2020 United States presidential election in South Dakota

The 2020 United States presidential election in South Dakota is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] South Dakota voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of South Dakota has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election
2020 United States presidential election in South Dakota
November 3, 2020
Turnout%
 
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden Jo Jorgensen
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Home state Florida Delaware South Carolina
Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris Spike Cohen
Incumbent President

Donald Trump
Republican
Elections in South Dakota

By the time that the primary elections were held in the state on June 2, 2020, incumbent President Donald Trump was already the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, being the only viable declared major candidate left. On the Democratic Party's side, Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive nominee after Senator Bernie Sanders, his last competitor, withdrew on April 8, 2020. And the Libertarian Party, which received over 5% of the vote in 2016, already held its 2020 Libertarian National Convention from May 21 to May 25, nominating Jo Jorgensen.

Primary elections

The primary elections were held on June 2, 2020.

Republican primary

Donald Trump ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus received all of the state's 29 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[3]

Democratic primary
This section is an excerpt from 2020 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary[edit]
2020 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary[4]
Candidate Votes % Delegates[5]
Joe Biden 40,800 77.48% 13
Bernie Sanders (suspended) 11,861 22.52% 3
Total 52,661 100% 16

Libertarian nominee

The 2020 Libertarian National Convention was held on May 22–24, 2020, selecting Jo Jorgensen, Psychology Senior Lecturer at Clemson University, as their presidential nominee.

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[6] Safe R July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[7] Safe R July 17, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe R July 14, 2020
Politico[9] Safe R July 6, 2020
RCP[10] Safe R August 3, 2020
Niskanen[11] Safe R March 24, 2020
CNN[12] Safe R August 3, 2020
The Economist[13] Safe R August 7, 2020
CBS News[14] Likely R August 9, 2020
270towin[15] Safe R August 2, 2020
ABC News[16] Safe R July 31, 2020
NPR[17] Likely R August 3, 2020
NBC News[18] Safe R August 6, 2020

Polling

Notes
    Partisan clients

      See also

      References
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      2. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
      3. "South Dakota Republican Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
      4. "2020 Primary State Canvass Report and Certificate" (PDF). electionresults.sd.gov. South Dakota Secretary of State. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
      5. "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
      6. "2020 POTUS Race ratings" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      7. "POTUS Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      8. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2020 President". crystalball.centerforpolitics.org. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
      9. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
      10. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
      11. 2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions, Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020
      12. David Chalian; Terence Burlij. "Road to 270: CNN's debut Electoral College map for 2020". CNN. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
      13. "Forecasting the US elections". The Economist. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
      14. "2020 Election Battleground Tracker". CBS News. July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
      15. "2020 Presidential Election Interactive Map". 270 to Win.
      16. "ABC News Race Ratings". CBS News. July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
      17. "2020 Electoral Map Ratings: Trump Slides, Biden Advantage Expands Over 270 Votes". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
      18. "Biden dominates the electoral map, but here's how the race could tighten". NBC News. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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