| Election Name: | 2024 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| Country: | South Dakota |
| Type: | Presidential |
| College Voted: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2028 United States presidential election in South Dakota |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Joe Biden |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Donald Trump |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Image1: | Donald Trump official portrait (3x4a).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Donald Trump |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Florida |
| Running Mate1: | JD Vance |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 272,081 |
| Percentage1: | 63.43% |
| Nominee2: | Kamala Harris |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | California |
| Running Mate2: | Tim Walz |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 146,859 |
| Percentage2: | 34.24% |
The 2024 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. South Dakota voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of South Dakota has three electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.
Republican Donald Trump carried the state by 29.7% in 2016 and again by 26.1% four years later. Trump won the state by 29.2% in 2024. Trump flipped back Ziebach County, which he won in 2016 but lost to Biden in 2020.
See main article: 2024 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary. The South Dakota Democratic was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in the District of Columbia, Montana, New Jersey, and New Mexico.
The South Dakota Republican primary was held on June 4, 2024, alongside primaries in Montana, New Jersey, and New Mexico. Under state law, no primary will be held if a candidate runs for a nomination unopposed. As Donald Trump was the only Republican candidate to file for the presidential primary, no popular vote was held.
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Cook Political Report | December 19, 2023 | |
| align=left | Inside Elections | April 26, 2023 | |
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball | June 29, 2023 | |
| align=left | Decision Desk HQ/The Hill | December 14, 2023 | |
| align=left | CNalysis | December 30, 2023 | |
| align=left | CNN | January 14, 2024 | |
| align=left | The Economist | June 12, 2024 | |
| 538 | June 11, 2024 | ||
| RCP | June 26, 2024 | ||
| NBC News | October 6, 2024 |
Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump | Kamala Harris | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson College | October 19–22, 2024 | 825 (LV) | ± 3.3% | 62% | 35% | 3% |
| 62% | 37% | 1% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump | Joe Biden | Other / Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Zogby Strategies | data-sort-value="2024-05-01" | April 13–21, 2024 | 303 (LV) | – | 60% | 32% | 8% | |
| Emerson College | data-sort-value="2024-02-02" | January 23–28, 2024 | 1,777 (RV) | ± 2.2% | 55% | 26% | 18% | |
| Emerson College | data-sort-value="2022-10-21" | October 1–4, 2023 | 432 (RV) | ± 4.7% | 50% | 28% | 22% | |
| Emerson College | data-sort-value="2022-10-21" | October 19–21, 2022 | 1,500 (LV) | ± 2.4% | 53% | 33% | 14% |
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