Amidst the wreckage of last week’s election, an eager reader pointed out one shiny gem: sane people committed to sensible government kicked litigious yahoos off…
Tag: elections
Who’s the most awesome Democrat in South Dakota? If we can get past the laughter (awesome? in a party that hasn’t moved the needle away…
My relative lack of enthusiasm for 2018’s five ballot measures was reflected in one odd statistic from our general election results: a larger percentage of voters…
The surge in numerical voter turnout that appears to have been driven by the excitement generated by Billie Sutton’s failed campaign has one downside (for…
I’ve dumped the county-by-county vote totals for our statewide ballot questions and candidates into a single spreadsheet and run some numbers. Beyond the fact that…
The only people who had a worse election night than South Dakota Democrats were South Dakota Libertarians and independents. candidate Party Race votes total vote…
The easy visuals, homey narratives, and riveting horserace of the Noem/Sutton gubernatorial contest crowded every other race out of the media consciousness. Dusty Johnson thus…
I just heard Seth Tupper say that Billie Sutton’s second-place finish last night was “near miraculous.” If that’s a miracle, then your God has no…
I’ll get back into problem-solving mode in a bit. But first, some predictions about what South Dakota’s terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad 2018 election forebodes:…
I find a little confusion in my morning paper about who appoints replacements for deceased candidates who win election. Permit me to clarify. In response…