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Clement Stone once said that “big doors swing on little hinges.” We should add: So do presidential elections. Given the Electoral College system, there really isn’t one election for president, but seven.
Each side is putting its blood, sweat, tears — and money — into just seven states: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada. The other 43, of which Louisiana is one, are all but forgotten. In 2020, Biden carried Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia by less than a point.
In 2016, Trump won Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin by less than a point. Polls show these states could be that tight again. Louisiana has voted Republican in every presidential election since 2000 and will likely do so again.
GOP nominees have won an average of 58% of the state’s vote in the last five elections. Though Louisiana is getting little attention from both presidential campaigns, its future rests heavily upon the federal government. The state has a $51 billion annual budget, with about half of its revenues coming from Washington.
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