Welcome to the Runoff!: LA 2015 Liveblog

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If Republicans had their way on everything, you'd need an ID card to go to the john.

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Wow. I guess the Louisiana Democrats might as well pack up their bags and move to Colorado

There's a reason LA has the lowest outward migration rate of any state; we'll stick around regardless of the political climate.

So I guess the rural white Dems are pissed off over the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act of 1965 and school desegregation in Louisiana

Um, no. The most rural white Democratic part of the state is Acadiana, which mostly stuck with LBJ:



The most important electoral factors there now are social and energy issues; Obama and the party in  general are seen as too left on both counts.

On a slightly unrelated note, Miles, how would you explain the trends in central and northern Louisiana?  Are they much different demographically from Acadiana?

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Well, if Mitch Landrieu wants the governorship, now's the time.

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Planned Parenthood commissioned a poll for LA. They found Republicans leading 46-41 on the state legislative ballot.

56% identify as pro-life, 26% pro-choice. Still, overall, 59% say they don't support overturning Roe vs Wade.

Huh.  I always kinda thought abortion polls were bulls**t regardless of who they're commissioned by and regardless of what the numbers are.  Not a lot of people support zero restrictions on abortion, but not a lot of people seem willing to ban it outright, either.  And labels like "pro-choice" and "pro-life" are kind of loaded terms in the grand scheme of things.

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Jindal's still unpopular?

How did that happen?

Income tax elimination blew up on the tarmac.

Did Jindal actually get anywhere with that?

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Jindal's still unpopular?

How did that happen?

Income tax elimination blew up on the tarmac.

Did Jindal actually get anywhere with that?

Obviously not.

I meant in terms of one of the statehouses approving it.  The GOP has a healthy majority in both chambers, plus conservadems, though I'm not sure what's needed for proposals like this to go through.

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55-41 is pretty low for him, no?

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Dangit, Flo, I thought that was real for a second.