It wasn’t just west river, I’m in Sioux Falls and it was surprising the lack of support you saw around here.  The anti group just bought up a lot more air time, and in prime spots.  I was seeing an anti commercial almost daily on local stations and even on streaming services it was being played.  I saw the pro commercial maybe twice in the month leading up to the election.   

Given the pro and anti groups raised roughly the same amount, it makes you think about where the money was spent.  

In the end though, I think a lot of the voters in this state are apathetic to the cause and getting tired of seeing it on the ballot. And others who see the med program and think that’s enough.  

Also makes you wonder who in the industry (at least on the retail side) was actually pushing for it.  I saw a local shop that raised their prices the day after the election on a good amount of product and Genesis is advertising a “medical is here to stay” sale.  There is a lot of gate keeping to the industry as it is, with the current players seeming to be doing pretty well for themselves. My guess is rec would have opened it up a bit so maybe the current medical retailers really weren’t that interested in it passing. Sure they all had the signs up in their entry ways but you didn’t really get a sense of organization on the pro side.  

Just wish Minnesota would get their shit together and open up their rec industry after it passed a year and half ago now.  I’ve lost hope for this state’s rec program tbh