United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2016

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2016

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Turnout	69.62%
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Gary Johnson Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Home state New York New York New Mexico Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine William Weld Electoral vote 3 0 0 Popular vote 227,701 117,442 20,845 Percentage 61.5% 31.7% 5.6%
County Results Trump   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90% Clinton   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%
Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by color
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

South Dakota Republican primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	44,867	67.09%	29	0	29
Ted Cruz (withdrawn)	11,352	16.97%	0	0	0
John Kasich (withdrawn)	10,660	15.94%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	66,879	100.00%	29	0	29
Source: The Green Papers

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The 2016 United States presidential election in South Dakota was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. South Dakota voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

On June 7, 2016, in the presidential primaries, South Dakota voters will express their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party may only vote in their party's primary.

South Dakota has voted for the Republican ticket in every election since 1968. Donald Trump continued the Republican tradition in South Dakota, carrying the state with 61.5% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 31.7% of the vote.South Dakota was also one of eight states where Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson won over 5% of the vote.