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November 02, 2004
Louisiana | Long Lines and Nasty (?) Weather

Commenters at my blog from various places around the state confirm expectedly heavy voter turnout. No updates yet on alleged voting machine fiascoes.

More below:

Commenter James Hood, from northern Louisiana (Shreveport area) says Chris John (D) has failed to run an effective campaign up there. You might not care about Louisiana presidential politics, but the Senate race is a very big deal after the retirement this year of Sen. Tauzin (D) and David Vitter’s ® very realistic chance of taking over. Hood predicts that John’s failure to connect, lack of support among blacks, and rainfall in that part of the state, all contribute to make it more likely that Vitter will win without a runoff. If there is a runoff, Vitter’s chances decrease dramatically.

Long lines in Baton Rouge, according to commenter Mjkearns.

100 people in line in St. Tammany Parish at 6:15 in the morning, according to commenter jb1954.



Posted by Aaron D. Christensen at November 2, 2004 12:43 PM | TrackBack
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Sobek, you idiot - the Senate seat is John Breaux’s seat. Tauzin is a Congressman and his son (Billy Tauzin III) is running for his old seat.

If you don’t know your facts, should you really be reporting election news?

Posted by: John Dias [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 01:20 PM

Yes, I meant John Breaux. My mistake. Thanks for the correction.

Posted by: Sobek [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 2, 2004 01:30 PM

Once I made it to the polls, it took me just shy of two hours to vote. I started at 4:00 and the line held steady the whole time and had actually grown by the time I finished at 5:45 despite a good amount of rain.

So, is Ohio going to be the controversy that Florida was last year? Or, do you think Kerry will concede?

Posted by: mjkearns [TypeKey Profile Page] at November 3, 2004 10:18 AM

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