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rbesfe ,

As usual, the Dems neglect a winnable race in a southern state and get their asses handed to them

Salamendacious OP ,
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Ultimately the citizens/ voters should know when the election is and get themselves out to the polls.

Ryan213 , (edited )
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Is this a result of gerrymandering or did Louisiana just fuck up as usual?

Edit: I’m not American. I don’t know how your gerrymandering rules work. LOL

gregorum ,

I’d say both of those count as LA fucking up.

Salamendacious OP ,
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To my knowledge gerrymandering only affects district races, e.g. state legislature and congressional house races. I don’t see a way a party can gerrymander a statewide race.

Salamendacious OP ,
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To my knowledge gerrymandering only affects district races, e.g. state legislature and congressional house races. I don’t see a way a party can gerrymander a statewide race.

It looks like what killed this was low turn out among Democrats. You can’t win if you don’t vote.

“Democratic turnout has been weak,” Louisiana-based pollster John Couvillon told The Hill earlier this week.

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Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, criticized members of the Democratic Party for not putting more resources into the race.

“There’s really no discussion, and more importantly, very little lack of investment in voter mobilization,” Albright told The Hill. “That includes the party itself not putting a lot into this election, which, unfortunately, is a pattern that we’re seeing in Southern states in general and particularly in states that have Black candidates.”

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Carvex ,

More uneducated morons choosing to get left further behind in the progressive nature of the world.

grayman ,

So after the federal and local democrats destroyed like 90% of their economy several times you expect them to pick someone from the same party to run the state?

ThrowawayInTheYear23 ,
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Why Louisiana Stays Poor www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTic9btP38

Salamendacious OP ,
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To my knowledge gerrymandering only affects district races, e.g. state legislature and congressional house races. I don’t see a way a party can gerrymander a statewide race. It looks like what killed this was low turn out among Democrats.

You can’t win if you don’t vote.

“Democratic turnout has been weak” Louisiana- based pollster John Couvillon told The Hill earlier this week.

…

Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, criticized members of the Democratic Party for not putting more resources into the race.

“There’s really no discussion, and more importantly, very little lack of investment in voter mobilization”’ Albright told The Hill. “That includes the party itself not putting a lot into this election, which, unfortunately, is a pattern that we’re seeing in Southern states in general and particularly in states that have Black candidates.”

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6daemonbag ,

The previous governor was technically a Dem, but would be unrecognizable in any other state. Edwards won against David Vitter because Vitter was shitty enough that even some repubs couldn’t stomach him. He won as incumbent against Eddie Rispone because Rispone was a crummy snake and everyone saw through him.

All that said, we do have incredible gerrymandering skills.

ThrowawayInTheYear23 ,
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Fucking up as usual.

Cleverdawny ,

You can’t gerrymander a statewide contest.

themeatbridge ,

Louisiana Democrats barely tried. The governor is elected by the entire state, so gerrymandering doesn’t really affect it directly. Indirectly, districts that are safe one way or the other tend to make people feel like they don’t need to vote because they are confident that their candidate will win. It permits and encourages complacency and apathy.

babboa ,

The LA Democrat party has been in disarray for years. The leadership has been ineffective at best and borderline (or in some cases outright) corrupt at worst. They ran an unlikeable candidate with a good bit of baggage as their candidate. Even if he had held Landry enough to force a runoff, he didn’t have enough support from Republican voters for it not to have been a landslide.

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