Final Thoughts on the U.S. Senate Primary

To provide the most complete picture of Louisiana’s U.S. Senate primary, we wanted to do some more analysis of the vote both at a statewide and a Congressional District level. [...]

2010 Elections, 9/1 edition – House/Senate/Governors polls

2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races

As the Labor Day weekend approaches, primary season is in the “home stretch” now– the eight remaining Congressional primaries will conclude by September 18 (Louisiana’s “everything else” primary will be on Saturday, October 2). For the past several months, we based our calls on individual races on a composite of polls conducted over the last 28 days. Starting with this analysis, we will compress this “look back period” to 14 days, since voters are starting to tune into the fall elections now. Our rankings are based on the following criteria: [...]

Louisiana Primary Results – what do they mean for November ?

When we discussed the election results, we briefly examined the vote that David Vitter and Charlie Melancon received overall and in each parish. There are a couple more things we wanted to mention regarding Vitter and Melancon’s performance: [...]

Louisiana/West Virginia Congressional Primary results

Last night, both Louisiana and West Virginia conducted their Congressional primaries. Though the Louisiana Congressional primary was a very low turnout affair (7% overall turnout, with 13% on the GOP side and 5% on the Democratic/Independent side), there are several items which are worth mentioning: [...]

‘Twas the night before Election Day (in Louisiana)

Tomorrow is Election Day in Louisiana. On the ballot will be the party primaries for its Congressional races. All forms of early and absentee voting have concluded. We kept track of the early voting numbers (with special thanks to the Secretary of State’s office), and what we noticed so far was as follows: [...]

Recent Louisiana Senate Poll

As much as some in the media and the political class persist in their belief that David Vitter is vulnerable even to a Republican primary challenger, another poll was released today showing Senator David Vitter with a another double digit lead (51-41%) over his likely Democratic opponent, Rep. Charlie Melancon. Several things about this poll are worth noting (Poll results are here, and a previous article we did regarding poll analysis is here): [...]

2010 elections, 8/24 edition (Establishment or insurgent ?)

Primaries were held last night in Alaska, Arizona, Florida, and Vermont. Overall, primary voters sent mixed messages as to whether they prefer the safety of “establishment” candidates or the risk of insurgent candidates who may or may not have personal baggage. [...]

Early (Congressional) Voting in Louisiana wraps up…….

Early (Congressional) Voting in Louisiana, mid-week edition

Louisiana’s Congressional primaries are now a little over a week away. Early voting for the Congressional primaries started this past Saturday and will conclude this Saturday at 6PM. We are keeping track of the early voting numbers, and what we’ve noticed so far is as follows: [...]

It’s (Congressional) Election Season in Louisiana !