http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2014/10/22-2014-midterms-key-issues-south-dakota-senate-schaff
This article answers various questions concerning key issues in the South Dakota Senate race. It describes the issue caused by Mike Rounds' federal visa scandal as a big topic as well as health care and the Keystone pipeline. Because South Dakota's population has a large number of senior citizens, Social Security and Medicare are also important topics. Gun rights are also a point of dispute between the candidates. The stance of each candidate on all of these isssues was explained. The article also discusses sponsorship of the candidates and who was backing them. It identified the reservations as being largely Democratic but less likely to vote, and the "West River" area of South Dakota, specifically Rapid City, as more Republican.
I think it's important to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate as well as their stances on different issues. Although I can't vote in this election, many of my friends can and will. I was interested to learn that the reservations are Democratic. I wonder how South Dakota would be affected if there was a larger native turnout at elections.
It seems as though South Dakota is more diverse than it lets on. I think that many of South Dakotans do oppose many Democratic propositions and prefer to stay conservative. I think that a Democratic candidate would only be likely to win if there was a greater turnout from the Native American population.
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