This story doesn't even mention the FBI investigation about the irregularities with the Absentee Ballot applications on the Indian Reservations!
OUR TURN!
IN A CLOSE RACE
2002 Shannon County 3,118 votes cast
2,856 92% percent, went to Johnson
248 went to Thune
third-party candidate received 14 votes
IN A LANDSLIDE FOR THE DEMs (When Daschle won reelection)
1998 Shannon County 1,559 votes cast
1,228 79% went to Daschle
239 went to Republican
a third-party candidate won 92 votes
So even though the total number of voters in Shannon County has doubled, it appears that virtually none of them chose Thune. And in a close race the dem gets 92% of the vote, while in a landslide victory in 1998, the dem got only 79%.