JMCEL’s “Pulse of Louisiana” Poll, August 21 edition
This is the third “Pulse of Louisiana” poll we have conducted. In the first poll, we measured the re-elect numbers for President Obama and Senator Landrieu, and we also looked at how her healthcare reform vote has affected her re-elect numbers (the results of that poll are here).
In the second “Pulse of Louisiana” poll, we focused more on statewide issues that we believed were relevant to upcoming legislative elections (the results of that poll are here).
This time, we decided to ask a question which hasn’t been asked (but should), now that former Governor Edwards has concluded his prison term. That unasked/unmentionable question: how many people would vote for him if he could run for office again ? We also wanted to gauge voter sentiment about privatization, the homestead exemption, and “taxes on the rich.” Those (summary and detailed) results are here.
Statewide, unless he ran against Obama, et al, he would lose. If he ran for some local office over in his “hometown” area, he would win, no doubt.
I would love to see a poll that asks people if they think taxes need to be raised (no qualifiers like on the “rich”). Then, the next question should be “do you think that you personally should pay more taxes”. I would love to see that split. With all of the talk about “shared sacrifice” it seems that all anyone cares about it someone else paying more or receiving fewer benefits.