Draggingtree Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 JMC Enterprises of Louisiana.: Decision 2014 – Behind the defeat of Mary LandrieuPosted on December 22, 2014 by john After three terms of service, Senator Mary Landrieu was defeated in the December runoff 56-44%. While pundits attributed her defeat to the unpopularity of President Obama in Louisiana, the seeds of her defeat were sown long before that. Senator Landrieu’s fundamental problem was that she had a low ceiling of support – in the three election cycles (1996, 2002, and 2008) she was on the ballot before 2014, she never received more than 52% of the vote. And a closer examination of her 2008 vote revealed she was on shaky grounds even before Barack Obama was inaugurated as President in 2009. If we were to go back to Senator Landrieu’s 2002 runoff victory, we see that the electorate in that year was 71-27% white/black. While she received a near unanimous black vote, she also received only 36% of the white vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 As I understand it both her other races were a close run thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted December 23, 2014 Author Share Posted December 23, 2014 As I understand it both her other races were a close run thing. real close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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