The full list
Heard 20+ times
Here's every issue you brought up, all 140 of them, ranked by how many times I heard it. The bars use the same scale all the way down, so you can compare. Looking for yours? Search for it right here, or download the spreadsheet.
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1.Property tax 181
Tea 106, Harrisburg 44, Sioux Falls 31
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2.Water bill 41
Tea 2, Harrisburg 35, Sioux Falls 4
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3.Data centers 36
Tea 15, Harrisburg 7, Sioux Falls 14
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4.Flock cameras 32
Tea 13, Harrisburg 6, Sioux Falls 13
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5.Teacher pay 28
Tea 3, Harrisburg 14, Sioux Falls 11
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6.Gas costs 24
Tea 3, Harrisburg 11, Sioux Falls 10
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7.Corruption 23
Tea 6, Harrisburg 4, Sioux Falls 13
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8.Grocery costs 23
Tea 3, Harrisburg 6, Sioux Falls 14
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9.Utility costs 22
Tea 3, Harrisburg 11, Sioux Falls 8
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10.Childcare cost 21
Tea 8, Harrisburg 9, Sioux Falls 4
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11.Cost of living 20
Tea 5, Harrisburg 3, Sioux Falls 12
Heard 10 to 19 times
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1.Government accountability 19
Tea 2, Harrisburg 10, Sioux Falls 7
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2.Healthcare cost 19
Tea 7, Harrisburg 12
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3.Overpaid city staff 18
Harrisburg 18
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4.Rent is too high 18
Tea 11, Harrisburg 3, Sioux Falls 4
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5.School funding 14
Harrisburg 12, Sioux Falls 2
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6.Pharma costs 13
Tea 3, Harrisburg 6, Sioux Falls 4
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7.Disability access 12
Tea 1, Harrisburg 8, Sioux Falls 3
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8.Sidewalks 12
Harrisburg 12
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9.Public pool 11
Tea 4, Harrisburg 7
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10.Special education 11
Tea 7, Harrisburg 2, Sioux Falls 2
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11.Weed legalization 11
Tea 1, Harrisburg 5, Sioux Falls 5
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12.Housing costs 10
Tea 5, Harrisburg 5
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13.Veterans benefits 10
Tea 4, Harrisburg 2, Sioux Falls 4
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14.Workers' rights / right-to-work reform 10
Tea 3, Harrisburg 1, Sioux Falls 6
Heard 5 to 9 times
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1.Abortion 9
Tea 5, Harrisburg 3, Sioux Falls 1
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2.City infrastructure is slow 8
Harrisburg 6, Sioux Falls 2
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3.E-Bike regulations 8
Tea 5, Harrisburg 3
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4.Grocery tax 8
Tea 7, Harrisburg 1
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5.Term limits 8
Tea 2, Harrisburg 5, Sioux Falls 1
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6.Free school lunches 7
Tea 7
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7.Police funding 7
Harrisburg 1, Sioux Falls 6
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8.Right to repair 7
Tea 4, Harrisburg 3
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9.City planning 6
Harrisburg 6
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10.Disability advocacy reform 6
Harrisburg 6
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11.Food stamps 6
Tea 6
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12.Independents can't vote in primaries 6
Tea 6
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13.Medicare quality needs improvement 6
Tea 6
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14.Sioux Falls police need to do better 6
Tea 4, Sioux Falls 2
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15.Spending oversight 6
Tea 2, Harrisburg 4
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16.Insider trading 5
Sioux Falls 5
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17.Renter protections 5
Tea 4, Harrisburg 1
Heard 2 to 4 times
- Convention of States 4
- Equality 4
- Government waste 4
- Immigration 4
- Inflation 4
- Lower taxes overall 4
- Noem misconduct 4
- Too much crime 4
- Weed restrictions 4
- Work requirements for welfare 4
- Abolish property tax 3
- Disability rights 3
- Employment aid 3
- Environment 3
- Firefighter funding 3
- Homeless housing 3
- Prosecution of political crimes 3
- Protecting Medicare 3
- School quality 3
- Sewer bill 3
- Speeding 3
- State benefits 3
- Student disrespect 3
- Theft 3
- Universal healthcare 3
- Daycare 2
- Discriminatory taxes 2
- Ethics law (Initiated Measure 22) 2
- ICE accountability 2
- Meals on Wheels 2
- Mental health coverage 2
- No public money to private schools 2
- No tax on necessities 2
- Police misconduct 2
- Public library 2
- Public services 2
- SDIC & SDRS corruption 2
- Sen. Michael Rohl's bill, SB 9 2
- Smithfield's wrongs 2
- Support for people experiencing homelessness 2
- Support for regenerative farming & ranching 2
- Traditional family values 2
- Vacancies 2
- Water quality 2
Heard once
Each of these came from one neighbor, & every one of them counts.
- Abandoned vehicle ordinance (24 to 42 hours) 1
- Audits on benefits programs 1
- Banking reform 1
- Bereavement support 1
- Better Medicare coverage for kids 1
- Bike path 1
- Campaign mudslinging 1
- Capital gains tax 1
- Climate change 1
- DUIs 1
- EMT funding 1
- Epstein files 1
- First-choice inheritance 1
- Future sustainability 1
- Getting another state accountant 1
- Gift card tax 1
- Gun control 1
- Help for MFN2 1
- Homelessness on 8th Street 1
- Hospital insurance pricing 1
- Illegal immigration 1
- Land tax 1
- MBDA 1
- Media honesty 1
- More funding for state fishing services 1
- More pay for state troopers 1
- More slow-down signs in neighborhoods 1
- Mortgage relief 1
- No eminent domain 1
- Penalties for contractors who botch city construction 1
- People > property 1
- Prison maintenance 1
- Protect national parks 1
- Public art 1
- Regional airport expansion 1
- Retirement fraud 1
- Rides to doctor's appointments for seniors 1
- Road maintenance 1
- SD Public Broadcasting funding 1
- Security deposit limits 1
- Sex trafficking 1
- Sioux Falls tree planting 1
- Skate park 1
- Sports betting 1
- State excise tax 1
- State financing 1
- State housing 1
- Stricter punishment for crimes 1
- Teacher shortage 1
- Teachers' unions 1
- The SAVE Act 1
- Trans healthcare 1
- Transgender people in sports 1
- Water reserves 1
Quick reminder: I talked about housing costs, prescription drug costs & protecting benefits at every door, so those probably rank lower than they would otherwise.
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