… Michael Walsh, professor of music at South Dakota State University, will present a recital, “As Voice, With Voice, In Voice,” at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 3, in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s Founders Recital Hall. Walsh, a clarinetist, has been selected to perform at regional, national and international conferences. The program includes “Fantasia on Verdi’s ‘La Traviata,’” “Three Etudes on Themes of Gershwin,” “I Like You,” a work for clarinet and electronic sounds, as well as “Cancion para un Clarinetista” by Javier Zalba. Assisting with the program are faculty members Xuan Kuang, Mark Stevens and Anna DeGraff. The recital is free, and the public is invited to … The program includes “Fantasia on Verdi’s ‘La Traviata,’” “Three Etudes on Themes of Gershwin,” “I Like You,” a work for clarinet and electronic sounds, as well as “Cancion para un Clarinetista” by Javier Zalba. Assisting with the program are faculty members Xuan Kuang, Mark Stevens and Anna DeGraff. The recital is free, and the public is invited to …
… South Dakota Sharply Polarized as the 2022 Election Approaches The 2022 South Dakota Election Study was conducted between Sept. 28 and Oct. 10, 2022 by The South Dakota Polling Project , a non-partisan research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. This poll is similar to election surveys The South Dakota Polling Project conducted in May 2022 and October 2020. In this survey, 565 registered South Dakota voters answered questions about the upcoming November election. The margin of error of this survey was +/- 4 percent, on par with other state-wide polls. “Feelings Thermometers” are a common and intuitive measure used by …
… Religiosity in South Dakota The South Dakota COVID-19 Impact Survey was conducted from April 12 to 25, 2021 by The South Dakota Polling Project , a research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. A total of 3,057 registered voters in South Dakota completed our survey about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their daily lives, alongside questions on political beliefs given the partisan polarization of the policy response to …
… South Dakotans are Critical of State and Federal COVID-19 Responses The South Dakota Voter Survey was conducted in the first two weeks of October by The South Dakota Polling Project, a research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. Our survey of 485 registered voters in South Dakota asks respondents about their impressions of government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The margin of error is +/- 4.5%, on par with other … Approximately 52% of South Dakota’s voters express disapproval of the president’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis, with about 42% approving, and about 7% neutral. Given the partisan composition of the state, the extent of this weakness is somewhat surprising. A Thin Majority Disapprove of the Way Governor Noem is Handling the Pandemic In our sample of registered …
… April 12th to 25th, 2021 by The South Dakota Polling Project , a research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. A total of 3,057 registered voters in South Dakota completed our survey about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their daily lives, alongside questions on political beliefs given the partisan polarization of the policy response to … a comprehensive governmental response not only pushed Democratic respondents towards the other pole, but also hardened the assumptions of those on the right. Put differently, the magnitude of threat posed by COVID-19 became just another partisan issue. As we have seen in both the present poll and our October poll, concern about COVID-19 is directly tied to the …
… South Dakota Remains Mostly Polarized on Evaluation of Major Political Figures The South Dakota COVID-19 Impact Survey was conducted from April 12 to 25, 2021 by The South Dakota Polling Project , a research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. A total of 3,057 registered voters in South Dakota completed our survey about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their daily lives, alongside questions on political beliefs given the partisan polarization of the policy response to …
… two weeks of October by The South Dakota Polling Project , a research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. Our survey of 485 registered voters in South Dakota asks respondents about their impressions of several political figures including the presidential candidates, South Dakota’s congressional delegation and the governor. “Feeling Thermometers” are commonly used by political scientists to measure support of political figures, since it is a very intuitive and sensitive measurement. A score of 100 means a respondent has the warmest … is at 42 amongst all South Dakotans, with Sens. Rounds and Thune measuring 47 and 51, respectively (within the margin of error), Gov. Noem at 49, and Rep. Johnson clearly separated from the rest at 57. While it is unsurprising that Vice President Biden ranks at the bottom, his rating was just under 40, within the margin of error when compared to the …
… South Dakotans’ Opinions on the Access to Abortion The 2022 South Dakota Election Study was conducted between Sept. 28 and Oct. 10, 2022 by The South Dakota Polling Project, a non-partisan research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. This poll is similar to election surveys conducted in May 2022 and Oct. 2020. In this survey, 565 registered South Dakota voters answered questions about the upcoming November election. The margin of error of this survey was +/- 4 percent, on par with other state-wide polls. In this press release, we explore South Dakotans’ attitudes toward …
… South Dakota Voters Remain Largely Supportive of Governor Kristi Noem The South Dakota Voter Survey was conducted in the first two weeks of October by The South Dakota Polling Project , a research group housed in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State University. Our survey of 485 registered voters in South Dakota asks respondents about their impressions of several aspects of Governor Kristi Noem’s performance. In addition to our thermometer measurements we … the governor, we have broken the electorate down into several sub-groups to get a more fine-grained understanding of where the governor’s support is strongest and weakest. It should come to no surprise, given our polarized electorate, that partisanship is the primary lens by which the electorate evaluates the governor. Republicans are strongly supportive of her …
… South Dakota Polling Project offers presidential primary preview, weighs opinions on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Political scientists in the School of American and Global Studies at South Dakota State … candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Researchers David Wiltse, associate professor of political science, and Filip Viskupic, assistant professor of political science, surveyed 782 registered voters in the Fall 2023 Poll conducted by the South Dakota Polling Project from Nov. 18 to Dec. 4, 2023. The voters answered questions about political figures and policy … American and Global Studies. The public opinion polls randomly sampled from the South Dakota Voter File of all registered voters in the state and weighted the data on known population parameters to closely match the characteristics of the state’s population. "We started the poll in 2020, both for our own research in public health matters and for questions that are …