Key Points• Gov. John Bel Edwards (D-LA) defied the partisan lean of his state in 2015, but he will have to navigate an increasingly partisan electorate to win again. He’ll need Republican support, but he also must energize black voters.• Louisiana’s unique jungle primary has shaped the contours of state […] Read more »
A Jungle Primary in the Big Easy
This week, we preview the upcoming Democratic primary debate in Ohio, as well as the gubernatorial election in Louisiana. Then we talk impeachment efforts of yore, and Sen. Mitt Romney’s role in the current impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The Forecast Fest, CNN Read more »
Your Best 2020 Preview May Be The 2019 Elections
Even if you’ve been paying attention to political coverage lately, you’re forgiven for not knowing there are elections in just a couple months. But there’s more to pay attention to than 2020. Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and New Jersey will be holding state legislative and/or gubernatorial races this November. In […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s presidency has a disturbing parallel in the political career of Huey Long
Ninety years ago, a southern politician with a populist agenda was beginning to dominate American national politics: his bombastic rhetoric and narcissistic personality, cynical use of patronage, selfless addiction to power, and calculating manipulation of the media all foreshadowed the central characteristics of today’s Trump presidency. His name was Huey […] Read more »
Differences, in black and white: Rural Americans’ views often set apart by race
… A new nationwide Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll conducted this spring finds that although rural Americans are more likely to see their communities as neighborly, safer and having better public schools than people in large cities, those opinions come with wide racial disparities. Black rural Americans — most of […] Read more »
LSU Louisiana Survey: Louisiana residents largely support Medicaid expansion but find ‘Obamacare’ unfavorable
Nearly three-fourths of Louisiana residents approve of the state’s decision to expand Medicaid, a new poll suggests, even as President Donald Trump, who remains widely popular in the state, continues his quest to repeal the federal Affordable Care Act that made expansion possible. CONT. Elizabeth Crisp, The Advocate Read more »