2026 results · South Dakota · South Dakota Auditor
Catherine Barranco, the Republican, is elected South Dakota Auditor
Donald Trump carried South Dakota by 29.2 points in 2024; this year's count is a 4.1-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine BarrancoRepublican | 182,694 | 62.5% | |
| Tom CoolDemocrat | 109,392 | 37.5% |
Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST · 84% counted.
About 84% of the expected vote counted292,086 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 5:11 PM ESTSource: South Dakota Secretary of State
The map
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What moved most
Scroll through South Dakota, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.
What the count shows
Added together, the 66 counties compared moved 4.1 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 68% as many votes as in 2024, from 76% in Todd County to 53% in Hanson County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.29).
Charles Mix County moved most: R+42.9 for president in 2024, R+29.5 this year
The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Minnehaha County added 7,633 net votes for Cool against the 2024 margin, 15% of the statewide change
Across the 66 counties compared, the margin moved by 51,920 votes toward Cool: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Minnehaha County+7,633 Cool
- Pennington County+6,790 Cool
- Lincoln County+3,971 Cool
- Meade County+2,806 Cool
- Codington County+2,150 Cool
- Brown County+1,922 Cool
- Lawrence County+1,808 Cool
- Union County+1,634 Cool
1 county Donald Trump carried in 2024 is led by Cool this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first; the 0 largest of 1, leaving out any under 2,000 votes in 2024.
What the places that moved have in common
Each of South Dakota’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.
Urban, suburban and rural counties
2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).
Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.
South Dakota’s ballot
StatewideRepublicans won all 5 of South Dakota's statewide races.
U.S. HouseBefore the election R 1–0, now R 1–0
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count published by the South Dakota Secretary of State. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.