Respondents Overwhelming Say Johnson's Non-Debate Stance Has No Impact

Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Todd Epp in 2008 Election, 2008 U.S. Senate Race, Tim Johnson

Since this appears to be the only thing even remotely approaching polling on the issue, South Dakotans apparently don't care if Sen. Tim Johnson debates or not.

It's over 3 to 1 that respondents say the Senator's decision not to debate Rep. Joel Dykstra will have no impact on their vote this fall.

That's kind of where I thought the results would fall. And by the time October rolls around, it will really be a non-issue.

I still think Tim should debate at least once. But it looks like there's no public backlash by his decision not to. Until someone does something more scientific than SD Watch in terms of polling, I think the results bear out what I've been hearing from people.


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