Landrieu outperformed the rcp poling averages by 8 points

My conservative relatives hated, hated Cassidy's negative ads, especially the spelling bee one. So much that they would change the channel or get up and leave the room. They probably still voted for Cassidy, but his advertising really turned them off. So it may have motivated a few of his voters to stay home.

Ideology aside, Cassidy is kind of a doofus and apparently has some ethical baggage related to his double billing LSUMC. He had the wind at his back this time, but I expect somebody to make a hard run at him when he comes up for reelection. Either a Democrat or somebody from his own party.

I decided not to vote rather than vote for Cassidy after getting daily robocalls for a while from his supporters, up to 2 or 3 calls a day this past week. I will never vote for a candidate that robocalls me ever again.

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I will never vote for a candidate that robocalls me ever again.

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RCP showed her down 20.2, and she lost by 12 because RCP showed him up by 20.2

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I know of two who didn't vote because "he's got this." Anyone else?

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RCP showed her down 20.2, and she lost by 12.

Even in a red tide year that saw other southern dems go down by twenty or more, this lady managed to over-perform expectations.

Why has she been able to "defy odds" so damn much in elections? I'm glad she's gone, but I wanted a wendy davis type landslide.

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Considering she received >40% in the primary, anyone seriously predicting she'd lose by >20% needed their head examined.

Make no mistake though. Landrieu was crushed.

Don't take my word for it.
Here is Politico's account:

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DEMS' FINAL INSULT: LANDRIEU CRUSHED

Cassidy trounces incumbent with Republicans set to control 54 Senate seats in the next Congress.

By James Hohmann
12/6/14 9:49 PM EST

In the final insult of a devastating 2014 election for Democrats, Sen. Mary Landrieu, the party’s last remaining statewide officeholder from the Deep South, was trounced Saturday in the head-to-head Louisiana Senate runoff election.
Republican Bill Cassidy’s resounding victory is the ninth Senate seat picked up by the GOP in this year’s elections, three more than the party needed to take control of the chamber. With nearly all the ballots counted, Cassidy led Landrieu by 14 points, 57 percent to 43 percent.

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Considering she received >40% in the primary, anyone seriously predicting she'd lose by >20% needed their head examined.

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I think those people were assuming a lot of her primary voters would stay home this time.

"Hunting season"?????????

Racist much TUba?? Your constant referral to this betrays your inner racism.

I have a very hard time believing she legally got 85% of the vote in Orleans Parish.

Her biggest parish support came from Orleans Parish.
Check out the demographics of that parish, and you'll know why.
Facts are facts... Mary only carried parishes with majority Black voters.

Not saying they were all legal, but she lost about 7500 of the votes she had on 11-4. Cassidy picked up about 500.

Mary - from 94905 to 87398
Cassidy - from 15033 to 15585