LA: Blanco, Jindal head for photo finish (new poll)

[goobergunch]

Poll shows hopefuls with scant separation

Friday October 24, 2003

By Ed Anderson
Capital bureau

BATON ROUGE -- Democratic Lt. Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Republican former state Health and Hospitals Secretary Bobby Jindal are running neck-and-neck in the race for governor, according to an independent poll released Thursday.

Although respondents statewide preferred Blanco by a razor-thin margin of 42.7 percent to Jindal's 40.5 percent, the difference is well within the poll's 4 percent margin of error, according to pollster Bernie Pinsonat of Southern Media and Opinion Research of Baton Rouge.

Undecided voters made up 16.8 percent of the sample.

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Blanco's acceptable rating is 65.5 percent, while Jindal's is 61.9 percent. Both candidates had an unacceptable rating of 25.4 percent.

more...http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/index.ssf?/base/news-0/106697684350470.xml

[Wwagsthedog]

1. Just emailed my New Orleans daughter to remind her to vote

Also attached your link to explain why her vote is important as ever.

[ronzo]

2. Blanco hasn't been running TV spots....

I've seen a couple maybe and Jindal's all over the place. Oddly enough, nobody's gone negative yet... that's unusual. Only 3 weeks left.

[GainesT1958]

3. May be looking at a runnoff down there...

But I'd give A LOT to see a "trifecta" of governorships go our way in about ten days--Blanco, Chandler, and Musgrove!:D

:kick:

B-)

[goobergunch]

4. This is the runoff (n/t)

[jiacinto]

5. Well

Blanco wins by 1-5% percentage points, mirroring how Landrieu fared in 2002.

[kayleybeth]

6. This is a VERY important race

We MUST win in Louisiana.

From:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=511&ncid=696&e=6&u=/ap/20031024/ap_on_el_gu/louisiana_governor

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...A fervent Roman Catholic convert, he (Jindal) has embraced the views of Louisiana's largest voting bloc, white conservatives: opposition to abortion, with no exceptions; rejection of gun control; promotion of religion in public life; hostility to affirmative action; and questioning of evolution and tolerance for creationism.
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Now, granted, Kathleen Blanco isn't liberal enough for many of us. But she will be a great deal better than Jindal. Louisiana DUers: Hold your nose if you have to, but PLEASE get to the polls on Nov. 15 and vote Blanco.

[MrPeepers]

7. Best of luck for Blanco!

We need this one.

Peepers

[tpub]

8. holding my nose in New Orleans

I will hold my nose and vote for Blanco. I'm currently holding my nose and putting a Blanco bumper sticker on my car. I don't like her very much but she's a hell of a lot better than Jindal...

[kayleybeth]

9. Holding our noses, too

But we have a Blanco sign in our yard. Our house hasn't gotten egged yet, even though we are surrounded by nothing but Repukes in this neighborhood.