With two full days of early voting for the October 14th gubernatorial primary election in the books, voters appear to be less motivated. JMC Analytics Pollster John Couvillon says 118-thousand people casted a ballot on Saturday and Monday, down from 122-thousand for the same time period in 2019, and more Republicans than Democrats…
“The fact that Republicans actually outnumber Democrats after two days that does not typically happen in Louisiana.”
The state has 2.9 million registered voters and registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by 146-thousand. But Couvillon says through two days of early voting more registered Republicans are showing up to the polls than Democrats
“Between Saturday and Monday night 44% is Republican and 42% is Democrat and that number also includes a stack of mail-in voters and they tend to be more Democratic.”
The Secretary of State’s office says voter turnout for a gubernatorial primary is usually in the mid-40s, but Couvillon says based on the first two days of early voting, the turnout could be lower than that…
“My gut feeling is telling me 40%turnout but if in-person voting keeps lagging from what it was in 2019, I may need to revise that prediction downward towards the mid-thirties.”
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