Presidential Election 2012 | US Presidential Elections | South Dakota Races
2012 South Dakota Presidential Election Results
Mitt Romney
Percent: 57.89%
Votes: 210,610
Barack Obama
Percent: 39.87%
Votes: 145,039
Race Summary
In the 2012 Presidential Election, South Dakota voted for Republican Mitt Romney, who received 57.89% of the vote, while Democrat Barack Obama earned 39.87%. Romney’s solid margin reflected the state’s strong Republican lean.
Full Results
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 57.89%
Votes: 210,610
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 39.87%
Votes: 145,039
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.59%
Votes: 5,795
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.65%
Votes: 2,371
Total votes: 363,815
State Map
Results by County
Aurora County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 57.43%
Votes: 804
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 39.71%
Votes: 556
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.93%
Votes: 27
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.93%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 1,400
Brookings County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 50.16%
Votes: 6,220
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 46.99%
Votes: 5,827
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.04%
Votes: 253
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.81%
Votes: 100
Total votes: 12,400
Butte County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 73.03%
Votes: 3,073
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 23.81%
Votes: 1,002
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.23%
Votes: 94
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.93%
Votes: 39
Total votes: 4,208
Clay County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 41.02%
Votes: 2,147
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 56.46%
Votes: 2,955
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.04%
Votes: 107
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.48%
Votes: 25
Total votes: 5,234
Davison County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.68%
Votes: 4,757
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.16%
Votes: 3,042
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.57%
Votes: 125
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.59%
Votes: 47
Total votes: 7,971
Douglas County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 78.93%
Votes: 1,334
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 19.64%
Votes: 332
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.95%
Votes: 16
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.47%
Votes: 8
Total votes: 1,690
Grant County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 56.41%
Votes: 2,034
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.40%
Votes: 1,493
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.33%
Votes: 48
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.86%
Votes: 31
Total votes: 3,606
Hand County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 67.21%
Votes: 1,242
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 31.11%
Votes: 575
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.14%
Votes: 21
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.54%
Votes: 10
Total votes: 1,848
Hutchinson County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 71.56%
Votes: 2,451
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 26.95%
Votes: 923
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.73%
Votes: 25
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.76%
Votes: 26
Total votes: 3,425
Jones County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 80.46%
Votes: 490
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 17.73%
Votes: 108
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.48%
Votes: 9
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.33%
Votes: 2
Total votes: 609
Lincoln County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 62.00%
Votes: 13,611
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 36.36%
Votes: 7,982
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.19%
Votes: 261
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.45%
Votes: 98
Total votes: 21,952
McPherson County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 75.80%
Votes: 921
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 22.39%
Votes: 272
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.99%
Votes: 12
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.82%
Votes: 10
Total votes: 1,215
Minnehaha County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 52.68%
Votes: 40,342
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 45.28%
Votes: 34,674
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.46%
Votes: 1,118
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.59%
Votes: 449
Total votes: 76,583
Potter County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 74.51%
Votes: 1,029
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 24.55%
Votes: 339
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.72%
Votes: 10
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.22%
Votes: 3
Total votes: 1,381
Spink County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 54.92%
Votes: 1,670
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 42.75%
Votes: 1,300
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.78%
Votes: 54
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.56%
Votes: 17
Total votes: 3,041
Tripp County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 70.79%
Votes: 1,905
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.39%
Votes: 737
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.85%
Votes: 23
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.97%
Votes: 26
Total votes: 2,691
Yankton County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 55.09%
Votes: 5,495
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 42.37%
Votes: 4,226
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.00%
Votes: 199
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.54%
Votes: 54
Total votes: 9,974
Beadle County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 58.24%
Votes: 4,230
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 39.67%
Votes: 2,881
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.47%
Votes: 107
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.62%
Votes: 45
Total votes: 7,263
Brown County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 51.79%
Votes: 8,321
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 45.12%
Votes: 7,250
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.55%
Votes: 409
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.55%
Votes: 88
Total votes: 16,068
Campbell County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 78.27%
Votes: 616
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 19.44%
Votes: 153
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.52%
Votes: 12
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.76%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 787
