Louisiana holds a gubernatorial election later this month. Ten candidates are on the ballot, including one Republican, four Democrats, one Libertarian, and four independent candidates. According to this poll, sponsored by WWL-TV, all four Democrats combined are only polling 10% of the vote. Bobby Jindal, the only Republican running, is at 57%, and 29% of the voters are undecided. The Libertarian, Scott Lewis, is at 2%, and the four independents combined are at 3%.
The four Democrats are Tara Hollis at 5%, Cary Deaton at 2%, Trey Roberts at 2%, and Nik Bird Papazoglakis at 1%. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. Under Louisiana’s top-two system, which is different than the top-two systems in California and Washington, if Jindal gets over 50%, there will be no second round.
What do the LA legislature gerrymander robot party hacks do with the money saved by NOT having a second election if there are majority winners in the first election ???
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
ONE election — NO runoffs.
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