Republican son of Indian immigrants wins governorship in Louisiana...guess who complains about the vote?

Question

It's towards the bottom of this story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071021/ap_po/louisiana_governor

Was it also a referendum on the poor job the Democrat governor did during Katrina?

Answer 1

Actually, its no longer in the story as it was a minor detail.

The obvious fact is that Katrina did disrupt a substantial portion of the African-American population of the state of Louisiana. African-Americans do not see an Asian-American as representing them (heck some of them have trouble with African-Americans who are descended from recent immigrants). However, while representatives of that community will complain that not enough has been done to help make it possible for those dispossessed by Katrina (a disproportionately African-American group), the margin in this election is wide enough that it probably did not make a difference. Even if technically, a run-off would have occurred if these potential votes had been cast (and brought Governor-elect Jindal beneath 50%), the margin in this case is exactly the type that should dictate against having a run-off. It is very unlikely that the second place candidate could make up 25% of the vote in a run-off.

It was a referendum on the poor job that everyone did during Katrina. Having been the runner-up four years ago, Governor-elect Jindal has the advantage of claiming that he would have done a better job if he had been Governor -- a claim that can't be proven or disproven until (God forbid) the next major disaster.

Answer 2

Bobby Jindal came very close to winning 4 years ago and I think you are right. It was a referendum of the poor job the former governor did after Katrina. Jindal, the Harvard educated 36 year old will go a long way to show that Louisiana can elect young non-white son of immigrants to the highest office at a time when the Jena 6 incident has wrongly painted the state as a haven for racists. After all the moving around that people did after Katrina, I would have been surprised if they had not had voting problems in New Orleans.
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Answer 3

I guess it's only ok for a man of color to win an election without being accused of cheating or some type of scandal only if they are a liberal democrat.

Maybe Louisiana will finally get rid of poverty now that a Republican is in office.

Only in America!

Answer 4

I guess that means not enough people who lived there forever wanted to run, so somebody did and won.