re: How did Louisiana become so left/woke compared to the rest of the south?

Go to r/Acadiana and it’s a liberal haven. The Artmosphere farm to table crowd all gather there. And they love them some Clay Higgins!

Its because the Democrats control the large population metropolitan cities and by controlling those areas they control the messaging to the masses.

This is why local election are more important than state and federal elections but people do not care about local elections the same. Its like the lottery, most people don't play until the jackpot is really high ... the don't vote unless its a governor or fed election like that has more value to them than their own daily area.

too much baws in Lafayette parish and the demographics in that area is favorable to Republicans but there is a fair share of "hipsters" that want to turn Lafayette into Austin

The 1927 Flood put hundreds of thousands on the government dole and out of a home creating the perfect breeding ground for socialist populism. Huey Long took initiative and the rest is history. Louisiana is only a red state in national elections because of social issues (abortion/guns) and because citizens don’t want the federal government f$&king up the state’s socialist policies like how they ruined the Charity Hospital system.