Why is there such low turnout in the Louisiana primary today? That’s bad news for Obama. It scares me.
The Tin Man
Why is there such low turnout in the Louisiana primary today? That’s bad news for Obama. It scares me.
“Reports of low turnout” # “low turnout”
Blacks were close to half the Democratic electorate, while nine in 10 Republican primary voters were white. As is typical for presidential primaries, men predominated in the GOP electorate while more women voted in the Democratic contest. Close to one in 10 voters in both primaries were under age 30 and one in four were over age 65.
Jeff, CNN noted tonight that the low turnout was most likely due to the fact that a lot of Louisiana residents are still displaced from the hurricanes.