1980 Senatorial General Election Results - South Dakota
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Data for this Contest was Contributed by rhenderson on 2007-04-24

  Senatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
James AbdnorRepublican 190,594 58.20%
George McGovernDemocratic 129,018 39.40%
Wayne PetersonIndependent 7,866 2.40%
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Maps1980 South Dakota County Map of General Election Results for Senator
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Demographic Data

1980 Population:690,768Enum.1980 Population Density:3.5persons/km2
1970 Population:666,257Enum.1970 Population Density:3.4persons/km2
Land Area (2000):196,540km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:0.4%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: South Dakota Secretary of State. 1980 General Election Results, South Dakota Secretary of State (http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/electvoterpdfs/72-86/80SDGEN.pdf) (accessed 24 Apr 2007)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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