South Dakota

South Dakota is a Midwestern state in the United States. It is named after the Lakota (Sioux) American Indian tribe.

Politics

South Dakota politics are generally dominated by the Republican Party and the state has not supported a Democratic presidential candidate since 1964. In 2004, George W. Bush won the state's 3 electoral votes by the overwhelming margin of 22 percentage points with 59.9% of the vote. There are only five reliably Democratic counties in the state, most of them with primarily American Indian populations. Republicans have won the last seven gubernatorial elections and have controlled the legislature, with one brief interruption, for over thirty years. Democrats have been successful in winning election to Congress from South Dakota, most notably Tom Daschle.

Related Topics:
Republican Party - Democratic - Congress - Tom Daschle

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