PIERRE S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) A poll of registered South Dakota voters conducted by South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy has found that Donald Trump is at 50% support, Biden charts 31% while third party candidate is at 11% while 7% of respondents said they were undecided.
Of Republican respondents in the poll, 70% said they had a favorable opinion of Trump, compared to 10% unfavorable. Overall, the former president’s favorability in the state is 47%, including 13% of Democrats and 36% of independents. Republican Governor Kristi Noem had an overall favorability of 39% in the poll.
Meanwhile, President Biden’s favorability rating is at 26% statewide, including 60% among Democrats and 5% with Republicans. Biden’s popularity with Independents is on par with Trumps, with 35% favorable and 44% unfavorable.
The last Democrat to finish within 10 points of a Republican presidential nominee was Barack Obama in 2008. Franklin Roosevelt won the state in 1932 and 1936. The last time a Democrat won South Dakota’s electoral votes in a presidential election was Lyndon Johnson in