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What Goes Around, Comes Around

Race, Blowback, and the Louisiana Elections of 2002 and 2003

University of Kansas, Lawrence

Gary Segura

University of Washington, Seattle

The authors contrast the 2002 Senate and 2003 gubernatorial runoffs in Louisiana, noting that the margin and the breadth of victory were greater for a gubernatorial candidate who enjoyed less political resources than her copartisan. The authors argue that the GOP's southern strategy has constrained its ability to diversify its coalition and contributed to the defeat of its nonwhite candidate for governor. Using aggregate parish level data and individual survey responses, the authors demonstrate that the customary polarization of whites in favor of Republican nominees was undermined in the 2003 election. The authors offer some thoughts on the implications of the findings.

Key Words: race • gender • elections • Louisiana

Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 60, No. 2, 328-337 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1065912907301749


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