The Secretary of State’s Office predicts between a 42 and 46% total voter turnout for Saturday’s election. But JMC Analytics pollster John Couvillon is projecting a lower turnout, after less than 350,000 people cast votes during the early voting period that ended last Saturday.
“Turnout stayed 8% below what it was in 2019, so I’m forecasting a 38-40% total voter turnout,” said Couvillon.
Couvillon says this is the lowest interest he’s ever seen in a Louisiana governor’s race.
He says it was surprising to see more registered Republicans participating in early voting than Democrats.
“Because Louisiana still has a Democratic plurality if you are looking at voter registration that combined with the fact that early voting is typically more Democratic friendly,” said Couvillon.
Couvillon says participation among black voters was also down.
“It ended up being 26% of the electorate which when you consider that voter registration is 31% Black, a number like 26% is fairly anemic,” said Couvillon.
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