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

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

One of South Dakota's most reliably Republican prairie counties

18762024·38 elections
Grant County, South Dakota · Jon Roanhaus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+45
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
7,563
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clark County
SD · similarity 1.00
18 precincts · 3,630 votes cast
Trump · R+45
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−45.4%
9462,5943,630
2020R
−41.7%
1,0562,6183,745
2016R
−39.6%
9712,3823,564
2012R
−15.0%
1,4932,0343,606
2008R
−4.3%
1,7861,9513,830
2004R
−18.6%
1,6332,3924,090
2000D
+19.8%
2,2351,4753,830
1996D
+0.6%
1,8051,7824,083
1992R
−2.7%
1,4841,5954,110
1988R
−3.8%
1,9882,1484,172
1984R
−26.0%
1,6062,7384,360
1980R
−23.7%
1,6022,6914,594
1976D
+7.8%
2,3982,0514,464
1972R
−0.4%
2,2312,2474,490
1968R
−8.5%
1,8902,2594,360
1964D
+16.4%
2,5831,8544,437
1960R
−10.5%
2,1142,6114,725
1956R
−11.7%
2,0702,6214,691
1952R
−36.6%
1,5003,2344,734
1948D
+2.0%
2,0521,9724,060
1944R
−21.4%
1,4752,2783,753
1940R
−18.8%
2,0392,9815,020
1936D
+6.3%
2,1011,8474,059
1932D
+30.7%
2,8871,5154,472
1928R
−20.2%
1,6562,5084,216
1924R
−35.1%
2021,2272,920
1920R
−48.4%
3501,8133,022
1916D
+16.4%
1,0987721,985
1912D
+39.1%
61901,582
1908R
−26.4%
6281,1221,874
1904R
−60.7%
3091,4541,887
1900R
−28.4%
7161,3052,076
1896R
−6.5%
9021,0291,952
1892R
−28.1%
1886051,485
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%
Irish
0.5%
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
37.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
23.8%
Methodist
8.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grant County sits in the Coteau des Prairies, where a thinly spread agricultural population has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles, making it among the least competitive counties in the state.

The Republican margin in Grant County reached its widest at sixty-one points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was forty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Grant County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,028, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,563 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 Clark County and Bon Homme County.