Codington County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 58.10%
Votes: 6,696
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 39.81%
Votes: 4,588
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.47%
Votes: 169
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.62%
Votes: 71
Total votes: 11,524
Day County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 45.95%
Votes: 1,320
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 52.11%
Votes: 1,497
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.15%
Votes: 33
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 23
Total votes: 2,873
Edmunds County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 65.29%
Votes: 1,264
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 32.13%
Votes: 622
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.91%
Votes: 37
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.67%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 1,936
Gregory County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 70.06%
Votes: 1,507
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.85%
Votes: 599
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.44%
Votes: 31
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.65%
Votes: 14
Total votes: 2,151
Hanson County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 67.34%
Votes: 1,627
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 31.46%
Votes: 760
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.66%
Votes: 16
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.54%
Votes: 13
Total votes: 2,416
Hyde County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 72.44%
Votes: 531
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 25.78%
Votes: 189
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.50%
Votes: 11
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.27%
Votes: 2
Total votes: 733
Kingsbury County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 55.64%
Votes: 1,451
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 41.87%
Votes: 1,092
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.73%
Votes: 45
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 20
Total votes: 2,608
Lyman County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.46%
Votes: 933
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.56%
Votes: 605
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.53%
Votes: 24
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.45%
Votes: 7
Total votes: 1,569
Meade County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 69.95%
Votes: 7,566
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.07%
Votes: 2,928
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.98%
Votes: 214
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 1.01%
Votes: 109
Total votes: 10,817
Moody County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 50.61%
Votes: 1,535
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 47.12%
Votes: 1,429
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.55%
Votes: 47
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.73%
Votes: 22
Total votes: 3,033
Roberts County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 44.24%
Votes: 1,883
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 54.09%
Votes: 2,302
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.99%
Votes: 42
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.68%
Votes: 29
Total votes: 4,256
Stanley County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 69.03%
Votes: 1,063
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 28.25%
Votes: 435
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.14%
Votes: 33
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.58%
Votes: 9
Total votes: 1,540
Turner County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.49%
Votes: 2,715
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 33.52%
Votes: 1,411
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.12%
Votes: 47
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.88%
Votes: 37
Total votes: 4,210
Ziebach County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 41.26%
Votes: 314
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 57.69%
Votes: 439
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.79%
Votes: 6
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.26%
Votes: 2
Total votes: 761
Bennett County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 52.04%
Votes: 626
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 45.55%
Votes: 548
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.50%
Votes: 18
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.91%
Votes: 11
Total votes: 1,203
Brule County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 63.01%
Votes: 1,499
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.64%
Votes: 824
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.56%
Votes: 37
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 19
Total votes: 2,379
Charles Mix County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.25%
Votes: 2,230
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 39.40%
Votes: 1,483
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 30
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.56%
Votes: 21
Total votes: 3,764
Corson County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 42.92%
Votes: 515
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 54.00%
Votes: 648
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.50%
Votes: 30
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.58%
Votes: 7
Total votes: 1,200
Deuel County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 54.12%
Votes: 1,175
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 43.34%
Votes: 941
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.47%
Votes: 32
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 1.06%
Votes: 23
Total votes: 2,171
Fall River County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.22%
Votes: 2,258
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 32.42%
Votes: 1,140
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.13%
Votes: 75
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 1.22%
Votes: 43
Total votes: 3,516
Haakon County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 86.08%
Votes: 940
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 12.64%
Votes: 138
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.73%
Votes: 8
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.55%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 1,092
Harding County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 86.33%
Votes: 638
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 11.10%
Votes: 82
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.17%
Votes: 16
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.41%
Votes: 3
Total votes: 739
Jackson County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.76%
Votes: 661
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 38.52%
Votes: 426
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.81%
Votes: 9
