Message from @Nuke
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Yeah that got struck down by a court
Outrageous gerrymander from the 90s
You just look at the map and go
wow
abominable
As you can expect, it was a Democratic district, and Louisiana had a Democratic government caused by Catholics feeling like David Duke would kill them.
He was admittedly unelectable at the time.
But in Louisiana today
He's probably electable statewide.
We have jungle primaries though
Like California
So moderates tend to win
Didn't Duke manage to obtain like 1/3 of the vote back then?
Pretty good share considering the reputation, honestly.
Yep, 55% of the white vote.
Completely defeated in the black vote, too.
And he defeated an incumbent Republican governor in the first round
Emerging in second place
31% and then 38%
didn't Duke hold a state legislature seat
Yep, he was elected to the same district that was later held by David Vitter.
To be honest Duke has good hair
interesting data breakdown for White Women voters:
Suburban White Women: +11 R
Married Suburban White Women Some College: +27 R
Unmarried Suburban White Women Postgraduate: +28 D
Of course.
Married white women are always more Republican.
And suburbs are basically just white-flight cities
They’re trying to look conservative
That’s how they think they will win
They might if they can replace their progressive base with the blue collar workers who used to be democrats like what Lamb did
But that is unlikely so long as we don’t run crappy candidates who don’t address the issues which trump won on
If only the blue dog coalition defected, maybe if Trump reached out to them and made a deal he could do a turnover, that's our best shot if November ends badly, but we've got to do everything in our power to make sure that doesn't happen, first.
Watch "Let's Talk Elections" videos, predicting Democrat landslides. It gives you motivation.
When are we actually going to do something impactful?