In addition to updating their notes on US Senators, in which South Dakota came out fairly well, South Dakota’s Governor Dennis Daugaard is the #5 most popular Governor in the country, according to Morning Consult:
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Stace Nelson is not going to like this….
this may well show how widespread and pervasive the problem of fake republicanism is.
The governor swerved left during his second administration. I lost a lot of respect for him.
His boy Dusty pulling in 47% is a better measure.
Give it a rest. He’s delivered a balanced budget, which most forget- was no small feat the first year. History will judge him a Good governor I suspect, in the model of a Niles Boe
I am sure he will be judged in a favorable light, even though several Republican legislators and he implemented one of the biggest tax increases in SD history.
Of the top 5 most popular Governors: All are GOP, 2 are from deep blue states and one is from a very purple state. Republican Governors govern better.
And of the bottom 10, 8 are republican (Bill Walker by any other name would smell as foul), so maybe your correlation does not imply causation.
About right considering 33 of the 50 states Governors are Republican
It’s even better: The top 15 places are all held by GOP governors. The first Dem is Hickenlooper of Colorado.
Dennis will show up in the history books as one of the finest Governor’s South Dakota has ever had.