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

[Suburbia]

Some people think that a Louisiana Republican could win tomorrow because black voters and women may stay home because Edwards signed the Blue Lives Matter bill and the abortion bill.

Edwards alienated the Democratic base to appeal to moderate white voters.

https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/politics/republican-firepower-aims-to-oust-john-bel-edwards/289-fc2c1b48-09fc-4e85-b684-26e9f46ae0ee

[Suburbia]

I have this race as Lean D

Democrats need to appeal to rural voters.

Democrats can chew gum and walk at the same time.

If Democrats are a big tent party, prove it. Show up in rural Louisiana tomorrow.

Jobs, healthcare, policing reform.

That's all Democrats need to talk about.

[Suburbia]

As predicted, some trend deniers have gone conspicuously silent as the night wore on

At this point, Democrats can take a large red pen and mark off all the rural counties that voted (or will vote) for Trump and Republicans in 2016, 2018, and this year. And declare those counties terra incognita, or the unknown land. Write them off completely. They are never going to win those voters over. Democrats ought to apply a laser focus to the urban areas and suburbs. Many of the statewide results last year showed that Democrats do not need the rurals to win. Case in point-Virginia.

Democrats need to do a 1992 strategy of talking simply health care and jobs to the rural communities. Period.