UMN Prof’s Blog goes into detail about SDDP’s losing record, and how the wind is blowing against them this election.

While Dems tried to put a happy face on their upcoming election fortunes in the Argus this weekend, one website went into detail about SDDP’s losing record, and how the wind is blowing against them this election:

Democrats are losing elections across the Mount Rushmore State at a pace not seen since the Eisenhower administration

And…

A six-decade low for Democrats? Indeed, electoral outcomes in recent cycles suggest this is so.
And…

Overall, Republicans have won 446 of 534 statewide elections in South Dakota since statehood (83.5 percent) and Democrats have generally been perennial underdogs over the last 125+ years, with the exception of two stints in the 20th Century in which the party benefited from a strong national partisan wind at its back.

And..

Secondly, the 2014 cycle also saw South Dakota Democrats get blown out in historic fashion with Governor Daugaard’s 45-point victory the largest across the 54 gubernatorial contests conducted since statehood.

The win was an exclamation mark for the GOP, which has made Democrats suffer through 10 consecutive gubernatorial losses – the longest current streak for either party in the nation.

The margin of loss was particularly disappointing for the Democrats who fielded just the fourth all-female gubernatorial ticket in U.S. history out of the more than 40 elections in which a female gubernatorial nominee had a running mate.

Thirdly, in 2010 Democrats did not run a nominee against incumbent John Thune marking the first time in state history the party failed to field a candidate in a U.S. Senate race.

And now Democrats are at risk of doing the same against the popular GOP officeholder in 2016. If that happens, it would be just the second time in U.S. history – and the first time in more than 75 years – that a Republican nominee ran unchallenged by a Democratic opponent for two consecutive cycles. (The last to do so was California’s Hiram Johnson in 1934 and 1940).

Fourthly, the depth of the Democratic Party’s troubles in South Dakota can be seen by its thin bench in the state legislature.

Read the entire article here.

SDDP Chair Ann Tornberg is so far on track to be the first american state political party chair at the helm in 75 years to allow a second bye in a row for a US Senate seat… despite her boastful claims she will have a candidate in that and all 105 legislative races.

Realistically, dems are far past the point where even a serious and legitimate candidate could be successful. Not that they have any at this point.

Just the sheer demands and amount of fundraising they should have been doing over the past six months have left them in an impossible position. No legitimate candidates, if any. And no time left to raise money.

Petition circulation begins in 12 days. Stay tuned to see how many candidates Dems actually run.