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standingtall

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18. If Texas is not a red State, but a suppressed State

Reply to FascismIsDeath (Reply #11)

Sun May 17, 2026, 02:43 PM

19 hrs ago

I don't see why the same couldn't be said about Louisiana. Louisiana has over 31% African American, population and 7 to 8% Latino. The Demographics are there to flip Louisiana. State wide races can't be gerrymandered. Louisiana is also the State that Hughie Long held a Senate seat and his descendants held all the way up until the late 80s or early 90s. So I doubt progressive ideology is extinct in that State. Doesn't mean we will be successful this election cycle, but there is certainly a path to flip Louisiana.

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Democratic turnout was pretty strong in Louisiana. Can we flip it? [View all] Quiet Em 21 hrs ago OP

If the fundraiaing for the dems can get tripled or quintupled there might be a chance SSJVegeta 21 hrs ago #1

No, the problem there isn't money . It's that it's a very red state JI7 21 hrs ago #2

It is a very red state because democrats have done little to appeal to people and make it otherwise. SSJVegeta 21 hrs ago #3

No, it's not messaging . Obama lost the state also. Some people are just very right wing and they have different JI7 21 hrs ago #6

Obama did not campaign in Louisiana in the GE in 2008 or 2012. SSJVegeta 20 hrs ago #9

I like in a blue dot in Ohio but grew up in Southern, WV. Some places are just culturally Republican right now. FascismIsDeath 20 hrs ago #8

Ossoff, Jon Bel Edwards, Talarico, Warnock, Beshear, SSJVegeta 20 hrs ago #10

Only 2 of those qualify really. FascismIsDeath 20 hrs ago #11

All count as the south or red states. You can find many ways to discount success of candidates SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #12

Yes but not all of them are dominated by "conservative culture". North Carolina has been in swing state territory for... FascismIsDeath 19 hrs ago #14

Obama nearly won missouri and had a Dem Governor and senator fairly recently. SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #17

You are talking about events that happened 1-2 generations ago though. FascismIsDeath 18 hrs ago #25

But my point is to examine how they became that way in the first place SSJVegeta 18 hrs ago #26

Andy Beshear is not the only Democratic Governor of Kentucky in recent memory standingtall 19 hrs ago #23

Kentucky is a lot like West Virginia with the exception that it has a real actual city or 2 with and isn't as white. FascismIsDeath 18 hrs ago #27

If Texas is not a red State, but a suppressed State standingtall 19 hrs ago #18

All of those southern states suppress the black vote. FascismIsDeath 19 hrs ago #24

Ossoff and Warnock would have no chance in Louisiana. JI7 19 hrs ago #13

Instituional and cultural barriers exist. I get it. SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #15

Which Democrats don't run on supporting the working class ? JI7 19 hrs ago #16

Perhaps you misunderatand me. I did not say there is trouble supporting the working class by dems SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #19

Bel Edwards opposed abortion rights JI7 19 hrs ago #20

Yes. One of the reasons he appealed to the working class there. SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #21

Yes, and abortion restrictions hurt the working class economically JI7 19 hrs ago #22

In theory, but it will be tough EdmondDantes_ 21 hrs ago #4

Democratic turnout in the Louisiana Senate Primary was lower than Republican turnout. sop 21 hrs ago #5

The state also lost a large number of the black population after Katrina and they haven't returned JI7 21 hrs ago #7