There were 535,000+ more votes cast in the presidential election just held than for the gubernatorial election the previous year just as an example
I think that would be true of most states..... Presidential elections almost always draw larger vote totals than state elections.... My point is that runoffs just don't draw the attention that the full ballot races do. That usually is evident even in Party Primaries where runoffs occur
Texas...... [these both were held on a Tuesday]
2002 Governor .. 4,553,987 voters
2004 President ... 7,410,749 voters
Ok, point taken. But we clearly do better in Louisiana when the turnout numbers are up -- contrary to the experience of the Republican Party across much of the rest of the nation -- so I'll still hope that the good folks show up this Saturday.