My Dad lives in a tiny town (2,500) in SD and he’s been assigned 1/4 of the Democrats in the town by the Obama campaign. That’s probably a whopping 200 people at most. He said Obama’s campaign had good, updated lists, a paid coordinator in a nearby town who was proactive at contacting him.
In Sioux Falls, Hillary has outdone Obama for visibility, but considering [Obama aide Steve] Hildebrand is from SD and never too big on visibility it is not surprising. Save the yard signs for the general. The Clinton family has out-campaigned Obama personally speaking, but the Obama field team has been much larger and much stronger in SD (13 field offices or so?). ARG is way off but I suspect it will be close.
I live in Sioux Falls, SD and I voted this morning. I live in a predominantly Republican part of the town, and as of 8:00 CST only 25 Dems had voted in my precinct. I agree with Scott Erb’s comment below that Obama must do very well in Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties to balance out any gains by Clinton in the rural areas. It will be a close race.
I’m in Billings where there seems to have been more Hillary activity over the last few days. I cannot vote, since I am a Wyoming resident, but my wife will vote for Obama during the lunch hour.
Yard signs for Obama outnumbered Clinton about 4 to 1 on the drive in to vote. At polling place it was busy but not slammed. Again, Obama buttons and T-Shirts outnumbered anyone wearing Clinton stuff by about 2 to 1.
That’s what I call retail politics. Maybe Obama can learn how to do it. Meet with real people instead of leaning on party insiders or just spending your loads of $$ on ads.

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