根据一份首先与 Semafor 分享的新民调，南达科他州共和党参议员迈克·朗兹在参议院竞选中领先超过 20 个百分点，这表明 11 月任何“蓝色浪潮”都将受到限制。
Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota leads in his Senate race by more than 20 points, according to a new poll shared first with Semafor, a sign that any blue wave in November will have its limits.
根据 Quantus Insights 于 10 月中旬进行的一项新民调，在该深红州，朗兹以 57% 对 36% 大幅领先独立候选人布赖恩·本格斯。
Rounds is trouncing independent candidate Brian Bengs 57% to 36% in the deep-red state, according to a new poll conducted in mid-October by Quantus Insights.
这比许多先前的调查显示的领先优势更大；一些调查甚至显示本格斯略微领先。
That’s a larger lead for Rounds than many surveys have previously shown; some surveys even showed Bengs with a slight lead.
南达科他州是民主党在三个州（包括爱达荷州和内布拉斯加州）之一支持独立参议院候选人的州。内布拉斯加州是这三场竞选中竞争最激烈的。
South Dakota is one of three states, including Idaho and Nebraska, where Democrats have coalesced behind an independent Senate candidate. Nebraska is the most competitive of the three races.
本格斯 2022 年以民主党人身份输给参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩，但他坚持如果当选将组建一个独立党团，不与共和党或民主党结盟。
Bengs lost to Senate Majority Leader John Thune in 2022 as a Democrat, but he insists if he wins he’ll create an independent caucus and not align with Republicans or Democrats.