2016 South Dakota Democratic presidential primary

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Clinton #eccc4b 50 – 60% #cdac39 60 – 70% Sanders #55BE55 50 – 60% #228B22 60 – 70% #005D00 70 – 80% Tie #c88fe4 50% 228B22 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 Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries Results Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016 Results by county County Clinton Votes Sanders Votes Aurora 53.19% 150 46.81% 132 Beadle 57.32%501 42.68% 373 Bennett 43.79% 74 56.21% 95 Bon Homme53.32%225 46.68% 197 Brookings 51.45% 955 48.55% 901 Brown 54.61% 1,369 45.39% 1,138 Brule 45.39% 182 54.61% 219 Buffalo 60.77% 110 39.23% 71 Butte 37.03% 167 62.97% 284 Campbell 43.48% 20 56.52% 26 Charles Mix 51.40% 293 48.60% 277 Clark 56.57% 112 43.43% 86 Clay 50.57% 62349.43% 609 Codington 56.21% 828 43.79% 645 Corson 43.73% 115 56.27% 148 Custer 47.02%245 52.98% 276 Davison 55.19% 542 44.81% 440 Day 62.82% 343 37.18% 203 Deuel 59.34% 162 40.66% 111 Dewey 34.61% 181 65.39% 342 Douglas 56.47% 48 43.53% 37 Edmunds 52.31% 170 47.69% 155 Fall River 40.51% 207 59.49% 304 Faulk 52.44% 86 47.56% 78 Grant 55.76% 528 44.24% 419 Gregory 52.19% 179 47.81%164 Haakon 30.26% 23 69.74% 53 Hamlin 59.15% 181 40.85% 125 Hand 51.72% 105 48.28% 98 Hanson 53.89% 97 46.11% 83 Harding 25.93% 14 74.07%40 Hughes 51.92% 528 48.08% 489 Hutchinson 54.71% 151 45.29% 125 Hyde 60.61% 40 39.39% 26 Jackson 46.09% 59 53.91% 69 Jerauld 59.63% 96 40.37% 65 Jones 39.22% 20 60.78% 31 Kingsbury 55.07% 201 44.93% 164 Lake 51.49% 484 48.51% 456 Lawrence 42.83% 705 57.17% 941 Lincoln 55.49% 1,436 44.51% 1,152 Lyman 50.00% 115 50.00% 115 Marshall 62.94% 287 37.06% 169 McCook 61.85% 214 38.15% 132 McPherson 50.54% 47 49.46% 46 Meade 43.27% 530 56.73% 695 Mellette 39.68%50 60.32% 76 Miner 56.48% 109 43.52% 84 Minnehaha 53.22% 6,018 46.78% 5,290 Moody 55.86% 262 44.14% 207 Oglala Lakota 42.54% 425 57.46% 574 Pennington 45.85% 3,384 54.15%3,996 Perkins 31.62% 43 68.38% 93 Potter 52.21% 59 47.79% 54 Roberts 49.68% 392 50.32% 397 Sanborn 59.46% 66 40.54% 45 Spink 58.47% 283 41.53%201 Stanley 48.22% 95 51.78% 102 Sully 42.05% 37 57.95% 51 Todd 43.78% 408 56.22% 524 Tripp 48.06% 136 51.94% 147 Turner 56.59% 232 43.41%178 Union 55.39% 380 44.61% 306 Walworth 51.05% 121 48.95% 116 Yankton 54.90% 706 45.10% 580 Ziebach 41.07% 92 58.93% 132 Total 51.03% 27,047 48.97% 25,959 Source:http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 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 Sioux 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). https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-native-americans/story?id=39142159 Why Bernie Sanders Is Going All Out for Native Americans - ABC News ABC News See also 2016 South Dakota Republican presidential primary References 30em South Dakota Democratic primary 2016