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

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

A sparsely settled Great Plains county where margins routinely exceed 40 points

18762024·38 elections
Jerauld County, South Dakota · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
1,772
2024 ACS
Most similar
Deuel County
SD · similarity 0.99
5 precincts · 999 votes cast
Trump · R+43
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−43.2%
276708999
2020R
−44.8%
2707211,006
2016R
−39.7%
264648967
2012R
−8.5%
4525381,006
2008R
−0.4%
5425461,105
2004R
−20.6%
4827361,236
2000D
+13.9%
6244681,122
1996D
+9.2%
6565301,364
1992D
+5.6%
6005181,467
1988R
−1.7%
7517771,534
1984R
−30.1%
5421,0121,562
1980R
−24.5%
5951,0181,729
1976D
+1.4%
8458211,669
1972R
−8.7%
8299881,820
1968R
−14.3%
7451,0021,803
1964D
+7.7%
9998571,856
1960R
−14.9%
8631,1652,028
1956R
−7.8%
1,0051,1752,180
1952R
−38.4%
6771,5202,197
1948R
−10.5%
8761,0851,987
1944R
−24.9%
7311,2171,948
1940R
−26.3%
9191,5762,495
1936D
+10.7%
1,3431,0752,504
1932D
+35.1%
1,7738362,673
1928R
−26.5%
8751,5172,420
1924R
−41.4%
2281,0541,993
1920R
−37.4%
3571,0381,820
1916D
+1.8%
6125891,264
1912D
+38.0%
43601,147
1908R
−16.4%
4035821,092
1904R
−52.5%
139586851
1900R
−2.2%
357374770
1896D
+10.1%
336274616
1892R
−40.6%
45327695
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
31.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
18.3%
Methodist
8.5%
Other Christian
7.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 33.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jerauld County's roughly 2,300 residents are spread across the Missouri Coteau, and its presidential votes have leaned heavily Republican for decades — the 2024 margin of R+43.2 is consistent with broader rural South Dakota trends.

The Republican margin in Jerauld County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was forty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Jerauld County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $73,750, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 1,772 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 Deuel County and Brown County.