does Louisiana have a large Indian population?

[pstokely]

would a Pro KKK black win there if he/she ran as a repub?

[neuvocat]

1. I don't follow.

Dems won Louisiana.

[La_Serpiente]

2. I believe that

there are only 8000 Indian-Americans there.

[_Jumper_]

3. NJ has the largest Indian population (at least proportionately)

And here they are barely more than 2% of the population.

How was Jindal pro-KKK?

[fujiyama]

4. He did win

a lot of the parishes Duke did well in apparently.

I don't think it shows that he's pro-KKK but rather, that white conservatives will vote for a religious conservative nut, regardless of him being white or brown, though I wonder could a Clarence Thomas win La?

[_Jumper_]

6. The same could be said about liberals

Liberals will vote for a liberal regardless of color. Too bad the DP does not run candidates that do not have the same skin color as their electorate in 99.99999% of cases. :(

[SahaleArm]

7. The DP is all talk no action *nm*

[Prodemsouth]

8. The reason for that is that "miniority" race Dems are seen as

representing only their race by white voters. Someone like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and the numerous African American reps in US House are seen as representing only the concerns of African Americans. Collin Powell, Rice, and others are seen differently. It is a very serious problem, the Dems will have to find an African American that can cross the racial divide. The only one I see on the horizon is Harold Ford, a US house rep in Tenn. edit add: Rangel is another possibility. This is just a fact that the Dems will have to face to keep African Americans in the party and continue to win with multiracial support.

[_Jumper_]

9. Response

You make a good point about the perception of many black politicians among whites.

The African-American members of Congress were elected by African-Americans. That is part of the problem. Why cannot the DP run a non-black in black areas?

What about Gary Locke? He is a popular Democratic governor that won with non-Asian votes.

Jindal has proven that if a candidate of a different color is given a chance, 90+% of people will vote based on the candidate's merits, not his or her color. If right-wing Southern Republicans can do it why cannot liberal Californian Democrats?

[SahaleArm]

10. Locke is an anomoly.

Outside of Locke and Sims the leaders of the WA State Democratic party are whiter than white.

[_Jumper_]

12. How did he win, though?

He is a pretty big anomaly.

[SahaleArm]

15. He's an excellent politician.

Locke ran a surplus in the '90s as a moderate Democrat. Seattle has a large entrenched asian population and WA State is not the south. West of the cascades are where the larger population centers exist and they are overwhelmingly Democrat.

[_Jumper_]

16. Asians are only 5.5% of WA's population

And what % of those are of Chinese extraction? He won by bulding an interracial coalition. Does his success indicate that people will vote across racial lines or was he just a freak case?

[SahaleArm]

17. Seattle is a newer city.

Population growth in Western Washington, since the mid-80's, has been fueled by the tech industry. People have come from all over the country (and the world), including many California transplants. Seattle is also extremely liberal and is represented by Jim McDermott. Politicians have less historical baggage to deal with in WA State.

2004 WA State Governors Race:

Ron Sims - http://www.ronsimsforgovernor.com
Christine Gregoire - http://www.gregoire2004.com/
Phil Talmadge - http://www.talmadgeforgovernor.com/

[Prodemsouth]

13. I had hopes with Douglas Wilder in VA. But it seems it wasn't to be.

From all accounts I heard he seemed to be a good Governor. Mosley Braun I thought had an opportunity too to break the racial divide for African American Democrats. The party as a whole and African American Democrats are going to have to work together on this. It takes two to tango on this one - the finger should be pointed at the party leadership, but African American Dems have to work on this also. I think with Asian Dems like Locke in Washington, this is not a problem. With with Hispanics, it is still a problem among the old Dem Hispanics: Cruz in California. Seems people thought he was going to put California back with Mexico

[_Jumper_]

14. What happened to Wilder?

Did he lose his re-election bid?

[Prodemsouth]

18. No. VA Governors can only serve one term, Looked like he might have

run for President in 92, but dropped out, became unpopular in the state for some reason, you will have to ask VA Duers on that one, I don't remember. He was a deficit hawk, which was popular in the early 90's remember Perot's major complaint.

[robsul82]

5. I think it's like .8% or something...

...whereas nationally it's .7%. And Jindal's pro-KKK because he wants to be set on fire, although Blanco did a good enough job tonight anyway.

Later.

RJS

[sujan]

11. 'Jindal's pro-KKK because he wants to be set on fire'

rrrright....