South Dakota Democratic Delegation 2024

The Green Papers
2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Disclaimer:
These pages contain a combination of official, unofficial, and estimated data. The information posted here is subject to change and will be updated as official information becomes available.

The delegate selection processes herein, along with any and all dates and delegate counts associated therewith, are unofficial and based on either (1) information obtained from either Major Party, (2) Presidential Primary dates established by currently-effective State statute, or- where the foregoing information could not be obtained- (3) the state's 2020 delegate selection process and associated dates adjusted to the corresponding dates in 2024.

Democrats

The Democratic National Committee Rules and Bylaws Committee's 2 December 2022 recommendations for the "pre-window" dates have been used. Iowa is arbitrarily assigned a date of March 2024 for the time being.
Democratic unpledged delegate counts are determined by the number of DNC Members, Democratic Governors, Democratic U.S. House members, and Democratic U.S. Senators serving at the time of the convention. The count for DNC Members, The tallies of Governors, Democratic U.S. House members, and Democratic U.S. Senators are the current officeholders.
Democratic Bonus Delegates and penalties are preliminary.

Republicans

Republican delegate counts are based on the number of Republicans elected to the State Legislatures, Governors chairs, U.S. House seats, and U.S. Senators seats through 31 December 2023. Republican unpledged delegate counts are determined by state (or equivalent) party rules. We have assumed that the policies of 2020 will apply in 2024.
The Republican district delegate count is based on the number of U.S. House members each state will elect in 2024.
Republican penalties for violating the timing window are not included in these delegate tallies.

South Dakota Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Regional / Legislative District Caucuses: Saturday 9 March 2024 (presumably)
Congressional District Caucuses: Saturday 16 March 2024 (presumably)
Primary: Tuesday 4 June 2024 (presumably)¹
State Convention / State Party Central Committee: Friday 28 June - Saturday 29 June 2024 (presumably)

Candidate	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Soft Pledged	Soft Unpledged	Soft Total	Hard Total
(available)	`14.0 100.00%`	`5.0 100.00%`	`19.0 100.00%`	`19 100.00%`
Total	`14.0 100.00%`	`5.0 100.00%`	`19.0 100.00%`	`19 100.00%`

Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

19 total delegate votes - 9 district / 3 at large; 2 Pledged PLEOs; 5 Unpledged PLEOs

States Chronologically States Alphabetically

Democratic Convention
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Republican Convention
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South Dakota Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

South Dakota State and Local Government

If a candidate is unopposed, there is no Primary.

Saturday 9 March 2024 (presumably): Regional / Legislative District Caucuses meet in each of the state's 35 Legislative Districts to elect delegates to the Congressional District Caucus.

Saturday 16 March 2024 (presumably): The Congressional District caucus meets in Pierre to slate National Convention Congressional District delegates, for each Presidential Preference and Uncommitted, to appear on the primary ballot.

This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Participation in South Dakota's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Voters registered as Democrats, Independents, or No Party Affiliation may participate.

Tuesday 4 June 2024 (presumably): South Dakota Primary. Hours reportedly 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p MDT (1300-0100 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

Candidate	Pop Vote	%
Total

14 of 19 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary results statewide as South Dakota has only a single at-large congressional seat. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

9 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in the State's single at-large congressional district. District delegates are pre-slated by the Presidential contenders.
5 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 3 at-large National Convention delegates
- 2 Pledged PLEOs

Primary (preliminary)

Contest
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del
CD			9
PLEO			2
At-Large			3
Total Delegates			14

Friday 28 June - Saturday 29 June 2024 (presumably): State Convention / State Party Central Committee.

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected according to the statewide primary vote.

The remaining 5 National Convention delegates consist of

5 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

4 Democratic National Committee members.
0 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 0 Representatives).
0 Governors.
1 Distinguished Party Leader (former Senate Majority Leader Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle).

These 5 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

¹ Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

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