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Public Policy Pollings newest South Dakota Senate poll finds that Mike Rounds support has dropped all the way down to 35% in the wake of voter anger over the EB-5 scandal, and that Rick Weiland continues to be better liked and within single digits of Rounds.
Key findings from the poll include:
-Rounds is at just 35% to 28% for Weiland, 24% for Larry Pressler, and 8% for Gordon Howie. A majority of South Dakotans have a negative opinion of Rounds, with just 41% rating him favorably to 51% with an unfavorable opinion. Weilands favorability, at a positive 42/38 spread, is a net 14 points better than Rounds.
-Weiland is likely to gain ground as Presslers support fades over the course of October. Among Presslers voters, Weiland has a positive favorability rating at 43/28 while Rounds is incredibly unpopular with only 18% of voters rating him favorably to 68% who see him unfavorably. Since Weiland has been second in all the polls, anti-Rounds Pressler voters are likely to move in Weilands direction as the election nears since hes the more viable candidate both in terms of current polling support and fundraising.
PPP interviewed 703 likely voters on September 29th and 30th on behalf of People for Weiland. The polls margin of error is +/-3.7%. 49% of those surveyed were Republicans and 35% were Democrats (R+14), representing a more GOP leaning sample than the voter registration numbers in the state (45% Republicans and 35% Democrats for R+10).
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/
Come on Harry Reid, it's time to invest in South Dakota especially since its a relatively cheap media state.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Can a Superpac drop a million there? Weiland would be well known after such a media blitz.
Robbins
(5,066 posts)I assumed this was a attomatic pickup for GOP.This looks like I was wrong.
think
(11,641 posts)nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)but there seems to be a personal thing -- Reid and Daschle "feuding"
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/219278-reid-daschle-feud-erupts
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)progressoid
(49,988 posts)GRRRRRRR
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)This race looks to be a potential Democrat pickup
think
(11,641 posts)So he is not completely an independent.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)think
(11,641 posts)So the main Republican candidate, Mike Rounds is losing popularity. Some of those voters that use to support Mike Rounds still prefer the ex Republican Larry Pressler, over Rick Weiland the Dem.
Kind of a complicated mess.
The scandal involved visas here in America for some Chinese investors if they invested in a meat plant in South Dakota. The deal fell apart and the Chinese investors so far have lost their investments and did not get the visas. The State of South Dakota lost money on the deal as well. Also some workers in lost their jobs and some contractors in SD did not get paid after the deal went bankrupt:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/09/05/1327511/-SD-Sen-Rick-Weiland-D-SD-Dems-Hit-Mike-Rounds-R-On-EB5-Scandal
think
(11,641 posts)Pressler claims he would stay only one term so he would focus on getting things done rather than raising campaign funds. He's also against the huge expenses & use of the military around the world and the influence of corporations in Washington.
Basically he's running as the anti-establishment candidate.
http://presslerforsenate.nationbuilder.com/
Hope some of this helps make sense of it all.