SD: Nielson Brothers Polling: Romney +8

[Miles]

New Poll: South Dakota President by Nielson Brothers Polling on 2012-11-02

Summary: D: 42%, R: 50%, I: 0%, U: 8%

Poll Source URL: Full Poll Details

[Badger]

Seems like too low a spread. I wondered why they had Noem up only a couple. My guess is both are overly Dem friendly by at least a few points.

[pbrower2a]

Seems like too low a spread. I wondered why they had Noem up only a couple. My guess is both are overly Dem friendly by at least a few points.

No farm bill. The 112th "Tea Party" Congress could not come up with a farm bill. Farmers still have much influence in South Dakota and hedge on politics. 

[Eraserhead]

SD should be much closer than ND this time.

[Badger]

SD should be much closer than ND this time.

Why? They were almost identical last time.....

[GeorgiaModerate]

SD should be much closer than ND this time.

Why? They were almost identical last time.....

I've heard a theory that the recent oil boom in ND has made it more conservative due to the influx of oil workers from Texas, Oklahoma, etc.  Although the closeness of the Berg/Heitkamp Senate race seems like it might argue against that.

[Fargobison]

SD should be much closer than ND this time.

Why? They were almost identical last time.....

I've heard a theory that the recent oil boom in ND has made it more conservative due to the influx of oil workers from Texas, Oklahoma, etc.  Although the closeness of the Berg/Heitkamp Senate race seems like it might argue against that.

Not really, Berg is just a bad candidate(especially for eastern ND). He rode Hoeven's coattails into the House and he'll probably ride Romney's into the Senate.