/South Dakota
1954 South Dakota House Race · 2 seats
CompletedFinal Election Results
Votes allocated by demographic reach each turn. Final 4 turns = 25%; earlier turns = 75%.
Final seat allocation
Deborah Palmer won 1 of 2 seats
Deborah Palmer1 seat
Lawrence Brennan1 seat
Final Results244.9k votes cast · 49 turns
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
 Farmer-Labor Party | 125.0k | 51.0% | 1 |
 Democratic Party | 119.9k | 49.0% | 1 |
Persuasion Drivers
SDWhy South Dakota voters lean toward Deborah Palmer over Lawrence Brennan. Each driver is signed: + = lift, − = drag. Drivers are relative within this list and only move the persuadable slice of each party's vote, so their real effect is small. Coattail rows are direct share tilts in %. A raw vote lead does not equal the sum of these bars.
Persuasion drivers (pts of the persuadable slice)
Candidate Support0.0 pts
Policy alignment+0.1 pts
Money0.0 pts
Incumbency0.0 pts
Ceiling this cycle: at most 20.0% of Lawrence Brennan's vote can be persuaded across to Deborah Palmer, and 20.0% of Deborah Palmer's vote can be persuaded away. Registration lean sets the starting split and how hard a party is to move, not the final share. These drivers add up to 0.1 pts of that movable slice.
Election Trends
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Deborah PalmerLawrence Brennan