Split the vote for a Landrieu win!!
She still has to receive 50% of the vote or else it goes to a run off. I don't see it as splitting the vote.
Math follks, MATH!!
Democrats make up 1.4 million of the state’s voters, or 49.8 percent, according to the Aug. 1 tallies by the secretary of state.
Republicans total 756,319 voters, or 26.75 percent of the total number of registered voters, while other party registrants stand at 662,276, or 23.43 percent.
Split the vote for a Landrieu win!!
If we keep voting for the establishment candidate then they wont offer up anything better. I can hold my nose and vote rino in the run off but for now theres a better candidate on the ballot that didnt just switch over to make his liberal leanings more palletable to the voters.
The latest Rasmussen poll for today’s primary:
Landrieu 39.6
Cassidy 34.1
Maness 10.4
This is frightening. With Maness out of the running, I’m very confident that Cassidy would win. In a Landrieu-Cassidy runoff matchup, Rasmussen shows Cassidy up 48.0 to 43.4. This is FAR too close for comfort, and Maness’ votes ARE the difference.
If some of the other close races go the wrong way, and the balance of the Senate hinges on Louisiana, the Rats will pour EVERYTHING into a December runoff - every dirty trick, last-minute scandal, vote they can buy with cigarettes and bus fare, and every single dead vote - and Landrieu may very likely win. The Rats will probably focus on the runoff anyway, so a Landrieu defeat in the primary is a MUCH more desirable outcome. With the split R vote, defeating her in the primary is unlikely to happen.
How many voters vote party lines? I know 3 people in my immediate family who don't.
Your logic is flawed.
we'll see -- I hope for the 2nd Amendment's sake that I'm wrong.....if she does win you might as well start putting up "Hillary 2016" signs.....
Met Cassidy a while back and thought he looked like a slick politician. Then I actually spoke with him and he seems very real and sincere - learned something about judging a book by its cover, I guess. Also did a lot of research on Manass. I like everything he says and the military background is a big plus. But his showing up as an unknown at the last minute in a critical race unnerves me a little. If he is what he seems to be, (and I hope he is) he'll be around for a while and I'll get to know him better and possibly support (and work for) him in future elections. Guess I'm a little gun shy regarding Louisiana politics. Go figure.
This is not a 3 way race, it's an 8 way race.
Even the poll numbers posted show that without Mannes there would still be a runoff.
U.S. Senate, Louisiana General Election, 2014 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | Mary Landrieu Incumbent | 0% | 0 | |
Democratic | Wayne Ables | 0% | 0 | |
Democratic | Raymond Brown | 0% | 0 | |
Democratic | Vallian Senegal | 0% | 0 | |
Democratic | William Waymire Jr. | 0% | 0 | |
Republican | Bill Cassidy | 0% | 0 | |
Republican | Rob Maness | 0% | 0 | |
Republican | Thomas Clements | 0% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Brannon Lee McMorris | 0% | 0 | |
Total Votes | 0 |