 | 29.83% | 8,155 |
Hutchinson | 2,451 | 71.56% | 923 | 26.95% | 25 | 0.73% | 26 | 0.76% | 1,528 | 44.61% | 3,425 |
Hyde | 531 | 72.44% | 189 | 25.78% | 11 | 1.50% | 2 | 0.27% | 342 | 46.66% | 733 |
Jackson | 661 | 59.76% | 426 | 38.52% | 9 | 0.81% | 10 | 0.90% | 235 | 21.25% | 1,106 |
Jerauld | 538 | 53.48% | 452 | 44.93% | 11 | 1.09% | 5 | 0.50% | 86 | 8.55% | 1,006 |
Jones | 490 | 80.46% | 108 | 17.73% | 9 | 1.48% | 2 | 0.33% | 382 | 62.73% | 609 |
Kingsbury | 1,451 | 55.64% | 1,092 | 41.87% | 45 | 1.73% | 20 | 0.77% | 359 | 13.77% | 2,608 |
Lake | 3,419 | 54.40% | 2,724 | 43.34% | 98 | 1.56% | 44 | 0.70% | 695 | 11.06% | 6,285 |
Lawrence | 7,025 | 61.85% | 3,973 | 34.98% | 262 | 2.31% | 99 | 0.87% | 3,052 | 26.87% | 11,359 |
Lincoln | 13,611 | 62.00% | 7,982 | 36.36% | 261 | 1.19% | 98 | 0.45% | 5,629 | 25.64% | 21,952 |
Lyman | 933 | 59.46% | 605 | 38.56% | 24 | 1.53% | 7 | 0.45% | 328 | 20.91% | 1,569 |
Marshall | 889 | 44.74% | 1,061 | 53.40% | 29 | 1.46% | 8 | 0.40% | -172 | -8.66% | 1,987 |
McCook | 1,655 | 63.34% | 905 | 34.63% | 33 | 1.26% | 20 | 0.77% | 750 | 28.70% | 2,613 |
McPherson | 921 | 75.80% | 272 | 22.39% | 12 | 0.99% | 10 | 0.82% | 649 | 53.42% | 1,215 |
Meade | 7,566 | 69.95% | 2,928 | 27.07% | 214 | 1.98% | 109 | 1.01% | 4,638 | 42.88% | 10,817 |
Mellette | 381 | 49.54% | 375 | 48.76% | 5 | 0.65% | 8 | 1.04% | 6 | 0.78% | 769 |
Miner | 636 | 55.79% | 479 | 42.02% | 18 | 1.58% | 7 | 0.61% | 157 | 13.77% | 1,140 |
Minnehaha | 40,330 | 52.67% | 34,668 | 45.28% | 1,118 | 1.46% | 449 | 0.59% | 5,662 | 7.40% | 76,565 |
Moody | 1,535 | 51.12% | 1,429 | 47.59% | 17 | 0.57% | 22 | 0.73% | 106 | 3.53% | 3,003 |
Pennington | 28,232 | 63.49% | 15,125 | 34.02% | 816 | 1.84% | 291 | 0.65% | 13,107 | 29.48% | 44,464 |
Perkins | 1,205 | 75.79% | 319 | 20.06% | 39 | 2.45% | 27 | 1.70% | 886 | 55.72% | 1,590 |
Potter | 1,029 | 74.51% | 339 | 24.55% | 10 | 0.72% | 3 | 0.22% | 690 | 49.96% | 1,381 |
Roberts | 1,883 | 44.24% | 2,302 | 54.09% | 42 | 0.99% | 29 | 0.68% | -419 | -9.84% | 4,256 |
Sanborn | 688 | 61.70% | 389 | 34.89% | 22 | 1.97% | 16 | 1.43% | 299 | 26.82% | 1,115 |
Shannon | 188 | 6.01% | 2,922 | 93.35% | 14 | 0.45% | 6 | 0.19% | -2,734 | -87.35% | 3,130 |
Spink | 1,670 | 54.92% | 1,300 | 42.75% | 54 | 1.78% | 17 | 0.56% | 370 | 12.17% | 3,041 |
Stanley | 1,063 | 69.03% | 435 | 28.25% | 33 | 2.14% | 9 | 0.58% | 628 | 40.78% | 1,540 |
Sully | 613 | 74.94% | 186 | 22.74% | 16 | 1.96% | 3 | 0.37% | 427 | 52.20% | 818 |
Todd | 498 | 19.94% | 1,976 | 79.13% | 11 | 0.44% | 12 | 0.48% | -1,478 | -59.19% | 2,497 |
Tripp | 1,905 | 70.79% | 737 | 27.39% | 23 | 0.85% | 26 | 0.97% | 1,168 | 43.40% | 2,691 |
Turner | 2,715 | 64.49% | 1,411 | 33.52% | 47 | 1.12% | 37 | 0.88% | 1,304 | 30.97% | 4,210 |
Union | 4,698 | 61.85% | 2,782 | 36.62% | 81 | 1.07% | 35 | 0.46% | 1,916 | 25.22% | 7,596 |
Walworth | 1,731 | 70.31% | 671 | 27.25% | 41 | 1.67% | 19 | 0.77% | 1,060 | 43.05% | 2,462 |
Yankton | 5,463 | 55.05% | 4,208 | 42.40% | 199 | 2.01% | 54 | 0.54% | 1,255 | 12.65% | 9,924 |
Ziebach | 314 | 41.26% | 439 | 57.69% | 6 | 0.79% | 2 | 0.26% | -125 | -16.43% | 761 |
Totals | 210,610 | 57.89% | 145,039 | 39.87% | 5,795 | 11.59% | 2,371 | 0.65% | 65,571 | 18.02% | 363,815 |
Republican primary
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South Dakota results by county
Mitt Romney
(Note: Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy) |
The Republican primary took place on June 5, 2012.[3] 25 delegates will be chosen, for a total of 28 delegates to go to the national convention.
2012 South Dakota Republican primary | |||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Delegates |
Mitt Romney | 34,033 | 66.1% | 25 |
Ron Paul | 6,704 | 13.01% | 0 |
Rick Santorum | 5,916 | 11.48% | 0 |
Uncommitted | 2,797 | 5.43% | 0 |
Newt Gingrich | 2,074 | 4.03% | 0 |
Unpledged delegates: | 3 | ||
Total: | 51,524 | 100.0% | 28 |
Key: | Withdrew prior to contest |
See also
References
- "South Dakota Secretary of State". Retrieved 2012-12-09.
- Our Campaigns; SD US Presidential Election Race, November 06, 2012
- "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
External links
- The Green Papers: for South Dakota
- The Green Papers: Major state elections in chronological order