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1876–2024
Deuel County, South Dakota
Deuel County·South Dakota

Deuel County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A northeastern prairie county where Republican margins top 50 points

18762024·38 elections
Deuel County, South Dakota · JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,328
2024 ACS
Most similar
Jerauld County
SD · similarity 0.99
10 precincts · 2,298 votes cast
Trump · R+52
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.7%
5281,7172,298
2020R
−46.4%
6091,6992,350
2016R
−38.3%
5701,3662,080
2012R
−10.8%
9411,1752,171
2008R
−1.5%
1,0541,0882,218
2004R
−18.4%
9611,4062,412
2000D
+14.3%
1,2459262,224
1996D
+5.7%
1,0909552,349
1992D
+4.2%
8807782,423
1988R
−0.2%
1,2461,2512,528
1984R
−23.9%
9411,5372,490
1980R
−27.9%
8911,6572,744
1976D
+10.9%
1,4651,1772,652
1972D
+0.5%
1,3701,3572,736
1968R
−12.3%
1,0761,3982,625
1964D
+7.3%
1,5241,3172,841
1960R
−23.8%
1,1731,9073,080
1956R
−10.9%
1,3631,6983,061
1952R
−44.3%
8792,2793,158
1948R
−1.2%
1,3241,3572,719
1944R
−23.6%
1,1801,9103,090
1940R
−32.8%
1,1662,3043,470
1936R
−4.9%
1,4401,5953,153
1932D
+18.7%
1,6581,1312,812
1928R
−30.0%
9991,8692,902
1924R
−52.9%
1681,3622,258
1920R
−62.9%
1591,5692,243
1916D
+21.2%
9085841,530
1912D
+31.2%
44101,415
1908R
−37.8%
4251,0221,578
1904R
−63.7%
2791,3481,678
1900R
−26.7%
6041,0521,676
1896R
−2.2%
6686981,370
1892R
−31.3%
1264411,007
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
47.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
12.5%
Other Christian
10.7%
Methodist
7.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 21.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Deuel County sits along the Minnesota border in South Dakota's glaciated lake country, where a sparse, agriculture-dependent population has delivered some of the state's most lopsided presidential margins across recent election cycles.

The Republican margin in Deuel County reached its widest at sixty-four points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was fifty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Deuel County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $83,112, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,328 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jerauld County and Kingsbury County.