Day 41: South Dakota
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« on: October 03, 2005, 11:47:38 PM »



is it really much different than N. Dakota?  How long before Nomo's state goes Democrat?
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2005, 11:54:54 PM »

South Dakota is a little more libertarian than North Dakota, and has a few more libertarians.

Other than that they are very similar states.

Notable is Day County, South Dakota, a hypermajority white county that voted Kerry.
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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2005, 12:00:50 AM »

It's got Sioux Falls, which is better than any place in ND, and a strip club about 50 miles west of Sioux Falls which is a lot better than any one in ND from what I've heard, even though I haven't been to any strip clubs in either state.

Fun fact about that place: It's located 3 miles away from the nearest town, which has only about 200 people. Literally in the middle of nowhere, so the issues of property values and attracting crime shouldn't come up, right?

Well, wrong. The people still whined, and passed an ordinance in the county which banned strip clubs from having liquor licenses. So the guy reopened it as a juice bar. They still whined and protested and then banned any business from having public nudity, but left a loophole open for theaters. So the place closed for a few weeks and reopened with an adult theater that plays porn movies next to it. And people are still whining and trying to shut down the place.

And complains about strip clubs are only because people don't want them in tehir neighborhoods, and most people against them are not freedom-hating prudes who can't stand that anyone else is having fun. Yeah right. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2005, 12:06:01 AM »

Oh yeah. Admittedly SD is a little more libertarian than Minnesota on a few aspects.

For example you can buy any sort of alcohol at gas stations there. Hard liquor is freely about. Hence you can buy it at almost any time. In Minnesota they can only sell beer, wine coolers and "girly drinks" and you can't buy beer past 10 PM.

Also the drug laws are more lax, although a bipartisan group of legislators are trying to loosen our's too.
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2005, 12:10:19 AM »

OK BRTD thank you for your insight about things driven from your genitals.
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2005, 12:14:52 AM »

Why does alcohol have to do with my genitals?

You can also go into bars in SD if you're under 21 if there's some sort of special event like bands playing (which I once did) if they give the over 21s beer bracelets. In Minnesota the area that sells alcohol has to be sectioned off from the all ages area.
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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2005, 12:22:52 AM »


I'm not sure you're prepared for the answer to that.
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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2005, 03:57:30 AM »

Not as interesting as North Dakota
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« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2005, 05:15:09 AM »

There is a large gap in South Dakota, most evident in Daschle's failed bid for re-election, between Western and Eastern parts of the state. Eastern South Dakota (Sioux Falls) is next to Minnesota and is much more likely to vote Democrat than the Western part of the state (Rapid City) which is adjacent to Wyoming. A large Native American population provides a boost to the Democrats, although they still often have trouble here. This state will continue to be competitive in Congressional races but a Republican lock in Presidential races for years to come. Anybody care to explain why there is so much ticket-splitting?
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2005, 06:11:27 AM »

Now I don't know about your methods of alcohol infusion... Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2005, 06:12:17 AM »

Compare Native American turnout in the state in 2004 to Native American turnout in 2000.
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