ELECTORAL VOTES 3

2012 ELECTION Likely Republican

ABOUT
SOUTH DAKOTA

2010 Census Reapportionment: As has been the case since 1984, South Dakota will remain at 3 electoral votes for the 2012, 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.



South Dakota entered the Union in November 1889, one of four states admitted in the first part of that month, the busiest period of new-statehood creation in U.S. history. South Dakota is reliably Republican in presidential elections – only voting Democratic four times, most recently in 1964 when Lyndon Johnson won a landslide victory over Barry Goldwater. South Dakota is one of seven states with the minimum three electoral votes. In 2008, John McCain defeated Barack Obama there by a margin of 53% to 45%.