Tuesday, October 28, 2014

South Dakota may not be a Key Player Anymore

Recent evidence had suggested that the Republicans in Washington were pouring in large amounts of money into the SD senate race to help Republican Mike Rounds win the election and give SD two Republican senators.  However, the article titled "GOP pulling cash from South Dakota Senate race" says that the GOP is very confident that Mike Rounds will win, so it is no longer necessary to provide him with more funds.  The National Republican Senatorial Committee is planning on canceling over $300,000 in funds.  The confidence of the Republicans comes from a recent poll that had Mike Rounds in the lead.

This article may have an effect on those voters who are still wavering between candidates.  They may begin to see less advertisements for Mike Rounds.  However, according to this article, this should not affect the outcome of the election.  Elections are approaching fast and many people probably already know who they are voting for.

I am not a fan of the biased and attacking political ads that are always on TV, so I am happy to hear that they may be slowing down.  It is surprising that people can feel so confident about the outcome of an election days before it even happens.  I think that less money should be spent on campaigning and more on other aspects of government.

Link: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/2014-south-dakota-elections-mike-rounds-nrsc-weiland-pressler-112232.html
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3 comments:

  1. Hanna GOctober 28, 2014 at 8:54 PM

    I agree with Henry that less money should be spent on campaigning. Most of these ads just attack other candidates rather than actually talking about the issues in South Dakota. I'm glad that some of these ads won't be running anymore.

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  2. UnknownOctober 29, 2014 at 9:46 AM

    I'm not surprised at all that Republicans are reducing the funds that they will be spending on the Senate race because the Democrats are doing the same thing; however, it is because they are already conceding to a loss. I, like Henry, find the very biased political ads to be distasteful and I am glad that they will be dwindling away. I wish people would focus more on the political issues than advertisements.

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  3. CatherineKOctober 30, 2014 at 8:10 PM

    I think it will be beneficial for voters to see less advertisements before the election. This is because watching multiple political advertisements over a short period of time, regardless of who they are for, can make anyone annoyed. This break will allow voters to have time to really think about who they wish to vote for without being swayed one way or another. Advertisements are a great way for candidates to get there name out to the public, but they should not be used to bring down there opponent like recent ads broadcast this year.

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