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

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

One of South Dakota's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Miner County, South Dakota · David Benbennick · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+47
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,300
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lake County
SD · similarity 0.99
8 precincts · 1,167 votes cast
Trump · R+47
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−47.0%
2938411,167
2020R
−41.0%
3207871,138
2016R
−39.9%
2817061,064
2012R
−13.8%
4796361,140
2008D
+2.3%
6055771,218
2004R
−11.5%
6418101,470
2000D
+15.9%
7245231,266
1996D
+11.3%
7395711,489
1992D
+9.8%
6985431,584
1988D
+9.1%
9557951,755
1984R
−2.2%
9601,0041,977
1980R
−15.6%
8331,1722,171
1976D
+21.0%
1,2898392,140
1972D
+11.6%
1,3371,0592,405
1968D
+8.8%
1,2551,0452,392
1964D
+28.0%
1,6799452,624
1960R
−2.3%
1,3161,3772,693
1956D
+2.1%
1,5171,4562,973
1952R
−31.2%
1,0291,9642,993
1948D
+7.2%
1,3731,1882,587
1944R
−17.2%
1,0901,5442,634
1940R
−21.1%
1,3652,0953,460
1936D
+19.0%
2,0511,3773,552
1932D
+39.7%
2,3329763,416
1928R
−19.4%
1,3411,9903,352
1924R
−24.6%
3089952,791
1920R
−31.3%
6511,4502,556
1916D
+6.5%
1,0068801,927
1912D
+43.4%
72001,658
1908R
−11.1%
7209061,680
1904R
−28.7%
4758931,457
1900D
+2.5%
6976621,379
1896D
+9.5%
7055821,292
1892R
−15.6%
2904861,260
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
25.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
17.9%
Methodist
5.4%
Other Christian
4.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 45.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Miner County's roughly 2,900 residents are spread across a sparse agricultural landscape in east-central South Dakota, and its presidential margins have ranked among the widest in the state for more than a decade.

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

Miner County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,140, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,300 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 Lake County and Deuel County.