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Sunday, November 16, 2003
Dems Win Louisiana Governor's Race
Posted by DavidNYCIn a very heartening bit of news for our side, Democrat Kathleen Blanco has defeated Republican Bobby Jindal in the Louisiana governor's race by a 52-48 margin. Kos has some comments, and Ricky over at Timshel, who is a native of Lafayette, LA & a keen observer of the LA political scene, promises some more in-depth commentary shortly.
Needless to say, coming on the heels of Sen. Mary Landrieu's victory last year, Blanco's win bodes well for Democratic prospects in Louisiana in general - we also won nearly every other statewide race - and for the presidential election in particular. We still have a pretty big hill to climb: The margin in 2000 was 7.32%. But I think the trek just got a bit easier.
Posted at 12:01 PM in Louisiana | Technorati
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Hey I love the site when is the next state going up. I keep coming back hoping to poor over more data :)
Posted by: tk421 at November 16, 2003 06:35 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
Unfortunately, my schedule as a law student can be totally crazy. I've been wanting to put up Wisconsin for a week, but a pesky exam got in the way! Anyhow, I hope to have another post up soon.
Posted by: DavidNYC at November 16, 2003 09:46 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment
Looking at the results, Blanco won even though the Black turnout was low.
Blanco won 40% of the White vote in total(compared to 60% for Jindal). This is a lot more than the Democrats have been able to get for years and Blanco obviously appealed to a lot more whites than normal.
Significantly Jindal won over 70% of the white vote in the New Orleans area(including the Suburbs)... in the rest of the state(ie; poor, rural etc) *Blanco* won more white votes.
To put it another way, the Bubbas came back into the Democrat fold.
Posted by: A.E at November 18, 2003 02:17 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment