Press Release: Fake DC Polling Hits South Dakota Governor’s Race

Pat Powers

Fake DC Polling Hits South Dakota Governor’s Race

PIERRE, SD: A fake poll pushed by a business partner of Noem for Governor campaign manager Justin Brasell has South Dakotans shaking their heads this week.

“We know that today’s fake poll is nothing more than a press release issued by a business partner of the congresswoman’s campaign manager Justin Brasell, so we can’t help but laugh and keep doing what we’re doing,” said Jackley for Governor campaign manager Jason Glodt.

Brasell, a DC operative who tried to disguise the poll as legitimate, has a history of using fake polling as a tactic to change public opinion. His relationship with Kyle Robertson, whose firm announced the poll results, goes back at least 15 years. In 2015, Brasell released the same type of poll from his firm touting a candidate whose campaign was being managed by none other than Kyle Robertson.

The fake poll conducted by Brasell showed Robertson’s candidate winning by a large margin, but he ended up placing a distant third place in that election.

Now the roles have reversed. Brasell is the campaign manager and Robertson is releasing fake polls for Brasell’s candidate in an attempt to deceive South Dakotans.

“Congresswoman Noem is a little late with her April Fools joke,” Glodt said.

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67 thoughts on “Press Release: Fake DC Polling Hits South Dakota Governor’s Race”

    1. Time for Cryin’ Jackley to prove he can win! Where’s your Polling?! Big Time WIN coming AGAIN for Noem!!! #MAGA

  2. Noem and Brasell keep making one boneheaded move after another. If this is how Noem runs a campaign, I don’t want her anywhere near the Governor’s Mansion.

    1. So boneheaded Jackley tripped over himself to put out a release that doesn’t actually refute the numbers

      1. 1) Jackley would be stupid to release numbers on a Friday.

        2) Jackley would be stupid to let Kristi’s flailing campaign dictate his strategy. Marty will release his numbers when the bump would do him the most good. (See, this is why Kristi is failing; she’s flailing.)

      2. Um- they totally debunked the poll by exposing Noem as the source trying to deceive people. What shady stuff will Noem do next? She is cut throat.

  3. It’s hard not to love Jason Glodt. He is the real deal! He wins the right way!

    2. “Hey Marty, it’s Jason. Sorry to call so late but I just got the best idea for an ad, but it all hinges on one important thing – do you still have those short-shorts?!”

      1. Dude, Brasell, you’re pulling down how much a month? Earn your pay. Get to work.

      2. Forget the short shorts. As long as Marty runs mediocre testimonial ads that nobody sees staring people nobody knows, all he needs to do is have some b-roll of fake fence fixin’! PS: Keep talking with your hands, Marty! Great ground game!

        1. Don’t forget about the time Marty incorrectly bridled a horse in an ad and hilariously got called out.

  4. Calling the poll fake out of hand? One wonders if they actually looked at the crosstabs or are running scared.

    1. Dude, Brasell, you’re too funny! Glodt recognized your stunt for what it was. You failed.

  5. Dang- Team Noem is shady. First they buy fake votes to win online polls and now they are releasing fake polls. Unfortunately, a lot of people fall for their deception.

  6. Team Noem must be in panic mode. They thought it would be an easy ride to coronation. So Wrong! All that DC money and time there.

  7. It seriously took Team Marty 5 hours to respond? This info is easily googlable. What kind of rinkydink operation is he running?

  8. Ok bullshit aside, show us some proof. Neither of these candidates care about arbitrary polls and no, the Noem campaign didn’t buy fake votes for polls that don’t matter. Even if for once this crooked Jackley campaign could prove their claims it still wouldn’t matter. Which hand does Glodt stroke his ego with when his hands are full holding Jackley’s short shorts and that stupid ‘clean campaign pledge’ he relentlessly dishonors. They must be scared, this is exactly the time of year the losing side starts to go negative. Jackley is basically that picture of a dog in a burning building saying “this is fine” at this point.

    1. You do realize team Noem pulled a stupid stunt today and got called out on it, don’t you?

      1. To be fair, Glodt does call the poll fake with no evidence. The pollster says he makes the questions and crosstabs available upon request. I wonder if Marty’s team actually looked at them, but I doubt it.

          1. Ah yes, the gold standard for evidence: “anyone honest enough with themselves”

  9. Hold the phone. Did team Noem just get completely busted for pushing a BS poll? I had to read the release again. The business partner of Norms campaign manager is trying to claim to be an independent pollster???? Lololololomg. That is a first.

