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Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics 1988-2010

SOUTH DAKOTA ELECTION STATISTICS

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY

Republican Reg. Democrat Registration Libertarian Reg. Reform Registration Other Registration TOTAL REGISTRATION VOTING AGE POPUL. REG. % OF VAP TURNOUT TURNOUT % OF GOP TURNOUT % OF DEM TURNOUT % OF REG. PRECICNTS

1988	1990	1992	1993	1994	1996	1998	2000	2001	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010
			SPECIAL					SPECIAL
206585		199232	203986		211896			228624
179641		172073	178729		173348			181979
		78	367		553			1092
								127
31967		31274	40737		43631			62959
418193		402657	423819		429428			474781
507000		497475	508885		512764			552195
82.5%		80.9%	83.3%		83.7%			86.0%
165011		104174	160528		70245			90419
45.2%		22.4%			32.9%
39.9%		34.5%
42.7%		28.1%	37.9%		27.4%			19.0%
1149		1010	847		878			657

PRIMARY

YEAR	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010

Republican Reg.	208361	201339	200425	203543	215980	215908	215938	219292	223861	233299	235388	234785
Democrat Registration	181331	174153	174386	172373	175853	175916	174758	171956	179869	185768	195063	194023
Libertarian Reg.			222	402	568	882	968	1072	1049	1092	1002	1055
Reform Registration							97	120
Constitution Reg.									66	329	297	328
Other Registration	31848	30265	31788	39201	45342	50512	55170	59478	60128	68793	76490	82403
TOTAL REGISTRATION	421540	405757	406821	415519	437743	443218	446931	451918	464973	489281	508240	513203
VOTING AGE POPUL.	507000	497475	497475	509088	522598	536333	535096	554657	574610	587663	599324	612055
REG. % OF VAP	83.1%	81.6%	81.7%	81.6%	83.8%	82.6%	83.5%	81.5%	80.9%	83.3%	84.8%	83.8%
TURNOUT				158422	113647	84919	68154	189822	263506	92763	168613	102647
TURNOUT % OF GOP				52.1%	32.1%	23.6%	21.0%	50.7%			28.4%	36.2%
TURNOUT % OF DEM				30.4%	23.5%	15.9%	13.1%	40.1%	46.9%	19.6%	50.7%
TURNOUT % OF REG.				42.1%	28.8%	20.1%	19.0%	42.0%	56.7%		37.2%
PRECINCTS	1144	1059	1007	962	883	852	838	805	798	778	762	768

GENERAL

YEAR	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010
Republican Reg.	216510	207036	215285	212544	223932	219624	226906	228200	238580	240101	241528	237809
Democrat Registration	188552	180181	189935	176881	184262	179195	181129	183343	191523	190905	204413	194204
Libertarian Reg.			346	469	656	924	1074	1148	1091	1168	1059	1080
Reform Registration							130	122
Constitution Reg.									101	350	315	336
Other Registration	35239	33134	42726	41979	51121	53158	61913	63171	70966	74608	83147	85296
TOTAL REGISTRATION	440301	420351	448292	431873	455971	452901	471152	475984	502261	507132	530462	519361
VOTING AGE POPUL.	507000	497475	500026	509965	530000	538000	552195	563208	579305	587663	606057	619584
REG. % OF VAP	86.8%	84.5%	89.7%	84.7%	86.8%	82.4%	85.3%	84.5%	86.7%	86.3%	87.5%	83.8%
TURNOUT	312991	259718	336254	318090	329316	266355	322159	340407	394930	341105	387355	323408
TURNOUT % OF VAP	61.7%	52.2%	67.2%	62.4%	62.1%	49.5%	58.3%	60.4%	68.2%	58.0%	63.9%	62.3%
TURNOUT % OF REG.	71.1%	61.8%	75.0%	73.7%	71.6%	58.8%	68.4%	71.5%	78.6%	67.3%	73.0%	52.2%
PRECINCTS	1149	1096	1019	970	924	898	888	844	824	818	799	791

Updated November 8, 2010.