LA 2019 Gov Race: Gov John Bel Edwards wins a 2nd term

[Calthrina950]

I wonder how many Trump voters JBE will get.

Edwards will obviously need Trump voters to win reelection. I suspect the ones he will get will be moderate, educated, middle to upper middle class white suburbanites in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metropolitan areas.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

I wonder how many Trump voters JBE will get.

Edwards will obviously need Trump voters to win reelection. I suspect the ones he will get will be moderate, educated, middle to upper middle class white suburbanites in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metropolitan areas.

I mean yes, but he will also be getting them in rural Trump country too. Obviously he will do much worse than 2015 there, but it will be places like Cameron Parish Louisiana where hell get high twenties vs like 10% and lose it by high 40s instead of like by 80. He will do much better in many rural Trump country areas than HRC 2016, which will go underapreciated should he win tomorrow. Sometimes it really does make a giant difference and help get you over the top whether you get smashed by 40-50 points in an area instead of like 60 you know?

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

This race on my mind has kept me up all night.

[Cinemark]

This race on my mind has kept me up all night.

It hasn't kept me up, but i purposefully haven't made any plans tonight because I know this is going to be a nail biter and i wont be able to concentrate on anything else.

[Oryxslayer]

I wonder how many Trump voters JBE will get.

Edwards will obviously need Trump voters to win reelection. I suspect the ones he will get will be moderate, educated, middle to upper middle class white suburbanites in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metropolitan areas.

I would hesitate to call them moderate, more like "less conservative."

[Calthrina950]

I wonder how many Trump voters JBE will get.

Edwards will obviously need Trump voters to win reelection. I suspect the ones he will get will be moderate, educated, middle to upper middle class white suburbanites in the New Orleans and Baton Rouge metropolitan areas.

I would hesitate to call them moderate, more like "less conservative."

Fair enough, but you could still say "moderate" within the context of Louisianian politics.

[Bidenworth2020]

https://mobile.twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/1195737733962047489

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Logical projection can be made with nothing in.

Lousiana Secretary of State 2019 Runoff (0% Reporting)

Projected Winner: Kyle Ardoin (R)✔

Gwen Collins-Greenup (D)

[Adam Griffin]

Per usual:

Here's Griff's patented Election Day Hysteria Generator!

Have fun

Early reports of [adjective] turnout in [location] suggest [noun] for [party/candidate]

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Hearing reports of rain in NOLA

[Frodo]

There is no weather-related reason for voters not to be going to their polling stations today:

https://www.fox8live.com/weather/

https://www.wafb.com/weather/

A cool and sunny mid-November day for both New Orleans and Baton Rouge -and presumably for the rest of the state.  

[soundchaser]

Yep, it’s far and away the nicest weather we’ve had all week. Hopeful Edwards can pull out the win, although there have been quite a few Rispone signs in Jefferson Parish.

[Xing]

So actually, I guess we should be saying...

No rain in NOLA, Rispone is finished.

Anyway, I don't see the NYT results page up yet, but here's the SoS page: https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/2019-11-16/resultsRace/Statewide

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

WTF I love JBE now

[Thunder98 🇮🇱 🤝 🇵🇸]

WTF I love JBE now

JBE a "Liberal", lmao. That ad is so cringe and reeks of desperation.

[smoltchanov]

WTF I love JBE now

JBE a "Liberal", lmao. That ad is so cringe and reeks of desperation.

Economic liberal - sure. But - these days "liberal" means "social liberal", which he isn't.

[soundchaser]

Rispone's been running ads smearing Edwards as a "radical leftist Democrat," which is, of course, absurd. "Liberal" is relatively mild and still misses the mark by a mile.

[Torrain]

Just to confirm, polls close at 8pm, right?
Might stay up to catch a few results, but it's always frustrating to have to wait until 2am for polls to even close.

[Bidenworth2020]

Just to confirm, polls close at 8pm, right?
Might stay up to catch a few results, but it's always frustrating to have to wait until 2am for polls to even close.

9PM eastern, but 8PM central yeah

[libertpaulian]

One good thing going for JBE is that AA voters seem to be motivated to vote for him.  Jim Hood didn't have that advantage.

[Hindsight was 2020]

Any early news from the ground?

[soundchaser]

Any early news from the ground?

In terms of numbers? Just this so far:

https://twitter.com/WinWithJMC/status/1195829226773065730?s=20

[Cinemark]

I guess thats good for around noon. Not sure the voting patterns of Louisianan though, especially on a Saturday.

[soundchaser]

I guess thats good for around noon. Not sure the voting patterns of Louisianan though, especially on a Saturday.

Expect more votes in the evening -- a lot of us are still at work, even on a Saturday.

[Mike Thick]

Rain in NOLA. Gillespie +1