This relieves none of you citizens of the state of Louisiana from calling your relatives and friends, getting them off their asses, and storming the polls for Suzie.
Go get 'em, folks!
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Posted on 12/06/2002 7:12:03 PM PST by Milltownmalbay
It’s crunch time! With the runoff just one day away, all the last minute advertising and campaigning can only help the candidates in their attempts to be elected or reelected. However careful analysis of the many polls reveals that Terrell’s win is in the bag.
According to Staten Island political analyst Dr. Kevin Collins, a new “private” poll leaked by Terrell has her in the lead by three. This is good for new for Terrell because this poll was taken before the Bush visit on Tuesday. “The Bush bounce,” could be anywhere from four to six points.
Another poll taken by the University of New Orleans had Landrieu up 44/43. However, there are factors which indicate that this is bad news for Landrieu. For example, this poll was conducted before the President’s visit.
Furthermore, this poll is based on a 30% black vote. Such turnout of black voters is theoretically possible, however in the 1992 election, when they had a chance to vote against a Klansman, blacks constituted only 26% of the vote.
What makes these pollsters think that they can get 30% this year, a year when the big story was the lack of black voter turnout?
Another problem for Landrieu is the high number of undecided voters, a number that always bodes ill for incumbents of either party. Large numbers of undecided voters and the Bush visit on Tuesday could spell disaster for Landrieu.
Also remember that Louisiana is the most Catholic state in the south (30%). This basically infers that an anti-abortion Catholic (Suzanne Terrell) has an edge. Perhaps this is why Senator Landrieu is misrepresenting her pro-abortion views.
The weather may also affect the result of this election. The weather could very well keep both blacks and whites home but for different reasons. Bad weather usually keeps the blacks home from the, but may also keep the whites home from the start of the hunting season so they can vote.
The Louisiana Senate seat is still up for grabs. No one is sure that Terrell has won the runoff yet, but with the recent information given in these polls, I think it is safe to say that GOP will be very happy Saturday night.
This relieves none of you citizens of the state of Louisiana from calling your relatives and friends, getting them off their asses, and storming the polls for Suzie.
Go get 'em, folks!
Be Seeing You,
Chris
MARY LANDRIEU
Abortion - In
Boy Scouts - Out
After reading his sign, I wondered which candidate this young man favored. I thought it could be taken as either support or opposition, depending on your political inclinations. I think he just wanted to make it clear to people where Mary really stands on these issues and suspect he's a scout or scouter.
TC
If you're interested, you could phone up the GOP tomorrow morning and find out whare they're calling from. They may still need callers, or poll watchers in the evening.
What kind of voting technology is Lou' using?
I don't know the brand name of the voting machine we use here, but it's the one where you have to depress a button next to the the candidate's name and a after the green LED arrow lights up you press another at the bottom to cast your vote. We've been using these for several years, but it seems like the last time Landrieu ran we had the old ones with the levers.
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