nclib
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« on: November 17, 2003, 12:20:00 AM » |
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<<This is an excellent result for Lousiana. The state that nearly elected David Duke has elected a Woman and has given a minority candidate 48% of the vote.>>
Exactly. Either way it showed that tradition-minded Louisiana would elect a governor who wasn't a white male. It will be interesting to see a map of these results. (Dave, are you going to post it here?) Blanco did relatively well with white conservative voters and Jindal did better than average with minorities and in New Orleans.
Ryan,
How are race relations in Louisiana?
I think David Duke got 40% in a runoff for Governor in 1991. Do you think La. has shut the door on candidates like that?
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The LA-GOP should be disappointed in itself. The state's cultural conservatism is matched only by Utah and Mississippi, but Dems control both senate seats, governor, State House, State Senate, every statewide office except Sec. of State, 3 of 7 seats to Congress. Bush won, but surprisingly only by 8%. Does anybody have a hypothesis about all this?
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