Can someone explain this for people who don’t live in South Dakota? What are the party affiliations (I recall that Pressler is a Democrat) and what is the EB-5 scandal?
Pressler is a RINO turned phony independent. Running ads touting he can work with both sides, but Republicans have been running ads comparing Pressler to Weiland. They both want to keep Obamacare as is and they are both for higher taxes. That’s not helping Weiland. Pressler has more name recognition in this state than Weiland and I think Pressler is siphoning support off of Weiland. EB-5 is a federal work program, which Democrats have supported until Mike Rounds threw his hat in to the ring. Info here: http://www.sdreadytowork.com/EB5.aspx
Basically South Dakota was planning to become a pilot state for the program when Rounds was governor. He thought it would create jobs. That was a decade ago and he’s against the program.