South Dakota
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South Dakota Statewide General Election Findings

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From:Concord Public Opinion Partners
Re:South Dakota Statewide General Election Findings
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Key Findings

Independent Brian Bengs holds a +2-point lead over Republican Mike Rounds in the Senate race (43% Bengs / 41% Rounds / 6% undecided): The race was effectively tied when we first polled earlier in October (43% / 42%).
Ballot Test for U.S. Senate
Republican Governor Larry Rhoden holds a +9-point lead over Democrat Dan Ahlers for governor (48% Rhoden / 39% Ahlers / 6% undecided): That lead is down slightly from +10 points earlier in October.
Ballot Test for Governor
Rhoden has the strongest net favorability rating (+16 points, 50% / 34%), up from +11 earlier in October: Ahlers has a +15-point net rating (32% / 17%), but half of voters (51%) still don't know him.
Favorability: South Dakota Politicians & President Trump

Methodology

This survey was conducted between 10/22-26 with a sample size of 448 respondents. Data was collected by contacting likely general election voters via live calls to cell phones and landlines and text-to-web surveys. The margin of error for this survey is +/- 4.63%. Data was weighted by the following: Race, Age, Gender, College Attainment, Party, Partisanship, Mode, Primary voter turnout history and County.