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Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:18 am
Posted by Dan Dickau
New Haven, CT
Member since Dec 2013
45 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:18 am
Did whites just not show up?
Posted by sgallo3
Lake Charles
Member since Sep 2008
28972 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:21 am to
Letlow was an awful candidate funded by lobbyists, AIPAC, and insurance companies. Thats who she will fight for. Davis at least gave the illusion of putting Louisiana first. Whether that would have been how he performed once elected is something we will never know.
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
125396 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:21 am to
White guilt is a sad trait
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
148553 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:22 am to
quote:

Did whites just not show up?

Someone in another thread pointed out that Davis got like 40K less votes than Kamala did in LA 2 years ago

But Letlow got like 500K less votes than Trump did in the state 2 years ago

This was all about excitement & GOP voters across the country were not excited at all to vote for their candidates
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
11580 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:23 am to
quote:

Letlow was an awful candidate funded by lobbyists, AIPAC, and insurance companies.


That's a fact, but I didn't even know who the Democrats were running to be honest. I didn't vote for Letlow in the primary, but that was the only choice we had now. I think too many people stayed home this time around in most states, not just here.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
148553 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:24 am to
quote:

Davis at least gave the illusion of putting Louisiana first. Whether that would have been how he performed once elected is something we will never know.

Considering in his concession speech he basically already called out Landry for the next Governor's race... maybe we will
Posted by newmexicotiger
Member since Sep 2017
4531 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:24 am to
I waited in a line that wrapped around the building in Tangipahoah Parish. I'd say 75% were black voters. I can only surmise that they are NOT as stupid as Democrats led us to believe. They miraculously had no issues obtaining identification.
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
23999 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 9:24 am to
Trump's hand selected nepotism candidate was an awful choice and managed to look like the establishment pick against a rural, blue collar, underdog black farmer. Letlow felt like the Washington pick while Davis was saying stuff like "man, diesel is expensive. Man, they're shutting down our rural hospitals" and it resonated with people to the point that we almost had an upset.
Posted by rt3
now in the piney woods of Pineville
Member since Apr 2011
148553 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

Someone in another thread pointed out that Davis got like 40K less votes than Kamala did in LA 2 years ago

But Letlow got like 500K less votes than Trump did in the state 2 years ago

This was all about excitement & GOP voters across the country were not excited at all to vote for their candidates

To add to this point...

In the '24 Presidential race... Louisiana had a 66.3% voter turnout

Last night's Senate race had a 49.3% voter turnout

And considering the numbers in the quoted text above... the vast majority of the lost voters were Trump/GOP (which would've seemed obvious on a surface level considering we're a ruby red state... but the numbers really nail it down)

ETA: all numbers come straight from the LASoS office
This post was edited on 11/4/26 at 12:48 pm
Posted by smash williams
San Diego
Member since Apr 2009
21244 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 12:50 pm to
wait until Mis has a black senator
Posted by Terrific Tales
Member since Jan 2019
20058 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 12:51 pm to
Damn we almost did it
Posted by justjoe906
Member since Oct 2013
2722 posts
Posted on 11/4/26 at 12:59 pm to
I voted yesterday at 9:00 am and only one in line. Polling folks told me a slow turnout. I assumed people were at work. Went back last night at 6:00PM with a friend to vote, he walked right in with no line. So my guess is Republicans stayed home for this one. But besides that she's horrible so I held my nose and voted for her anyway.
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