South Dakota’s voter turnout in the 2026 midterm dropped below 50% for the first time in at least 60 years. 310,298 South Dakotans cast ballots…
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A District 15 denizen asks if the sharp decline in South Dakota’s midterm voter turnout from 59.40% in 2022 to 49.37% this year might be…
If delivering bread-and-butter change to voters isn’t enough, maybe newly empowered Democrats can take the White House in 2028 by binding the absurd, racism-rooted Electoral…
We should never celebrate low voter turnout. The more people who vote, the more accurately the results reflect the real will of the people. But…
Strong early voting numbers through last Friday made me think South Dakota was on pace for big turnout in the midterm general election. But the…
**Update 19:10 CST: I missed one! Dems won 12 seats total, 2 Senate, 10 House. I regret my error and have corrected the text below.…
South Dakota voters showed no interest in surfing the national blue wave that will check dictator Trump’s destructive power in the U.S. Senate and U.S.…
In a reaffirmation of their commitment to direct democracy, South Dakota voters have rejected the two attacks on the initiative process placed on the ballot…
Codington County is taking a hard swig of Trumpflation. Last week they had to swallow a 23% increase in health insurance premiums for their public…