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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The South Dakota Democratic Party is closing its Sioux Falls headquarters and Rapid City field office within the next month, citing financial costs.

Party chair Paula Hawks announced the closings in an email to state party officials Thursday. Hawks said office rent was the biggest expense and that the closures would be temporary.

Minnehaha County Democratic Party chair Nikki Gronli says the move is best for the party's future.

State Democratic Party officials say their executive director and West River field organizer will work remotely for now.
 
South Dakota Democrats also canceled a fundraiser in Rapid City scheduled for late September.

mainejeff2 wrote:South Dakota?.....

AZGrizFan wrote:

mainejeff2 wrote:South Dakota?.....

Guess that's not one of the 17 states you're counting on donks winning in 2020?

GannonFan wrote:Eh, I'd rather there be more there - I don't like polarization and the dominance of one political party over the other. Tends to open itself up for political extremism, regardless of party.

GannonFan wrote:Eh, I'd rather there be more there - I don't like polarization and the dominance of one political party over the other. Tends to open itself up for political extremism, regardless of party.

Ivytalk wrote:

GannonFan wrote:Eh, I'd rather there be more there - I don't like polarization and the dominance of one political party over the other. Tends to open itself up for political extremism, regardless of party.

This post is the epitome of non-partisan hackdom.

Baldy wrote:Just 15 short years ago South Dakota's entire Congressional delegation were Donks. Hell, a Donk almost won the governorship in 2018. This is a peek into the window of how the Donks are giving up on rural America, and highlight what would happen if the Donks wet dream of eliminating the Electoral College came true.

kalm wrote: And wasn't Daschle Senate majority leader too?

CAA Flagship wrote:

kalm wrote: And wasn't Daschle Senate majority leader too?

That fucking guy.

UNI88 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: This post is the epitome of non-partisan hackdom.

Probably why I agree with it.

ThinkProgress, the influential news site that rose to prominence in the shadow of the Bush administration and helped define progressivism during the Obama years, is shutting down.

The outlet, which served as an editorially independent project of the Democratic Party think tank Center for American Progress (CAP), will stop current operations on Friday and be converted into a site where CAP scholars can post.

Top officials at CAP had been searching for a buyer to take over ThinkProgress, which has run deficits for years, and according to sources there were potentially three serious buyers in the mix recently. But in a statement to staff, Navin Nayak, the executive director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, said the site was ultimately unable to secure a patron.

“Given that we could find no new publisher, we have no other real option but to fold the ThinkProgress website back into CAP’s broader online presence with a focus on analysis of policy, politics, and news events through the lens of existing CAP and CAP Action staff experts,” said Nayak. “Conversations on how to do so are just beginning, but we will seek to reinvent it as a different platform for progressive change.”

Ivytalk wrote:

UNI88 wrote:
Probably why I agree with it.

It is impossible, for any number of political and demographic factors, to have perfect political equilibrium in all 50 states.

UNI88 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: It is impossible, for any number of political and demographic factors, to have perfect political equilibrium in all 50 states.

I'm concerned about having a viable opposition party not equilibrium.

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Ivytalk wrote:

UNI88 wrote:I'm concerned about having a viable opposition party not equilibrium.

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And just how do you propose to do that?

UNI88 wrote:

Ivytalk wrote: And just how do you propose to do that?

Propose what? I'm concerned because I think a viable alternative is better but I don't think the government should try to fix it. "Deplorables" are going to be less and less interested in the Donk party as the urban elite takes more control and focuses more on minorities and immigrants. The Donk party can either address it or write them off. It's unfortunate but I think they're writing them off. Conks aren't much different though.

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Ivytalk wrote:

UNI88 wrote:Propose what? I'm concerned because I think a viable alternative is better but I don't think the government should try to fix it. "Deplorables" are going to be less and less interested in the Donk party as the urban elite takes more control and focuses more on minorities and immigrants. The Donk party can either address it or write them off. It's unfortunate but I think they're writing them off. Conks aren't much different though.

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OK. Your usual response. Both sides do it, and the devil take the hindmost.

I never even suggested that the government should do anything about it. In fact, you proved my point: demographic and cultural/political factors are to blame for party imbalances in various states, and there isn’t much that can be done about it.