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South Dakota politics are generally dominated by the Republican Party. Since statehood, Republicans have carried the state's electoral votes in all but five presidential elections: [[1896 United States presidential election|1896]], [[1912 United States presidential election|1912]] (by [[Theodore Roosevelt]]'s [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive Party]]), [[1932 United States presidential election|1932]], [[1936 United States presidential election|1936]] and [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]. (Democrat [[George McGovern]]—a native South Dakotan—failed to carry his home state in [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]].) Only Alaska has been carried fewer times by a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=McGovern, George Stanley, (1922–) |dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000452 |url-status=live |access-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002702/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000452 |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential General Election Graph Comparison—South Dakota |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparegraphs.php?year=2004&fips=46&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |url-status=live |website=uselectionatlas.org |access-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015072307/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparegraphs.php?year=2004&fips=46&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |archive-date=October 15, 2007}}</ref> Additionally, a Democrat has not won the governorship since 1974. As of 2024, Republicans hold a 2-to-1 voter registration advantage over Democrats<ref>{{cite web | title = Voter Registration Tracking | publisher = South Dakota Secretary of State | access-date = July 18, 2024| url = https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/upcoming-elections/voter-registration-totals/voter-registration-comparison-table.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240718125931/https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/upcoming-elections/voter-registration-totals/voter-registration-comparison-table.aspx | archive-date = July 18, 2024 | url-status = live }}</ref> and hold supermajorities in both the state House<ref>{{cite web | title = Official Listing—South Dakota Representatives—2016 | publisher = State of South Dakota | access-date = February 3, 2016 | url = http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/Roster.aspx?Body=H&CurrentSession=True | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203202328/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/Roster.aspx?Body=H&CurrentSession=True | archive-date = February 3, 2016 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and the state Senate.<ref>{{cite web | title = Official Listing—South Dakota Senators—2016 | publisher = State of South Dakota | access-date = February 3, 2016 | url = http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/Roster.aspx?Body=S&CurrentSession=True | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203202331/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/Roster.aspx?Body=S&CurrentSession=True | archive-date = February 3, 2016 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>
South Dakota politics are generally dominated by the Republican Party. Since statehood, Republicans have carried the state's electoral votes in all but five presidential elections: [[1896 United States presidential election|1896]], [[1912 United States presidential election|1912]] (by Theodore Roosevelt's [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive Party]]), [[1932 United States presidential election|1932]], [[1936 United States presidential election|1936]] and [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]. (Democrat [[George McGovern]]—a native South Dakotan—failed to carry his home state in [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]].) Only Alaska has been carried fewer times by a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=McGovern, George Stanley, (1922–) |dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m000452 |url-status=live |access-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927002702/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000452 |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Presidential General Election Graph Comparison—South Dakota |url=http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparegraphs.php?year=2004&fips=46&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |url-status=live |website=uselectionatlas.org |access-date=October 5, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015072307/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparegraphs.php?year=2004&fips=46&f=0&off=0&elect=0 |archive-date=October 15, 2007}}</ref> Additionally, a Democrat has not won the governorship since 1974. As of 2024, Republicans hold a 2-to-1 voter registration advantage over Democrats<ref>{{cite web | title = Voter Registration Tracking | publisher = South Dakota Secretary of State | access-date = July 18, 2024| url = https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/upcoming-elections/voter-registration-totals/voter-registration-comparison-table.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240718125931/https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/upcoming-elections/voter-registration-totals/voter-registration-comparison-table.aspx | archive-date = July 18, 2024 | url-status = live }}</ref> and hold supermajorities in both the state House<ref>{{cite web | title = Official Listing—South Dakota Representatives—2016 | publisher = State of South Dakota | access-date = February 3, 2016 | url = http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/Roster.aspx?Body=H&CurrentSession=True | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203202328/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/Roster.aspx?Body=H&CurrentSession=True | archive-date = February 3, 2016 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> and the state Senate.<ref>{{cite web | title = Official Listing—South Dakota Senators—2016 | publisher = State of South Dakota | access-date = February 3, 2016 | url = http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/Roster.aspx?Body=S&CurrentSession=True | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160203202331/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/Roster.aspx?Body=S&CurrentSession=True | archive-date = February 3, 2016 | df = mdy-all }}</ref>


Despite the state's general Republican and conservative leanings, Democrats have found success in various statewide elections, most notably in those involving South Dakota's congressional representatives in [[Washington D.C.|Washington]]. American Indians have been becoming more active in state and county electoral politics. In the 2002 election, American Indian voting carried Tim Johnson as the Democratic candidate by a margin of 532 votes.<ref name=Florio>[http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E1095196%257E,00.html Gwen Florio, "Indians Show Political Clout; Natives Throng Polls in 'White' S.D. County"], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116003953/http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~53~1095196~%2C00.html |date=November 16, 2008 }} ''The Denver Post'', January 8, 2003, accessed June 8, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2002 | publisher = Office of the Clerk—U.S. House of Representatives | access-date = June 9, 2011 | url = http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm#41 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070105011809/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm#41 | archive-date = January 5, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref> Until his electoral defeat in 2004, Senator [[Tom Daschle]] was the Senate [[minority leader]] (and briefly its [[majority leader]] during Democratic control of the Senate in 2001–02).<ref>{{cite news | title = Daschle Loses S.D. Senate Seat to Thune | publisher = Fox News | access-date = April 10, 2007 | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137397,00.html | date = November 3, 2004 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070523071147/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137397,00.html | archive-date = May 23, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Other prominent South Dakota Democrats include former presidential nominees [[George McGovern]] and [[Hubert Humphrey]].
Despite the state's general Republican and conservative leanings, Democrats have found success in various statewide elections, most notably in those involving South Dakota's congressional representatives in [[Washington D.C.|Washington]]. American Indians have been becoming more active in state and county electoral politics. In the 2002 election, American Indian voting carried Tim Johnson as the Democratic candidate by a margin of 532 votes.<ref name=Florio>[http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E1095196%257E,00.html Gwen Florio, "Indians Show Political Clout; Natives Throng Polls in 'White' S.D. County"], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116003953/http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C36~53~1095196~%2C00.html |date=November 16, 2008 }} ''The Denver Post'', January 8, 2003, accessed June 8, 2011</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2002 | publisher = Office of the Clerk—U.S. House of Representatives | access-date = June 9, 2011 | url = http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm#41 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070105011809/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm#41 | archive-date = January 5, 2007 | url-status = live }}</ref> Until his electoral defeat in 2004, Senator [[Tom Daschle]] was the Senate [[minority leader]] (and briefly its [[majority leader]] during Democratic control of the Senate in 2001–02).<ref>{{cite news | title = Daschle Loses S.D. Senate Seat to Thune | publisher = Fox News | access-date = April 10, 2007 | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137397,00.html | date = November 3, 2004 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070523071147/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,137397,00.html | archive-date = May 23, 2007 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Other prominent South Dakota Democrats include former presidential nominees [[George McGovern]] and [[Hubert Humphrey]].
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