Jamie Smith basing his claims of closeness in Gov’s race on SDSU poll numbers… which nobody believes.

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When Jamie Smith claims his race is close, his spokespeople have apparently been hanging their hats on the SDSU poll all along. A poll which no one has really believe since it was released.

But when KELOLAND News on Monday asked for support of the claim, Alex Matson, a spokesman for Smith’s campaign, said the toss-up statement referred to a month-old public-opinion survey conducted by South Dakota State University faculty. It showed Noem leading Smith 45-41%.

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KELOLAND News also contacted Noem campaign spokesman Ian Fury about the claim. Fury pointed to a more-recent poll conducted October 19-21 for KELOLAND News by Emerson College. It showed Noem leading Smith 56-37%.

“I believe that your outlet may have some polling that answers your question,” Fury said.

Read the entire story here.

You have to wonder if the Democrat Party has now started including grief counselors for their election night party planning.

13 thoughts on “Jamie Smith basing his claims of closeness in Gov’s race on SDSU poll numbers… which nobody believes.”

  2. I almost hope the SDSU poll is correct. If not it sheds light on how wokeness is creeping further into our colleges academic agenda. It would certainly reduce credibility of a polling source tasked with being bipartisan.

    1. If you look into this poll, I don’t think “wokeness” has anything to do with it. More like a college professor trying to run a poll who doesn’t really know what he is doing.

  4. It is in the realm of possibilities that Jamie could win, and I would be curious to know how people handle that. Would it be voter fraud? Would the state legislature remove the Governor from all processes? Would the drought end from all the tears shed?

  5. I heard they had the GOP therapists on speed dial that were used for Trumps loss. Noem will win, but I doubt it will be as wide of a margin as this blog makes it out to be.

  6. ~ I heard they had the GOP therapists on speed dial that were used for Trumps loss.~

    You heard it from where? The democrat underground or MSNBC?

  8. How the libertarian does will be a big factor. Is it the normal 1- 3% or much higher at 6-7-8%?

    B. Thomas Marking kept both noem and herseth under 50% in 2010.

  9. I find it hard to believe that anyone who voted for Noem in ’18 is not voting for her this time. I also think that Sutton was more popular than Smith is now, especially in West River. I also think that Noem has strengthened herself with conservative men, because of her covid positions, who might have voted for Sutton last time or were part of an undervote in ’18.

    Keep in mind that Noem has never been as popular as other Republican candidates for statewide office. 66% its the best she has ever done in a state wide race, so she’s not a part of the 70+% Club like Pressler, Janklow, Thune, Daugaard, and Dusty. So for her to have popularity issues seems to not really matter. She just always wins at a lower level.

    Also, this is a Red year, non presidential, and she has been beating up Smith on the air waves. So, I don’t see this as a close race at all. But it will be the lowest showing for an incumbent Republican governor in South Dakota since Mickelson, who got 58% in ’90…. Janklow got 54% in ’94, but he wasn’t the incumbent right then and he also had the baggage of allegations against him involving video lottery stock sales just before that year’s election.

  10. Of the six polls I had calls on, I gave them crap answers every time. If your going to bother me, I’m sending junk info to you.

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