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Democrats Lose La. Voter Majority for the First Time

Source: Advocate | Louisiana | August 16, 2011



For the first time in modern history, Democrats are no longer the registered majority of voters in Louisiana. The dip below 50 percent for Democrats comes at a time when all but one official elected statewide is Republican and the GOP has a majority in both the Louisiana House and Senate for the first time since Reconstruction.

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