South Dakota Governor Poll Affirms Rating: Dennis Daugaard Crushing Joe Lowe 63 – 23%

In a recent Rasmussen Reports South Dakota Governor poll Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard literally leads his likely Democratic challenger Joe Lowe by a 3 to 1 margin.

The new statewide telephone survey found 63 percent of likely South Dakota voters support Daugaard, while former state fire chief Joe Lowe earns just 23 percent. The undecided don’t offer much room for improvement for Lawe, with only 5 percent saying they prefer some other candidate in the race, and 9 percent remaining undecided.

The South Dakota Governor race is currently rated “Safe Republican” on our 2014 Governor Map Predictions. Democrat heavyweights who have opted out of the state’s open Senate race — U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson and ex-Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin — have also done so on the governor race, as well. It is a safe bet to predict Gov. Dennis Daugaard will sail to reelection.

With noting, Daugaard recently traveled to Connecticut to attract gun manufacturers from that state to move to South Dakota, and found himself in competition with Gov. Rick Perry. It played over very well in the state.

The state is also reaffirming it is fertile territory for the Republican Party in the South Dakota Senate race. It is an easy turnover net pick up for the Republican Party, despite the fact that the Democrats have represented the state up until now (View SD Senate Rating Analysis).

The survey of 500 Likely Voters in South Dakota was conducted on February 25-26, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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