South Dakota has 3 electoral votes. South Dakota is considered a Republican state, only voting for the Democrats 4 times in its history.
2008 - 3 - John McCain (R)
2004 - 3 - George W Bush (R)
2000 - 3 - George W Bush (R)
1996 - 3 - Bob Dole (R)
1992 - 3 - George H W Bush (R)
1988 - 3 - George H W Bush (R)
1984 - 4 - Ronald Reagan (R)
1980 - 4 - Ronald Reagan (R)
1976 - 4 - Gerald Ford (R)
1972 - 4 - Richard Nixon (R)
1968 - 4 - Richard Nixon (R)
1964 - 4 - Lyndon Johnson (D)
1960 - 4 - Richard Nixon (R)
1956 - 4 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
1952 - 4 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)
1948 - 4 - Thomas Dewey (R)
1944 - 4 - Thomas Dewey (R)
1940 - 4 - Wendell Willkie (R)
1936 - 4 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1932 - 4 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
1928 - 5 - Herbert Hoover (R)
1924 - 5 - Calvin Coolidge (R)
1920 - 5 - Warren G. Harding (R)
1916 - 5 - Charles Evan Hughes (R)
1912 - 5 - Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1908 - 4 - William Howard Taft (R)
1904 - 4 - Theodore Roosevelt (R)
1900 - 4 - William McKinley (R)
1896 - 4 - William Jennings Bryan (D)
1892 - 4 - Benjamin Harrison (R)
South Dakota had 3 electoral votes for the 2008 election.
South Dakota had three electoral votes in 2004, which it cast for George W Bush (R).
There are actually 6 states with 3 electoral votes. -Vermont -Montana -Alaska -Wyoming -North Dakota -South Dakota
Donald Trump received 227,721 votes to Hillary Clinton's 117,458 votes, winning South Dakota's 3 electoral votes.
In 2008, Barack Obama received 0 electoral votes from South Dakota, losing the state's 3 electoral votes to John McCain whom received 203,054 votes to Obama's 170,924 votes.In 2012, the election has not yet taken place. Projections show that Barack Obama will again receive 0 electoral votes, losing the 3 electoral votes to Mitt Romney.
It's a tie ... Alaska, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming all have 3 electoral votes each.
Alaska South Dakota Delaware North Dakota Vermont Montana Wyoming Washington, D.C They all have 3 Electoral votes.
The following states have three electoral votes each (the minimum) in the presidential elections by the 2010 census.AlaskaDelawareMontanaNorth DakotaSouth DakotaVermontWyomingDistrict of Columbia also gets three votes by a special amendment.
Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming have 3 electoral votes each. The District of Columbia also has 3 electoral votes.
Hillary Clinton received 0 of 3 electoral votes, receiving 93,758 votes to Donald Trump's 216,794 votes, losing North Dakota.
Hillary Clinton received 117,458 votes to Donald Trump's 227,721 votes, losing South Dakota's 3 electoral votes.
Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming have 3 electoral votes each. The District of Columbia also has 3 electoral votes.