Bernie Pinsonat of Southern Media and Opinion Research is out with his fall approval numbers on Gov. Bobby Jindal, and it’s clear that Louisiana’s chief executive hasn’t done a good job bolstering his public support with his actions of late.... (Continue reading)
According to Gallup Americans politically identify themselves as 54% conservative, 27% moderate, and 18% liberal. That isn’t a lot of liberals. It’s damn few, actually. Remember that the next time some lefty in the media accuses conservatives of being “right-wing”... (Continue reading)
House Projection – 261 Republicans, 174 Democrats (+84 Republicans and +2 Democrats) Senate Projection – 51 Republicans, 49 Democrats (+10 Republicans) Statehouse Projection – 34 Republicans, 15 Democrats, 1 Independent (+10 Republicans and +1 Independent)... (Continue reading)
This one’s rather short and sweet. But pretty consequential, we think…... (Continue reading)
2010 Election Predictions – How we rank individual races This is the last weekly pre-election analysis we are doing. Election Day edges ever closer, and the 5PM (Central time) Tuesday night poll closings in Indiana and Kentucky will provide early... (Continue reading)
Perhaps Charlie Melancon needed a different pollster. It doesn’t look like the one he’s got is giving him good data. After last week pushing out an Anzalone Liszt survey which comically said the Democrat challenger to Republican Sen. David Vitter... (Continue reading)
Late last week, a few days after going off statewide air due to what looks like a lack of funds, the U.S. Senate campaign of Charlie Melancon put out yet another dubious Anzalone Liszt poll with cheery numbers indicating a... (Continue reading)
Since launching the Hayride in its current form almost a year ago, I’ve had a personal policy of trying hard to stay away from squabbling with the purveyors of other political sites, both here in Louisiana and elsewhere. I’ve done... (Continue reading)
On Saturday, Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Melancon, whose campaign last week touted a dubious Anzalone Liszt survey showing him just seven points behind incumbent Republican David Vitter, admitted that his public pronouncements of a close race are but a good... (Continue reading)
It’s not like Wolf Blitzer is a tough interview for a Democrat, but Senator Ma’am couldn’t even navigate that pillow fight without breaking a jaw.... (Continue reading)