| South Dakota General Election Voter Registration by Party |
| Republican | Democrat | Libertarian | Reform | Constitution | Other | Republican | Democrat | Libertarian | Reform | Constitution | Other | ||
| 1970 | 182502 | 134123 | 0 | 34691 | 1970 | 51.95% | 38.18% | 0.00% | 9.87% | ||||
| 1972 | 195737 | 158816 | 0 | 37703 | 1972 | 49.90% | 40.49% | 0.00% | 9.61% | ||||
| 1974 | 193234 | 170937 | 0 | 37480 | 1974 | 48.11% | 42.56% | 0.00% | 9.33% | ||||
| 1976 | 196841 | 190572 | 0 | 38119 | 1976 | 46.26% | 44.78% | 0.00% | 8.96% | ||||
| 1978 | 191766 | 193345 | 0 | 35707 | 1978 | 45.57% | 45.95% | 0.00% | 8.49% | ||||
| 1980 | 206411 | 202052 | 0 | 39045 | 1980 | 46.12% | 45.15% | 0.00% | 8.72% | ||||
| 1982 | 200422 | 189708 | 0 | 36381 | 1982 | 46.99% | 44.48% | 0.00% | 8.53% | ||||
| 1984 | 211177 | 192274 | 0 | 39339 | 1984 | 47.69% | 43.42% | 0.00% | 8.88% | ||||
| 1986 | 208935 | 184720 | 0 | 34442 | 1986 | 48.81% | 43.15% | 0.00% | 8.05% | ||||
| 1988 | 216510 | 188552 | 0 | 35239 | 1988 | 49.17% | 42.82% | 0.00% | 8.00% | ||||
| 1990 | 207036 | 180181 | 0 | 33134 | 1990 | 49.25% | 42.86% | 0.00% | 7.88% | ||||
| 1992 | 215285 | 189935 | 346 | 42726 | 1992 | 48.02% | 42.37% | 0.08% | 9.53% | ||||
| 1994 | 212544 | 176881 | 469 | 41979 | 1994 | 49.21% | 40.96% | 0.11% | 9.72% | ||||
| 1996 | 223932 | 184262 | 656 | 51121 | 1996 | 48.68% | 40.06% | 0.14% | 11.11% | ||||
| 1998 | 219624 | 179195 | 924 | 53158 | 1998 | 48.49% | 39.57% | 0.20% | 11.74% | ||||
| 2000 | 226906 | 181129 | 1074 | 130 | 61913 | 2000 | 48.16% | 38.44% | 0.23% | 0.03% | 13.14% | ||
| 2002 | 228200 | 183343 | 1148 | 122 | 63171 | 2002 | 47.94% | 38.52% | 0.24% | 0.03% | 13.27% | ||
| 2004 | 238580 | 191523 | 1091 | 101 | 70966 | 2004 | 47.50% | 38.13% | 0.22% | 0.02% | 14.30% | ||
| 2006 | 240101 | 190905 | 1168 | 350 | 74608 | 2006 | 47.34% | 37.64% | 0.23% | 0.07% | 14.71% |