  10. I would like to see the cross tabs. I suspect the race is much closer than this – probably pretty tight. However, the press release did indicate the actual poll was conducted by Advantage Inc which does appear to be a company that has been around for a while….

    I would also like to start seeing polls by some of the more prominent pollsters.

  11. Wait. I bet one of Jason Glodts business partners is going to become a pollster overnight and release a poll with Marty up 80-6. Just as credible.

  12. Notice they’re not refuting the numbers. If they had internsls showing them winning or close they would say so, but they don’t

    1. Dude, that’s funny. All Jackley has to do is sit back and let Team Noem/Brasell self destruct.

  13. Brassel-Noem buy fake polls and European facebook voters.
    Keep up the super effort. Wow.

      1. Dude, Brasell, if this is your idea of getting under Jackley’s skin, no wonder your campaign is floundering.

        1. What gets under Jackley’s skin? Could it be…

          The meth problem that’s exploded on his watch?

          The violence problem that’s exploded on his watch?

          The $1.2 million he cost the state by ignoring his staff’s harassment complaint?

          The new lawsuit from an inmate who says Jackley violated his constitutional rights?

          EB-5?

          1. Yes! Give in to your dark side Kristi…go negative…attack…attack…attack!!!!

          2. Jackley will be far more tough on crime as Governor and prosecute drugs coming from Colorado, West coast and others. Get the users into drug courts.

        2. I think a more important question is why Jackley’s trolls keep talking up Glodt’s SD cred when he’s the one who actually thought the short-shorts thing played among SD primary voters. Like, really? Guess that’s what you get when two lawyers team up to try to talk to real people.

          2. It’s really a race of two lobbyists. Mccaulley for Noem and glodt for jackley.

            Who gets more access is yet to be determined.

      2. I can’t be the only one that’s noticed that the comments on any Gubernatorial story have gotten significantly more infantile since Noem hired a teenager from Missouri to run her west river operation. Coincidence? I think not

      3. All I know is that everyone at the coffee group is raving about the short shorts ad so jackley has a winner on his hands.

        1. Nobody is raving about Jackley’s short short ads in western SD. Also the only people that would embrace the idea that Jackley’s ground game is better is brain-dead or loyal to a unhealthy degree. Please try to keep in mind that Kristi has had 5 competitive statewide elections in the last 8 years and left a trail of defeated well qualified candidates. Marty Jackley will be lucky to finish 10 points behind Kristi Noem and I doubt that she would ever consider him as someone that could help her govern this great state in the way that she intends.

  14. It’s going to be a blast watching these two tear one another apart over the next couple of months.

    1. If they do, we will be seeing a Democrat in the Governor’s mansion! And that is a fact. People hate candidates bashing each other. They should learn from the Barnett-Kirby race years ago.

    2. Why would any intelligent Republican, in this environment, think that a candidate with a 10 point lead would go negative. Mindless speculation with an agenda.

  15. I miss the old days when 48 out of 52 comments weren’t by “Anonymous”. Seriously, it’s kinda boring, no matter how pithy the commentary. I challenge every one of you to come up with a unique screen name (even if it’s still something that retains anonymity!) and stick with it. Yes, I’m yelling in my best “get off my lawn” old man voice. 😁

  16. I have been on KN side from the start and still am. I have to say MJ is running a much better campaign then her. Come on KN get going!!

  17. Probably 2/3 of these comments are from campaign staff.

    I still like both candidates. Either will beat Sutton in the fall. It’s simple math. Meanwhile, it looks like things are about to heat up. Jackley has a superior ground game which is not unexpected. Noem’s ads are better. We are now going to see who can close this deal. The next ads are going to be very interesting. And I can’t wait for the debates.

    Questions remaining… what do we see for outside third party ads? Do either announce a Lt. Gov candidate before the election? (see Janklow ‘94 and Kirby ‘02). What do we see for public polling?

    1. I agree. Sutton should just switch parties and run as a Republican. Too right for some Democrats to vote for him and he votes to the right of some Republicans in the legislature. Democrats are moving to the far left in SD.

  19. I have a lot of respect for both Noem and Jackley. I hope we can be classy enough to not tear down either one down. It’s unbecoming and I am hoping the campaign managers don’t represent their candidates poorly by going negative.

    When the election is done and someone will win and someone will lose, I can say with confidence that either of our republican candidates are great and would be wonderful governors.

  20. Does “Anonymous” have a personality disorder, or is it really supporting both Marty and Kristi?

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