Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) is in the reelection race of her life, but two early polls in the past month disagree sharply on how much danger she’s in. A closer look reveals why. The latest was a siren: Landrieu’s negative ratings rocketed 30 percentage points since 2012, and her reelection […] Read more »
Mary Landrieu’s Very Difficult Re-election
A survivor. That’s how some Republicans think of Senator Mary Landrieu, a Louisiana Democrat who seemed to defy political gravity by winning two tough re-election campaigns, even while Louisiana, like the rest of the Deep South, became unshakably Republican. … But an analysis of election results, turnout data and exit […] Read more »