South Dakota

SOUTH DAKOTA

3 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, South Dakota Secretary of State)

Total Population, April 1, 2000	754,844
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000	543,000	% change from '96 +1.3
Registered Voters, Oct. 23, 2000	471,152 (active)

Rep. 226,906 (48.16%) Dem. 181,129 (38.44%) Lib. 1,074 (0.23%) Ref. 130 (0.03%) Others 61,913 (13.14%)
South Dakota has: 66 counties.
Largest counties: Minnehaha (143,011), Pennington (87,702).
Largest cities: Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen.

Government
Governor: Bill Janklow (R) re-elected in 1998.
State Legislature: South Dakota Legislature House: 19D, 51R Senate: 13D, 22R
Local: Cities NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1R - John Thune (R)
U.S. Senate: Tim Johnson (D) up for re-election in 2002, Tom Daschle (D) re-elected 1998.

Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
State Legislature: All 70 House seats and all 35 Senate seats were up. Minor changes in both chambers. House: 20D, 50R Senate: 11D, 24R.

The Mount Rushmore State

State of South Dakota
Secretary of State

Natural Law Party of SD
Reform Party of SD
SD Democratic Party
SD Libertarian Party
SD Republican Party
Constitution Party

News and Media
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-SD

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Past Results
1996

Dole (Rep.)..............150,543	(46.49)
Clinton (Dem.).........139,333	(43.03)
Perot (Ind.)...............31,250	(9.65)
Others (3)...................2,700	(0.83)
Total........323,826

Total Registration: 455,971
Turnout: 329,316
Turnout as % of Reg.: 71.6%

1992

Bush (Rep.)............136,718
(40.66)

Clinton (Dem.).........124,888
(37.14)

Perot (Ind.)................73,295
(21.80)

Others (3)...................1,353
(0.40)

Total........336,254

Total Registration: 448,292
Turnout: 336,254
Turnout as % of Reg.: 75.0%

Results
2000

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	190,700	(60.30)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	3,322	(1.05)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	118,804	(37.56)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	1,662	(0.53)
Phillips/Frazier (Ind.)	1,781	(0.56)
Total........316,269

As a result of S.B. 34, passed and signed into law in 1999, South Dakota's petition filing deadline for independent candidates was moved up to June 20, 2000, third earliest in the nation (before Nader even accepted the Greens' nomination on June 25). Nader needed signatures of registered voters equal to at least one per cent of the total votes cast for Governor in the previous gubernatorial election (2,602 valid signatures) by June 20. The campaign took the matter to court but was unsuccessful.

Overview
The presidential race had turned out fairly close in South Dakota in 1992 and 1996, but not this time around as Bush won with a plurality of 71,896 votes (22.74 percentage points). Bush carried 61 of 66 counties, including the two largest; Gore won five small counties scattered around the state.

Primary Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2000

SOS: Presidential Election Calendar/Summary Statute: Title 12-Elections

Republican Primary

	Total Vote	Percent
James Attia	155	0.34%
+George W. Bush	35,418	78.22%
Alan Keyes	3,478	7.68%
John McCain	6,228	13.75%
Total	45,279

Total Delegates
22 of 2,066 (1.1%).

Democrats

The Democratic primary was not held because only Al Gore qualified for the ballot.

Total Pledged Delegates
15 of 3,537 (0.4%).
Total Delegates
22 of 4,335 (0.5%).