2016 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary

June 7, 2016 (2016-06-07)
 
Candidate Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders
Home state New York Vermont
Delegate count 10 10
Popular vote 27,047[1] 25,959
Percentage 51.03% 48.97%

Election results by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
  Tie

The 2016 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary was held on June 7 in the U.S. state of South Dakota as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

The Democratic Party's primaries in California, Montana, New Jersey and New Mexico were held the same day, as are Republican primaries in the same five states, including their own South Dakota primary. Additionally, the Democratic Party held North Dakota caucuses the same day.

Opinion polling

Poll source Date 1st 2nd Others / Undecided
Official Primary results June 7, 2016 Hillary Clinton
51.0%
Bernie Sanders
49.0%
Targeted Persuasion[2]

Margin of error: ±3.31%
Sample size: 874

May 23-24, 2016 Hillary Clinton
50%
Bernie Sanders
47%
Undecided
3%

Results

South Dakota Democratic primary, June 7, 2016
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 27,047 51.03% 10 2 12
Bernie Sanders 25,959 48.97% 10 0 10
Uncommitted 0 3 3
Total 53,006 100% 20 5 25
Source: The Green Papers, South Dakota Secretary of State - Official Primary Results

Results by county

County Clinton Votes Sanders Votes
Aurora53.19%15046.81%132
Beadle57.32%50142.68%373
Bennett43.79%7456.21%95
Bon Homme53.32%22546.68%197
Brookings51.45%95548.55%901
Brown54.61%1,36945.39%1,138
Brule45.39%18254.61%219
Buffalo60.77%11039.23%71
Butte37.03%16762.97%284
Campbell43.48%2056.52%26
Charles Mix51.40%29348.60%277
Clark56.57%11243.43%86
Clay50.57%62349.43%609
Codington56.21%82843.79%645
Corson43.73%11556.27%148
Custer47.02%24552.98%276
Davison55.19%54244.81%440
Day62.82%34337.18%203
Deuel59.34%16240.66%111
Dewey34.61%18165.39%342
Douglas56.47%4843.53%37
Edmunds52.31%17047.69%155
Fall River40.51%20759.49%304
Faulk52.44%8647.56%78
Grant55.76%52844.24%419
Gregory52.19%17947.81%164
Haakon30.26%2369.74%53
Hamlin59.15%18140.85%125
Hand51.72%10548.28%98
Hanson53.89%9746.11%83
Harding25.93%1474.07%40
Hughes51.92%52848.08%489
Hutchinson54.71%15145.29%125
Hyde60.61%4039.39%26
Jackson46.09%5953.91%69
Jerauld59.63%9640.37%65
Jones39.22%2060.78%31
Kingsbury55.07%20144.93%164
Lake51.49%48448.51%456
Lawrence42.83%70557.17%941
Lincoln55.49%1,43644.51%1,152
Lyman50.00%11550.00%115
Marshall62.94%28737.06%169
McCook61.85%21438.15%132
McPherson50.54%4749.46%46
Meade43.27%53056.73%695
Mellette39.68%5060.32%76
Miner56.48%10943.52%84
Minnehaha53.22%6,01846.78%5,290
Moody55.86%26244.14%207
Oglala Lakota42.54%42557.46%574
Pennington45.85%3,38454.15%3,996
Perkins31.62%4368.38%93
Potter52.21%5947.79%54
Roberts49.68%39250.32%397
Sanborn59.46%6640.54%45
Spink58.47%28341.53%201
Stanley48.22%9551.78%102
Sully42.05%3757.95%51
Todd43.78%40856.22%524
Tripp48.06%13651.94%147
Turner56.59%23243.41%178
Union55.39%38044.61%306
Walworth51.05%12148.95%116
Yankton54.90%70645.10%580
Ziebach41.07%9258.93%132
Total51.03%27,04748.97%25,959

Source:[3]

Analysis

South Dakota, a predominantly white and rural state in the Great Plains with a significant Native American population, was split near evenly between Clinton and Sanders in terms of geography and delegate count. Secretary Clinton carried the eastern portion of the state, with the exception of Roberts County in the northeast corner. She edged out Sanders in Minnehaha County, the most populated county and home to Sioux Falls. Lincoln County (Canton), Brown County (Aberdeen), Brookings County (Brookings), Codington County, (Watertown), Yankton County (Yankton, South Dakota), Davison County (Mitchell), and Hughes County (home to the state capital Pierre), all gave Clinton substantial margins that were enough for her to carry one of the most Republican states in the country.

Senator Bernie Sanders kept the race close by winning the western portion, which is far more rural than the eastern half and tends to vote more Republican in presidential elections. The most populated county in the region and second most populous in the state, Pennington County, home to Rapid City, gave Sanders an 8.3% margin over Clinton. Sanders also carried the counties of Oglala Lakota, Jackson, and Bennett, which are part of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. These counties are among the most poverty stricken in the United States (as Sanders tends to do well among voters with low incomes), with the census-designated place of Allen in Bennett County being considered the poorest municipality in the entire country. Sanders also carried several other Native American reservations including neighboring Rosebud Indian Reservation to the east, the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation to the north, and its neighbor Standing Rock Indian Reservation, part of which stretches into North Dakota.

Sanders had visited the Pine Ridge reservation in May, where he spoke to residents and was warmly welcomed by Native American tribal leaders, talking about the need to improve health care and education on reservations and maintain tribal sovereignty. Other issues brought up by Sanders including the Keystone Pipeline and fracking, which many Native Americans had expressed opposition towards. Another likely reason for the large amount of Native American support for Sanders was towards a controversial comment Secretary Clinton made in April after Donald Trump became the presumptive nominee where she stated, "I have a lot of experience dealing with men who sometimes get off the reservation in the way they behave and how they speak." The remarks were considered offensive by many people, and likely benefitted Sanders (though Clinton appeared to do well among Native Americans in New Mexico the same day).[4]

See also

References

  1. South Dakota Secretary of State - Official Primary Results Archived 2016-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Hillary Clinton Leads Sanders By 3 in South Dakota on Strength with Women and Registered Democrats" (PDF). Targeted Persuasion. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  3. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections".
  4. "Why Bernie Sanders Is Going All Out for Native Americans - ABC News". ABC News.
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