Republicans now double Democrats in SD registered voters, independents narrowly behind Democrats

According to data released by the South Dakota Secretary of State’s office, registered Republican voters now double the number of registered Democrats for the first time in recent history. According to the August 1^st voter registration data, there are currently 303,460 registered Republican voters, 150,918 registered Democrats and just behind Democrats are independents at 150,109. There are 2,249 registered Libertarians and 1,412 registered as other party. That makes Republicans 49.85 percent of South Dakota’s electorate, Democrats 24.78 percent and independents make up 24.65 percent. South Dakota Democrat registrations have fallen by 5.07 percent over the last four years while Republicans have grown 16.15 percent over the past four years.