An LSU survey of 781 Louisiana residents found that only 42 percent of the respondents believe the state is headed in the right direction, while 46 percent say it’s headed in the wrong direction. LSU Public Policy Research Lab Director Mike Henderson says beliefs about the direction of the state have held relatively steady since 2017.
“It really has sort of been this split in right direction wrong direction both hovering around in the 40s for really about five years now. They move up and down a little bit, but always within the margin of error,” said Henderson.
Henderson said the spilt is largely partisan and doesn’t seem likely to change any time soon.
“If you do break this out by party you do get something like 60 percent of Democrats saying right direction and 60 percent of Republicans saying wrong direction,” said Henderson who cautioned that partisanship isn’t always the driving force. Major disaster events like Hurricane Katrina saw opinion shifts from both Republicans and Democrats.
The pandemic hasn’t improved people’s confidence in state government either. Henderson said only 41 percent say they are confident in state government to address problems effectively, numbers that haven’t changed in a decade.
The poll was conducted from January 4th through March 1st, featured 781 respondents, and has a margin of error of 6.4 percent.
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