Louisiana Election Turnout Thread- Here come the results

C-SPAN ^ | Dec. 6, 2002 | Brian Lamme

[ewing]

Tell us how crowded/not crowded it was when you went to vote!

Did you see voter fraud and what is the talk about exit polling and the possible outcome?

[marajade]

It was the Nov results...

[Queen of Excelsior]

So they expect New Orleans turnout to swell later in the day. Well of course they do. By then they'll have a good idea of how many votes they need to buy and steal to win this election.

[cerberus]

I was at a polling place in St Tammany Parish today as a poll watcher. When I left about 1:30 pm about 1/3 of the heavily Republican precinct had voted.

Registered Republicans were outvoting registered democrats by at least 6% when measured against their total registered voters in the precinct. Around 35% of registered Republicans had voted and around 29% of registered democrats. About 16% of registered independents had voted.

Poll watchers from other precincts in the area seemed to be reporting similar results.

I have the sense that Republicans are more motivated than democrats, but it would be premature for me to jump to conclusions about the race.

[Queen of Excelsior]

Just to clear things up, CNN is not reporting any numbers. Someone posted results from the Nov. election that are still available on the CNN website.

[Theodore R.]

"Cajun" humorist Justin Wilson (who describes himself as part-Cajun) was born in Roseland in Tangipahoa Parish, near the Mississippi border. He lived his last years in Summit, MS.

Justin Wilson was a staunch conservative. He was one of the most patriotic men that I have ever heard speak.

[deport]

It was the Nov results

LOL.... getting Teddy on edge there now........

[Salvation]

Anything that the local media is saying there to update us?

[carlo3b]

Justin was born in Texas. LOL

well I guess I didn't drink enough to get that out of him, or maybe a bit too much to remember, because I did not know that. If he wasn't cajun, and just played one on TV, he sure as hell fooled me....LOLOL

[jayef]

My mom's people are from the Roseland-Arcola-Amite Metroplex. Beautiful country. We just called it "the country".

[marajade]

I'm just about there myself... I haven't turned the channel from FNC even though they've been spending most of their airtime with Iraq...

I usually enjoy my weekends off but I wish it was Sunday already and that we knew ...

[JohnnyZ]

About the committee margin in the senate if Terrell wins: we'll have a 52-47-1 edge, but would likely only have 2-seat majorities on some committees and 1-seat majorities on others.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

You, sir, are a true patriot. Please keep up the good work!

Please shut up! If you tell people I'm doing the right thing, I may be removed from the Curmudgeon's Union! ;-)

[Mudbug]

Nothing yet.

[crystalk]

The lower bound of the 99% confidence interval has been drifting upward all day; last night it was 49.9%.

What this means is that there was then a 99% chance that the Terrell percentage of the 2pv will be at or above 49.9%.

The good news is that as we speak this is at 52.25%: --there is less than a 1% chance that Terrell will have fewer than 52.25% of the 2pv.

As I had posted yesterday, this race is being more closely watched for fraud than any in La. history, including by national Republican and FBI representatives.

I don't think the Dems will be able to bring in more than some 7500 completely fraudulent [that is, dead or other nonexistent or truly non-registered voters] votes, and that is not going to be enough, for we expect total turnout today to be some 1.5 million, so the fraudulent votes would be only one-half of 1%, not enough to cancel the Terrell lead...

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

get off the net and get back on the phone 8 hours to go. on the phone man! : )

Good point! DONE! ;-)

[jayef]

He wasn't really Cajun. He was plain ol' country. But you don't live in Louisiana your whole life without you learn a thing or two about Cajun and Creole cookin'. Justin's style was more Creole and Country than Cajun if you ask me.

[carlo3b]

Justin Wilson was a staunch conservative.

THAT WAS A FACT, without a doubt. If you have ever heard him speak out of the glare of the camera, he let you know where he stood, unambiguously on any issue...LOL

[deport]

"Voter turnout disappointing so far

Hope it stays that way in NO. I think that Terrell could easily be in the range Crystalk is talking about. Registar of Voters Kellar was talking about a turnout of 55% or so earlier this week based upon absentee votes. I was surprised as the Primary turnout was 42.9%... and this would have meant a huge increase in voter participation....

[GoMonster]

good news bad news. Was watching CNN. They said turnout was light. (Good news) Candy Crawfish was smiling. Bad News!

[Cold Heat]

Bump for later!