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 SOUTH DAKOﬁA

0 Capital: Pierre Congressional Districts: 2 1970 Population: 665,257 Counties: 67 _ National Rank: 4‘ voting Precincts: 1.441
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1970 Per Capita In¢°°°=53.132 1972 Convention Delegates: 17 National Rink: 41 1972 Electoral Votes: 4

5§!_OFFICE HOLDERS

Year First Elected to % Nana Party Elected ~ Present Term Vote

0.3. Senator George S. McGovern D 1962 1968 56.8%

0.5. Senator James Abourezt D 1972 1972 57.0%

Governor Philip F. Knoip D 1970 1972 60.0%

Lt. Governor William Daugherty D 1970 1972 59.0%

Secretary of State lorna Herseth D 1972 1972 52.91

Attorney General Kermit A. Sande D 1972 1972 51.6%

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congressional Delegation 1 1

State Senate 18 17

Qtate House 35 35

POPULATIOH ‘

1970 Population: 666,257 Ethnic and Racial:

Urban: 44.61 White: 94.7% Ger-an: 4.0% Rural: 55.4% Black: 0.2% Noruedian: 2.8%

Age: 18-20: 40,000 (13.3*) Other: .1% Russian: 2.1% Indian: 4.9% 21-24: 40,000 Median Age: 27.4 years 25.44; 139,000 (32.1%) median Voting Age: 45.2 45-64: 133,000 (30.7%) white Collar: 41.0% 65+: 82.000 (18.9%) Blue Collar: 22.:

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M: L kc lims L m .1. m 150.816 40.5 195,737 '49.9 37,703 9.6 392,256 PRESIDENTIAL VOTES 1972 Nixon ($4.31) McGovern (45.7g) 1968 Nixon 149.841 (55:) "mph"! 113,023 (at) Wallace 13_4o4 (5;) 1964 JohnSOn 163.010 (55;) Goldwater 130. 108 (at) 1960 Kennedy 123.070 (42:) Nixon 173.017 (58%) "