NOPE, the turnout is there if you look at the Secretary of State results. The GOP candidate has 100,000 more votes than Dem John Bel Edwards the incumbent governor. He's got a 20% margin of victory. The GOP-friendly votes were there just not voting for Rispone enough.
I never say this about any voters or any state...but...I watched POTUS, Trump work his heart to win that governor seat in Louisiana over & over again....and, tonight i go to sleep feeling so badly for our great POTUS, and so upset with the GOP Louisiana voters.
God bless you Mr. President you did all any human being could do...you know the old saying, sir, “you can lead a horse to water....but...you cannot make him drink”!!! Sir; We, the majority of the American people, have your back...forever!!!
People who are the messengers of bad news often catch heck. A guy named Rispone is not going to resonate with a certain segment of conservative voters. A certain segment of conservative voters are not particularly motivated to vote by language and behavior that disrespects women and others. That would probably explain much of the discrepancy in this particular election. Once the remaining vote count is limited to cities and large population parishes, the Dem vote will just get stronger. People who are surprised because the “majority love Trump,” must not be looking at the poling data which show him with no more that 40% approval and often less than that. What the Dems will have trouble with is finding a ticket that is centrist enough to bring in Independents and a few Republicans, and not so centrist that a lot of more liberal enthusiasm is lost in the election effort.
People who are the messengers of bad news often catch heck. A guy named Rispone is not going to resonate with a certain segment of conservative voters. A certain segment of conservative voters are not particularly motivated to vote by language and behavior that disrespects women and others. That would probably explain much of the discrepancy in this particular election. Once the remaining vote count is limited to cities and large population parishes, the Dem vote will just get stronger. People who are surprised because the “majority love Trump,” must not be looking at the poling data which show him with no more that 40% approval and often less than that. What the Dems will have trouble with is finding a ticket that is centrist enough to bring in Independents and a few Republicans, and not so centrist that a lot of more liberal enthusiasm is lost in the election effort.