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South Dakota
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3 votes
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Bush - 21 points
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The last time this state voted Democratic...
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... the Beatles released their first album in the U.S.
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Race
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- Overwhelmingly white
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Nothing to report.
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Age
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All groups - Bush
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Wins for Bush in every group, but the 30-44 group liked him
significantly better.
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Economics
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Poorest voters - Kerry
Above $15,000 - Bush
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Unlike their neighbors to the north, a majority of South Dakota's
poor actually supported Kerry. Bush narrowly won the working
class however and by the middle class it was a runaway. Much
like Oklahoma or Montana.
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Politics
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- Above average partisanship
- Large Republican tilt
- Terrible Democratic loyalty
- Above average Republican loyalty
- Independents tilt significantly Republican
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Democratic loyalty is only slightly better than in North Dakota and
Republican loyalty a bit worse than in that state but these are
minor and meaningless differences. Democrats trail by 15 points
and a majority of the independents vote for Bush.
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Ideology
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- Huge conservative tilt
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A 23-point conservative tilt. And the liberals aren't even very loyal.
The moderates favor Bush lightly.
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Religion
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- Protestant majority
- Sizable Catholic population
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There is a relatively good-sized Catholic vote here. But it votes
almost exactly like the much better-sized Protestant vote. Same
as North Dakota.
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Demographics
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- Heavily rural
- Sizable urban population
- Small suburban population
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Two-thirds of the rural population is rural but all groups voted for
Bush at about the same rate.
The west was a bit redder than the east. Not really significant
however.
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Other factors
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A 62% approval rating for Bush. The war is in the upper 50s.
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