Replies

Liz, thank you for posting this map. let me make a quick comment on its significance for the still-to-be-decided congressional races in Louisiana's third and seventh districts.

I made a post on these races which you can "pop up" here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1269769/posts

Now, both of those districts are in the southern portion of the state, in fact every single parish - we have no counties in Louisiana - in these two districts is predominantly Catholic. I'm going to paste in the table I included in the above post here on how Bush did in the seventh congressional district - where I live - to give you an example of how strong Bush's support is here:

Presidential Vote in Louisiana's Seventh Congressional District*

Parish	Vote for Bush	% for Bush	Vote for Kerry	% for Kerry
Acadia	16,083	64%	8,937	35%
Calcasieu	46,058	58%	32,844	41%
Cameron	3,190	69%	1,367	29%
Evangeline	8,361	58%	5,756	40%
Jefferson Davis	8,064	61%	4,845	37%
Lafayette	57,730	64%	31,205	35%
St. Landry	18,314	50%	18,162	49%
Vermillion	15,069	61%	9083	37%
Totals	172,869	60%	112,189	39%

* There were seven other minor candidates on the Louisiana presidential ballot whose results were negligible in the district, but whose total vote may account for some parish percentages adding up to less than 100%

In this race the Republican candidate Charles Boustany is a Catholic, while his opponent Willie Landry Mount (female) is not. This seat is currently held by Democrat Chris John, who lost to Republican David Vitter Tuesday night in the Louisiana Senate Race. Count on the seventh congressional district as another takeaway for the Republicans after the December 4 runoff vote.