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.90%
Votes: 10
Total votes: 1,106
Lake County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 54.40%
Votes: 3,419
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 43.34%
Votes: 2,724
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.56%
Votes: 98
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.70%
Votes: 44
Total votes: 6,285
Marshall County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 44.74%
Votes: 889
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 53.40%
Votes: 1,061
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.46%
Votes: 29
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.40%
Votes: 8
Total votes: 1,987
Mellette County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 49.54%
Votes: 381
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 48.76%
Votes: 375
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.65%
Votes: 5
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 1.04%
Votes: 8
Total votes: 769
Pennington County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 63.49%
Votes: 28,232
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.02%
Votes: 15,125
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.84%
Votes: 816
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.65%
Votes: 291
Total votes: 44,464
Sanborn County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 61.70%
Votes: 688
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.89%
Votes: 389
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.97%
Votes: 22
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 1.43%
Votes: 16
Total votes: 1,115
Sully County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 74.94%
Votes: 613
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 22.74%
Votes: 186
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.96%
Votes: 16
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.37%
Votes: 3
Total votes: 818
Union County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 61.85%
Votes: 4,698
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 36.62%
Votes: 2,782
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.07%
Votes: 81
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.46%
Votes: 35
Total votes: 7,596
Bon Homme County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 59.53%
Votes: 1,830
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 37.96%
Votes: 1,167
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.79%
Votes: 55
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.72%
Votes: 22
Total votes: 3,074
Buffalo County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 25.90%
Votes: 166
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 73.63%
Votes: 472
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.47%
Votes: 3
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.00%
Votes: 0
Total votes: 641
Clark County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 58.59%
Votes: 1,067
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 39.15%
Votes: 713
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.48%
Votes: 27
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 14
Total votes: 1,821
Custer County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 67.74%
Votes: 3,062
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 29.54%
Votes: 1,335
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.84%
Votes: 83
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.88%
Votes: 40
Total votes: 4,520
Dewey County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 34.99%
Votes: 663
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 63.69%
Votes: 1,207
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.79%
Votes: 15
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.53%
Votes: 10
Total votes: 1,895
Faulk County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 67.88%
Votes: 765
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 29.37%
Votes: 331
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.95%
Votes: 22
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.80%
Votes: 9
Total votes: 1,127
Hamlin County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.55%
Votes: 1,803
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 32.98%
Votes: 921
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.68%
Votes: 47
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.79%
Votes: 22
Total votes: 2,793
Hughes County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 64.00%
Votes: 5,219
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.16%
Votes: 2,786
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.31%
Votes: 107
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.53%
Votes: 43
Total votes: 8,155
Jerauld County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 53.48%
Votes: 538
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 44.93%
Votes: 452
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.09%
Votes: 11
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.50%
Votes: 5
Total votes: 1,006
Lawrence County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 61.85%
Votes: 7,025
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.98%
Votes: 3,973
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.31%
Votes: 262
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.87%
Votes: 99
Total votes: 11,359
McCook County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 63.34%
Votes: 1,655
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 34.63%
Votes: 905
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.26%
Votes: 33
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 20
Total votes: 2,613
Miner County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 55.79%
Votes: 636
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 42.02%
Votes: 479
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.58%
Votes: 18
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.61%
Votes: 7
Total votes: 1,140
Perkins County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 75.79%
Votes: 1,205
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 20.06%
Votes: 319
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 2.45%
Votes: 39
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 1.70%
Votes: 27
Total votes: 1,590
Shannon County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 5.98%
Votes: 188
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 93.39%
Votes: 2,937
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.45%
Votes: 14
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.19%
Votes: 6
Total votes: 3,145
Todd County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 19.94%
Votes: 498
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 79.13%
Votes: 1,976
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 0.44%
Votes: 11
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.48%
Votes: 12
Total votes: 2,497
Walworth County
Mitt Romney (REP)
Percent: 70.31%
Votes: 1,731
Barack Obama (DEM)
Percent: 27.25%
Votes: 671
Gary Johnson (LIB)
Percent: 1.67%
Votes: 41
Virgil Goode (CON)
Percent: 0.77%
Votes: 19
Total votes: 2,462