South Dakota voter turnout by county
52% of eligible South Dakota citizens voted in the 2022 midterm.
In the 2022 midterm, 350,299 of South Dakota’s 669,727 eligible citizens voted (52.3%), so each ballot spoke for 1.9 people. In 2024, turnout was 64.0% (1.6 people per vote). Nationally, 2022 turnout was 46.0%. Vote power is highest in Oglala Lakota County (3.5 people per vote) and lowest in Harding County (1.3).
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| Oglala Lakota County | #1 | 3.5 | 28.5% | 2.8 | 35.1% |
| Todd County | #2 | 2.9 | 34.7% | 2.6 | 38.3% |
| Buffalo County | #3 | 2.8 | 36.1% | 2.4 | 42.3% |
| Corson County | #4 | 2.7 | 37.7% | 2.2 | 46.4% |
| Ziebach County | #5 | 2.6 | 38.7% | 2.3 | 44.2% |
| Clay County | #6 | 2.6 | 38.9% | 2.2 | 46.4% |
| Bon Homme County | #7 | 2.2 | 45.0% | 1.9 | 52.5% |
| Beadle County | #8 | 2.2 | 45.2% | 1.8 | 54.3% |
| Mellette County | #9 | 2.2 | 45.5% | 1.9 | 53.4% |
| Brookings County | #10 | 2.1 | 46.9% | 1.8 | 56.3% |
| Bennett County | #11 | 2.1 | 47.8% | 2.0 | 50.7% |
| Charles Mix County | #12 | 2.1 | 48.3% | 1.8 | 56.5% |
| Davison County | #13 | 2.1 | 48.3% | 1.6 | 61.3% |
| Jackson County | #14 | 2.0 | 48.9% | 1.7 | 60.0% |
| Roberts County | #15 | 2.0 | 49.0% | 1.8 | 57.0% |
| Dewey County | #16 | 2.0 | 49.4% | 1.7 | 58.7% |
| Lyman County | #17 | 2.0 | 49.4% | 1.8 | 54.2% |
| Yankton County | #18 | 2.0 | 49.5% | 1.7 | 60.2% |
| Brown County | #19 | 2.0 | 49.9% | 1.6 | 60.9% |
| Meade County | #20 | 2.0 | 49.9% | 1.6 | 61.6% |
| Codington County | #21 | 2.0 | 50.4% | 1.6 | 61.5% |
| Walworth County | #22 | 2.0 | 51.1% | 1.6 | 61.4% |
| Minnehaha County | #23 | 1.9 | 51.7% | 1.5 | 65.1% |
| Pennington County | #24 | 1.9 | 52.0% | 1.5 | 64.8% |
| Butte County | #25 | 1.9 | 52.4% | 1.6 | 63.5% |
| Union County | #26 | 1.9 | 52.8% | 1.4 | 69.5% |
| Brule County | #27 | 1.9 | 53.2% | 1.6 | 61.1% |
| Tripp County | #28 | 1.9 | 53.2% | 1.6 | 62.3% |
| Lawrence County | #29 | 1.8 | 54.3% | 1.5 | 68.1% |
| Spink County | #30 | 1.8 | 55.0% | 1.5 | 64.7% |
| Lincoln County | #31 | 1.8 | 55.8% | 1.4 | 72.2% |
| Campbell County | #32 | 1.8 | 56.0% | 1.4 | 70.2% |
| Miner County | #33 | 1.8 | 56.1% | 1.5 | 65.0% |
| Edmunds County | #34 | 1.8 | 56.2% | 1.5 | 67.1% |
| Hughes County | #35 | 1.8 | 56.4% | 1.6 | 63.4% |
| Grant County | #36 | 1.7 | 57.4% | 1.5 | 64.8% |
| Sanborn County | #37 | 1.7 | 57.6% | 1.4 | 69.5% |
| Moody County | #38 | 1.7 | 57.9% | 1.4 | 69.7% |
| Lake County | #39 | 1.7 | 58.0% | 1.4 | 69.0% |
| Potter County | #40 | 1.7 | 58.1% | 1.5 | 68.6% |
| Perkins County | #41 | 1.7 | 58.9% | 1.5 | 68.3% |
| Hutchinson County | #42 | 1.7 | 59.0% | 1.4 | 69.5% |
| Marshall County | #43 | 1.7 | 59.1% | 1.5 | 66.0% |
| Clark County | #44 | 1.7 | 59.5% | 1.5 | 68.5% |
| Hyde County | #45 | 1.7 | 59.5% | 1.4 | 71.3% |
| Turner County | #46 | 1.7 | 59.5% | 1.4 | 69.9% |
| Faulk County | #47 | 1.7 | 60.3% | 1.4 | 71.3% |
| Day County | #48 | 1.7 | 60.5% | 1.4 | 70.3% |
| Stanley County | #49 | 1.6 | 60.9% | 1.4 | 73.0% |
| Deuel County | #50 | 1.6 | 61.4% | 1.4 | 70.8% |
| Fall River County | #51 | 1.6 | 61.7% | 1.4 | 71.9% |
| McCook County | #52 | 1.6 | 62.7% | 1.3 | 74.6% |
| McPherson County | #53 | 1.6 | 63.8% | 1.3 | 75.3% |
| Aurora County | #54 | 1.6 | 64.2% | 1.4 | 73.6% |
| Hand County | #55 | 1.5 | 65.1% | 1.3 | 76.0% |
| Kingsbury County | #56 | 1.5 | 65.3% | 1.4 | 71.7% |
| Jerauld County | #57 | 1.5 | 65.5% | 1.3 | 75.6% |
| Hanson County | #58 | 1.5 | 66.6% | 1.2 | 83.4% |
| Custer County | #59 | 1.5 | 66.8% | 1.3 | 78.9% |
| Hamlin County | #60 | 1.5 | 67.3% | 1.3 | 79.5% |
| Gregory County | #61 | 1.5 | 67.8% | 1.3 | 74.9% |
| Sully County | #62 | 1.4 | 70.7% | 1.2 | 80.4% |
| Haakon County | #63 | 1.4 | 71.9% | 1.2 | 82.0% |
| Douglas County | #64 | 1.4 | 72.7% | 1.2 | 81.3% |
| Jones County | #65 | 1.4 | 72.8% | 1.2 | 84.9% |
| Harding County | #66 | 1.3 | 77.4% | 1.1 | 93.5% |
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